ESPN, 8:00 a.m. ET
There have been so many upsets at this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament, if today’s men’s quarterfinals don’t produce another upset, it would be… upsetting. No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic, from Serbia, plays No. 7 seed Tomas Berdych from the Czech Republic. Also of major interest this morning: No. 2 seed Andy Murray (pictured), still trying for his first win on his home-kingdom Wimbledon court, plays unseeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain.
IFC, 8:00 p.m. ET
Brian De Palma’s violent remake of the gangster classic is itself, by now, a classic. His 1983 reboot turned the title character into a Cuban cocaine mob boss, played with chewy, playful intensity by Al Pacino. And as his blonde trophy moll, Michelle Pfeiffer got the first meaty role of her career, and proved she was more than just another beautiful young actress.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Doris Day and Brian Keith star in this 1968 big-screen romantic comedy, about a widow and a widower who meet cute and decide to get serious – despite from misgivings, and internal squabbling, from their respective children. This movie is more interesting than amusing, and mostly for its place in pop-culture history. It not only predated by one year the blended-family premise of 1969’s The Brady Bunch, but also provides an early supporting film role for George Carlin, who very quickly would veer away from center-of-the-road fare such as this.
Comedy Central, 10:00 p.m. ET
This week’s new episode has Bender working with a scientist who claims he can use the latest technology (including, gasp, a 3-D printer!) to turn the robot’s dream into reality. And even though most of Bender’s hard drive memory is reserved for porn, he does have one other object for which he lusts mightily: a vintage guitar. And the scientist is about to make him an exact copy – no strings attached.
Cooking Channel, 10:00 p.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: I don’t usually pay attention to cooking shows, but this competition program is so specialized, and features such apparently enthusiastic and knowledgeable representatives from bakeries around the country, that I can’t help myself from turning into the TV critic equivalent of Homer Simpson. “Mmmm – doughnuts!”