BRAVO with the premiere of their latest “Real Housewives” franchise, the REAL HOUSEWIVES OF D.C., which features the infamous White House party crasher Michaele Salahi.

NFL preseason schedule officially begins, as the Bengals face the Cowboys in the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game at Fawcett Stadium.

In Kohler, WI, at the Whistling Straits Golf Club, the 2010 PGA Golf Championship.

Netroots Nation ’10, the annual liberal bloggers convention, opens in Las Vegas, NV.

Expected start of preliminary hearing for Dr. Conrad Murray, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson

NBC-TV with the 59th Annual MISS UNIVERSE competition, live from Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas.

NBC-TV with the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which for the first time will be broadcast “live” coast-to-coast, rather than the previous delayed feed for the west coast.

In Flushing, NY, the start of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.