(ALL TIMES ET)
10PM | FX
Justified – Bummed about son Coover’s death (despite what she did to his hand), Mags Bennett (Margo Martindale) decides to get her affairs in order, which means a pile of cash and the promise of peace for one Givens family member, and a nice hunk of humiliation and trouble for one of Mags’ own. Meanwhile, when Winona lets Raylan know that she’s finally divorcing the hapless Gary, Raylan starts contemplating his own future, and Boyd … well, let’s just say Boyd starts to thoroughly embrace his inevitable role as the new king of Harlan County.
8PM | FOX
American Idol – It’s down to the final eight, who perform songs from movies tonight. Will this week lead to another “shocking” ouster? Not for me … the only thing shocking at this point is how overrated this group of contestants is, especially when it comes to the judges’ criticisms (or lack thereof). The season started off with much promise, but, as Idol expert and author Richard Rushfield points out today at The Daily Beast, what we’ve ended up with is another lackluster season, and one that definitely has us all missing Simon Cowell very, very much.
8PM | ABC
The Middle – Brick is humiliated (humiliated) when Frankie makes him wear his cousin’s old clothes.
8PM | CBS
Survivor – What does a double tribal council mean? Two players are headed to Redemption Island, of course..
9PM | ABC
Modern Family – Everyone has fame on their minds, as Phil tries to convince his fam to appear in his realty business commercial and, in what’s sure to be one of the season’s most fun storylines, Cameron becomes the music director at Luke and Manny’s school.
9PM | DISCOVERY – 8TH SEASON PREMIERE
MythBusters – A magazine + a toaster = an explosive device? Adam and Jamie test that movie myth.
9:30PM | FOX
Breaking In – Alyssa Milano guest stars as a dentist who’s impressed by Cameron’s (Bret Harrison) job.
9:30PM | TLC
Extreme Couponing – Remember Nathan, from the original Extreme Couponing special, the guy who donated all that cereal to a food bank? The philanthropic coupon clipper is at it again tonight, as he tries to put his money-saving skills to work to assemble enough goodies to send 1,000 care packages to American military men and women. Awesome.
9:30PM | ABC – SERIES PREMIERE
Happy Endings – 24 daughter Elisha Cuthbert (yeah, I always wished that mountain lion would have eaten her, too) stars in back-to-back episodes of this new comedy about a woman who throws her group of friends into chaos when she leaves her fiancé at the altar.
Worth flipping to during commercials:
– Bobby tries to make the best Baked Alaska on Throwdown with Bobby Flay (8:30PM, Food Network);
– The Criminal Minds team travels to San Diego to investigate a series of killings involving college students (9PM, CBS);
– A couple wins their dream wedding on the season one finale of Shedding for the Wedding (9PM, The CW);
– The BAU team digs into the kidnappings of new mothers on Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (10PM, CBS);
– Benson’s still looking after her young charge, while also searching for his druggie mom on Law & Order: SVU (10PM, NBC);
– Will Adam become the latest Real World roommate to get the boot? (10PM, MTV);
– Back-to-back Storage Wars episodes (10PM, A&E);
– Mad Men star Christina Hendricks challenges the contestants to perform a retro-themed challenge on Top Chef Masters (10PM, Bravo);
– Eyewitness video, from news crews and amateur videographers, of the tsunami and earthquake disaster in Japan make up NGC’s Witness: Disaster in Japan special (10PM).
And the late-night line-up:
– Conan (11PM, TBS): Anthony Anderson and Dax Shepard;
– The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11PM, Comedy Central): Tracy Morgan;
– The Colbert Report (11:30PM, Comedy Central): Morgan Spurlock;
– The Late Show with David Letterman (11:35PM, CBS): Aziz Ansari and Courteney Cox;
– The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11:35PM, NBC): Diane Lane and Chris Jericho;
– Lopez Tonight (Midnight, TBS): Prince;
– Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05AM, ABC): Eva Longoria, Patrick Warburton and Robyn;
– Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35AM, NBC): Mike Tyson (REPEAT);
– The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:37AM, CBS): Ashley Judd;
– Last Call with Carson Daly (1:35AM, NBC): Producer Gale Anne Hurd (REPEAT).
Charlie Sheen, Russell Brand and Louis C.K. are getting most of the attention, but I’m most excited that one of the best new shows of last TV season — Wilfred — returns for its second season on FX tonight (10PM ET). Season one of the series ended with a cliffhanger — had Ryan (Elijah Wood) […]