Tonight on the Tube: Human Target, Modern Family & Being Erica

News & Notes

Tonight, CBS has Survivor on a special night and The CW has the series premiere of Fly Girls.

Over on cable, Discovery Channel has the eighth season premiere of MythBusters and the series premiere of Is It Possible?.

In late night, MTV has a The Real World: The S&@! They Should’ve Shown special.

On Episode 63, “The One With the Special Guest,” of the TV times Three podcast, Amrie and I are joined by Curt Wagner of the @ShowPatrol blog at Redeye Chicago to talk about the week in TV, which included some Caprica, spoiler free preview of Stargate Universe, Chuck, Greek, Lost, and more.

Prime Picks

Human Target (FOX): New. Chance goes undercover to protect a prize fighter from a ruthless businessman.

Modern Family (ABC): New. Claire and Phil are divvying up working with the kids on school projects. Cameron and Gloria bond over the course of a night out.
Cougar Town (ABC): New. A wine rep has eyes for Grayson. Jules says she is going to give up wine for a month. Runs 31 minutes.

Being Erica (SOAPnet): New. Dr. Tom takes a trip back to the last time he saw his daughter. Plays again tomorrow afternoon.

Other Options

• Dinner: Impossible (Food Network): New. Robert is given orders to complete a double mission on the US Navy’s newest destroyer. Plays again later.
• The Inbetweeners (BBC America): New. Will gets asked to co-ordinate the Duke of Edinburgh awards at the school. Last week’s episode replays right before. Both play again later.
• MythBusters (Discovery Channel): Season Premiere. The guys check out a myth that revolves around lethal littering. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has doubleheader NBA action with the Denver Nuggets at the Boston Celtics followed by the Los Angeles Lakers at the San Antonio Spurs.
• ESPN2 has doubleheader NIT Tournament college basketball action.

Late Night

• Breaking Bad (AMC): Repeat. This past Sunday’s third season premiere episode, “No Mas,” replays.

TV Marathons

Discovery Channel has 11 episodes of MythBusters.
History has five episodes of WWII that play two times today.
Oxygen has 16 episodes of Roseanne.
Spike TV has 10 episodes of CSI….
USA has 17 episodes of NCIS.