News & Notes
Tonight, NBC has the series premiere of Bent.
Over on cable, A&E has the series premiere of Duck Dynasty, BET has a Rip the Runway special, Cooking Channel has the second season finale of Bitchin’ Kitchen, Discovery Channel has the first season finale of Doomsday Bunkers, Spike TV has an Auction Hunters: Live special, and VH1 has the series premiere of Couples Therapy.
Wednesday night shows normally mentioned below but are either repeats or not on tonight include ABC’s The Middle, Suburgatory, Modern Family and Revenge.
Prime Picks
One Tree Hill (The CW): New. Brooke’s father has returned. Clay and Quinn try to reach out to Logan. Dan has been shot saving Nathan.
Bent (NBC): Series Premiere. A recently divorced woman moves into a smaller place with her daughter and hires a contractor to make some improvements. Another new episode follows. I really liked the original “Pilot” episode, but they made a few changes to it and I haven’t seen the new version.
Happy Endings (ABC): New. Alex thinks Dave should fight back against a bully at the gym. Jane is being challenged for the president of the condo association. Runs 29 minutes.
Psych (USA Network): New. Gus’ a cappella group is back for an investigation of a youth program founder’s death. Runs 61 minutes. Plays again later.
Other Options
- Criminal Minds (CBS): New. The team searches for a kidnapper in the Arizona desert.
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): New. The CSIs investigate after a murder at an “Alice in Wonderland” themed wedding.
- Missing (ABC): Repeat. Last Thursday’s series premiere episode, “Pilot,” replays.
Sports Notes
- ESPN has doubleheader NBA action with the New York Knicks at the Philadelphia 76ers followed by the Los Angeles Lakers at the Dallas Mavericks.
- ESPN2 has doubleheader college basketball with quarterfinal action from the NIT.
- NBC Sports has NHL action.
Late Night
- Fairly Legal (USA Network): Repeat. Last Friday’s second season premiere episode, “Satisfaction,” replays.
- Southland (TNT): Repeat. Last night’s fourth season finale episode, “Thursday,” replays.
TV Marathons
Oxygen has 10 episodes of Roseanne.
TNT has seven episodes of Law & Order tonight.
USA Network has eight episodes of NCIS.