Monday on TV: How I Met Your Mother, Gossip Girl, Castle & More

News & Notes

On cable tonight, Food Network has the first season finale of $24 in 24 special and Syfy has the fifth fall season finale of Scare Tactics.

Prime Picks

How I Met Your Mother (CBS): New. Ted and Victoria take a look at their future. Robin becomes concerned about Barney. Runs 30 minutes.

Gossip Girl (The CW): New. Chuck continues his search for the person that can tell him what Bart was up to. Nate has to make a hard decision to keep The Spectator up and running.

Castle (ABC): New. An investigation into a group of ritualistic killings points to Castle as the prime suspect. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 59 minutes.

Solid Selections

Dexter (Showtime): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “Swim Deep,” replays. Plays again later.

Homeland (Showtime): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “Q&A,” replays. Plays again later.

Revolution (NBC): New. Miles takes the group on a detour to get medical help for Nora. Neville gives Danny to Monroe. We see what Aaron’s life was like in the past. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 59 minutes.

Other Options

• Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (MTV): New. Guy checks out some “Food Done Right.” Plays again later. Eight repeat episodes play right before.
• Hawaii Five-0 (CBS): New. It looks like a killer is about to strike again, while the team investigates a grisly murder.

Sports Note

• ESPN has Monday Night Football action with the San Francisco 49ers at the Arizona Cardinals.

Late Night

• Hunted (Cinemax): Repeat. This past Friday’s episode, “LB,” replays.

Monday TV Marathons

ION has five episodes of Without a Trace today followed by nine episodes of Criminal Minds tonight.
Spike TV has eight episodes of CSI: … today.
TNT has 11 episodes of The Mentalist today.
TV One has 12 episodes of Martin early.
USA Network has eight episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent followed by five episodes of NCIS.
WE tv has 10 episodes of Roseanne tonight.

What will you watch Monday on TV?