TV Wednesday: Southland, The Americans, Psych & More

News & Notes

On cable tonight, Bravo has the fifth season premiere of The Rachel Zoe Project, the second season premiere of It’s a Brad, Brad World and the series premiere of Dukes of Melrose, Comedy Central has the first season finale of Kroll Show, truTV has the fourth season finale of Full Throttle Salon, Travel Channel has the series premiere of Feed the Beast, and Syfy has the third season premiere of Haunted Collector.

Prime Picks

Whitney (NBC): New. Whitney’s half-sister comes for a visit. Alex and Mark try to help R.J. cheer up. Runs 30 minutes.

Modern Family (ABC): Repeat. The “New Year’s Eve” episode from earlier this season replays. Runs 31 minutes.
Suburgatory (ABC): New. George and Dallas deal with Noah think that Carmen is the love of his life. Starts a minute after the half hour and runs 29 minutes.

Psych (USA Network): New. Juliet goes undercover with an online dating profile after it is discovered that two women recently murdered had used the site. Shawn has to deal with her fake dates, Gus’ new girlfriend and having his mom back in town. Plays again later. This is a fantastically funny episode. I couldn’t stop laughing. So much so that I think I may have missed some stuff. If you haven’t yet, make sure you enter our Psych Desk Set Giveaway.

Other Options

• The Americans (FX): New. The KGB is on a hunt for a mole. Plays twice and again later. An extremely tense episode.
• Southland (TNT): New. John and Lucero deal with some weird calls. Ben and Sammy deal with a bank robbery. Plays twice.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has college basketball action with North Carolina at Maryland followed by NBA action with the Chicago Bulls at the San Antonio Spurs.
• ESPN2 has tripleheader college basketball action with Georgetown at Villanova, West Virginia at Oklahoma and Stanford at California.

Late Night

• Justified (FX): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “The Hatchet Tour,” replays.
• Vikings (A&E): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s series premiere episode, “Rites of Passage,” replays on History’s sister cable channel.
• White Collar (USA Network): Repeat. Last night’s fourth season finale episode, “In the Wind,” replays.

Wednesday TV Marathons

CSI: NY (Spike TV): Five episodes.
NCIS (USA Network): Has 15 episodes.