thursday
Jeremy Piven, Ana Gasteyer, Patti Lupone on The Rosie O’Donnell Show (syndicated, check your local listings).
Everything begins to catch up with McMurphy in the “Psywars” episode of China Beach (History Channel, Noon and 6pm).
Mr. T is profiled on True Hollywood Story (E!, 6pm).
Part 4 (of 4) of Evolution (PBS, check your local listings).
Monica’s feeling upstaged (so what else is new?) on her wedding day when it’s revealed that a friend is pregnant on the season premiere of Friends (NBC, 7pm).
Wayne plays members of N’Sync on a new Whose Line Is It Anyway (ABC, 7pm).
Rerun of C.S.I. (CBS, 7pm)– the one where a woman’s body is found in a showgirl’s swimming pool.
Series premiere of Inside Schwartz (NBC, 7:30pm). There’s this sportscaster who is so obsessed with sports that he sees sports stars in his head as he goes about his life. Or something. Kinda like Herman’s Head, from the sound of it. I’m not expecting much, but you never know.
The son of a Vegas entrepeneur is found dead in the Season premiere of C.S.I. (CBS, 8pm).
Cool people Jack Black, Seth Green, Caroline Rhea, Orlando Jones, Denis Leary compete with the less cool Bill Maher, Kevin Nealon, and the annoying Jimmy Kimmel and Kathy Griffin on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (ABC, 8pm).
Woody Harrelson guest stars on the season premiere of Will & Grace (NBC, 8pm).
Snoop Dogg guest stars on the season premiere of Just Shoot Me (NBC, 8:30pm).
Gil Bellows, Rocky Carroll, Gloria Reuben, and Paige Turco star in the series premiere of The Agency (CBS, 9pm). They play C.I.A. agents or something. I’ll probably have to check this one out ‘cuz I like the spy stuff. And these actors I’ve mentioned.
The death of that serial killer guy (in last season’s finale) is investigated, and Carter has a reunion of sorts with his family on the season premiere of ER (NBC, 9pm). Do we care about this show anymore? Oh yeah, Sherry Stringfield returns this season, that could be good. Maybe.
Tenacious D on a new Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
Senator Hillary Clinton, Justin Long, a performance from 42nd Street on a new Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Cuba Gooding, Jr., mad scientist David Willey, Live on a new Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).
Kelsey Grammer, Craig Ferguson, Robert Earl Keen Jr. on a new Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).
Ted Danson, Natasha Gregson Wagner, and Tim Reynolds on a new The Late Late Show (CBS, check your local listings).
John Waters, Paul Rodriguez on a new Politically Incorrect (ABC, check your local listings).
Details about Bayliss’ past come out in the “Betrayal” episode of Homicide: Life on the Street (Court TV, midnight).
