"Threshold" (9 p.m., WWJ-TV, Channel 62, CBS). Paranormal psychology. Not since Scully and Mulder... TV WEEKEND: In search of e
"Threshold" (9 p.m., WWJ-TV, Channel 62, CBS). Paranormal psychology. Not since Scully and Mulder were on the conspiratorial case with "X Files" a decade ago has there been this much entertaining extraterrestrial weirdness going on. Now a nosy Sen. Foghorn Know-It-All, Will Tollman (Kevin Killner), is pushing Molly (Carla Gugino) to let him in on the inner workings of the Threshold project as the Red Team investigates a possible infection of the food supply in a small New England town. Oo-ee-oo.
"Hot Properties" (9:30 p.m., WXYZ-TV, Channel 7, ABC). Love-hungry sitcom women. Manhattan real estate office mates Chloe (Nicole Sullivan), Lola (Sofia Vergara) and Emerson (Christina Moore) go looking for romance through a hot new online dating service. Ding dong, Mr. Wrong?
"Late Show with David Letterman" (11:35 p.m., WWJ-TV, Channel 62, CBS). You can call me Al. No problem for David Letterman remembering first names tonight. His guests are comedian and liberal radio pundit Al Franken and soul-singing legend Al Green. Who's your buddy, who's your pal? Al.
"Byron" (9 p.m., BBC America). Poetic debauchery. Both a literary demigod and lascivious, wenching rascal, Lord Byron (Jonny Lee Miller, "Trainspotting") had quite the exotic life, both artistic and otherwise. What sort of chap was the English poet? "Mad, bad and dangerous to know," Lady Caroline Lamb (Camilla Power) once observed. How mad and bad? The great forbidden love of Byron's life was half-sister Augusta Leigh (Natasha Little, "Vanity Fair"). Fueled by Miller's fine performance, the opulent "Byron" captures the eccentric spirit of a hopeless romantic. Love hurts.
"Tuckerville" (10 p.m., TLC). Series premiere. The original redneck woman of country music, Tanya Tucker, a Nashville bad girl long before Gretchen Wilson arrived, joins the confessional celebrity party a bit late with this new reality TV show. The 26-episode series -- 26 episodes!? -- traces Tucker's hectic life as a singer and single mom to three children, including 16-year-old teen queen Presley, who wants to follow her mother into a country chanteuse career.
"Prison Break" (12 noon, FX). Cellblock viewing party. Wentworth Miller delivers the charismatic star sizzle as Michael Scofield, an intense young man with a magnificent obsession. He gets himself tossed into prison just so he can break out and prove that his death row inmate brother (Dominic Purcell) didn't really kill the vice president's brother. Crazy? Yes. Thrilling? Absolutely. Now FX rolls out a penitentiary marathon, the first six episodes of Fox's best new series. Very cool.
"Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking" (9 p.m., WTVS-TV, Channel 56, PBS). Whodunit quality alert. Rupert Everett ("My Best Friend's Wedding") is a dapper knockout as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary English sleuth. This ripping good "Masterpiece Theatre" mystery -- in which London debutantes are lethally imperiled -- is a stylish original that channels the dark, noir-ish spirit of "CSI" without ever losing its Sherlockian soul. Bravo, Rupert!
"Squidbillies" (12 a.m., Cartoon Network). Hot dang, redneck cephalopods! These fightin', feudin', drinkin', gun-crazy cartoon loons are a family of inbred squids left behind when the prehistoric oceans receded from the north Georgia mountains. "Squidbillies" is a laugh-out-loud, inspirationally deranged new addition to the "Adult Swim" late-night lineup. Courtesy of the same nutty animators who do "The Brak Show" and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force." The real surreal deal. Delightful.
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