Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: This is a little hard to believe, but Bones, with tonight’s episode, is embarking on the start of Season 11. That’s a long, very successful run for a drama series that, for the most part, has swooped under the radar for most of its run. Yet here it is again, and, again, is shaking things up a bit, by picking up the narrative six months after the events that ended last season.
NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET
This is Episode 2 of this series reboot’s planned 13-episode run, and last week’s series premiere made it seem as though this show, like ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Fox’s new Minority Report, is built around the same basic dramatic scaffolding: people with unusual abilities are being hunted by others who are frightened of their potential power. And this week, we get to meet more of them – and, just maybe, see some old familiar faces from the old Heroes as well.
NBC, 9:00 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: Liz, like Red, is now a most-wanted fugitive, and the two of them begin Season 3 on the run together. And before too long, they’re making some changes in order to evade capture – like, for example, Liz’s hair color.
IFC, 10:30 p.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: This series is spun off from a web series, and is an expanded version of the same central conceit: David Krumholtz, totally hidden behind makeup and prosthetics, playing the title role of a straight-talking grandmother named Gigi. The makeup is by one of the team behind Bad Grandpa, and some scenes are staged with a similar approach, fooling unsuspecting people as in Candid Camera or Punk’d. Some of those moments are amusing, but not enough. For Krumholtz, it’s an actor’s showcase worth enjoying and embracing. For viewers, based on the premiere episode, not so much.
CBS, 11:35 p.m. ET
More politics on Colbert’s very politically attuned Late Show: One of tonight’s scheduled guests is Secretary of State John Kerry.