HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET
This new documentary looks at the sort of lengthy, patient, ongoing investigative work that led to the identification of the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden. Its narrative begins well before that of
Zero Dark Thirty, and its female protagonists are a bit different than Jessica Chastain’s character in that film, but this is the real deal. For more on
Manhunt, see Eric Gould's
Cold Light Reader.
IFC, 8:00 p.m. ET
It’s been 30 years now since Tom Cruise slid across that floor in his stocking feet — but this movie still has charm and energy to spare, and makes it clear why Cruise cruised to stardom so quickly, and has stayed there ever since. Rebecca De Mornay co-stars, as the female escort who complicates his life, and jeopardizes his college admission status.
ABC, 9:00 p.m. ET
There’s a Career Day exhibition at school in tonight’s new episode, but there’s a lot of show and tell at home, as well. For example, Mitchell and Cam enlist a visiting Haley (Sarah Hyland) to play the role of the Tooth Fairy – a role she really takes to heart.
Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET
Among the reports shown tonight, in this new Showtime edition of this 60 Minutes spinoff, are an entertaining Lesley Shahl profile of R.A. Dickey – and a piece on a usually ignored sport, big in the U.K. but not so much here. Namely, darts.
FX, 10:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: The entire season has been building, cleverly, to tonight’s season finale, with agents from both sides of the Iron Curtain circling each other and getting ever closer to discovering each other’s identities. Stan (Noah Emmerich) has commissioned arists sketches that may help him get closer to Elizabeth (Keri Russell, pictured) and Phillip (Matthew Rhys) – even though they could hardly be closer, since they live across the street.