ABC, 8:00 p.m. ET
After a brief hibernation, this comedy returns with a new episode – one that puts the Heck family in church, and has Frankie (Patricia Heaton), especially, asking what the Heck they’re doing there.
ABC, 9:00 p.m. ET
In this new episode, Claire (Julie Bowen) finds out whether all her obsessive planning and campaigning has paid off. It’s Election Day for the local town council, and this particular installment has an impressive behind-the-scenes ringleader. Directing tonight’s show is Bryan Cranston, the star of AMC’s Breaking Bad – who knows a lot about sitcoms, having starred for years as the hapless dad in Malcolm in the Middle.
ABC, 9:30 p.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: This new sitcom comes on a little strong, just like its central, titular character: a fierce, seemingly remorseless force of nature named Chloe, who becomes the loose-cannon dominant member of an Odd Couple duo of mismatched roommates. (Dreama Walker plays June, her bubbly, resilient counterpart.) But it has two secret weapons that make it worth watching, to see if and how it develops in future weeks. One is Krysten Ritter, recently seen as Jesse’s ill-fated girlfriend on Breaking Bad, who plays Chloe with all the boldness the role requires. The other is James Van Der Beek, long ago of Dawson's Creek, who plays a tongue-in-cheek caricature of himself with all the flippancy that role requires.
TCM, 9:00 p.m. ET
At 8 p.m. ET, TCM presents Peter O’Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival, a recap of last year’s appearance by, and interview with, the veteran actor. An hour later, the network presents one of O’Toole’s very best films: This 1968 costume drama, in which he stars as Henry II opposite Katharine Hepburn.
TBS, 11:00 p.m. ET
This Sunday, HBO premieres its newest comedy, Girls, which is written and directed by its young star, Lena Dunham, who’s 25. Tonight, meet the real Dunham, and compare her to the role she’s written for herself in one of TV’s best and freshest new sitcoms.