TCM, 6:00 p.m. ET
This 1951 Alfred Hitchcock movie contains one of his most famous, and most copied, plot premises: two strangers each agree to murder someone detested by the other, so that they can get away with the perfect crime. Two of them, actually. Farley Granger, Robert Walker star.
ABC, 9:00 p.m. ET
The definition of “Duos,” as used here, is arguable. Do Archie and Meathead, on All in the Family, actually constitute a duo? But unless someone wants to allow the Paley Museum a total duo-ver, we may as well enjoy this retrospective clip special as is.
AMC, 10:00 p.m. ET
MIDSEASON FINALE: Last week’s stunning conclusion would have been enough of a dramatic climax for most shows to present as a season finale – but on Breaking Bad, that was just another episode. And now we get a real finale – but only a midseason one, as the series will return, after a brief hiatus, for its final eight episodes. To say I can’t wait would be an absurd understatement. This is my favorite TV show on the air right now.
BBC America, 12:00 a.m. ET
It’s the third episode of this new Tom Fontana-Barry Levinson series – and if it’s like their other series, it’ll just keep getting better as the characters and story lines evolve.
Showtime, 10:00 p.m. ET
Poor Justin Kirk is stuck, this season in NBC’s execrable Animal Practice, so it’s worth seeing him do much better work as the co-star, opposite Mary Louise Parker’s Nancy, in this long-running, about-to-end Showtime comedy.