TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
You want to watch a classic genre film – one of the toughest pre-Code gangster movies ever made? Then watch this one. Made in 1931, it stars Edward G. Robinson in the killer role of a hood on the make. And this violent film is one of the movies whose excesses led to a “decency” code. Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell co-star.
NBC, 9:00 p.m. ET
Last night, Maroon 5 sang as part of the Top 10 competition show – not in the competition, just as part of the program. Last night’s show, then, was additive: 10+5. Tonight’s voting results show is subtractive: 10-2. But which two?
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
“Created Equal,” the idea that “all men are created equal,” didn’t become law until after the Civil War, thanks to the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868. In tonight’s show, Peter Sagal crosses the country to find and examine cases where the spirit, and the letter, of that law are being put to the test. Check local listings.
TCM, 9:30 p.m. ET
Another classic film noir thriller, this one stars Humphrey Bogart – but not as the hero. In this 1936 suspense movie, he plays a convict on the run, who gathers hostages in a desolate café. Co-stars include Bette Davis and Leslie Howard.
NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: Last week’s episode ended with a nice visual image: the zombie-making bad guy locking his entranced victims into a railroad shipping car, only to have the camera pull back and reveal that it’s only one freight car among hundreds. Tonight, this show’s zombies come closer to being set free – and the puffy-and-spiky-faced man shall lead them.