CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
It’s the bachelor party for Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) – which has a good chance, given his insanely over-the-top hedonistic character flaws, to be legen – wait for it… – dary.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
The title of this 1953 movie is more famous, and more memorable, than the movie itself. But it has some definite claims to fame, including a story (and co-screenplay credit) by Ray Bradbury, and the fact that it’s one of the era’s biggest efforts in a then-popular cinematic gimmick known as 3-D. Ah, how silly Hollywood was 60 years ago, thinking that a gimmick as obvious as 3-D could actually bring people into theaters!
Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: The producers of this show are promising a finite, and dramatic, solution to this first season’s story line. It could end with the deaths of the villainous Joe (James Purefoy), the heroic Ryan (Kevin Baker), either of whom could exit this series without ending it – or some less operatic, and less satisfying, option C. Meanwhile, one member of Ryan’s team was last seen buried alive and screaming or help, in what Joe’s favorite author, Edgar Allan Poe, would call a “premature burial.”
Sundance, 9:00 p.m. ET
This second episode, starring Aden Young as a convict released after 19 years on Death Row, really solidifies the unpredictable, unsettling nature of this character drama. Instead of making choices about what to do with his new life, Young’s Daniel merely accepts or rejects the offers of those he encounters. And those offers, whether innocent or intimate, begin to define his life as it now is. Very unusual – and, if you go with the flow, very, very interesting.
Syfy, 10:00 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: Last season’s cliffhanger ended with an evilly-possessed Artie (Saul Rubinek) unleashing a plague upon the world. This new season begins with one pair of warehouse agents setting out to save the world, with the other trying to save Artie – from himself. Along for the entertaining ride? Two genre favorites as guest stars: James Marsters (pictured) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Smallville, and Polly Walker from Caprica and Rome.