IFC, 7:45 p.m. ET
This 1984 comedy isn't very good, but it does capture two performers at pivotal moments in their career. It stars Tom Hanks, the same year he made Splash, as a guest of honor at a wild party on the eve of his marriage to his devoted girlfriend. Said girlfriend is played by Tawny Kitaen. It was an early break for both performers, but for Hanks, it was only the beginning. For Kitaen, it ended up being her career zenith.
Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET
In tonight’s episode, Peter (Joshua Jackson) exhibits more of the behavior of the Observers, into which he appears to be metamorphosing. But Olivia (Anna Torv) is on the case, and there’s someone new on the horizon who may be able to help. Or not.
Sundance, 9:00 p.m. ET
MINISERIES PREMIERE: Part 1 of 2. Concluding next Friday, this Sundance Channel and BBC-1 co-production teams stars from two of the boldest, most disturbing sexual dramas ever filmed: Charlotte Rampling of The Night Porter and Michael Gambon of The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. Here, their roles are less overt than covert. Rampling plays a former Russian refugee and British spy who fears her real identity is at risk of being discovered decades later; Gambon plays her former handler and lover. In flashbacks, their roles are played, respectively, by Hayley Atwell and Rufus Sewell, and Michelle Dockery, familiar as Lady Mary on Downton Abbey, plays the daughter of Rampling’s paranoid recluse. Quite a cast – and on the heels of Homeland, another TV exercise in seriously shifting loyalties.
Cinemax, 10:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: Just because Sam (Melissa George) has her back against the wall, and appears to be trapped and facing imminent death, doesn’t mean you should give up on this series, or on her. After all, that’s the way this series starting – and, quite literally, that was only the beginning.
Showtime, 10:00 p.m. ET
This high-concept 2012 documentary, by director Ronna Gradus, examines sexual identity by looking at how pop and music stars, and pornography and social media, are perceived by three very different representative female viewpoints. One’s a former porn star, another is a young adult with what she considers abnormal private parts, and the third is an impressionable 12-year-old girl.