CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
Ask yourself: Could this sitcom get any geekier? Then tell yourself: Yes, it could, and tonight, it does. Making return appearances are two alumni from Star Trek: The Next Generation. One is Wil Wheaton, as an arrogant version of himself who is the long-time nemesis of Sheldon (Jim Parsons). The other is LeVar Burton. And in this very same episode, Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) finally moves out of his mom’s basement. Once you’ve been to outer space, as astronaut Wolowitz has, I guess you just need more… space.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
This 1960 Jean-Luc Godard film helped launch, or at least popularize, the French New Wave cinema. Jean-Paul Belmondo plays a tough French gangster (in a suit, tie and hat!) who idolizes Marlon Brando, and whose swaggering good looks and wild exploits attract the attention and affection of a visiting American (Jean Seberg).
Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET
Just when you thought they were out, McKinley High pulls them back in: Even though Mercedes and Mike graduated from high school, tonight they return – to offer input in the casting of a school production of Grease. My advice: Stay away from the original Broadway show’s unedited lyrics to “Greased Lightning.”
USA, 9:00 p.m. ET
SERIES RETURN: When last we saw Michael and Fiona (Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar), they were in Panama. Not on vacation, but on a mission gone awry, stranded and vulnerable with, seemingly, no way out. Well, tonight, in a two-hour episode and with a little help from their friends, they find a way out. (And if you consider that worthy of a Spoiler Alert, you’ve watched way too little television.)
TCM, 9:45 p.m. ET
In this film from 1935, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are at their best – and the songs in this iconic movie musical are just as classy and classic. Watch them dancing “Cheek to Cheek,” and you’re watching the best.