ABC, 8:00 p.m. ET
In this new episode, all three Heck kids get solid story lines. Axl and Sue (Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher) are paired at school on an in-class presentation project, while Brick (Atticus Shaffer) is advised by the school therapist (guest star Dave Foley, funny as always) on how to make friends.
ABC, 9:00 p.m. ET
Better late than never: This ABC sitcom, one of the best comedies on television, presents its New Year’s Eve episode. The extended family descends upon Palm Springs for the night – and for a series of adventures, misadventures and card games at a local resort hotel.
Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET
These post-season editions are my favorite episodes of this series. With fewer games to analyze and preview, the content is deeper, the conversations more fluid, and the conflicts among analysts even more obvious and energized.
ABC, 10:00 p.m. ET
Juliette (Hayden Panettiere), in this new episode, questions why Rayna (Connie Britton) is so eager to have them go out on a joint tour together. “You hate me,” Juliette tells her, but Rayna corrects her: “I only hate sunburns and hangovers,” she says. “This is just business.” Welcome to Nashville, 2013.
FX, 10:00 p.m. ET
The ending of last week’s episode was the most outrageous cliffhanger ending of any episode all year – you might call it the cremation of the crop. But this week, other characters are still around to carry the story line, including the Monsignor (Joseph Fiennes), whose daily newspaper delivers some bad news indeed.