Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (8pm, ABC) - In this 1986 special, Charlie Brown rings in the new year at a party with Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and ends up missing the evening's big surprise. Also features "She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown," a short in which Snoopy helps Peppermint Patty train for her first ice-skating competition.
Three Inches (9pm, Syfy) - The two-hour pilot of a new Syfy series about a man who is struck by lightning and discovers he can use his mind to move any object three inches. It's a sitcom. A sitcom with a two-hour pilot. But it stars James Marsters (Spike on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and a whole host of other pretty recognizable sci-fi actors. It sounds promising but Syfy hasn't even listed it on their website yet, so their lack of support isn't encouraging.
NY Ink (9pm, TLC) - In the Season 2 premiere, Ami's tattoo shop has become a hit, but the success also comes with more problems.
Hook, Line, and Sisters (10pm, TLC) - A commercial fishing family in Alaska is the focus of this new reality series (no, it's not about Todd Palin). The series begins with Dean and Susan Anderson and their two daughters as they prepare for salmon season.
Fear Factor (8pm, NBC) - In a desperate attempt to recapture the tiniest bit of an era when they weren't perpetually in last place, NBC has resurrected their roach-eating reality show of dares. They've even brought back the original "Fear Factor" host, an inked-up Joe Rogan (right). Two new back-to-back episodes tonight. In the first, contestants must eat five scorpions, get strapped to the front of a cement mixer, and hop onto the back of a truck that is heading toward an explosive collision with a barrier.
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (8pm, ABC) - Charlie Brown, a born partier, rings in 1986 with Tolstoy's "War and Peace."
There's not much on tonight, so it's an excellent time to introduce your Spongebob-Bratz-Pokemon-loving kids to the classic treasures of Charles Schulz and the Peanut gang.