The Biggest Loser (8pm, NBC) - This show runs pretty much non-stop throughout the year now. The previous season just ended a few weeks ago and now we have a fresh new batch of couples at the ranch. The twist this season is that the couples will be split up and compete against each other.
Work It (8:30pm, ABC) - Heaven help us. This awful new sitcom is about two men who dress as women to get jobs. Yes, like "Bosom Buddies." Except without Tom Hanks.
Jane by Design (9pm, ABC Family) - This new drama follows a teenager with a keen sense of style who is mistaken for an adult and given a job as an assistant to a powerful fashion executive (Andie McDowell).
Parenthood (10pm, NBC) - The Bravermans take a road trip to visit Zeek's mother. During the trip, Adam bonds with Haddie, Sarah and Drew tackle an embarrassing issue, and Julia sees Crosby in a new light.
Frontline: Opium Brides (10pm, UNC-TV) - A report on Afghan farmers who, with the government's eradication of their opium crops, are now in debt to drug dealers with few options to repay them beyond giving them their daughters (YIKES!).
Jamie's American Road Trip (10pm, BBC America) - Chef Jamie Oliver visits East Los Angeles and tries to make kids eat healthy food. No, wait! That was a different show. In this series, Jamie travels around America and talks to folks with different food traditions. Tonight he meets Mexican-Americans with a strong food culture and learns about Homeboy Industries, a youth program that uses food to break the cycle of crime (and probably also tries to get them to eat healthy food).
Flea Man (8pm, National Geographic Channel) - The show's host, Jimmy Kaplow, helps a toy collector sell some of his prize possessions so he can raise money to renovate his basement. In a second episode at 9, an aspiring country singer needs cash to record his first album, but he's reluctant to sell his most valuable collectibles.
Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings (10pm, IFC) - A new show in which the
Friday Night Lights (8pm, NBC) - Coach Taylor considers suspending Vince, and the possibility of becoming quarterback weighs on Luke. Also, Billy receives some unexpected news from Mindy, and Becky gets a new job (please don't be at The Landing Strip. Okay, you know it's gonna be at The Landing Strip.).
Younger Next Year: The New Science of Aging (10pm, UNC-TV) - Columbia University medical professor Henry S. Lodge, author of the "Younger Than Next Year" books, offers advice on living a longer and healthier life. Let me guess: eat right, exercise, get plenty of sleep?
Friday Night Lights (8pm, NBC) - Coach Taylor worries he's losing control of his Lions, and Vince's arrogance (thanks, Dad!) creates tension with his teammates. Also, Tami suspects that a student is being neglected at home, and Becky enters a pageant.
Raising Hope (9pm, Fox) - Maw Maw (Cloris Leachman) meets a potential boyfriend (Jerry Van Dyke) at Shelley's daycare center.
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (8pm, ABC) - Chef Jamie Oliver brings his Food Revolution to Los Angeles for Season 2, and things get off to a rocky start when the LA Unified School District refuses to give him access to the schools. We loved Season 1's efforts in Huntington, West Virginia, even if they weren't a complete success.
Secrets of the Mountain (8pm, NBC) - In this made-for-TV movie, a woman (Paige Turco) decides to sell a mountain cabin she inherited from her uncle (Barry Bostwick) and takes her kids there on a weekend trip to finalize the deal. The family ends up uncovering a mystery someone doesn't want them to know about, and things get dangerous. Sounds like a live-action version of a Scooby Doo cartoon. But it's family friendly TV so I'm not knocking it.
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (9pm, ABC) - Poor Jamie. He's already getting plenty of gruff from Alice, the "combative" lunch lady at Huntington Elementary School, he shouldn't also have to battle what has to be one of the jerkiest local radio DJs in America. But he does. Jamie is on a mission to win the hearts and minds (and bellies) of Huntington, West Virginia, and he knows he needs DJ Rod Willis on his side. Tonight, Jamie has Rod meet some of the teens from Huntington High School who joined him on last week's show, and we'll see how glib Rod is about Jamie's mission when he comes face to face with them. Also, Jamie makes a bet with the DJ that he can teach 1,000 people to cook in one week, and then enlists students at Marshall University to help him out. Last week's episode with the Huntington High School kids repeats at 8pm.