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What to Watch on Thursday: Scared straight in Charlotte

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - The designers must create outfits for series judge Nina Garcia, who will then sport the winning look at a big industry function. Fashion editor Joanna Coles and actress Kerry Washington are guest judges.

Do Something Awards (9pm, VH1) - Jane Lynch hosts the awards ceremony honoring social activism. Demi Lovato, Foster the People, and OneRepublic are slated to perform.

Burn Notice (9pm, USA) - A pharmaceuticals mogul hires Fiona and Jesse to do surveillance work for him, but he's hiding something about his business dealings. Elsewhere, Michael and Sam question a bomb maker tied to Max's murder.

Beyond Scared Straight (10pm, A&E) - In the show's second season opener, teens visit Mecklenberg County Jail in Charlotte. Teen troublemaker Jose goes head-to-head with terrifying inmates and Sgt. Garrett, one of the toughest female jail deputies in the show's history. When Jose refuses to follow an order, Sgt. Garrett makes it her mission to break him down. Here's a video sneak peek.

Rookie Blue (10pm, ABC) - Swarek runs a stakeout to keep an Asian gang from killing an informant, and Dov and Gail are assigned to assist him. Meanwhile, Andy and Chris join the Division 27 rookies in an equine competition.

Wilfred (10pm, FX) - Two new back-to-back episodes tonight. Mary Steenburgen guest stars in the first as Ryan's nutty  mother, who moves in with him after spending 20 years in a "wellness center" and bonds with Wilfred immediately.

Louie (11pm. FX) - Louie takes his daughters trick-or-treating and meets a Hollywood mogul.

What to Watch on Thursday: A winner on 'So You Think You Can Dance'

So You Think You Can Dance (8pm, Fox) - The winner for Season 8 is chosen in part two of the season finale.

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - The designers must make garments for stilt-walking models. Later, they showcase their fashions in an outdoor runway show. Kim Kardashian is the guest judge.

Burn Notice (9pm, USA) - Michael and Jesse go on an extraction mission on a Caribbean island but end up trapped there by mercenaries. Meanwhile, Fiona tries to get information out of an ex by doing a favor for him.

Sweet Home Alabama (9pm, CMT) - Devin goes to her hometown of Tuscaloosa, where she and her suitors volunteer to help with cleaning up tornado damage.

Rookie Blue (10pm, ABC) - The division is quarantined when a suspect presumed drunk collapses due to an unknown disease. Elsewhere, a bank robbery suspect is apprehended covered in blue dye, but the officers have trouble finding his violent accomplice.

Futurama (10pm, Comedy Central) - Fry's care for an alien egg doesn't pay off when it hatches into a horrible monster.

What to Watch on Thursday: Saving Detroit, ruining Italy

Detroit in Overdrive (8pm, Planet Green) - All three installments tonight in a new three-part documentary series examining efforts to revitalize the city of Detroit. In the first, Kid Rock launches a beer label (Badass Beer) and fashion designer Joe Faris tries to revive the Motor City's garment district. At 9, the show looks at a start-up record label and a famous artist's installation, as well as a high school trumpet player who auditions for a music scholarship. The episode at 10 visits a former auto body plant that houses small businesses and a community of artists.

So You Think You Can Dance (8pm, Fox) - "American Idol" contestant Pia Toscano performs, and two dancers are sent home.

Ultimate Merger (9pm, TV One) - In the Season 2 opener, model Tocarra Jones looks for a mate and meets 12 suitors who try to win her over. Adrienne reviews.

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - The designers must make fashion from items found in a pet store.

Suits (10pm, USA) - Mike takes on Louis' protege during a mock trial, but his conflict with Rachel could hurt his chances of winning. Meanwhile, Harvey works on a merger between two hotel chains, but his past with the opposing counsel complicates matters.

Jersey Shore (10pm, MTV) - The new season begins tonight and the bad news for Europe is that it all takes place in Italy. Watch Snooki crash into an Italian police car and get arrested. Watch Ronnie beat on The Situation. Watch me watch "Suits" at 10 p.m. instead...

Louie  (10:30pm, FX) - Louie reflects on his career failures and tries to score concert tickets for his daughter. Comics Dane Cook and Bob Saget play themselves.

What to Watch on Thursday: 'Project Runway' and HBO's 'Derek Jeter 3K'

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - Season 9 of the fashion-themed reality competition series returns. Here's a list of the new cast and where they're from. There's a special at 8 p.m. that follows the casting process.

Derek Jeter 3K (9pm, HBO) - A documentary going behind the scenes with the Yankee shortstop during the 2011 season as he approached 3000 career hits. Includes interviews with family, friends, teammates, and Yankees executives. Also, highlights from his career and footage from on and off the field.

Serving Life (9pm, OWN) - A documentary following inmate hospice volunteers at Louisiana's maximum security Angola prison as they care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated by Forest Whitaker. It beings as four volunteers are screened and trained for the daunting job.

Black Tide: Voices from the Gulf (9pm, Animal Planet) - A documentary examining how the 2010 BP oil spill affected the lives, businesses and animals of Louisiana's Gulf region, and how they are trying to rebuild. We have more about it here.

Rookie Blue (10pm, ABC) - An informant's murder is investigated, and Gail's mother, Superintendant Peck (Lauren Holly), arrives to ratchet up the pressure to solve the case. Gail is assigned to protect the only known witness to the crime.

Suits (10pm, USA) - The guys defend a woman falsely accused of insider trading. Elsewhere, Mike helps Rachel study for the LSAT and realizes she's close to discovering his secret.

Green Room with Paul Provenza (11pm, Showtime) - In this season's third episode, Richard Belzer competes in an impromptu "Jagger-off" and a kinda hostile Doug Stanhope goes after Jeneane Garofalo. Things get tense. It's totally uncensored and often pretty vulgar, but really interesting and funny as uh, heck. 

"Platinum Hit": Well, maybe more like gold

Mash together elements of "Project Runway" and "Top Chef" and you get Bravo's latest reality competition show "Platinum Hit (10 tonight)."

This time the contestants want to be songwriters, well, kinda. Like one of the guest judges, Jermaine Dupri, they already seem sick of toiling in the background and are ready for center stage.

That's why you get one guy who proclaiming himself 'a musical genius,' and another who says "I sing for the widow, I sing for the orphan." For real.

What to Watch on Thursday: Zombies invade "Community"

Scared Shrekless (8pm, NBC) - This animated tale in which Shrek (Mike Myers) gets in the Halloween spirit by challenging friends to come up with scary stories for a contest bumps "30 Rock" out of the NBC lineup tonight. In the cartoon, the gang learn that they'll have to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle before a contest winner is named. Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas reprise their roles as Princess Fiona and Puss in Boots, but there's no Eddie Murphy. Dean Edwards plays the role of Donkey.

Community (8:30pm, NBC) - The rest of the NBC sitcoms have Halloween episodes tonight. On "Community," a campus Halloween party takes an unusual turn after Pierce and some students ingest a hazardous substance which produces zombie-like symptoms in them. On "The Office," staffers turn overly competitive during a Halloween costume contest (Timothy Olyphant is back). And on "Outsourced," Todd throws a costume party at the office in an attempt to explain Halloween to his Indian coworkers.

Grey's Anatomy (9pm, ABC) - As a TV crew films hospital life six months after the shooting, patient Mary (Mandy Moore) returns for the surgery she was supposed to ahve that day. Also, Cristina has difficulty expressing herself to the crew.

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - The conclusion of the two-part finale reveals the winning designer. Jessica Simpson is the guest judge.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (10pm, FX) - Dee is pregnant and tells the guys that one of them made her that way during a Halloween party that none of them can remember. So they try to piece the evening together "Potemkin"-style, aided by Artemis (Artemis Pebdani) and the McPoyle brothers (Nate Mooney and Jimmi  Simpson).

The Fairy Job Mother (11pm, Lifetime) - A new series in which career specialist Hayley Taylor tries to reshape the lives of families coping with unemployment.

What to Watch on Thursday: Jon Stewart hosts autism fundraiser

Community (8pm, NBC) - Shirley consults Abed when she decides to make a religious film, but the two end up clashing after Abed reveals that he plans to make one too.

30 Rock (8:30pm, NBC) - Jack tries to save Liz and Carol's relationship, and Jenna and Kenneth turn to Kelsey Grammer (appearing as himself) for help.

A Night of Too Many Stars (9pm, Comedy Central) - Jon Stewart hosts this fundraiser for autism charities from New York City's Beacon Theater. Performers include Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Lewis Black, Sarah Silverman, Tracy Morgan, John Oliver, and Jim Gaffigan.

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - In part one of the two-part season finale, Tim Gunn visits the hometowns of the finalists to check the progress on their collections.

CSI (9pm, CBS) - A dead body is discovered beneath piles of garbage inside the house of a woman who is known for hoarding, and she becomes the prime suspect in the case.

Jersey Shore (10pm, MTV) - The Season 2 finale ends with a huge fight between Pauly D. and J-Woww.

What to Watch on Thursday: "Burn Notice," "Royal Pains" finales

Cereal: Beyond the Bowl (8pm, Discovery) - Discovery examines cereal's impact on world events and culture, including its role in World War II and its impact on modern banking.

Rookie Blue (9pm, ABC) - The tension between Andy and Swarek is exacerbated during a routine prison transport when the prisoner escapes and attacks Andy.

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - The contestants must design a cohesive collection to accent 2010's hair trends, but there's a bit of a shock when they learn they will be forced to work together in teams.

Nightline Prime: Secrets of the Mind (10pm, ABC) - In the second part of "Nightline's" primteime report on the human brain, Martin Bashir looks at cases involving serial killers.

Burn Notice (9pm, USA) - In the summer finale, Fiona finds an angry Jeese and tries to convince him to meet with Michael, while Michael helps a criminal defense lawyer find his daughther, who has been kidnapped by a former client. Robert Patrick guest starts. More episodes in November.

Royal Pains (10pm, USA) - Another summer finale. A gossiping socialite needs medical treatment but disappears before Hank can diagnose her. Also, Divya is caught off guard by her own reaction to Adam's failing health. The season returns in November.

What to Watch on Thursday: GTL, baby, because "Jersey Shore" is back

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - Season 8 begins and the biggest difference is the shows now last for 90 minutes instead of an hour. Selma Blair is a guest judge. Immediately following this show, check out "On the Road with Austin and Santino," two former PR contestants.

Burn Notice (9pm, USA) - A job protecting a businessman at a house party goes awry, putting Fiona in danger. Michael, Sam, and Jesse have to save her. (Dear Burn Notice, When can you make Jesse go away? Love, WarmTV)

Jersey Shore (10pm, MTV)  - Love 'em or hate 'em, the super-tanned, super-coiffed characters from "Jersey Shore" are back. For the second season, the cast makes like all good New Jerseyans and heads to Florida. The drama heats up in Miami when Ronnie upsets Samantha by flirting with other girls in a club. Just as long as no one punches Snooki...

Boston Med (10pm, ABC) - A baby boy faces an uncertain future after being born with a heart defect, and the situation is complicated when doctors are horrified to discover that a mistake was made during the first attempt at corrective surgery. Uh-oh.

Bethenny Getting Married? (10pm, Bravo) - We get to meet the newest member of the Hoppy family, baby Bryn.

What to Watch on Thursday: NBC comedies return

Community (8pm, NBC) - NBC comedies are all new tonight (finally), but no "Parks & Recreation" (boo). On "Community," Jeff and Troy protest a chicken finger shortage on campus. On the first episode of "30 Rock," Jack must choose between his two loves, played by Elizabeth Banks and Julianne Moore. In the second episode, Liz discovers that the gang hasn't been including her in after-hours gatherings, and is determined to show her fun side. On "The Office," Michael interferes in Andy's romance with Erin, and Oscar's video pointing out the similarities between Kevin's voice and that of the Cookie Monster goes viral.

The Mentalist (10pm, CBS) - Jane's conduct gets a case kicked out of court, and the gang must start all over in their investigation. This is just the kind of thing the new boss warned him would get Lisbon fired...

Project Runway (10pm, Lifetime) - The winning designer is revealed in tonight's finale. 

The Marriage Ref (10pm, NBC) - "Marriage Ref" keeps pulling me in with their steady stream of pretty good panelists, so even though it's not a great show, I always watch. Tonight they have one of my favorites, Adam Carolla, and one of my least-favorites, Donald Trump. There's also Gloria Estefan (meh), so I guess I'm tuning in for Adam.

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