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What to Watch on Tuesday: Tina Fey goes 'Inside the Actors Studio'

Splash (8pm, ABC) - A new series featuring "celebrities" in a diving competition. (Okay, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is famous, but the rest of these people are a stretch.)

NCIS (8pm, CBS) - The wife of a marine, who specialized in K-9 bomb detection, urges the NCIS team to investigate her husband's recent death in Afghanistan.

Inside the Actors Studio (8pm, Bravo) - Actress and writer Tina Fey discusses her career with James Lipton.

The Mindy Project (9:30pm, Fox) - Mindy has a terrible birthday when her friends and coworkers accidentally screw up her party, but things go from bad to worse when she winds up in a fight with a new group of revelers she just happened to meet.

Justified (10pm, FX) - Boyd teams with the Detroit mob to try to stop Raylan and Drew Thompson from leaving Harlan.

Real Husbands of Hollywood (10pm, BET) - In the Season 1 finale, Boris and Duane have a double date with their wives. It's double trouble for Kevin as well, as he takes in a night with twins -- but things quickly go downhill, courtesy of Nick Cannon.

Smash (10pm, NBC) - We get "Smash" and "Splash" on the same night. Aren't we lucky…. Tonight, Tom, Karen, Julia and Derek adapt to a new environment, where clashes arise.

Golden Boy (10pm, CBS) - Owen takes a special interest in a murder investigation when the victim also turns out to be the brother of a confidential informant who was killed a few years ago.

What to Watch on Tuesday: 'Pioneers of Television' returns with look at female comedians

Pretty Little Liars (8pm, ABC Family) - Aria, Emily and Spencer think Mona has regressed to her old bad behavior, but they have no proof, and Hanna has doubts about their claim.

Pioneers of Television (8pm, UNC-TV) - The Season 3 premiere spotlights female comedians, including stand-ups Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers, and sitcom stars like Lucille Ball, Marla Gibbs, Mary Tyler Moore and Betty White. Also, Carol Burnett shares stories about her variety show, and there is commentary from Margaret Cho and Tina Fey.

Ben and Kate (8:30pm, Fox) - Tommy introduces his new girlfriend to the gang, and Kate tries to get to know her better. Meanwhile, Ben works on his Rail Mail business plan.

Go On (9pm, NBC) - Ryan decides to go on his first date, but snowboarder Shaun White (playing himself) ends up being his romantic rival.

Real Husbands of Hollywood (10pm, BET) - The lives of a group of Hollywood husbands are tracked in this semi-scripted reality show spoof starring Kevin Hart, JB Smoove, Robin Thicke and others. In tonight's premiere, Kevin kicks a fellow hubby out of a weekly poker game. Adrienne reviews.

Parenthood (10pm, NBC) - Victor's adoption deadline nears, prompting Julia and Joel to reconsider their family's future. Also, Mark tells Sarah and Hank that he intends to win Sarah back.

Justified (10pm, FX) - Raylan tangles with members of a dangerous family, and Boyd targets an unusual preacher.

Frontline: Inside Obama's Presidency (10pm, UNC-TV) - An examination of President Barack Obama's first term, including his battles with Republicans over health care reform and the economy, and his expansion of the targeted killings of enemies.

Second Generation Wayans (10:30pm, BET) - Nephews of the comedic Wayans brothers seek their own success in Hollywood in this new comedy series starring Damien Dante Wayans and Craig Wayans.

Kevin Hart brings his full funny self to "Real Husbands of Hollywood"

Since their inception, the 'Housewives' reality shows have been rife for parody. All that fussing and fighting, pretending to be rich and classy, and the fact that most of them aren't even housewives --- they're comedy gold.

At this point, though, the shows are pretty much a parody of themselves. (There are divorced housewives, ex-wives, mob wives, starter wives, pastors' wives...) That would seem to make for rough going for "The Real Husbands of Hollywood," (10 tonight, BET), a fake reality show starring hot comic Kevin Hart. But this is Kevin Hart, and if you've ever seen him you know he's funny and he's got energy to spare. Like he did with the movie "Think Like A Man," Hart straps this show to his back and carries it over the goal line.

The show features Hart (who isn't a husband, by the way) along with comic JB Smoove, host/producer/comic Nick Cannon, actors Boris Kodjoe and Duane Martin and singer Robin Thicke. Rapper Nelly's around too. They all play versions of themselves; the show makes fun of Cannon's multiple jobs and the fact that he's married to the older and more well-known Mariah Carey; Kodjoe is mocked as a pretty boy, Martin is always hustling some crazy idea for the others to invest in.

Those characterizations can still be funny even if you don't know that they have a ring of truth, but that doesn't matter anyway because, again, it's Hart's show. In the first episode, Hart gets into a fight with an 11-year-old, gets into a fight with his attorney, gets into a fight with Robin Thicke. Even thing he says isn't hilarious, but his manic, cross-eyed way of saying things is.

It's clear "Real Husbands of Hollywood" will be a lot of fun and good for BET for striking the Hart iron while it's hot. Lord knows they've been bested, series-wise, by TV One at every turn. This time, it seems BET has scored.

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