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What to Watch on Monday: Tar Heel gets group date on 'The Bachelor'

Antiques Roadshow (8pm, UNC-TV) - An installment from Tulsa features a 1960 first edition of "To Kill a Mockingbird" inscribed by author Harper Lee.

The Bachelor (8pm, ABC) - UNC PhD student (and Duke undergrad!) Emily O'Brien (pictured here on the right) joins Ben on a group date with 11 other women. They enact a play written by children of Sonoma, California, Ben's hometown. Later, things get steamy between Blakeley (from Charlotte) and Ben.

Pretty Little Liars (8pm, ABC Family) - Hanna's friends want to use Caleb's computer skills to help them uncover A's identity, but Hanna is hesitant to involve him and instead throws him a surprise party.

First Week In (9pm, Discovery) - Three first-time inmates adjust to prison life in the debut of a new reality series following newly incarcerated criminals through their first week in jail.

Rock Center with Brian Williams (10pm, NBC) - An interview with George Clooney and a look at Mitt Romney's roots.

Castle (10pm, ABC) - A womanizer leading a double life falls to his death following his latest conquest, and a surprising revelation in the investigation may interfere with Ryan and Jenny's wedding.

What to Watch on Monday: UNC student looks for love on 'The Bachelor'

The Bachelor (8pm, ABC) - It's back. California winemaker Ben Flajnik got rejected last season, so he's ordering up more manufactured public romance (and fabulous free trips!). One of the hopeful bachelorettes is Emily (right), a 27-year-old PhD student at UNC-Chapel Hill, so we'll pay attention for as long as she's on the show. You know, for the news value.

How I Met Your Mother (8pm, CBS) - Marshall visits his father's grave to carry on their tailgating tradition. Also, Barney and Ted open a bar and Robin fills in for a drunk news anchor.

2 Broke Girls (8:30pm, CBS) - Caroline becomes obsessed with collecting coupons and discovers the secret ingredient in Max's cupcakes.

It's a Brad Brad World (10pm, Bravo) -  The best part of "The Rachel Zoe Project" now has his own show. This reality series follows the adventures of Zoe's onetime assistant, Brad Goreski, as he embarks on a solo career -- with a limited budget and no assistant.

Rock Center with Brian Williams (10pm, NBC) - Harry Smith reports on boom farmland real estate. Also, the dangers of lobster diving, an interview with "Saturday Night Live" comics Fred Armisen and Darrell Hammond, and the process of cleaning Times Square after New Year's Eve.

Celebrity Wife Swap (10pm, ABC) - I wish I was making this up. Organized actress Tracey Gold swaps places with laid-back singer (i.e. "slob") Carnie Wilson in the first episode of this new reality show in which the matriarchs of two celebrity families swap spouses, kids and homes for a week.

What to Watch on Monday: 'Fear Factor' returns grosser than ever

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.

I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (8pm, ABC) - Linus and Lucy's little brother ReRun spends the holidays hanging with Snoopy and his brother Spike. Not the best Peanuts cartoon, but still about a hundred times better than "Fear Factor."

Stephen King's Bag of Bones (9pm, A&E) - The conclusion of the two-part movie about a novelist (Pierce Brosnan) grieving the loss of his wife. The man spends time at a lakeside home where he befriends a widow and her daughter and is visited by the ghost of a blues singer. If you missed the first part last night, it repeats tonight at 7.

The Closer (9pm, TNT) - A man is murdered while under FBI surveillance, stirring up friction between the federal agents and the LAPD. Meanwhile, Brenda's parents arrive for the holidays with some surprising news.

Enlightened (9:30pm, HBO) - In the first season finale, Amy finally persuades Levi to seek treatment after a breakdown in the middle of the night. At work, Amy defies Dougie to make a presentation to Damon's group, no matter the outcome, and she finds an unlikely ally to change the environment at Abaddonn.

Rock Center with Brian Williams (10pm, NBC) - Correspondent Chelsea Clinton makes her TV correspondent debut tonight with a profile of the founder of a mentoring program for school children in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Hawaii Five-0 (10pm, CBS) - Teens discover a body in an abandoned World War II bunker, and Chin Ho and Malia get married.

What to Watch on Monday: Ferrell's Twain Prize, BriWi's 'Rock Center'

How I Met Yor Mother (8pm, CBS) - The Slutty Pumpkin, played by Katie Holmes, returns, after Ted has searched for her every year at the same costume party since the Halloween they met and he lost her phone number.

Dancing with the Stars (8:30pm, ABC) - Tonight's 90-minute episode airs at a different time (8:30 instead of 8) and features couples performing dances with Halloween themes.

Will Ferrell: The Mark Twain Prize (9pm, UNC-TV) - Will Ferrell is honored with the 14th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The program features Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Ed Asner, Jack Black, Conan O'Brien, Paul Rudd, Andy Samberg, and others.

Rock Center with Brian Williams (10pm, NBC) - The premiere episode of a new weekly newsmagazine show hosted by Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. Tonight we get an exploration of a new industry that grants U.S. citizenship to women who arrive from China, antigovernment activists in Syria, and an area in America with a negative unemployment rate. Harry Smith, Kate Snow, and Richard Engel report.

Castle (10pm, ABC) - Castle and his mom become hostages in a bank robbery executed by thieves wearing hospital scrubs, and Beckett's rescue plans are hampered by a rigid hostage negotiator.

Hawaii Five-0 (10pm, CBS) - A young couple filming a scary documentary about a traditional Hawaiian burial site are murdered. Five-0's investigation leads the team to a drifter (Robert Englund, aka "Freddie Krueger") who puts a curse on Danny.

American Horror Story (10pm, FX) - A marathon of the first 4 episodes begins at 10 p.m. Part 2 of last week's two-part Halloween episode airs Wednesday night.

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