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What to Watch on Monday: 'Bachelor' and 'Bunheads' return, 'Deception' debuts

Antiques Roadshow (8pm, UNC-TV) - Part one of Season 17 begins in Corpus Christi, Texas, where a million-dollar discovery is made: an oil painting created by an 18-year-old Diego Rivera in 1904.

Switched at Birth (8pm, ABC Family) - In the second season opener, a newly wealthy Angelo buys expensive presents for everyone, and John and Kathryn contemplate entering the political arena.

The Bachelor (8pm, ABC) - Dallas businessman Sean Lowe (from a previous "Bachelorette" season) looks for another chance at love in Season 17. In the opener, Sean meets 26 female contenders and seven are sent home.

Bunheads (9pm, ABC Family) - The second half of season one has Michelle readjusting to life in Las Vegas, where she finds work as a magician's assistant.

The Mob Doctor (9pm, Fox) - In the series finale, Grace's world is falling apart when her family's in danger and the FBI's ready to make a move.

The Staircase (10pm, Sundance) - The acclaimed French documentary about the trial of Michael Peterson for the murder of his wife Kathleen is broken into eight parts to air on Sundance. After the eight original episodes air, two new installments will air (early March) featuring developments in Peterson's case. In tonight's first part, executive Kathleen Peterson is found dead at the bottom of a staircase, and her devastated writer husband, Michael, is accused of killing her. You can also watch the first episode at the Sundance website. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade directed.

Deception (10pm, NBC) - A new series about a detective who keeps her job a secret as she reenters the lives of a wealthy family to investigate the mysterious death of her childhood friend. Adrienne reviews.

What to Watch on Saturday: Jack White and the will to kill

Willed to Kill (8pm, Lifetime) - In this Lifetime movie, a female police detective discovers a personal connection to the serial killer she's chasing.

The Mob Doctor (9pm, Fox) - Constantine asks Al Trapani to help locate his estranged son, who's in debt to a dangerous cartel, and in return, Constantine wants Grace to find out what's behind the North Side boss' girlfriend's mysterious ailment.

Pit Boss (9pm, Animal Planet) - In the season premiere, Ashley's in charge when Shorty goes on a book tour, but she clashes with Ronald and Sebastian over a dog rescue.

Cesar Milan's Leader of the Pack (10pm, Nat Geo Wild) - In his new series, dog whisperer Cesar Milan is on a mission to save "unadoptable" dogs and find them homes. Each episode follows a transformation of a damaged dog with no home and little hope, into a balanced, confident animal ready to live a happy life with a new owner.

Austin City Limits (Midnight, UNC-TV) - Jack White performs songs from his 2012 solo album "Blunderbuss."

What to Watch on Saturday: The final episodes of 'Made in Jersey'

Made in Jersey (8pm, CBS) - The final two episodes of "Made in Jersey" air tonight. In the first, a young woman leaves rehab to join a cult, and Martina represents her concerned patients. In the final episode, Martina must testify against her own client, an angry father who assaulted the CEO of a chemical company he blames for making his daughter ill.

Heroes of Hell's Highway (8pm, Discovery) - All three parts of this three-part series about military life in Afghanistan air tonight. The series follows soldiers as they remove bombs and IEDs from roadways and help clear travel routes and landing zones.

The Mob Doctor (9pm, Fox) - Constantine discusses a consolidation of power with Celeste and North Side boss Al Trapani when he gets wind of Russell King's plan to control Chicago's downtown. Meanwhile, Nate asks for Grace's help with a runaway who may have witnesses a murder, and a priest is treated at the hospital after being bitten during an exorcism.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (10pm, History) - Renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog leads viewers on a tour of the cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc in Southern France, where 30,000-year-old cave drawings sat undiscovered and perfectly preserved until they were found by archaeologists in 1994.

What to Watch on Monday: Scotty McCreery sings, plus new series debut on NBC and Fox

CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock (8pm, ABC) - Performers include our own Scotty McCreery, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum and many others. Filmed over four days in June.

Bones (8pm, Fox) - The eighth season begins three months after Brennan (Emily Deschanel) went on the run from the FBI, but Booth (David Boreanaz) and the Jeffersonian team are doing everything they can to prove that she was framed for murder by diabolical genius, Christopher Pelant. Their case gets a boost from an anonymous tip that leads to the discovery of a high school guidance counselor's remains.

The L.A. Complex (8pm, CW) - Two new episodes tonight. In the first, Kal and Abby search for Tariq, and Sabrina makes a confession that leads to changes. At 9, Kal receives devastating news and Nick is forced to let Sabrina move in with him.

The Mob Doctor (9pm, Fox) - A new series in which a surgeon (Jordana Spiro) is left beholden to the Chicago Mafia when she pays off her brother's gambling debts. In tonight's episode, Dr. Devlin is ordered to kill a patient who happens to be a mob informant. My "Mob Doctor" review.

Revolution (10pm, NBC) - This new post-apocalyptic series  is set in a world where there is no electricity. In tonight's first episode, a young woman searches for her uncle (Billy Burke), who she thinks can help her find her captured brother. Giancarlo Esposito also stars. Adrienne reviews.

Perception (10pm, TNT) - In the conclusion of the two-part Season 1 finale, new evidence emerges that gives credibility to Pierce's conspiracy theory. Meanwhile, Pierce, who is committed to a psychiatric hospital, is forced to confront truths about Natalie.

New Fall Season: 'The Mob Doctor' operates on Fox

The Mob Doctor
Mondays at 9 p.m.
Fox

I get what Fox is trying to do here: take a run-of-the-mill doc drama and inject some excitement by making the doctor beholden to mobsters and forced to do their bidding on the side. Unfortunately, the pilot wasn't always as exciting as that may sound.

A very likable Jordana Spiro ("My Boys") plays the Chicago surgeon working off her brother's gambling debt to the Moretti mob family. No one knows she's doing this, not even the shiftless brother.

The pilot opens strong with Dr. Devlin in the back room of a veterinary clinic removing a long screwdriver from a mob soldier's head -- without the benefit of x-rays or diagnostic tools -- while he bites down on a rubber chew toy. Intense.

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