Community (8pm, NBC) - The gang begin a European history course after missing out on an ice cream class. Adding to their misery is an encounter with the arrogant German students they battled last year. Also, Chang returns to Greendale, much to Dean Pelton's chagrin.

Makers: Women Who Make America (8pm, UNC-EX) - The modern women's movement is chronicled in this new PBS documentary, which tells the stories of trailblazing women whose work has altered nearly every aspect of American culture. Included are first-person accounts from movement leaders (Gloria Steinem, right) and opponents (Phyllis Schlaffy), as well as celebrities (Oprah Winfrey), political figures (Hillary Clinton), business leaders (Linda Alvarado) and ordinary women.

Zero Hour (8pm, ABC) - Laila works on the next clock for Vincent, but also realizes she must help Hank find her by leaving a trail of clues. Meanwhile, Hank, Arron and Rachel use a tip from the FBI to discover a link between a famous person in history and the next clock.

North Carolina Weekend (9pm, UNC-TV) - Tonight's show features a segment on Triangle Glides and Bob Garner visits Bloomsbury Bistro restaurant.

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - The designers must create fashionable clothes for senior citizens. Joan and Melissa Rivers are the guest judges.

The Ben Show with Ben Hoffman (10pm, Comedy Central) - A new sketch comedy series featuring comedian Ben Hoffman.

Archer (10pm, FX) - Archer, Lana and Cyril go on an undercover mission in a celebrity chef's kitchen.

Glory Hounds (8pm, Animal Planet) - Animal Planet film crews embedded with working military dog units, including one from Camp Lejeune, to give an intensely emotional account of the life of dogs and dog handlers serving in the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan. Read more about the Camp Lejeune dogs and their handlers.

Zero Hour (8pm, ABC) - After a harrowing confrontation with Vincent in the Arctic, Hank and Beck search for the next clock and set their sights on India, where Hank makes a startling discovery.

Parks and Recreation (8:30pm, NBC) - In a special one-hour block of "Parks and Rec," Leslie and Ben have two hours to launch their wedding. Later, Leslie is at a loss when a speech she prepared for a special event is stolen, and Ben begins his new job at the Sweetums Charity Foundation.

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - Another surprising twist for the teams, who must design a performance outfit and a red carpet look for country singer Miranda Lambert, who is the guest judge.

Person of Interest (9pm, CBS) - Reese and Finch encounter a formidable foe when an attractive government operative goes on the run.

Scandal (10pm, ABC) - Tonight on "Scandal," the bright, shining light of my Thursday nights, Olivia's crew play matchmaker for a rising politician (a gay gubernatorial candidate from North Carolina in need of a beard). Also, David thinks he's being followed and Fitz deals with a difficult hostage crisis and creepster Jake gets more persistent in his romantic pursuit of Olivia.

Community (8pm, NBC) - The gang wander through Pierce's eerie mansion on Halloween in order to free him from his locked panic room. While looking for the code to open the room, they also uncover some of the house's secrets.

Parks and Recreation (8:30pm, NBC) - Leslie is forced to take part in a citywide emergency-response drill, and Ron fills in for her on "Pawnee Today."

Zero Hour (8pm, ABC) - A new series in which a sensible magazine editor (played by Anthony Edwards, right) is drawn into a centuries-old conspiracy with apocalyptic implications after his wife is kidnapped from her antique clock shop by a man who's searching for an ancient treasure map and who may be linked to Nazis. Sensing a heavy "Da Vinci Code" vibe already? You're right. Here's my review of "Zero Hour."

Glee (9pm, Fox) - Will and Emma get married on Valentine's Day, and former and current members of the New Directions reunite to celebrate the nuptials.

North Carolina Weekend (9pm, UNC-TV) - Two local segments are mixed in with this week's offerings: a profile of the Raleigh Little Theatre and a Bob Garner visit to Lilly's Pizza in Raleigh's Five Points neighborhood.

Scandal (10pm, ABC) - Fitz is still unsure about whom he can trust. Meanwhile, Olivia meets a charming stranger (hello, Scott Foley!) but she can't deny the chemistry she feels with Fritz. Also, the Gladiators help David when he finds himself in a sticky situation.

Elementary (10pm, CBS) - Holmes investigates after someone attacks Detective Bell, but the case takes an unexpected twist when the chief suspect is found dead.

Anthony Edwards, most famous for his role as mild-mannered Dr. Greene on NBC's mega-hit medical drama "ER," returns to network television Thursday night in an ABC conspiracy thriller that's fun but also very familiar.

The comparisons of ABC's "Zero Hour" to "The Da Vinci Code" and even the "Indiana Jones" franchise are obvious and unavoidable. The plot is loaded with ancient maps, secret religious societies, spontaneous (and seemingly effortless) international travel, a Jesus mystery, and of course, Nazis.

Edwards as Hank Galliston is the present-day editor of a Brooklyn magazine that debunks paranormal phenomena (like werewolf families and Arkansas skunk-apes), but who turns a little Indiana Jones when an international terrorist abducts his wife, an antique clock dealer. His wife Laila, you see, had just purchased an old clock containing -- unbeknownst to her -- one part of the answer to a complicated puzzle sought for generations by the Nazis. It has to do with eternal youth or immortality or weird white-eyed babies or something along those lines. (I'm assuming it's not going to turn out to be the Holy Grail with a cameo by Sean Connery, but rather some sort of scientific discovery. At least, I'm hoping.)

Hank isn't getting the kind of help he wants from the FBI, so he takes matters into his own hands, using two young reporters (Scott Michael Foster and Addison Timlin) as researchers and consulting a priest pal for his expertise. Eventually, an FBI agent teams up with him.

I've laid a lot of plot on you here, but I don't think I've spoiled anything. The point of the mystery, besides whether or not Hank finds his wife (and whether she's dead or alive when and if he does) is (I think) figuring out exactly what secret was being kept from the Nazis and trying to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands now.

I honestly can't decide how I feel about "Zero Hour." It's neither great nor bad, but something about it did feel a little off at times. Sure, it's a low-rent, kinda silly "Da Vinci Code." But on the other hand, it's a million times better than "Missing," ABC's terrible globe-trotting Ashley Judd drama from last year. But on the other other hand, the fact that "Missing" even popped into my mind at all while I was watching the "Zero Hour" pilot can't be a good sign.

"Zero Hour" is interesting enough to draw me back for at least a couple more episodes, and by then I'll have made up my mind about its DVR worthiness. It's certainly better than, say, a weekend skunk-aping in Arkansas.

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"Zero Hour" airs at 8 p.m. on Thursdays on ABC