Serial killers are fascinating; their acts are repulsive but you can't help wonder what makes them tick. Yet what's marvelous about "Appropriate Adult" (10 tonight, Sundance Channel) isn't that it lets you into the mind of a serial killer. Instead, what's revealed in the film is the perilous vulnerability of that attraction to them.

"Adult" is the true story of Brits Fred West (Dominic West) and his wife Rose (Monica Dolan) who murdered about a dozen women, including two of their children, over a decade. When the film opens, Fred West has been under suspicion for a while, so when the police bring him in this time, after his daughter disappears, they request an 'appropriate adult,' a person who sits in with vulnerable suspects during police interviews to look after their interest.
 

When you think about Sundance, you think about things alternative, so if the Sundance Channel is going to do a makeover show, it better not be run of the mill.

Thankfully "Unleashed By Garo" (9 tonight, Sundance Channel) isn't like every other makeover show. For one, the people coming to see couture designer Garo Sparo aren't sad sacks in bad clothes. Mostly, they are folks looking for something to wear to a special event.

Garo does do a little transformational work though. In the first episode, for instance, he brings out one woman's inner vixen and raises her self-esteem by squeezing her waist down five inches or so in her new corseted dress.

9/11: The Days After (9pm, History) - The impact of September 11 is examined, focusing on the less-discussed ways it has affected the nation culturally, sociologically, politically and psychologically. The report looks at profiling, hate crimes, and September 11-related illnesses.

Unleashed by Garo (9pm, Sundance) - In this new series, fashion designer Garo Sparo (left) gives fashion makeovers in his New York City studio. Tonight, a newcomer to New York asks for his help, and a rock drummer requests a pair of wings to signify his flight from past demons. Also, drag queen Hedda Lettuce wants something special to mark her 10th anniversary as a performer.  See Adrienne's review here.

Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (9pm, HBO) - Conversation between comedy legend Mel Brooks and talk show host Dick Cavett, who share anecdotes about show business and celebrities. Also included: remarks from Carl Reiner, who was in the audience at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, where the show was taped in December 2010.

Tanked (9pm, Animal Planet) - A children's book-themed aquarium for a little boy's bed becomes an emotional roller coaster, and Heather gets revenge on her bosses by scheduling them for a shark dive.

Haven (10pm, Syfy) - A terrifying infection takes down a police officer at the Haven police station, prompting a lockdown that locks in Audrey and Nathan, who suspect that something other than an outbreak is at play.

History Detectives (8pm, UNC-TV) - Tonight, a camera that may have been used by the first female White House photographer to shoot a picture of President Truman, and a 19th-century doll that might have been used to smuggle medicine into the Confederate South.

Quirky (10pm, Sundance) - In this new show, inventors submit ideas for products that designers and engineers attempt to bring to fruition. Tonight, an all-in-one pasta strainer and a revolutionary power strip. Adrienne watched three quarters of the advance screener before it broke, and calls it "a kindler, gentler 'Shark Tank.'"  

9/11: Where Were You? (10pm, National Geographic Channel) - NGC looks at life-and-death decisions people made amid the chaos of the 9/11 attacks and in the aftermath. Includes interviews with a police officer who was at the World Trade Center, and a Pentagon staff sergeant who pulled people out of burning wreckage.

Big Sexy (10pm, TLC) - A new reality show following five plus-size women as they try to break into modeling and fashion in Manhattan.

Combat Hospital (10pm, ABC) - Rebecca takes over triage when Col. Marks is injured in an explosion, and the situation leaves her with a judgement call to make.

Chef Ludo Lefebvre brought his pop-up restaurant to Raleigh in March to make his own version of North Carolina barbecue, a la The Pit, and staged his event at The Pit's sister restaurant Gravy (Andrea Weigl explains more about what a "pop-up" restaurant is).

Everything was captured for Chef Ludo's Sundance television show, "Ludo Bites America," in which he travels the country with his business partner and wife (Krissy, riding the hog at left) creating a new one-night-only restauarant and menu for each episode. The Sundance website describes the Raleigh episode as "a BBQ pig out with a French twist" (short video promo).

Finally, a fashion reality show (oh, excuse me, non-fiction fashion series) that's not a Project Runway re-do.

"All On the Line" (10 tonight, Sundance Channel) , stars Elle magazine creative director Joe Zee. In eight, one-hour episodes, Zee helps struggling designers save their flailing lines, giving them business advice and creative direction.

Sadly, we only got a preview reel and not full episodes. But I feel pretty good about the series. Zee is like Tabatha Coffey from Bravo's "Tabatha's Salon Takeover"; he's direct, funny and clearly knows what he's talking about.

Click below for a scene from one of the shows.

Tomorrow night (Sunday at 8), the Sundance Channel presents the second season of "Brick City," six one-hour episodes chronicling the challenges facing famed mayor, Cory Booker, his police director Garry McCarthy, and the citizens of Newark, New Jersey.

We loved the first part, but this time Happiness decided to get an expert opinion of the series. So we turned to Durham Mayor Bill Bell. Bell, we figured, could gage the authenticity of the show and testify to the difficulty of handling budget cuts, angry citizens and crime.

His overall opinion after screening two episodes?

Beginning Saturday (Jan. 22) at 2pm EST, you can watch live reports from the annual Sundance Film Festival from Park City, Utah, right here. Look for live performances and interviews. You can also go directly to livestream.com.

I wasn't a die-hard fan of "Will and Grace" (although I liked it the times I watched) so I don't know what pulled me in to "Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys (Sundance Channel, 10 tonight), but I felt compelled to watch three of the half-hour episodes back-to-back.

I think it's because that as much as the show is about four women who have gay male best friends, it's also about life in New York, and loneliness. And while it does have a bit of gay men as a straight women's best accessory feel, the relationships felt genuine, and some situations, intriguing. I wanted to know more.

The girls who like boys are Crystal McCrary, an author, producer and former NBA wife, whose best friend Nathan WIlliams is her business partner. She's raising two kids alone; he's turning 34 and wants to be a father by 35. She's not sure he's ready, mostly because he likes to hang out all night and is fairly irresponsible. He just wants to be the father he didn't have.

Earth Day turns 40 on Thursday, but the Sundance Channel wants to get you into an eco state of mind early. It's starting some programming today.

Don't have the Sundance Channel? That's OK, you can still see "Seduce Me" Isabella Rossellini's web series about animal seduction strategies. Rossellini acts out the sexy ways of creatures like bed bugs, jellyfish and ducks in five two-minute films. You know you have to see that! Just log on to www.sundancechannel.com