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This week’s TV picks
Monday
‘Jeopardy!’ 4 p.m., NBC: What is … a chance to win big bucks on a game show? Austin native Katie Singh, now a sophomore at Northwestern University, is one of 15 students selected to compete in this year’s “Jeopardy!” College Championship. The two-week tournament begins today and runs through Friday, Nov. 19.
‘Matt Lauer Reports’ 7 p.m., NBC: Matt talks to former President George W. Bush about his book ‘Decision Points.’
‘Hoarders’ 9 p.m., A&E: Okay, you know your clutter is out of control when the detritus is so deep that you don’t realize there’s a homeless person living with you. But if that person is living with you, is he or she actually homeless? ‘Hoarders’ raises so many questions.
‘Conan’ 10 p.m., TBS: Go orange! And this time we’re not talking about the Longhorns.
Tuesday
‘Millionaire Matchmaker’ 8 p.m., Bravo: Pattie searches for a match for a female pro poker player, so expect tons of bad puns related to cards.
‘Dirty Jobs’ 8 p.m., Discovery: Mike travels to Wills Point, Texas to help relocate a pair of deer.
‘The Good Wife’ 9 p.m., CBS: Michael J. Fox guest stars as an attorney who leverages his disability to curry favor with a jury.
‘Independent Lens’ 9:30 p.m., PBS: ‘The Longoria Affair’ explores an incident involving a decorated Hispanic World War II veteran and the Three Rivers, Texas funeral home that refused to hold his funeral. The situation catalyzed the movement for Mexican American civil rights.
Wednesday
‘44th Annual CMA Awards’ 7 p.m., ABC: Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood host, while Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow sing a tribute to Loretta Lynn.
‘Psych’ 9 p.m., USA: The second half of the current season kicks off tonight with a prison break and a murder frame-up.
‘Austin City Limits’ 10 p.m., PBS: Steve Martin strums the banjo and Sara Jarosz does the singer-songwriter thing.
Thursday
‘The Big Bang Theory’ 7 p.m., CBS: Wil Wheaton is back for sweeps.
‘Community’ 7 p.m., NBC: The Greendale gang takes on the mystery genre.
‘30 Rock’ 7:30 p.m., NBC: Haven’t had your fill of national politics? ‘Mad Men’s’ John Slattery guests tonight as a Congressional candidate.
‘The Office’ 8 p.m., NBC: The Dunder Mifflin Sabre crew gathers to watch ‘Glee,’ which is the only way you’ll get me to watch ‘Glee’ (although I’m not that hot on ‘The Office’ either).
‘Private Practice’ 9 p.m., ABC: I got all excited because I heard that the hospital staff members were going to be fighting demons, but it turns out they’re just personal demons.
‘Burn Notice’ 9 p.m., USA: Back from hiatus, the renegade spy drama finds Mike buddying up to a vigilante bomber.
Friday
‘CSI:NY’ 8 p.m., CBS: John Larroquette guest stars in a case in which a woman is scared to death. Literally.
Saturday
‘Austin City Limits’ 7 p.m., PBS: Roseanne Cash and Brandi Carlile perform.
‘America’s Cutest Cat 2010’ 8 p.m., Animal Planet: This show gathers Internet clips of adorable felines all in one place on one night, so y’all can stop forwarding me YouTube links now, okay?
‘Back from Hell: A Tribute to Sam Kinison’ 9 p.m., Comedy Central: Clips of the screaming comedian and remembrances from comics including Denis Leary and Chris Rock highlight this retrospective.
Sunday
‘Desperate Housewives’ 8 p.m., ABC: Turkey time! It’s Thanksgiving on Wisteria Lane.
‘Tina Fey: The Mark Twain Prize’ 8 p.m., PBS: Former ‘SNL’ and current ‘30 Rock’ cohorts honor the wry comic and Sarah Palin impersonator from D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ 8 p.m., TLC: Speaking of Sarah Palin … Will I be watching this new Jon & Kate network show? Gosh golly jiminy Christmas you betcha’!
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