TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: “Who Do You Think
You Are?” return, 8 p.m., NBC.
Scrambling to fill the holes it had
created by pulling Jay Leno from prime time, NBC pulled this show off
the shelf. Beautifully made, it did OJ in the ratings; after these
reruns, new hours will air this fall.
Based on a British show, this uses
experts to trace celebrities' ancestors. Some of the hours (including
next week's Sarah Jessica Parker) are so-so; tonight's finds powerful
emotions.
Lisa Kudrow's father is a prosperous
California doctor; two generations earlier his family faced the
Holocaust. Kudrow walks the path her great-grandmother took to her
death. In a rich and moving moment, she even meets a key figure from
that time.
TONIGHT'S MIGHT-SEE: “Dog Whisperer,”
8 p.m., and “And Man Created Dog,” 9-11 p.m., National
Geographic.
An all-dog night starts with previous
“Whisperer” moments chosen by viewers. Then comes a rerun of a
well-made documentary, looking at how this all started.
The film goes back to the days when
wolves stayed near humans' camps, hoping for food. Gradually, they
were used for hunting, herding and more. We see the breeds that
emerged from centuries of evolution and selective breeding.
Other choices include:
– “A Night at the Museum” (2006),
8-10 p.m., Fox. Here's another chance to see this popular comedy in
which a night watchmen (Ben Stiller) finds characters coming to life
after dark. Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney play other watchmen; the
huge supporting cast includes Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Carla
Gugino and British stars Ricky Gervais and Steve Coogan.
– “Medium,” 8 p.m., CBS. When
Allison's car is damaged in this rerun, she gets a rental car.
Naturally (her life being the way it is), the car has a satellite
radio that lets her hear people's thoughts.
– “Den Brother,” 8-10 p.m.,
Disney Channel. Hutch Dano, who plays Zeke in “Zeke and Luther,”
gets a flashy role here. He's a high school hockey star who helps his
sister by taking over a sort of Girl Scout group. There's one
complication: To do it, he must pretend to be female.
– “CSI:NY,” 9 p.m., CBS. Here's a
rerun of the season-opener. After machine-gun fire hits one of the
team members, others rush to find the shooter. They also meet Haylen
Becall (Sarah Carter), who becomes a recurring character; she's a
forensics-school grad, now doing crime-scene clean-ups.
– “Eureka,” 9 p.m., Syfy. Carter
and Kevin go camping in the woods – an iffy notion, considering all
the odd things that emerge near Eureka. That follows an 8 p.m. rerun
of last week's episode, with Claudia (the delightful “Warehouse 13”
character, played by Allison Scagliotti) helping in a crisis.
– “Flashpoint,” 10 p.m., CBS. Two
brothers become involved in a white-supremacy group. One has second
thoughts, after the group starts planning a terrorist attack.
– “Pillars of the Earth,” 10
p.m., Starz. Last week, Maud survived a siege and the war ended; now
Waleran and Regan try to work out a prisoner exchange. Meanwhile,
William still covets the earldom that was taken from Aliena's father;
his plan is to attack Kingsbridge.