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Chuck NBC 8:00 pm ET

Chuck and Hannah (Zachary Levi, guest star Kristin Kreuk) unexpectedly become part of Agent Shaw's (guest star Brandon Routh) latest mission, while Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) is irritated by Shaw's attempts to get close to her. Morgan and Ellie (Joshua Gomez, Sarah Lancaster) continue their mission to get to the bottom of Chuck's strange behavior. Adam Baldwin also stars in the new episode "Chuck Versus the Mask."

Life Unexpected CW 9:00 pm ET

Cate (Shiri Appleby) tries to get Lux (Britt Robertson) a second chance after she is suspended from school, but a meeting with Principal Dugan (guest star Merrilyn Gann) may just have made matters worse. Baze (Kristoffer Polaha) gets his feathers ruffled when he learns that Cate and Ryan (Kerr Smith) are hosting a radio station event at the bar across the street in the new episode "Bong Intercepted."

Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City PBS 10:00 pm ET

Filmmaker Aaron Woolf explores how the city of Detroit -- which currently stands as a bleak symbol of America's diminished status in the world -- may well come to symbolize the future of progress transportation in America. The program also visits Spain, home of an impressively modern transit system, and California, where voters recently approved a high-speed rail system.

Armageddon FXEAST 7:00 pm ET

Earth is menaced by a ginormous asteroid the size of Texas in this 1998 thriller, but fear not! Oil driller Bruce Willis and his team of experts are just itching to zoom up to the extraterrestrial interloper and blow it to smithereens. Of course, after 15 minutes or so of this relentlessly loud, aggressively stupid waste of celluloid, the option of asteroid-induced oblivion starts to sound pretty sweet. Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck co-star.

Money Train SPIKE 7:00 pm ET

There's no denying Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes ("White Men Can't Jump") are great together. But they should have stuck to basketball. Not even their chemistry can redeem this 1995 tale of two foster brothers who work as New York transit cops. Harrelson's character, a compulsive gambler, is in debt up to his eyebrows and decides the answer to his problem is to rob the train that collects the subway fares. And did we mention they're both lusting after a colleague played by J.Lo? Really.

One Tree Hill CW 8:00 pm ET

As the movie shoot begins, Brooke and Julian (Sophia Bush, Austin Nichols) strive to balance their personal lives with work. Clay (Robert Buckley) offers support to Quinn (Shantel VanSanten) as she faces some unexpected news. Haley and Nathan (Bethany Joy Galeotti, James Lafferty) get a surprise visit. Alex (Jana Kramer) sets her cap for Alexander (guest star Mitch Ryan) in the new episode "My Attendance Is Bad but My Intentions Are Good."

Heroes NBC 9:00 pm ET

Everyone bands together to try to stop Samuel (Robert Knepper) from taking the lives of thousands. Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) teams with an unexpected ally to save Emma (guest star Deanne Bray). H.R.G.'s (Jack Coleman) life hangs in the balance as he and Claire (Hayden Panettiere) are trapped underground. Hiro (Masi Oka) comes to grips with decisions he has made in the season finale, "Brave New World."

Inside the Border Warriors NGC 9:00 pm ET

This series follows the Shadow Wolves, an elite unit of American Indian federal agents working to stop drug smugglers crossing into the United States via an Arizona reservation. They collaborate with other law enforcement agencies and meet with concerned tribal residents in a concerted effort to restrict the swelling amount of contraband coming over the border in the new episode "Ground Zero."

Intervention A&E 9:00 pm ET

Marquel, a fitness instructor, seems to have the perfect life, but her family has started to worry that she is an exercise addict, bulimic and alcoholic after a series of hospitalizations. Her relatives turn to Candy for help in planning an intervention in this new episode.

Kell on Earth BRAVO 10:00 pm ET

When you fall off the horse, get right back on. That's what Kelly does in this new episode after the problems with the Chado Ralph Rucci show. She's determined to make the next event go smoothly, and a successful presentation for a new client helps her get her groove back. The same can't be said for Stephanie, one of her employees, who's having trouble dealing with all the pressure of Fashion Week in "The Show Must Go On."

Julia TCM 10:15 pm ET

Based on Lillian Hellman's memoir, this 1977 film explores the powerful relationship between the playwright (Jane Fonda) and her lifelong friend, Julia (Vanessa Redgrave). A brilliant intellectual, Julia comes of age in Nazi Germany, where she becomes active in the Resistance. Redgrave won an Oscar for her performance.

NBA Basketball TNT 10:30 pm ET

A clash of Western Conference titans is on tap tonight at Staples Center when the Pacific-leading Los Angeles Lakers welcome the San Antonio Spurs, at this writing the second-place team in the Southwest. The Lakers hope a return to health will yield a better result than their last meeting with the Spurs, when injuries to Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol slowed L.A. enough to produce a 105-85 San Antonio win down Alamo way on Jan. 12.