iZombie finally takes The CW’s hint, becomes a superhero show

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Tuesday, December 8. All times are Eastern.
Top pick
iZombie (The CW, 9 p.m.): After flagrantly refusing to learn anything about this show last season, we’ve mostly been polite enough to leave well enough alone this year, but hey! Tonight’s episode sees resident good-hearted zombie mortician Liv take up the mantle of a murdered vigilante (and high school shop teacher, though we’re guessing she’s not going to teach shop) known as The Fog. It’s entirely possible this is just iZombie’s late bid to get cast on Legends Of Tomorrow. Carrie Raisler is not necessarily against this, come to think of it.
Also noted
The Flash (The CW, 8 p.m.): Meanwhile, one of the CW’s regular superhero shows brings together a whole bunch of members of the Flash’s Rogues Gallery, including Weather Wizard, Wentworth Miller’s Captain Cold, and Mark Hamill’s Trickster. Scott Von Doviak would like to point out that, since Captain Boomerang is also out there, we’re just a Mirror Master away from a live-action version of that one (of many) awesome Justice League Unlimited episode.
Scream Queens (Fox, 8 p.m.): The last (and, uh, first) time we actually acknowledged this show was Thanksgiving week, and all of a sudden the show has reeled off a couple pretty good episodes, per our own LaToya Ferguson. So, hey, why not go ahead and tune in for tonight’s two-hour finale, in which some killers get unmasked and some confessions get startling! And don’t worry about jumping in at the end: Since this is a Ryan Murphy show, we can’t imagine having seen the previous episodes is actually going to make it make any more sense.
Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce (Bravo, 10 p.m.): In tonight’s episode, “Abby is pushed by her editor to promote her blog by going out on dates.” Hmm, bloggers promoting their sites by going on … dates? While the thought of doubling the average blog’s readership is tempting, this feels like an inefficient way to get the word out. And, uh, maybe not in the typical blogger’s wheelhouse, if you know what we mean? Gwen Ihnat nods and yells out “Nerds!”, followed by both of us taking a long, long, long look in the mirror.
Regular coverage
The Mindy Project (Hulu)
Jessica Jones (Netflix)
The Muppets (ABC, 8 p.m.)
Fresh Off The Boat (ABC, 8:30 p.m.)
Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC, 9 p.m.)
Manhattan (WGN, 9 p.m.)
Elsewhere in TV Club
Noel Murray checks in with A Very Special Episode on a classic Friday Night Lights, while Chris Mincher inducts “Dick In A Box” into the New Christmas Canon.
What else is on?
Off The Menu: Asian America (PBS, 8 p.m.): This special looks at how food is an important part of family and culture in the Asian American community. Honestly, at this point, we’d be fascinated to see a show about a culture where food isn’t important at all, or at least viewed with a mix of distrust and indifference. As the English-born part of the What’s On Tonight gestalt, we’re pretty sure we’re describing our corner of the United Kingdom, but then we are the proud people who have come up with at least two or three successful combinations of “meat” and “pastry,” so maybe not…