Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Tuesday, October 9. All times are Eastern.
TOP PICK
New Girl (Fox, 9 p.m.): Within the world of New Girl, Max Greenfield’s Schmidt is, to borrow a phrase, the worst—but that’s part of what makes the character such a goddamn delight to viewers of the show. But even Erik Adams’ affection for good ol’ Schmidty could be strained by an episode where Greenfield is tasked with impressing his young, über-hip neighbors. Or it could make the guy even funnier—either way, he should probably leave the whale belt for another episode.
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Raising Hope (Fox, 8 p.m.): In a move that would be “classic” Raising Hope if the episode title wasn’t decided upon weeks ago, the first episode of a two-parter called “Throw Maw Maw From The House” debuts a day after news of the Danny DeVito-Rhea Perlman divorce broke. Phil Dyess-Nugent is too broken up over the whole thing to cry “too soon!”
The Voice (NBC, 8 p.m.): Speaking of “too soon”: A pre-rehab appearance by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is incorporated into the first two battle episodes of the current Voice season, and Caroline Framke won’t read anything into any stray giggles or seemingly zonked-out advice from the frontman.
Ben And Kate (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): The Fox siblings find the instructions from an unfinished scavenger hunt, and they find an additional six episodes! At least that’s how Molly Eichel likes to think the cast and crew found out about the pick-up.
Go On (NBC, 9 p.m.): Between offering advice about romance (to Lauren) and coping (to Danny), we would say Ryan is stretching himself thin—if he wasn’t also compulsively eating to deal with his own grief. Sonia Saraiya refuses to cope with wordplay like that.
Frontline (PBS, 9 p.m.): Hey, have you heard about this crazy “presidential election”? There’s these two guys, one of whom is already the president of the United States, but both want the job. Farihah Zaman’s looking into this Frontline special on the phenomenon, and she’ll report back with her findings on these mysterious Barack Obama and Mitt Romney characters.