8:00p/7:00 Central

• Doomsday crashes the wedding of Chloe and Jimmy on The CW’s Smallville. Betty and Marc compete against one another to move up from assistant on ABC’s Ugly Betty.
• Over on CBS’s Survivor: Gabon, a castaway considers abandoning his/her alliance to save their own skin. This week, FOX launches the night with the new episode of Kitchen Nightmares, followed by a repeat. First up, Ramsay tries to shape up a struggling “health food” restaurant.
• Discovery’s How Stuff Works examines turkey in anticipation of Thanksgiving next week. Animal Planet is trying to raise awareness to the plight of The Vanishing Frog. Apparently, our amphibious friends are disappearing at an alarming rate due to fungus and other causes. By alarming, we’re talking extinction level numbers akin to the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
• The NFL Network offers up another special Thursday night football game with their coverage of NFL Football: Bengals at Steelers.
• At the half hour, TruTV has found a fun niche for a reality court program. Tonight’s first season finale of Speeders Fight Back offers more idiots trying to talk their way out of their speeding tickets.
• NBC kicks off their night of comedy with a tornado ripping through My Name is Earl, causing Earl to lose his list. Then, on Kath & Kim, Kath makes a fool of herself in front of a gay couple.

9:00p/8:00 Central

• It’s the return of Toby on NBC’s The Office, followed by Steve Martin’s guest stint on 30 Rock as an eccentric business associate of Jack’s who grows enamored with Liz.
• The prime suspect in a murder case from 12 years ago comes front and center on a new case on CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
• You can check out more inventions on BBC America’s Dragon’s Den, learn about ancient mining machines on History’s Ancient Discoveries, or watch mean beat one another on TNA: Impact over on Spike TV.
• It’s an injured sleepwalker on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, while the battle for Anna continues on The CW’s Supernatural, with the Winchesters stuck in the middle.

10:00p/9:00 Central

• VH1 is back with Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew, while BET’s American Gangster explores J. Edgar Hoover. Iconoclasts wraps its first season on Sundance with Cameron Diaz sitting down with Cameron Sinclair.
• Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style wraps its second season on Bravo, while LA Ink is all new on TLC, and MTV brings another 50 Cent: The Money and the Power.
• Gates becomes obsessed with finding a homeless war hero on NBC’s ER, which frustrates Sam. Meanwhile, a different Sam on ABC’s Life on Mars discovers that his long missing father may have been involved in the kidnapping of a prominent family’s baby in 1973. Maybe this is why he’s stuck in ‘73?
• A government experiment to enhance soldiers goes a little haywire, meaning Hood must come in to help investigate in the Eleventh Hour on CBS.
• FX wraps up the fourth season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In it, Charlie stages a rock opera based on his classic song “Nightman.” After that, you have a choice. You can stick with FX, where Ron and Peter face their impending demise on Testees, or flip over to Comedy Central and be touched (so to speak) when Sarah sees her dad on The Sarah Silverman Program.

11:00p/10:00 Central

• It went so quickly. Already we’re looking at the first season finale of Sci Fi’s Into the Unknown with George Noory. Maybe it’s just a trial run to see if we’re watching.

8:00p/7:00 Central

• While The CW offers up the season finale, and winner of America’s Next Top Model, MyNetwork TV sends World’s Funniest Moments on hiatus after tonight.
• NBC’s Knight Rider takes it to Vegas … didn’t they already do that? Stephen Root’s character starts to insinuate himself into the lives of the Aunts on ABC’s Pushing Daisies, in his quest for whatever he’s after.
• Discovery’s Time Warp, in back-to-back installments, examines paintball and breakdancing. Those two things should be done together. Now you got something!
• FOX’s Bones sends Booth and Brennan to China, but the real mystery happens before they land.
• CBS’s comedy Wednesday hour begins with The New Adventures of Old Christine, where her boyfriend has an odd reaction to seeing her competitive streak. Then Allison asks Gary Unmarried to pretend they still are married for a friend’s renewal ceremony.

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8:00p/7:00 Central

• Who here is planning a big block party for the season finale of MyNetwork TV’s Street Patrol? We’re going to watch it and then go tip a patrol car.
• The ’80s invade NBC’s The Biggest Loser, with wardrobe and workout routines inspired from the decade. ABC sticks with their moneymaker, opting for a recap show of last night’s performances on Dancing With the Stars.
• Annie and Naomi stop arguing enough to deal with the arrival of their stepbrother in a new 90210 on The CW, also featuring appearances by Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth. It’s war games for the gang on CBS’s NCIS.
• Foreman takes on a case with no involvement with House on FOX, while the old adage that the patient always lies comes into play again with an emancipated teen suffering with fluid in her lungs (to start with).
• Tony Danza guests on Lifetime’s Rita Rocks, where Rita gets Jay in trouble with his buddies by revealing that he cried at the end of Charlotte’s Web. At 8:40p/7:40p, BBC America’s Gavin & Stacey features Bryn trying to throw a surprise party for Gwen.

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8:00p/7:00 Central

• More and more people are apparently gravitating to the CBS comedy lineup as its the only network seeing gains here. The Big Bang Theory kicks things off with Leonard accidentally drawing the attention of a “future Mrs. Wolowitz.” Then, Ted pitches a building design to Barney’s company on How I Met Your Mother.
• It’s not leaving very many viewers left for NBC, where Chuck finds himself in a romantic triangle, of sorts, when Jill gets jealous of his fake relationship with Sarah. Even worse off is FOX’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Tonight, Jesse comes back into the fold to track down a possible Skynet conspirator with Derek.
• On two episodes of TLC’s Little People, Big World, the boys have to deal with a losing streak in soccer, while Matt ponders moving his business office into the home. Over on The CW’s Gossip Girl, Thanksgiving comes to the Waldorf household.
• The stars are at it again on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. Tune in and watch how fat all the female professional dancers are getting. I think some of them might be nearing triple digits!
• Or, at the half hour, flip over to ESPN and see if they can get through Monday Night Football with less than two hundred mistakes. It’s Browns (3-6) v. Bills (5-4) tonight.

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MTV

5:00p/4:00 Central

• Hey, The CW’s 4Real is M.I.A. tonight. Get it? Because they feature hip-hop artist M.I.A. heading to Liberia to meet the woman who founded a youth organization trying to bring some hope and happiness to the embattled children of the region.

7:00p/6:00 Central

• While CBS is bringing you President-Elect Obama’s first interview since he won the election on a new 60 Minutes, NBC is kicking off another Football Night in America.

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