Parks and Recreation, on NBC Global
Flu season returns with a vengeance in this new episode. Andy (Chris Pratt) and a very sick Leslie (Amy Poehler) are short on Unity Concert performers and desperately search for new talent. Elsewhere, Tom (Aziz Ansari) attends a wine competition.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, on NBC
Pablo Schrieber guest stars as William Lewis, an old foe of Det. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) in this new episode. Lewis breaks out of prison and kidnaps a young girl in an attempt to lure Det. Benson to him. The team must work together to save the girl and keep Olivia out of harm's way.
Q: Can you find out if "Killer Women" will be coming back on? It was on for a few weeks but now has been replaced by another show.
Sadly (but also inevitably, if you want to get philosophical about it), "Killer Women" has itself been killed.
Technically, the news came after just two episodes, but it remained as a dead show walking for four more, before being replaced by yet another new series.
The Mindy Project, on Fox
The Shulman and Associates team are back for more quirky adventures in back-to-back new episodes. Mindy (Mindy Kaling) and Danny (Chris Messina) decide to give dating a shot, but find it's much harder to go from friendship to romance than they thought.
Q: Does Michaela Conlin, Angela on "Bones," say the line "S.C. Johnson, a family company" at the end of the company's commercials?
No, but oddly enough, in a way, the actress who does deliver that line, Lynette Mettey, is the Michaela Conlin of 30 years ago.
Conlin's best-known role is as Angela Montenegro, workplace sidekick of the title character, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance (Bones) Brennan, who uses her medical knowledge to solve crimes.
Star-Crossed, on CW
As Dinaskyu, an old Atrian holiday, approaches, Roman (Matt Lanter) invites Emery (Aimee Teegarden) into the sector for celebrations in this new episode. Drake (Greg Finley) is informed that Zoe's (Dora Madison Burge) absence means he's their new undercover operative.
Late Laughs for the week of April 6 - 12, 2014
The Late Show: David Letterman
Everybody's in a good mood because of the weather outside. It's 55 but not that cool. You know, like Kenny G.
They arrested some guys here in New York City for selling counterfeit ChapStick. I was part of the scam. I bought some. I knew immediately it was counterfeit because the lid didn't come off in my pocket.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, on Fox
Celebrated astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts a fascinating journey through space and time in this new episode. This episode focuses on light, which has held many clues to the mysteries of the cosmos since the beginning of time.
High 'steaks': The Food Network is rolling the dice
Bill Rancic Hosts “Kitchen Casino”
The Food Network's rolling the dice with a bold new competition show, and this time it could be holding a winning hand.
Bad gambling puns aside, cooking competitions are all the rage nowadays, and the Food Network's certainly taken the lead with its innovative and varied takes on the genre.
Fish on: Jeremy Wade is heading to the Amazon
Jeremy Wade as seen in “River Monsters”
Fish on: Everyone loves a good murder mystery, and when the gruesome tales are wrenched straight out of the headlines, it can make for some of the most compelling stories around -- even when the killers are (literally) cold-blooded.