He isn't someone most of us would want to know in real life, but television viewers fell in love with Dr. Gregory House, the tart-tongued doctor with the unorthodox approach to diagnosing ailments. The series, which made British comedy fixture Hugh Laurie a star -- and a sex symbol -- on this side of the pond, ends its eight-season run with one last medical mystery. A retrospective special precedes the finale.

"Wipeout" is for wimps. In this series, inspired by a Japanese show and also airing on the cable channel G4, players navigate a supersized, super-dangerous obstacle course that pushes them to the limit. Matt Iseman ("Clean House") and Jonny Moseley are the hosts, with Angela Sun reporting from the sidelines.

Bo (Anna Silk) is hired by the Morrigan (Emmanuelle Vaugier) to track down an artist who's been painting murals of her and Vex (Paul Amos) and other Dark Fae all over town. She completes the mission but soon discovers a sinister plot involving one of the Morrigan's assistants. The Ash (Vincent Walsh) oversteps his bounds in demanding that Lauren (Zoie Palmer) return to him in the new episode "It's Better to Burn Out Than Fae Away."

"The Simpsons" is a great show, but this 2007 big-screen spinoff is nothing special; it's basically a long-form episode of the series. An environmental crisis is traced to Homer (voice of Dan Castellaneta), who becomes Public Enemy No. 1 -- forcing him to find a way to make things right. Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith and Nancy Cartwright also reprise their television voice roles.

Why should sharks get all the hype? Taking a page from sister channel Discovery's Shark Week, the critter channel serves up Monster Week, a celebration of vicious creatures real and fictional. It kicks off with the new episode "Pack of Teeth," which finds Jeremy Wade in Africa's Okavango Delta on the trail of a piranhalike fish with a possible appetite for humans.

Someone clue those girls in about that "answering to a higher authority" thing. In this episode, Max and Caroline (Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs) are hired to make cupcakes for a bar mitzvah. The cakes aren't kosher, but Max tries to pass them off as such; after all, who's going to know? Don't answer that. Matthew Moy and Jennifer Coolidge also star in "And the Kosher Cupcakes."

"Wipeout" is for wimps. In this series, inspired by a Japanese show and also airing on the cable channel G4, players navigate a supersized, super-dangerous obstacle course that pushes them to the limit. Matt Iseman ("Clean House") and Jonny Moseley are the hosts, with Angela Sun reporting from the sidelines.

Mike and Frank are on the hunt for memorabilia related to the famous feud between the Hatfields and McCoys in this new episode. Danielle directs them to West Virginia's Mingo County, the heart of Hatfield country and home to a general store where members of the clan reportedly traded. A store ledger and a court summons yield a wealth of information in "Pickers Feud."

If you were around in the 1960s, chances are you had the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David ringing in your ears: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "Close to You," "Walk on By," and "Alfie," to name a few. Now, thanks to "Glee" and the Austin Powers movies, younger folks are being exposed to these great songs. In this new episode, the dynamic songwriting duo is honored with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Mike (Billy Gardell) is cheating! No, not on Molly (Melissa McCarthy), thank goodness. He's going off his diet, but Molly's not going to be too pleased when she finds out he's been hiding it from her in "Mike Cheats." Reno Wilson, Katy Mixon, Nyambi Nyambi and Swoosie Kurtz also star.

Kevin Frazier ("The Insider") and supermodel Heidi Klum co-host this new special showcasing great television ads from around the globe. Viewers have picked their favorites from among 10 U.S. and 10 foreign commercials and will vote for the ultimate winner during the show. The top 10 homegrown spots include Bud Light's "Rescue Dog" and one of those DirecTV ads detailing the consequences of getting angry with cable.

"Top Gear" co-host Hammond has already tried his hand at maneuvering the big machines at a landfill. In a variation on that theme, the new episode "Salvage Yard" brings him to Louisiana for some lessons in harvesting scrap metal from oil rigs. He'll learn how to use the Crane, which can lift up to 150 tons; the Claw, which is used to separate out recyclable materials; and the Electro-Magnet, which is just what it sounds like.