Tonight's Picks
Mercy8:00 PM, NBC
Veronica (Taylor Schilling) is stunned to learn she might be pregnant, especially since she's pretty sure that not even a baby could save her marriage to Mike (Diego Klattenhoff). Grief-stricken Dr. Harris (James Le Gros) wages war against death at the hospital. Sonia (Jaime Lee Kirchner) helps a teenage beauty queen accept a life-changing diagnosis. Chloe (Michelle Trachtenberg) uncovers a nasty secret about her boyfriend in "I'm Not That Kind of Girl."
 
Revolutionary Road9:00 PM, HBOE
Iconic together in "Titanic," Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet redefine their shared screen image in this tale of a disintegrating marriage directed by Sam Mendes, Winslet's husband. In the adaptation of Richard Yates' bleak novel, the stars play 1950s spouses whose union isn't quite as ideal as it might seem, offering proof that one never knows what happens behind closed doors. Supporting player Michael Shannon earned an Oscar nomination.
 
College Basketball3:30 PM, CBS
Both West Virginia and Seton Hall have racked up impressive records in nonconference games so far this year, and here they get their first Big East test when they face each other today in Newark, N.J. The No. 8 Mountaineers are led by a brutish front court of senior Da'Sean Butler, sophomore Devin Ebanks and freshman Kevin Jones. The unranked Pirates, conversely, have gotten great production from guards Jeremy Hazell and Eugene Harvey.
 
Golf4:00 PM, NBC
The PGA Tour has been put away for the season, leaving golf fans with challenge events such as the ADT Skills Challenge, taped coverage of which airs today and Sunday. The event tests golfers' abilities in a number of areas, including driving, putting and short game. Brandt Snedeker, Boo Weekley, J.B. Holmes, Fred Funk and Fred Couples were among the competitors in the Oct. 26 tournament in West Palm Beach, Fla.
 
Sky High7:00 PM, DISN
If you think it's easy to be the child of superheroes, ask the young man (Michael Angarano) who's in that situation in this comedy-fantasy from Disney. Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston play his superpowered dad and mom, who aren't aware that he may lack their abilities as he enters a special school. A villain's reappearance forces him to rise to the occasion. Co-stars include Lynda Carter, Danielle Panabaker and Bruce Campbell.
 
Law & Order9:00 PM, NBC
When a stockbroker comes into an emergency room complaining of stomach pains, the staff thinks his lunch is to blame, but after the man dies, massive internal bruising is discovered. The investigation by Detectives Lupo and Bernard (Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson) reveals that the victim was involved in organized street fighting, sparking a battle of epic proportions between the man's family and the faction responsible for his death in "Rumble."
 
Castle10:00 PM, ABC
Castle's (Nathan Fillion) book agent (guest star Debi Mazar) approaches him with a career-changing opportunity, but accepting it could very well mean the end of his relationship with Beckett (Stana Katic). Let's hope he takes good notes, then, as the two investigate what may be their last case, this one involving an unidentified woman found dead in a manhole. Susan Sullivan and Ruben Santiago-Hudson also star in "When the Bough Breaks."
 
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit10:00 PM, NBC
An investigation by Detectives Benson and Stabler (Mariska Hargitay, Chris Meloni) into three murders leads them to a strip club owned by former Rockette Birdie Sulloway (Emmy winner Carol Burnett). Birdie and her nephew, Chet (guest star Matthew Lillard), try to help with the case, but the detectives soon discover a vigilante with a violent past. Richard Belzer also stars in "Ballerina."
 
Adam's Rib10:00 PM, TCM
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn generate some of their best on-screen chemistry ever in this 1949 comedy, playing a husband and wife, both lawyers, on opposite sides of a case -- he as prosecutor, she as defender -- concerning a wife (Judy Holliday) who shot and wounded her unfaithful husband. The couple's ongoing debate over the sexual double standard and the justifiability of the defendant's actions is as fresh today as it was when the film was new.
 
The Legend of Zorro10:15 PM, TNT
How the mighty have fallen. He made a magnificent swashbuckler in 1998's "The Mask of Zorro," but in this disappointing 2005 sequel, Don Alejandro de la Vega (Antonio Banderas) is mired in domestic angst. His wife, Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones) wants a divorce, and his son (Adrian Alonso) -- not realizing Dad is really Zorro -- thinks he's a wimp. Oh, and some bad guys are threatening California's statehood. Sounds like a job for you-know-who, if he can get out of his funk. Watch the original instead.
 
Overboard10:45 PM, TBS
Real-life significant others Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell surely had fun making this 1987 comedy, which isn't all that much fun for the viewer, thanks to a thin plot and the annoyance quotient of Hawn's character. She's an heiress who balks at paying her carpenter (Russell) for work he did on her yacht. When she loses her memory, he gets revenge by convincing her they are married. You'll find their movie just as forgettable.
 
-- Zap2it.com

(Times are ET/PT unless otherwise noted)

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Tuesday, Dec. 8th, 2009 (in millions)
1.
NCIS (CBS)
15.09
2.
13.45
3.
12.04
4.
Disney's Prep and Landing (ABC)
12.04
6.
9.1
7.
8.33
9.
Scrubs (ABC)
5.44
10.
4.26
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