Critic's corner

9 p.m., HBO Signature
I was surprised I didn't hear Chris Cooper's name mentioned more often in the recent Oscar talk for best actor of 2007. He was really powerful in "Breach" as Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who was convicted to life in prison for selling US secrets to the Russians. Cooper makes Hanssen into a fascinating mixture of secrecy, hostility, banality, and religious faith. Well worth seeing.

9 p.m., Travel Channel
Wow, check out the dunes on that coastline.

7 and 9 p.m., Oxygen
Before Meg's lips got tragically stung.

8 p.m., National Geographic
Bassets with sibling rivalry. Sounds like Alec and William.

10 p.m., TLC
Is this a nightmare? Or a reality show? First, you get into a soundproof booth visible from the busy streets of New York or LA. Strangers watch you, critique your looks, and guess your age. Then a team of stylists and beauticians go to work to take a decade off your appearance. And finally, back to the booth you go, for a reassessment. Tonight, a former model undergoes the process.

8 p.m., Channel 7
Dennis Miller, the next Howie Mandel.

10 and 10:30 p.m., HGTV
Someone should tell them he's on Fox like all the time.

Comcast
High-handed surgeon William Hurt is jolted back into the human race when he becomes a cancer patient and moves to the other end of the pecking order. Beautifully nuanced acting and perceptively understated direction from Randa Haines make this an unusually tough-minded quality enterprise. (PG-13; runs through April 10)