Critic's corner
Mad for January
Law & Order
10 p.m., Channel 7Those who watched "Mad Men" know January Jones as Betty Draper, the housewife with barely suppressed rage. Tonight, she guest stars on "Law & Order" and drops the whole barely suppressed thing. By the way, ‘‘Mad Men’’ is going back into production this month, and a new season of 13 episodes will air beginning in July.
CSI: NY
10 p.m., Channel 4Stella! An arson targets her building.
Idol Gives Back
8 p.m., Channel 25Fergie! Daughtry.
Waiting for Guffman
9 p.m., IFCCorky! Ello, ow are ooo?
LIVING LIFE
Primetime
10 p.m., Channel 5Tonight's episode profiles Randy Pausch, the computer-science professor with terminal pancreatic cancer who delivered that excruciatingly moving "Last Lecture" that went viral. "Someone is going to push my family off the cliff pretty soon," the father of three tells Diane Sawyer, "and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets." Get ready to use some tissues.The show sounds life-affirming and moving enough to get me to brave the eminently fake stylings of Sawyer.
Supernanny
9 p.m., Channel 5Jo! A shoplifting 3-year-old needs help.
Big Brother 9
8 p.m., Channel 4Julie! You evict, girl.
ON DEMAND
Operation Dumbo Drop
The Vietnam War a la Disney: A squad of American soldiers finds and transports a replacement for the slain sacred elephant of a South Vietnamese village. Soft-hearted Danny Glover and by-the-book Ray Liotta are the leaders of the group, which includes Denis Leary as a Sergeant Bilko type. The movie balances comedy and sensitivity to the war-torn environment pretty well. (PG; runs through April 24)
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