Critic's corner

By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff  |  June 17, 2008

9 p.m., Channel 7
The Hoff is back for round three of "America's Got Talent," the anarchic talent contest. But Piers Morgan is the returning hero, since he won "Celebrity Apprentice" a few months back. Joining Morgan and David Hasselhoff on the judges panel once again is Sharon Osbourne. Not classy enough for you? Jerry Springer hosts.

10 p.m., Bravo
Bad housing market, not bad hair.

10 p.m., FX
A hunter moves in with an animal-rights activist. Tofu ensues.

10 p.m., HGTV
They want a lake home? If they can wait a few centuries, maybe they won't have to move.

10 p.m., Oxygen
That's right. Our favorite fake-real TV couple, next to the two Coreys, have given up the bed-and-breakfast business to dig into Hollywood. For the third season of their "Tori & Dean" series, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott prepare for the birth of their second supporting actor - I mean child.

8 p.m., Channel 4
AFI: A listomaniac on the floor.

9 p.m., Biography Channel
Actor Don Johnson. And singer, too.

1/2 Comcast, HBO
Ex-Marine Anthony Swofford's controversial memoir of the 1991 Gulf War has been turned into a muddled account of soldiers coming to terms with their own obsolescence. The final act is powerful and original; everything before feels borrowed from other, better war movies. Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard do decent work but only Jamie Foxx comes across as an actual Marine. Directed by Sam Mendes ("American Beauty"). (R; runs through June 22) - Ty Burr