Critic's corner

10:30 p.m., Comedy Central
David Alan Grier from "In Living Color" hosts this fake news show, which is spun from an African-American point of view. "We don't just filter the news," Grier says in the promos, "we filter it with menthol." Let's see if Grier has enough contemporary wit to make this more than just broad snark.

10 p.m. A&E
Enjoy the woes of the vehicularly challenged.

10 p.m., Discovery Channel
Geek sass.

10 p.m., National Geographic
Not the economy, stupid.

9 p.m.
Here we go again, all over the networks, PBS, and the cable news channels. McCain and Obama duke it out together for the last time before the election, at Hofstra University in New York. Bob Schieffer is the moderator.

8 p.m., HGTV
Designed to live happily ever after, too.

9 p.m., Channel 56
They've stopped battling over the all-important "90210" vote.

Comcast, HBO on Demand
Set after the Spanish Civil War, Guillermo del Toro's fractured fairy tale features a girl (Ivana Baquero) living with her stepfather, a fascist captain (Sergi López). As he and his troops fight the guerrillas in the hills, the girl discovers a rocky maze and inside meets a faun (Doug Jones), who convinces her that she's an escaped princess come home. The film is a feat of unique cinematic alchemy: a master of horror-movie schlock has made a stunning magic-realist masterpiece. (R; runs through Oct. 20) - Wesley Morris