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Critic's corner

By Matthew Gilbert
Globe Staff / May 12, 2009
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Frontline 9 p.m., Channel 2

The title of this episode - "The Madoff Affair" - makes Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme sound kind of harmless. But I suspect the documentary takes his crime - and the lives that he ruined - very seriously. Martin Smith looks at how the deception worked over the years.

Real Housewives of New Jersey 11 p.m., Bravo

The hair will probably be especially interesting in this latest addition to Bravo's "Real Housewives" franchise. And the jewelry. And the McMansions. One of the five ladies is a 45-year-old divorcee who has been engaged 19 times and who also talks about having kissed Mick Jagger.

The Apprentice: UK 9 p.m., BBC America

You're sacked, mate.

Carbon Cops 9:30 p.m., Sundance Channel

Footprint 'em, Danno.

Fringe 9 p.m., Channel 25

Beam Nimoy into the show, J.J.

The Stagers 10:30 p.m., HGTV

Home theater.

Rescue Me 10 p.m., FX

Will Mike's bar be their Bada-bing?