Night at the Movies 8 p.m., TCM
This month on Friday nights, TCM will be profiling different movie genres. Tonight is thriller night, with a look at the history and conventions of the genre, the roles of damsel in distress and femme fatale, and classic villains. Interviewees include Ken Follett, Bryan Singer, Diablo Cody (above), Kenneth Branagh, and David Koepp. Oh, and Mel Brooks, who made the Hitchcock spoof “High Anxiety.’’
’Til Death 8:30 p.m., Channel 25
We can relax! It’s back! Finally! This is the kind of show that makes a TV critic happy with his job. Thank you, Fox, for keeping this piece of comedy on the air since 2006. Love you. Pictured: Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher.
Wedding Cake Wars 9 p.m., WEtv
Weapons-grade marzipan.
Dirty Jobs 9 p.m., Discovery Channel
What’s it all about, Algae?
Rear Window 9 p.m., TCM
The man who viewed too much.
Dog Whisperer 8 p.m., National Geographic
Lhasa apsolutely out of control.
Giuliana & Bill 8 p.m., Style
Stop the presses. She goes for a cleansing weekend.
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