Critic’s corner

Adrianne Palicki was the tough girl with a big heart on “Friday Night Lights,’’ as Tyra. And she was someone interesting on “Lone Star,’’ the Fox show that was canceled so quickly that we never got to know what her character was like. Tonight, she guest stars on “Criminal Minds’’ as an out-an-out psychopath. By the way, Palicki also returns to “Friday Night Lights’’ for the series finale, due sometime this spring on NBC. Pictured: Palicki and Jonathan Tucker.

Retired at 35 10:30 p.m., TV Land

TV Land is creating a “Love Boat’’-“Fantasy Island’’ guest-star carousel for classic-sitcom actors. With “Hot in Cleveland’’ and, now, the new George Segal sitcom, “Retired at 35.’’ Tonight, after Bonnie Franklin and John Schneider appear on “Hot in Cleveland,’’ Shelley Long shows up on this show as a possible love interest for Segal.

Cougar Town 9:30 p.m., Channel 5

Control freak she is / but we ought not to forget / also an old “friend’’

Desert Car Kings 10 p.m., Discovery Channel

Selling car parts is / worthy of a TV show / Jersey Shore is too

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena 10 p.m., Starz

Batiatus is / back from hiatus with his / divine afflatus

Hot in Cleveland 10 p.m., TV Land

Seven syllables / Valerie Bertinelli / a kooky bird song

Off the Map 10 p.m., Channel 5

Shonda Rhimes made / the same doctor opera / oh one two three times