Critic's corner

Teri Bauer is gone for good. But Leslie Hope is still in the ''House," at 9 p.m. on Channel 25. She appears as a homeless woman, only moments before she pulls her back out from stretching too far.

The Discovery Channel is premiering a three-part series called ''Deadly Women" at 9 p.m. No, the Lizzie Grubman reality series doesn't premiere until March. This one's about legendary murderers.

Diced cadaver, anyone? ''NCIS" is at 8 p.m. on Channel 4.

''According to Jim" rides the cutting edge of cultural theory, when Jim cries at a chick flick and Cheryl doesn't like it. Real men don't eat quiche, at 9 p.m. on Channel 5.

The Hollywood semifinals of ''American Idol" begin tonight at 8 on Channel 25, sans hip-hop nanny.

MATTHEW GILBERT