Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET
This year’s postseason games, in both the National and American Leagues, have been anything but dull – and that went for last night’s Game 1 in this National League Championship Series, which was an explosive battle of both occasional firepower and ferocious pitching and defense., and was exciting down to the last pitch. The St. Louis Cardinals held off the San Francisco 49ers to emerge victoriously, but tonight is another day.
CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
With Marshall and Lily’s parenthood approaching, the couple (Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel) decides to select which of their best friends will be deemed the godparent. The best way to decide? Apparently, a game-show-style competition.
IFC, 8:00 p.m. ET
This harrowing 2003 low-budget movie, loosely based on an actual aquatic account, takes us along as a young vacationing couple, on a scuba-diving excursion in open waters, is accidentally left behind, to cope with the abandonment, the elements – and the sharks.
Syfy, 8:00 p.m. ET
Including tonight’s new installment, there are only two episodes of Alphas left this season – and both of them will feature Summer Glau in her recurring role as Skylar, an alpha with a particular affinity for and connection with technology. I wish she would visit me… and help me connect my laptop to my SmartTV.
Flix, 10:00 p.m. ET
Reese Witherspoon stars as Becky Sharp in this 2004 adaptation of the Thackeray novel – but watch, this time, for the actress playing Amelia Sedley. She’s Romola Garai (pictured), who later carried her own impressive period piece, the recent TV miniseries The Crimson Petal and the White.