IFC, 8:00 p.m. ET
The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. Well, I hope there’s an exception to that rule, when it comes to pointing out that this 1999 cult film, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, is televised in prime time tonight by IFC. And if this isn’t an acceptable exception to Fight Club Rule No. 1, I’m going to get such a beating…
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
The connection between President John F. Kennedy’s political policies, and Lyndon Johnson’s determination to carry them out once he assumed the presidency after JFK’s assassination, is examined in this new documentary – tied to the golden anniversary of one of those policies. For a full review, see
Tom Brinkmoeller’s Raised on MTM. Check local listings.
TCM, 10:15 p.m. ET
For its August celebration of “Summer Under the Stars,” each day is devoted to a different Hollywood luminary. Today it’s Teresa Wright, the actress whose credits include not only 1953’s The Actress (10:45 a.m. ET), but 1942’s Mrs. Miniver (2:30 p.m. ET), 1946’s The Best Years of Our Lives (5 p.m. ET), 1941’s The Little Foxes, and, at 10:15 p.m. ET, this showing of Alfred Hitchcock’s well-paced 1943 character study, starring Wright as a young girl who suspects her beloved uncle (Joseph Cotten) may actually be a ruthless murderer.
Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m. ET
In tonight’s episode, Lillian (Natasha Leggero), seeking an instant dose of attention and fame, stages her own kidnapping. Why haven’t the Kardashians thought of this?
Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m. ET
Tonight’s guest, on one of Jon Stewart’s final-week shows, is his good friend Denis Leary – who can promote his recently launched FX comedy, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, but really is here just to wish his buddy a fond farewell, and to help make one of Stewart’s last shows as much fun as possible.