Arsenio Hall sings on ‘Proud Family’

Former talk-show host Arsenio Hall lends his voice to “The Proud Family Movie” (8 p.m., Disney) as both the mad scientist, Dr. Carver, and aging soul singer Uncle Bobby. R&B artist Omarion guest-stars as hip-hop sensation Fifteen Cent in this movie-length expansion of Disney’s “The Proud Family” series.

Both Hall and Omarion perform original songs.

“This is Spinal Tap” star Michael McKean provides the voice of harried film producer Mel Wax in the animated comedy series “Hopeless Pictures” (7 p.m., Independent Film Channel), part of a new hourlong comedy bloc.

Created by Bob Balaban and featuring the voices of Martin Mull, Jennifer Coolidge and Jonathan Katz, “Hopeless” will remind viewers of Katz’s earlier cartoon “Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist.”

In the debut cartoon, consisting largely of phone conversations interrupted by call-waiting, Mel consults his therapist and juggles a toothache, a box-office flop, an angry wife, an air-headed mistress and an incompetent nephew he left in charge of a film shoot in the Balkans. Despite the wealth of talent on board, “Hopeless” merely adds to the glut of inside-Hollywood product crowding the dial. I didn’t laugh once.

No good idea goes unpunished. Proof can be found on “Gene Simmons Rock School” (11 p.m., VH1). An unabashed imitation of Jack Black’s “School of Rock” movie, this Kiss-off lacks all of the spontaneity and joy of the original.

The throbbing tumor at the center of this creative cadaver is Mr. Simmons himself, a self-proclaimed rock god who is clearly too arrogant to consult either a mirror or a calendar. In “School,” Simmons acts as an instructor at a posh British prep school, where he promises to take a room of classically trained adolescents and prepare them to perform in front of 5,000 fans.

As in “School of Rock,” the kids are all right. They are polite and attentive and even manage to overcome their initial disdain for Simmons’ odious behavior.

But it’s still too painful to watch the Kiss front man teach his young charges how to be “cool” and how to assume the proper “rock” pose. Rock, after all, is – or rather was – informed by a rebellion of the young against the old, and not the other way around.

While it’s asking too much to assume that Simmons has a sense of perspective, just how would he have reacted back in 1972 if a musical legend from, say, 1938 had come to his classroom and tried to turn Kiss into a swing band?

Hepcats from the Benny Goodman era thought they were pretty cool, too. But somewhere along the way, they learned how to act their age.

Gluttons for this kind of punishment can tune in earlier for back-to-back repeat installments of “Tommy Lee Goes to College” (10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., VH1).

Other highlights

Scheduled on “Dateline” (8 p.m., NBC): overweight teens attend a camp in the Sierras.

On a four-episode marathon of “Arrested Development” (Fox), a mother-son dance (8 p.m.), school elections (8:30 p.m.), a pre-engagement ring (9 p.m.), and a spring-break documentary (9:30 p.m.).

Orlando Jones and Eddie Griffin star in the 2001 thriller “Double Take” (8 p.m., UPN).

“Class of 1995” (8:30 p.m., CMT) surveys the country music highlights of that year, including hits by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride and Vince Gill.

Director Kevin Smith continues to shoot a movie and Alanis Morissette cameos as a high school principal on “Degrassi: The Next Generation” (7 p.m., Noggin)

“You Write Better Than You Play” (5 p.m., ESPN Classics) profiles sports journalist Frank DeFord.

Wallace Shawn guest-stars on “Crossing Jordan” (10 p.m., NBC).

The president cooperates with a Cylon on “Battlestar Galactica” (10 p.m., Sci Fi).

Cult choice

A couple (Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna) meet in group therapy in the 1971 comedy “Made for Each Other” (5 p.m., Fox Movie Channel), an early vehicle for Paul Sorvino and Olympia Dukakis.

Series notes

A freaky mother-daughter switch on “8 Simple Rules” (8 p.m., ABC) … Cupid’s arrow thwarted on “What I Like About You” (8 p.m., WB).

On back-to-back episodes of “Hope & Faith” (ABC), stuffing turkeys (8:30 p.m.), and serving food (9 p.m.) … Spooky stuff on “Blue Collar TV” (8:30 p.m., WB).

Car-pool blues on “Reba” (9 p.m., WB) … An apartment makeover on “Less Than Perfect” (9:30 p.m., ABC) … Valentine’s Day on “Living with Fran” (9:30 p.m., WB).