Kevin Bacon appears on ‘Queer Eye’
What do you get when you combine the Fab 5 with a man best known for Six Degrees? If you guessed “Ocean’s Eleven” you’d be wrong.
It’s Kevin Bacon on “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” (10 p.m., Bravo). The “Footloose” star arrives with his brother and bandmate, Michael.
It seems the Bacon brother needs a makeover in advance of a benefit concert for a charity run by their sister, Hilda Bacon, who works for a nonprofit organization providing comprehensive services for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Isn’t it nice of Kevin to share the limelight with the family? He’s not heavy – he’s my Bacon!
“Catching the Comet” (7 p.m., Science) documents the first space mission designed to follow a comet, retrieve dust from its tail and return the specimens to Earth. Made with cooperation of NASA, “Catching the Comet” shares the drama of the space probe’s return to Earth and the excitement of scientists as they open their interstellar package.
Punk rock fans and TV historians should pounce on the new DVD release “The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk Rock & New Wave.” Released today by the folks at Shout Factory, this set includes interviews and performances by Iggy Pop, Elvis Costello, The Ramones, Patti Smith, The Plasmatics and Joan Jett.
For the uninitiated, “The Tomorrow Show” ran between 1973 and 1982 and aired in the 12:30 a.m. slot after Johnny Carson. Snyder would finally be canceled to make way for a fresh-faced Hoosier named David Letterman. An edgy, cerebral chain smoker, Snyder is unlike anyone on contemporary television. Last year he was diagnosed with leukemia.
The over-the-top U.K. women-in-prison soap “Bad Girls” (10 p.m., BBC America) enters its second season.
A young woman takes on Hollywood in the 1923 silent film “Souls for Sale” (5 p.m., TCM), featuring a brand new score by Marcus Sjowall, winner of TCM’s Young Film Composer’s competition. The comedy/drama presents a behind-the-scenes glance at moviemaking in the Roaring ‘20s.
Other highlights
Two hours of auditions in North Carolina on “American Idol” (8 p.m., Fox).
A missed milestone on “Gilmore Girls” (8 p.m., WB).
A call from death row “CSI: Miami” (9 p.m., CBS).
On back-to-back episodes of “Scrubs” (NBC), yellow brick roads (9 p.m.) and an unscheduled departure (9:30 p.m.).
Air Force One held hostage on “Commander in Chief” (9 p.m., ABC).
“Frontline” (9 p.m., KSPS) looks at Saddam Hussein’s many victims.
A benefit concert disintegrates on “Love Monkey” (10 p.m., CBS).
A cry for help results in a marathon pursuit on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (10 p.m., NBC).
A gun-wielding granny on “Boston Legal” (10 p.m., ABC).
The strike team mulls its options on “The Shield” (10 p.m., FX).
Cult choice
An anthropologist returns to the Peruvian jungles and the friends and lover he left behind in the 1950s in the 2000 documentary “Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale” (6 p.m., IFC). Based on a book with the same title, the controversial memoirs of Tobias Scheenbaum, who died last year.
Series notes
Targeting the wives of Marines on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS) … Joe Rogan hosts “Fear Factor” (8 p.m., NBC) … Botched vows on “According to Jim” (8 p.m., ABC) … Bereavement on a budget on “Rodney” (8:30 p.m., ABC) … A haunted institution on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., WB).
Late night
Bernie Mac and Beth Orton appear on “Late Show with David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) … Jay Leno hosts Emily Deschanel and Jamie Foxx on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) … Regis Philbin, Jordana Brewster and She Wants Revenge appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (12:05 a.m., ABC) … Marty Stuart chats on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” (12:35 a.m., NBC).