‘ER’ docs treat war refugees

Noah Wyle returns to “ER” (10 p.m., NBC), but he’s far from his old Chicago hospital.

Dr. Carter and medical colleagues (Eamonn Walker, “OZ,” and Mary McCormack, (“The West Wing”) treat hundreds of refugees in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region.

Did the Winter Games become a TV habit you can’t shake? Still hungry for more luge?

“Chasing the Olympic Dream” (8 p.m., Sundance) offers an instant documentary retrospective of the just-completed games produced by NBC News. It seems like yesterday – or last week.

Other highlights

The “American Idol” (8 p.m., Fox) results show used to seem long at 30 minutes.Tonight, they’ve got an hour to kill. Jeff Probst hosts “Survivor Panama: Exile Island” (8 p.m., CBS).

Reese Witherspoon and Patrick Dempsey star in the 2002 comedy “Sweet Home Alabama” (8 p.m., ABC).

Lindsay Lohan plays a set of twins bent on reuniting their divorced folks (Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson) in the 1998 remake of “The Parent Trap” (8 p.m., Family).

A body found in a chimney on “CSI” (9 p.m., CBS) is not wearing a red suit.

Back taxes inspire an act of contrition on “My Name is Earl” (9 p.m., NBC).

Public speaking fears on “The Office” (9:30 p.m., NBC).

Addictive distractions on “Without a Trace” (10 p.m., CBS).

Cult choice

In 1970, as Hollywood dallied with revolution and looked for the next “Easy Rider,” Americans fell in love with the old-fashioned romance “Love Story” (7 p.m., TCM), starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal.

Series notes

Silver Kryptonite on “Smallville” (8 p.m., WB) … Three teams remain on “Beauty and the Geek” (9 p.m., WB).

Late night

Harry Connick Jr. appears on “Late Show with David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) … Jay Leno hosts Salma Hayek, with music by Rhett Miller on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC).