‘Jane’ thrives on lots of action
“Painkiller Jane” (10 p.m., Sci Fi) stars Kristanna Loken in the title role. She’s a surly DEA agent with a rather large chip on her shoulder.
Something, it seems, to do with the early death of her mother. But let’s not get carried away. “Jane” is not about three-dimensional character development. That would only get in the way of the nonstop and only occasionally coherent action and violence.
After a drug bust goes down badly, or rather weirdly, Jane finds herself recruited by a shadowy government agent who is on the hunt for “Neurons” – genetically unusual humans with strange skill sets.
It turns out Jane may have some peculiar traits of her own. Much like the “CSI” franchise, it seems Jane just can’t die.
In other fantasy news, “Stargate SG-1” (8 p.m., Sci Fi), the longest-running sci-fi series in TV history, enters its final 10-episode season. “Stargate Atlantis” (9 p.m., Sci Fi) enters a new season, with Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and Richard Woolsey (Robert Picardo) hanging on after surviving the Replicators’ bloody coup.
Season two of “The Henry Rollins Show” (6:30 p.m., IFC) kicks off from Israel, where the former Black Flag founder and frequent USO show performer chats with Israelis about their country’s politics, religion and pop culture.
A new episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” (8 p.m., Nickelodeon) goes to the heart of one the show’s great rivalries, the lifelong feud between Plankton and Mr. Krabs. A three-hour “SpongeBob” (5 p.m.) sets up the showdown.
FBI agents (Shawn and Marlon Wayans) go undercover in female disguise in the 2004 comedy “White Chicks” (8 p.m., Fox). The film received uniformly poor reviews.
Other highlights
A ghost feels out of place on “Ghost Whisperer” (8 p.m., CBS).
The 2005 documentary “Hitler’s Secret War on America” (8 p.m., Discovery Times) recalls Nazi efforts to produce warplanes capable of crossing the Atlantic.
A friend’s wife dies under grim circumstances on “Raines” (9 p.m., NBC).
A minor league baseball player’s death just doesn’t add up on “Numb3rs” (10 p.m., CBS).
A controversial speaker sparks campus gunfire on “Law & Order” (10 p.m., NBC).