Television

You know times are bad when the entertainment business finally returns to some of the themes that sustained earlier audiences through tough times. CBS presents a post-Super Bowl helping of the new series “Undercover Boss” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

“Kell On Earth” (9 p.m., Bravo, TV-14) “stars” Kelly Cutrone, one tough woman. We’re told she’s one of the hottest fashion publicists. She runs an extremely high-strung office of emotional interns and barely trained neophytes for whom every task is a chance to hyperventilate.

The “Nature” (7 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presentation “Wild Balkans” offers a different take on a war-torn region, and along the way tries to redeem the Balkans from its place in both history and the popular imagination.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway has received a good-natured ribbing from Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals student drama troupe.

Echo (Eliza Dushku) and her surviving Dollhouse cohorts scramble into the year 2020 to save mankind from sudden destruction. Whether they succeed, time has run out for “Dollhouse” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14) itself. This is the show’s final episode.

A month into her new job as “World News” anchor, and Diane Sawyer has piled up enough frequent flier miles to impress even George Clooney’s character in “Up in the Air.”

Faced with football and figure skating, viewers of a certain sensibility (not to mention pride and prejudice) can take refuge in yet another adaptation of Jane Austen. Romola Garai (“Atonement”) stars in “Emma” on “Masterpiece Mystery” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings).

NEW YORK (AP) – It’s Letterman vs. Leno, redux.

The two-hour “Hope for Haiti” (7 p.m., CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC, CW, CNN, BET, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT) telethon will raise funds for disaster relief. Note: The roster of talent and the number of participating networks still is evolving and subject to change.

NBC's Golden Globes broadcast shined a little brighter in the ratings this year, according to Nielsen numbers released Monday.

There’s a fine line between brash and overconfident, between self-assured and obnoxious and, for that matter, between network and cable. And the new comic book-inspired action series “Human Target” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) walks them all.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an agreement close to completion, "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien would leave NBC and free Jay Leno to reclaim the late-night show he stewarded for 17 years, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

As a cartoon, "Archer" (9 p.m., FX, TV-MA) is fairly interesting to look at. As a spy spoof, it's as old as "Get Smart," and as a comedy, it's a tedious exercise in network envelope-pushing. Much like "The League," it seems to be aimed at a young male audience marinated in the casual vulgarity of pornography, hip hop and violent video games.

Conan O'Brien says he's rejecting NBC's attempt to move "The Tonight Show" to a post-midnight slot to accommodate Jay Leno's return to late-night.

"American Idol" was the colossus that dominated television in the new century's first decade, generating top ratings, a heady share of buzz and a handful of bankable stars including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson.

Simon Cowell says that this will be his last season on "American Idol."