tonight’s PICKS

Hell’s Kitchen 6 p.m. on CITYTV 9 p.m. on CKAL ^ KAYU

The nine remaining chefs take on one of each season’s most daunting challenges, the “Blind Taste Test,” in a new episode of that title. Later, it’s steak night for demanding dining-room customers, but while one kitchen team excels under pressure, the other one keeps failing to maintain the necessary pace between cooking and serving the dishes. Gordon Ramsay is the host.

Mom 7:01 p.m. on CITYTV 8:01 p.m. on KRTV # 10:01 p.m. on CKAL ^, KREM

What is intended to be a very romantic Valentine’s Day dinner for Bonnie and Adam (Allison Janney, William Fichtner) keeps getting rudely interrupted as the other women in her group struggle with love matters on the holiday in the new episode “Illegal Eels and the Cantaloupe Man.” Meanwhile, the often overlooked Wendy (Beth Hall) discovers that her new relationship has become the talk of the group. Mark Bloom guest stars.

Punky Brewster 9 p.m., 5:10 a.m. on W

Now 44, actress Soleil Moon Frye returns to the iconic role that launched her as an NBC child star in the mid-80s: waifish but resilient foster kid Penelope “Punky” Brewster. Time hasn’t stood still for the character since her original series, either: In this revival, Punky’s now a single mom, trying to raise three kids and still figuring things out as she goes along. Freddie Prinze Jr. also stars as her ex, Travis

Call Me Kat 10 p.m. on CFCN # KAYU

After Max’s (Cheyenne Jackson) boss, Carter (Julian Gant), helps Kat (Mayim Bialik) win a seat on the local business council, he feels betrayed when she doesn’t vote in favor of allowing Max’s bar to stay open later in the new episode “Business Council.” Meanwhile, Sheila (Swoosie Kurtz) asks Max to help her move some of her furniture so a boyfriend can move in.