BEST BETS
• In this second of a three-part The Nature of Things, anthropologist and host Dr. Niobe Thompson examines the question of how mankind became the only “global species” on Earth. (CBC 20 at 8)
• Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood gives the comedian and ventriloquist a new showcase that was taped in Los Angeles last August. Dunham welcomes country superstar Brad Paisley and Saturday Night Live alum Chris Parnell. (NBC 33 at 8)
• When it becomes obvious that Will (Cameron Bancroft) would be happy to prolong his visit indefinitely, Olivia is determined to make him pull his own weight or move out of her home on a new episode of Cedar Cove. (W at 8)
• Despite widespread social disapproval, many people who collect exotic pets insist that a unique bond exists between these creatures and their owners. Doc Zone explores the topic by studying the central question: What is a pet? (CBC 20 at 9)
• Command is in the sights of Olivia on a new episode of Scandal that also sees the election reports coming in, resolving the question of what Mellie will be doing in the near future. (ABC 38 at 9)
• The Season 9 winner of America’s Got Talent is seen readying his recently launched Las Vegas act, with encouragement from a bounty of celebrities, in the new two-hour special Mat Franco’s Got Magic. (OMNI2, NBC 33 at 9)
• The season finale of Graceland finds the agents trying to collect themselves in the aftermath of the gang war. Briggs has one loose end he must track down as he tries to bring Ari Adamian to justice. (Bravo at 10)