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7 p.m. on The Gong Show
One only can imagine the sort of fun that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel will have as a celebrity panelist on this show. He joins Will Arnett (also an executive producer here) and Anthony Anderson — who’s been making the rounds of other game shows, while moonlighting from his hosting duties on To Tell the Truth — to pass judgment on decidedly offbeat acts in this new episode.
8 p.m. on Marlon
Marlon (Marlon Wayans) doles out some questionable advice to Zack (Amir O’Neil) and his classmates on “Career Day” at school in a new episode by that name. Though he means well in counseling the students not to put full faith in being told they can’t do something, the results aren’t what Marlon anticipated — prompting him to back up and stress the importance of education.
8 p.m. on Match Game
Host Alec Baldwin’s fellow 30 Rock alum Jack McBrayer is almost a regular on this revival, as is Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable
Kimmy Schmidt) — and they’re both back on the panel again in this new episode. They try to match the fill-in-the-blank guesses of contestants, as do Amy Sedaris, Donald Faison (Scrubs), Yvette Nicole Brown and John Early (Search Party). The players vie for the chance to win $25,000.
9 p.m. on Take Two
Sam (Rachel Bilson) isn’t especially eager for a reunion with her former fiance (guest star Greyston Holt), but he needs her help in the new episode “Ex’s and Oh’s.” She gets a personal investment in his plight, since his stolen laptop contains something that could prove quite embarrassing if it becomes generally known. Eddie (Eddie Cibrian) agrees to help in the search for the pilfered computer.
9 p.m. on Food Network Beat Bobby Flay
This show’s format gets flipped, if not turned on its head, in the new “Judges as Contenders,” wherein judges Seamus Mullen and Michael Psilakis opt instead to step up and make a stab at taking down Iron Chef Bobby Flay themselves. Food Network stars Marcus Samuelsson and Sunny Anderson weigh the duo’s skill sets before declaring which of them can better test Bobby.