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7 p.m. on HGTV
Flipping 101
With Tarek El Moussa
HGTV viewers first got to know real estate powerhouse Tarek El Moussa on his hit series Flip or Flop, but now he’s ready to share the secrets of his success at flipping properties in this new home series. In each episode, he mentors first-time flippers, helping them sidestep costly mistakes as the rookies race to get their property on the market. First up is a couple who just bought a Craftsman-style home sight unseen. They want to put in a party room, but Tarek thinks a garage would be wiser.
8 p.m. on FOOD
Vegas Chef Prizefight
Anne Burrell is host of this new six-episode culinary competition series, in which six elite chiefs embark on the toughest “interview” of their lives in a bid to be named head chef of a new $10 million restaurant in the Flamingo Las Vegas on that city’s fabled strip. Each week Burrell puts the chefs through their paces at a different restaurant, where they are tasked with taking over the dinner service. Restaurant experts including Scott Conant and Eileen Moore join Burrell to decide which chef is eliminated.
8:30 p.m. on NBC
Indebted
Dave and Rebecca (Adam Palley, Abby Elliott) already have started worrying that, with grandparents in the house, the kids will wind up spoiled in the new episode “Everybody’s Talking About the Tooth Fairy.” Those fears are realized when Asher (Anders Garrett) loses his first tooth and Debbie and Stew (Fran Drescher, Steven Weber) interfere with the tooth fairy protocol.
11 p.m. on FX
Better Things
Season 4 of Pamela Adlon’s critically acclaimed comedy series opens with two back-to-back episodes that find her character, Sam, in the throes of a midlife crisis that, among other things, manifests in her impetuous purchase of a luxury car that is both family-incompatible and environmentally a disaster. Meanwhile, her kids (Hannah Alligood, pictured, Olivia Edward) try to coax her into letting them sign her up on some dating apps. Celia Imrie also stars; Telma Hopkins, Diedrich Bader, Rosalind Chao and Kevin Pollak are among the season’s guest stars.