The X-Files
The truth is still out there for the FBI agents, and specialists in supernatural investigations, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully — again played by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in a limitedrun revival of the 1990s sci-fi drama. The opener, My Struggle, involves a possible alien abductee (guest star Annet Mahendru). The show continues Monday in its regular time slot. Joel McHale also guest stars. (Fox, CTV)
SHAMELESS
A frustrated Debbie (Emma Kenney) turns for help to Frank (William H. Macy), who gives her a master class in how to finesse the welfare system, as well as helping her plan a strategy to use against Fiona (Emma Rossum). Elsewhere, a remorseful Kevin (Steve Howey) visits his neighbour Yanis (Will Sasso) in hospital and is horrified to learn that the latter is paralyzed. (Movie Central)
IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S MEN
In a frank new episode called Sex & Sensibility, Tyrese and Rev Run reveal their opinions about premarital sex, and they could not be further apart. Meanwhile, American Idol Season 6 winner Jordin Sparks challenges Tyrese’s attitudes when it comes to sex, while actor and comic Marlon Wayans also opens up about his own sex life. (OWN Canada)
GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE
Abby and Barbara (Lisa Edelstein, Retta) head off to SplitCon, a convention aimed at providing services for people who are breaking up. Elsewhere, Jo (Alanna Ubach) fights Charlene (Megan Hilty) for control of her bakery and the attention of her daughter. Joaquin (Niall Matter), Phoebe’s (Beau Garrett) new boyfriend, introduces her to the art scene in Los Angeles. (Slice)
JUST FOR LAUGHS
Alan Cumming is best known to many fans for his performance as Eli Gold on The Good Wife, but he’s also a very funny guy. He primarily serves as host, however, for this new episode in which he welcomes such first-rate comedy guests as Orny Adams, Dana Gould, Joel Creasey, Shaun Majumder and Sean Cullen. (CBC)
GALAVANT
The wounded Galavant’s (Joshua Sasse) fate depends on a healer named Neo of Sporin (guest star Reece Shearsmith), in the new episode Love and Death. Madalena and Roberta (Mallory Jansen, guest star Clare Foster) both come to terms with the feelings they have for others. Immediately after, in an episode titled Do the D’Dew, the conflict between Hortensia and Valencia erupts. Timothy Omundson, Vinnie Jones and Karen David also star. (ABC)
MADAM SECRETARY
Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman, one of this drama’s executive producers, has multiple jobs on the repeat episode The Show Must Go On. He directed the story and also guest stars as the Supreme Court’s chief justice, who factors into Elizabeth’s (Téa Leoni) duties when the president’s plane vanishes. Jill Hennessy (Crossing Jordan) becomes a recurring cast member as Henry’s (Tim Daly) new intelligence-agency handler. Bebe Neuwirth and Geoffrey Arend also star. (CBS)
QUANTICO
A test for FBI candidates can be expected to be unlike most exams, and that proves to be the case in Go, the first half of this repeat two-hour presentation. The challenge is explosive, literally — and not everyone will make the cut, which is one of the intentions. Then, in Over, Alex (Priyanka Chopra) believes that another attack on New York is imminent, as a hack of the FBI’s computers reveals information that suggests another device has been planted in the city. (ABC, CTV Two)