Rick Mercer hosts the Scotiabank Giller Prize

• Rick Mercer hosts the Scotiabank-Giller Prize, which marks its 25th anniversary. The 2018 shortlist for this literary award, given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection, includes French Exit by Patrick de Witt, and An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim. (CBC 20 at 8)

• On a new episode of The Resident, Conrad confronts Bell after the latter recommends one of Julian’s pricey yet risky medical devices to a woman who recently lost one child and is back now with another sick youngster. (CTV, Fox 14 at 8)