Franchise spinoff ‘24: Legacy’ comes up short
Failing to live up to its title, the franchise spinoff “24: Legacy” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) wraps up after 12 episodes. In a TV season that has seen a return to “Prison Break,” an “Exorcist” rehash, a boyish yet boring “MacGyver” imitator and threats to exhume “Will & Grace,” this “24” was not the worst bowl of leftovers in TV’s fridge. But it was hard to get too involved in a Jack Bauer-less “24,” even one that shaved a dozen hours off the clock.
GOING FOR ‘BROKE’
“2 Broke Girls” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14) also ends its season tonight. Its sixth. We’ve reached the stage where Caroline’s life has been made into a movie. That’s usually the point when you wrap up the story. At least that’s how they handled things in “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”!
“2 Broke Girls” has run the gamut of predictable storylines, from Caroline’s Madoff-like father, to an ersatz take on Brooklyn hipsterdom and the whole cupcake shop thing — a trend that seemed beaten to death some years back.
Like other CBS comedies since “Two and a Half Men,” “2 Broke Girls” laces predictable laugh-track dialogue with bracing smuttiness. Just as many CBS procedurals have normalized rampant morbidity and sadism, “2 Broke Girls” tries to pass off vulgarity as mainstream.
AN INNOCENT MAN?
Nothing sparks a cliffhanger like a death-row reprieve. The two-night, four-part docuseries “Killing Richard Glossip” (9 p.m. and 10 p.m., ID, TV-14) follows a convict who has been given three stays of execution as Glossip’s advocates make a case for his innocence and others challenge the very existence of the death penalty.
FOR GEARHEADS
The one-hour special “Car Saviors” (10 p.m., Discovery, TV-14) profiles a dedicated gearhead and a race-car driver who scour the nation’s scrapyards for abandoned classic cars in the hopes of returning them to their original glory.
TONIGHT’S HIGHLIGHTS
› The top 24 perform on “The Voice” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).
› Gideon is pursued on “APB” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).
› “Antiques Roadshow” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-G) visits Salt Lake City.
› Trapped in a failing biodome on “Scorpion” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).
› A veteran Israeli spy faces dementia on “Taken” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).
› Chaos and control on “Quantico” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14)
› Jimmy and Kim take on an assistant on “Better Call Saul” (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14).
› All bets are off on “Kevin Can Wait” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).
› Step by step on “Dancing With the Stars” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).
› Cara offers Snapper a scoop on “Supergirl” (8 p.m., CW, repeat, TV-14).
› Adam plays big brother on “Man With a Plan” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).
› Franco moonlights on “Superior Donuts” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).
› Illusionists audition on “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (9 p.m., CW, repeat, TV-PG).
Contact Kevin McDonough at kevin.tvguy@gmail.com.