‘Shrinks’ lose their minds in classic reality-tv fashion
The doctors’ creed, “first, do no harm,” should apply to their reputations as well. The new Bravo series “LA Shrinks” (9 p.m.) puts three glossy, photogenic therapists on the couch as they discuss their career and relationship woes with their own analysts.
Don’t go looking for the measured approach of Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) on “The Sopranos.” These “healers” appear to have gone to medical school by way of “The Real Housewives” franchise. Look for a lot of screaming, spilled chardonnay and a Niagara of bleeped-out obscenities. “Shrinks” proves that, on Bravo, it doesn’t matter how many advanced degrees you have earned. Once the cameras start rolling, everybody has the emotional maturity of a toddler and the vocabulary of an emotionally disturbed hairdresser. Enjoy.
Speaking of expand- ing vocabularies, tonight’s “Switched at Birth” (7 p.m., ABC Family) becomes the first TV drama in history to be enacted almost entirely in American Sign Language.
In Saturday’s episode, Daphne leads a student demonstration to protest the planned closing of the Carlton School for the Deaf. The story is loosely based on protests at Gallaudet University in 1988, a milestone in the history of the deaf community that was an assertion of identity and pride.
“World of Jenks” (10 p.m., MTV) follows three young people overcoming personal obstacles.
Viewers hoping to catch up on unseen episodes of “Breaking Bad” (10 p.m. and 11 p.m., Sundance) can now catch back-to-back repeats, airing in order every Monday night on Sundance.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
An African civil war victim comes home on “Bones” (7 p.m., WHBQTV Channel 13).
A video game company seems to be at the center of otherwise unrelated fatalities on “Continuum” (7 p.m., Syfy).
God makes Abraham an offer he can’t refuse in the first installment of the miniseries “The Bible” (7 p.m., Lifetime), which aired Sunday night on the History Channel.
Before “The American President,” “Sports Night,” “The West Wing” and “The Social Network,” Aaron Sorkin wrote the Broadway drama “A Few Good Men” (7 p.m., AMC), adapted for the screen in 1992.
Carroll wants a change of scenery on “The Following” (8 p.m., WHBQ-TV Channel 13).
Bobby plots revenge on “Dallas” (8 p.m., TNT).
“First Ladies: Influence & Image” (8 p.m., C-SPAN) profiles Abigail Adams.
Robert’s suspicions grow on “Deception” (9 p.m., WMC-TV Channel 5).