(S19E15) "I'm not a nerd. I'm a jock who's too cool for sports." -- Bart Simpson

From the outside, the Family Simpson comprises a group of people who go from one wacky adventure to another. Yet, when you go beneath their four-fingered exteriors, each member of the family is actually fighting their own little battle. For Bart it's the fight against the establishment; for Marge it's finding order withing the disorder of her life; for Maggie it's getting through an entire day on one pacifier; and for Homer it is the philosophical dilemma of whether or not death brings forth life or life brings on death. That, or just trying to get between breakfast and lunch without starving to death...it really depends on the day.

• At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty, followed by new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Six Degrees.
• CBS has a new Survivor at 8, followed by new episodes of CSI and Shark.
• NBC has new eps of My Name Is Earl, The Office, Deal Or No Deal, and ER.
• Over on FOX at 8, the deciding game between the Mets and the Cardinals.
• The CW has a new Smallville at 8, then a new Supernatural.
• Also at 8: TCM has a classic Dick Cavett interview with Katharine Hepburn (repeated at 11).
• At 9, HGTV has a new Divine Design, followed by a new Designer's Challenge.
• Travel Channel has a new Joan Cusack's Local Flavor.
• At 10, Spike has a new Ultimate Fighter.
• Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay at 10, followed by a new Ace of Cakes.
• Also at 10: Fox Movie Channel has 1977's All That Jazz.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Drawn Together.