9pm, Melrose Place, Fiver NEW SERIES Following the new, improved 90210 comes an updated version of the 1990s US drama, starting with the shocking murder of Sydney Andrews (special guest star Laura Leighton) whose body is found floating in the complex’s iconic swimming pool.
9pm, NCIS, Five
Two marines are murdered and the investigation leads Gibbs back to his hometown, where secrets about his past come to light. Former Walton’s patriarch Ralph Waite guest stars. Previously shown on FX.
9pm, Leverage, Bravo
After a Wall Street broker sets fire to his stable killing his underachieving racehorses, the team travels to Kentucky to help a heartbroken trainer – who just happens to be Eliot’s old high school love – get revenge.
10pm, Desperate Housewives, Channel 4 & HD
As the residents of Wisteria Lane try to make sense of the recent attack on Julie, Lynette withholds a secret from her Susan. Meanwhile, Gabrielle gives Ana some man advice, and Bree worries over her affair with Karl. First shown on E4 on Sunday.
10pm, Mad Men, BBC4 & HD
A mandatory overtime session leaves the writers trying to stave off late-night boredom with booze and marijuana. Meanwhile, Roger throws a Kentucky Derby party but Don is left unimpressed, and Joan gets some unsavoury news about her fiancé Greg.
9pm, Leverage, Bravo
Nathan and the team investigate the wounding of a soldier in Iraq. First they have to figure out who is hiding what, and to what extreme they will go to protect their high profile positions. But how far up does the corruption go?
10pm, Desperate Housewives, Channel 4 & HD NEW SERIES It’s all go on Wisteria Lane as Mike’s bride is revealed, Gaby hesitates over becoming Ana’s legal guardian, Lynette gets anxious about her pregnancy, and Bree continues her affair with Karl. Meanwhile, the Bolens move in, but what secret is mum Angie (The Sopranos actress Drea de Matteo) hiding?
10pm, Mad Men, BBC4 & HD NEW SERIES The third series of the sublime drama begins with a double bill. First up, Pete and Ken are among those affected by the corporate changes at the firm, while Sal and Don take an eye-opening business trip to Baltimore. Then, in the second episode, the Drapers dine with stuffy new British boss (Jared Harris) and his snobby wife.
11.40pm, The Good Wife, More4
Another chance to see the first episode of new drama in which Julianna Margulies plays a wife and mother who is forced to go back to work as a lawyer when her husband (Chris Noth) is sent to jail. New episodes can be seen on Thursdays on More4.
• Jack’s back! Yes, 24 finally returns to our screens, and Jack obviously needed a change of scene as the show has relocated to New York. Cover star Kiefer Sutherland talks about what we can expect in day eight, and we’ve got the lowdown on new cast members including Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff and Scooby Doo star Freddie Prinze Jr.
• ER favourite Julianna Margulies makes a welcome return to our screens in the classy new US legal drama The Good Wife.
•Desperate Housewives and Mad Men are back as well, as is Billie Piper in a new run of The Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
• There’s top home-grown TV with the Only Fools and Horses comedy prequel Rock & Chips, and the stirring political drama Mrs Mandela
All this, plus our weekly TV Spy round-up of what’s going on in shows including Dollhouse, Grey’s Anatomy and Brothers & Sisters; film premiere reviews and sporting action previews; and extensive listings for Sky and Virgin viewers.
