9pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
A young Arabic diver is washes up on shore, and the team’s initial instinct is to suspect he’s involved with terrorists, but then Goren and Eames discover the victim was part of a trio of con artists working as salvagers for a wealthy local man.
• catch it again tomorrow night, 8pm

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
A man is killed in an arson attack, and then similar attacks reveal a link to their shared history in the military, but there’s no obvious suspect and Patrick decides to pull another of his tricks to flush out the killer.
• catch it again, Sunday, 7pm on Five US

9pm, Bones, Sky1
In an episode with a serious yuck factor, a body is found in a wine barrel and the remains are fairly gooey, but not so liquified that they can’t be identified as a wine critic who obviously gave one too many bad reviews.
• catch it again, Friday, 9pm on Sky2

9pm, My Name Is Earl, E4
Earl works on a list item relating to his childhood hero, Chaz Dalton, who runs a space academy, but then he discovers the man is an imposter using the identity to make money. Meanwhile, Darnell makes up for time lost in the witness protection programme using a website called ‘Buddybook’.
• catch it again at on E4+1, 10pm/Saturday, 7pm

9pm, ER, More4
Morris, Brenner and Gates reveal their karaoke skills when they volunteer at a hospital-based camp for kids who’ve had heart surgery, and Banfield’s hopes of adopting the abandoned baby look like being dashed.
• catch it again at on More4+1, 10pm

10pm, Californication, Fiver
As biographer to music mogul Lew Ashby, Hank gets caught up in the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, and faces extreme temptation when a posse of prostitutes arrives to entertain the band, including blast from the past Beatrice Trixie.    
• catch it again on Wednesday, 10pm

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
The Chief sends half of his staff out to Derek’s trailer to try to make him come back, but his melancholy proves to be seriously infectious, and the hospital is abuzz as Mark prepares for a rare face transplant surgery. Even though you know it’s prosthetics, you’ll still wince…  
• catch it again on Living+1, 11pm/Living+2, 12m’t/Wednesday, 8pm

11pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
Nora opens her cancer centre with the usual grand ceremony, Ryan ramps up his attempts to impress Rebecca, and Robert manages to irk Kitty again - just as she meets a hunky single dad at the park. Uh oh.
• catch it again on More4+1, 12m’t

9pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
A dentist is murdered by the mother of one of his patients (that must have been a seriously bad filling), and Goren and Eames follow the evidence trail to a company that seems to have been the target of a criminal conspiracy involving contaminated mouthwash.
• catch it again tomorrow night, 8pm

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
Patrick is confronted with someone who knows almost as many tricks as he does when a medium is implicated in a wealthy woman’s death, and the case brings up some extremely painful memories about his wife and son.
• catch it again, Sunday, 7pm on Five US

9pm & 10pm, Bones, Sky1
Bones adds body-snatching to her CV this week when she thinks a recently deceased colleague was actually murdered; and then in the second of tonight’s episodes an old pal of Booth flies in from Toyko to investigate after his sister’s head is found on a spike. You’ll be impressed by Angela’s gender-defining methods.
• catch it again, Friday, 9pm & 10pm on Sky2

9pm, My Name Is Earl, E4
Eighties soap queens Morgan Fairchild and Joan Van Ark guest-star as two of Joy’s new neighbours who turn to Earl to help them with their guilt-based insomnia after he accidentally blinds one of their dogs with his car exhaust fumes.
• catch it again at on E4+1, 10pm/Saturday, 7pm

9pm & 10pm, ER, More4
It’s another double bill, and the second one is the one you’ve all been waiting for, as George Clooney finally reprises his role as delectable Doug Ross, now based in Seattle alongside wife Carol (Julianna Margulies). Back in Chicago, Morris gets a shock when his cop girlfriend is admitted to the ER.
• catch it again at on More4+1, 10pm & 11pm/Monday, 12m’t & 1.00am

10pm, Californication, Fiver
David Duchovny returns as the womanising author Hank, but he’s going to have to curtail his wild ways now he’s back with  Karen, and she’s already setting new limits, starting with a vasectomy. Ouch!  
• catch it again on Wednesday, 10pm

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
Madison is still in Seattle, and she and Derek clash over the treatment of a patient. Elsewhere, Faye Dunaway guest-stars as a veteran surgeon who gets on the wrong side of Cristina. That is one seriously immovable forehead, Faye!  
• catch it again on Living+1, 11pm/Living+2, 12m’t/Wednesday, 8pm

11pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
The Walker kids try to prevent Nora finding out about Tommy, but they haven’t reckoned on their weasely new half-brother. He may look as if butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth, but I suspect he has inherited his father’s devious ways.
• catch it again on More4+1, 12m’t