TV Angel

A look at new and returning shows on TV tonight:

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (FOX) 8pm
The FOX game show returns tonight with a two hour episode featuring model Kathy Ireland testing her smarts against the precocious middle-schoolers.

Samurai Girl (ABC Family) 8pm
The mini-series is based on a series of young adult novels by Carrie Asai. The story follows Heaven Kogo, the adopted daughter of a Japanese crime boss, who tries to find her brother’s murderer while uncovering the mysteries of her own past. Parts 1 & 2 of the six part series airs tonight and stars Jamie Chung (Greek, Days of Our Lives) and Brendan Fehr (CSI: Miami, Roswell).

Monk (USA) 9pm
Monk airs its milestone 100th episode tonight. The episode will see the return of a number criminals and characters that Monk has encountered during his career. Guest stars include: Sarah Silverman as Marci Maven, Monk’s obsessive #1 fan, Jon Tuturro as Monk’s severely agoraphobic brother Ambrose Monk, Howie Mandel as former cult leader “Father” Ralph Roberts, and Sharon Lawrence as Capt. Stottlemeyer’s ex-girlfriend Linda Fusco. The latter two are convicted murders that Monk helped capture.

Psych (USA) 10pm
Detective series Psych also returns from its Olympic-induced hiatus tonight. Faux-psychic Shawn and his partner-in-crime solving Gus assist in a case involving a string of robberies connected to a local roller derby.

Stargate Atlantis (SCIFI) 10pm
The SG-1 spinoff keeps trucking along tonight with more intergalactic adventuring. Sorry, this show’s just not my bag, baby. I’m at a loss to explain it’s longevity. But this is the network that saw fit to make us suffer through an entire season of Flash Boredom, er, I mean, Gordon.