What to Watch Tonight: Gotham Gets Catty, Castle Recovers from Its Cliffhanger Car Crash, and Sleepy Hollow Raises Benjamin Franklin's Monster
What to watch on Monday, September 29...
8pm, The CW
iHeart Radio Music Festival
The first half of a two-part special (the second part airs tomorrow night) featuring highlights from the 2014 Concert to Promote CW Filler Programming in Las Vegas (EDITOR'S NOTE: That may not be the official name). Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, and Usher are among the slated performers.
8pm, Fox
Gotham
"Selina Kyle" finds the future Catwoman ensnared in a child-trafficking ring, which Gordon and Bullock set out to foil. Elsewhere, Oswald's journey back to Gotham is a grisly one.
8pm, CBS
The Big Bang Theory
In "The First Pitch Insufficiency," NASA asks Howard to do the ceremonial honors at a Los Angeles Angels baseball game. Off the diamond, Leonard and Penny try to deflate Sheldon's claim that he and Amy are the better couple.
9pm, Fox
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod and Abbie's cunning plan to rescue Katrina involves reviving Benjamin Franklin's Frankenstein-style monster, as all the soundest plans do. In plotlines that somehow don't involve the misbegotten creations of the Founding Fathers, Jenny butts heads with the town's new sheriff, and Frank lands in the soup after divulging the details of his demonic run-in.
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE, 9pm, HBO
The 50 Year Argument
Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi directed this chronicle of the New York Review of Books, featuring remarks from co-founder and editor Robert Silvers. Contributors to the prestigious literary publication—including James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Gore Vidal, and Susan Sontag—also weigh in through interviews and archival footage.
9pm, CBS
Scorpion
"Single Point of Failure," surprisingly, is not an episode about my online dating profile. [rimshot] [tugs on bowtie] No, but seriously, you've been a great crowd. Please enjoy this episode about the Scorpionites rescuing the governor's daughter from a deadly "bio-hacking" virus, which we'll all let CBS continue pretending is a thing that makes sense.
SEASON 7 PREMIERE, 10pm, ABC
Castle
In "Driven," Beckett awaits news of Castle's fate after his catastrophic car crash. Will the lead of the show, for whom the show is named and who is played by the show's most marketable actor by a country mile, somehow manage to survive?!
SEASON 6 PREMIERE, 10pm, CBS
NCIS: Los Angeles
What's this? Callen and Sam trapped by terrorists? Stranded on a sinister submarine that's setting its sights on San Diego? Can Hetty track them down in time and vanquish the villainous vessel? Tune in to "Deep Trouble, Part II' and find out—same NCIS:LA-time, same NCIS:LA-channel!
10pm, NBC
The Blacklist
"Monarch Douglas Bank" is next on the Blacklist, and does anyone else think these people's nicknames are getting needlessly complicated? Wait, what? It's an actual bank, but one that's corrupt and criminally destructive? Shouldn't that be on a whole other lengthy list of its own?
10pm, PBS
The Hispanic Heritage Awards
The 27th annual celebration, held at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C., recognizes high achievers in science, the arts, education, sports, community service, and more. Among the recipients are Zoe Saldaña, former Major League Baseball star Bernie Williams, and Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX).
LATE-NITE:
– Sir Ben Kingsley, Al Madrigal, and Kenny Chesney on Conan, 11pm, TBS
– Author Matt Bai on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 11pm, Comedy Central
– Chef Jamie Oliver on The Colbert Report, 11:30pm, Comedy Central
– Ben Affleck and Kate Walsh on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, 11:35pm, NBC
– Neil Patrick Harris, chef Jamie Oliver, and Aretha Franklin on Late Show with David Letterman, 11:35pm, CBS
– Jennifer Love Hewitt, Clark Gregg, and Clean Bandit on Jimmy Kimmel Live, 11:35pm, ABC
– Michael Che, Rosamund Pike, and Colony House on Late Night with Seth Meyers, 12:35am, NBC
– Jim Gaffigan and Wolfgang Puck on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, 12:37am, CBS
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TONIGHT?
