Today's Picks: Fringe, Private Practice, It's Always Sunny ...

Why is there a star on his head?

It's Thursday night -- get Fringe-y.

Here's what we'll be watching ...

8 p.m., FOX

Bones

Bones (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) are on the case of an Amish piano prodigy who turned up dead right before his Rumspringa. Guess the Amish aren't as docile as they look.

9 p.m., CW

Supernatural

Dean (Jensen Ackles) time-travels five years into the future and gets attacked by zombies. That never happened to Marty McFly!

9 p.m., FOX

Fringe

Peter (Joshua Jackson) and Olivia (Anna Torv) travel to Iraq to investigate the possible cause of a bomb explosion in Philadelphia.

Season 3 premiere, 10 p.m., ABC

Private Practice

Violet (Amy Brenneman) undergoes all kinds of trauma -- she's in the ER, her baby is missing, and she's having flashbacks of her relationship with Peter.

10 p.m., FX

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Even the Sunny folks are feeling the strain of the economy -- Mac (Rob McElhenney) and Dennis (Glenn Howerton) are trying to keep Paddy's open while Frank (Danny DeVito) and Dee (Kaitlin Olson) start a business.

Also on the airwaves ...
FlashForward, 8 p.m., ABC
Survivor, 8 p.m., CBS
SNL Weekend Update Thursday, 8 p.m., NBC
The Vampire Diaries, 8 p.m., CW
Parks and Recreation, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Grey's Anatomy, 9 p.m., ABC
CSI, 9 p.m., CBS
The Office, 9 p.m., NBC
Community, 9:30 p.m., NBC
The Mentalist, 10 p.m., CBS
The Real Housewives of Atlanta, 10 p.m., BRAVO
Project Runway, 10 p.m., LIFETIME

What are you watching tonight?

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