What to Watch Tonight: Terra Nova's Two-Hour Premiere, Mike & Molly, and the Alphas Finale

What to watch on Monday, September 26...

Don't be sad that it's Monday, there are DINOSAURS on TV tonight! Honestly, if that doesn't get you through the day, I don't know what will. Dinosaurs, you guys!


SERIES PREMIERE, 8pm, Fox
Terra Nova
Dinosaurs. In tonight's two-hour premiere, a convicted felon agrees to relocate his family through space and time in order to help populate a dinosaur-infested patch of jungle. Dinosaurs. Steven Spielberg. Dinosaurs.

SEASON 1 FINALE, 10pm, Syfy
Alphas
In tonight's conclusion to what's been an excellent first season, Red Flag escalates its war on the Department of Defense—and only our beloved heroes stand in the way. Good luck, friendly mutants!

SERIES PREMIERE, 9pm, CW
Hart of Dixie
In the worst, most embarrassing setup possible, Rachel Bilson plays a cardiothoracic surgeon (LOL) who travels to Alabama for almost no reason (to become more friendly in order to receive a medical fellowship?) and finds herself in charge of the local clinic there. So many colorful Southern rubes! Alligators! Rachel Bilson as a cardiothoracic surgeon! Must-watch television, basically.

SEASON 2 PREMIERE, 9:30pm, CBS
Mike & Molly
Newly Emmy-minted actress Melissa McCarthy returns to our living rooms tonight when you pop in your new DVD of Bridesmaids. Haha just kidding, she's also on Mike & Molly, still playing a chunky gal with an infectious spirit. Tonight's sitcom contrivance: Molly wants to plan the wedding, but Mike just wants to go fishing with the guys.

SEASON 7 FINALE, 10pm, Showtime
Weeds
After an interesting, hit-or-miss season which saw Nancy Botwin earning an early release from her halfway house and immediately setting up a drug ring in Manhattan, Weeds closes up shop tonight (and forever? No word yet on renewal) with a major confrontation between Nancy and her ambitious dreamboat son, Silas.

ORIGINAL MOVIE, 9pm, Lifetime
The Bling Ring
Did you ever read that amazing Vanity Fair article about The Bling Ring, the gang of Hollywood teens (including the girl from E!'s Pretty Wild) who burgled celebrities like Orlando Bloom and Lindsay Lohan? It was an awesome article! Anyway, tonight that story gets the Lifetime Original Movie treatment, FINALLY.


PLUS NEW EPISODES OF...
Adventure Time, 8 p.m., Cartoon Network
Basketball Wives LA, 8 p.m., VH1
Dancing with the Stars, 8 p.m., ABC
Gossip Girl, SEASON 5 PREMIERE, 8 p.m., CW
How I Met Your Mother, 8 p.m., CBS
The Lying Game, 8 p.m., ABC Family
The Sing-Off, 8 p.m., NBC
2 Broke Girls, 8:30 p.m., CBS
American Pickers, 9 p.m., History
Bad Girls Club, 9 p.m., Oxygen
OWN Behind the Scenes, ORIGINAL SPECIAL, 9 p.m., OWN
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, 9 p.m., Bravo
Tia & Tamera, 9 p.m., Style
Top Gear, SEASON 17 FINALE, 9 p.m., BBC America
Two and a Half Men, 9 p.m., CBS
Wrong Turn: The Kati Kim Story, ORIGINAL SPECIAL, 9 p.m., Animal Planet
Castle, 10 p.m., ABC
Hair Battle Spectacular, 10 p.m., Oxygen
Hawaii Five-0, 10 p.m., CBS
Most Eligible Dallas, 10 p.m., Bravo
Pawn Stars, 10 & 10:30 p.m., History
Ridiculousness, 10 p.m., MTV
The Playboy Club, 10 p.m., NBC
Death Valley, 10:30 p.m., MTV
The Big C, SEASON 2 FINALE, 10:30 p.m., Showtime
Cuff'd, 11 p.m., MTV

LATE-NITE PICKS:
Jonah Hill on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, 12:37 a.m., CBS
Radiohead on Colbert Report, 11:30 p.m., Comedy Central
Ryan Gosling & Pauley Perrette on Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 11:35 p.m., NBC
Sarah Michelle Gellar on Chelsea Lately, 11 p.m., E!
Seth Rogen & Poppy Montgomery on Late Show with David Letterman, 11:35 p.m., CBS
Taylor Lautner & Kevin Hart on Conan, 11 p.m., TBS

What are you watching tonight?