The TVLine-Up: TV Worth Watching This Tuesday

Matt Webb Mitovich

On TV this Tuesday: Glee stages a grand (winter) finale, Cougar Town‘s Grayson labors to do the right thing, NCIS: LA sheds light on Kensi’s dark past, Body of Proof meets Battlestar Galactica and more.

On this very busy night, as but a supplement to TVLine’s original features, we’ve singled out a dozen programs for your consideration.

NCIS First Look: Jamie Lee Curtis Confronts [Spoiler] About His ‘Inadequacies’
Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on Jamie Lee Curtis’ NCIS Arc  and More!

8 pm Glee (Fox) | Winter finale: Things heat up as New Directions battles the Warblers at Regionals. (View photos.) Oh, but there is so much more….

8 pm Clinton: American Experience (PBS) | Part 2 concludes this biography of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history.

8:30 pm Cougar Town (ABC) | Jules asks Ellie and Laurie to be “co-maids” of honor, so as to not hurt anyone’s feelings; Grayson tries to formally ask Chick (guest star Ken Jenkins) for Jules’ hand in marriage.

Switched at Birth Preview: Bay and Emmett’s Woes, Daphne’s Feelings and Regina’s New Love

9 pm NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) | The team searches for evidence to prove Kensi’s innocence after she is taken into custody as the lead suspect in a murder involving her deceased father’s sniper unit. (Get more scoop on the episode “Blye, K.”)

9 pm The River (ABC) | The Magus comes across one of the crew members (Greek‘s Scott Michael Foster) who went missing alongside Emmet, only to discover that he’s been cursed.

9 pm Jane By Design (ABC Family) | When India takes credit for Jane’s design of a wedding dress for an important client (guest star Autumn Reeser), Jane doesn’t let the betrayal go idly by.

9:30 pm Raising Hope (Fox) | Sabrina shares an unusual childhood phobia with Jimmy, while Burt reveals a habit he’s been keeping from Virginia for years.

Tim DeKay on Directing White Collar‘s Yankee Stadium Visit, ‘Biggest Cliffhanger’ Finale Ever

10 pm Body of Proof (ABC) | While Megan is reconnected with an old acquaintance (Battlestar Galactica‘s Jamie Bamber), Kate’s job is threatened.

10 pm Justified (FX) | As Boyd fights for control of the Harlan Oxy trade, Raylan works to keep the battle from becoming an all-out war — while also processing the “note” he just found.

10 pm Parenthood (NBC) | In this season’s penultimate episode, Julia and Joel head to the hospital for the birth of their son; Sarah considers the possibility of a new life in New York with Mark, Adam and Crosby receive an offer to sell The Luncheonette.

10 pm Southland (TNT) | Sammy tries to make amends after the murder of a young man who agreed to testify in one of his cases. John and Tang babysit a documentary crew; Lydia’s body is put to the test as shift supervisor. (Read preview!)

10:30 pm Key & Peele (Comedy Central) | Targets this week include the black college experience, when you can (and can’t) say a controversial word, and President Obama addressing the nation with the help of an anger translator.

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