1. ‘E:60’
6 p.m., ESPN
Premiering tonight, this hourlong newsmagazine, billed as the first of its kind to be broadcast in high definition, will feature not only investigative reports, profiles and stories on the latest in sports innovations, but how all of that content is put together. Jeremy Schaap, Rachel Nichols, Lisa Salters and Michael Smith are among the reporters and hosts who will take viewers from a story’s origin to its finished product.
2. ‘Carpoolers’
7:30 p.m., WLS-Ch. 7
Gracen (Fred Goss) learns a lesson when he asks Leia (Faith Ford) who her fantasy lover is and she says it’s Laird (Jerry O’Connell). Needless to say, this makes for some awkwardness between the two guys. Jerry Minor and Tim Peper also star.
3. ‘Reaper’
8 p.m., WGN-Ch. 9
The Devil (Ray Wise) gives Sam (Bret Harrison) a white dove as the vessel for his next soul-retrieving mission. His target is a magician who — hmmm, how to put this delicately — doesn’t take criticism well. Missy Peregrym, Tyler Labine and Rick Gonzalez also star.
4. ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’
9 p.m., WMAQ-Ch. 5
She’s not mentally disabled, but she does a fine job of playing it on TV in this new episode. Young Paulina Gerzon, best known as Maddie on “All My Children,” guest stars as the only witness to a brutal attack on her mom, which left the woman in a coma. Because she’s mentally disabled, Benson and Stabler (Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni) don’t think she’ll be a reliable witness, but with Huang’s (B.D. Wong) help, they do get some interesting information out of her.
5. ‘Independent Lens’
10 p.m., WTTW-Ch. 11
What’s a six-letter word for “dean of crosswords”? That would be “Shortz” — as in Will Shortz, puzzle editor of the New York Times. You’ll meet him in the new documentary “Wordplay,” along with others whose devotion to crosswords has grown from hobby to obsession. It includes a visit to a national tournament for crossword puzzlers.
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Compiled by Barbara Schaffner from Tribune wire reports
