‘My Name Is Earl’
7 p.m., WMAQ-Ch. 5
Time for a reshuffling of Earl’s (Jason Lee, left) list. One particular item becomes a matter of life and death and jumps to the top when a mysterious man moves next door to Earl and Randy (Ethan Suplee). Joy (Jaime Pressly) has her eyes on a prize, a monetary award in a science fair.
‘Great Performances’
8 p.m., WTTW-Ch. 11
San Francisco Ballet’s interpretation of “The Nutcracker” is inspired by San Francisco’s 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition.
‘The Lincoln White House’
9 p.m., C-SPAN
Spend an evening at the White House as it was in Lincoln’s time, featuring an interview from the Lincoln Bedroom with historian Harold Holzer.
‘L.A. Ink’
9 p.m., TLC
Kat redecorates the Funny Farm, her musician boyfriend Nikki Sixx’s recording studio; Kim gives soap actor Kristoff St. John a tattoo to remind him what makes him strong.
