All times Eastern.

• 6PM, History Channel - Man, Moment, Machine: Galileo and the Sinful Spyglass. recalling Galileo’s observations with his telescope on Jan. 7 1610 and how his view that the universe is not geocentric put him in opposition with the Roman Catholic church.
• 6pm, HGTV - Look What I Did!: Shark Shower,Custom Kitchens, Art Studio, Game Room. an outdoor shower that looks like a great white shark, neon-lit kitchen countertops, a 19th century wagon shop gets wall coverings from corrugated fiberglass.
• 6PM, National Geographic Channel - Naked Science: Death of the Sun. exploring the volatility of the sun, how it will eventually die and how that would affect the solar system. solar storms on earth and elsewhere.
• 7PM, Animal Planet - Most Extreme: Stinkers. malodorous creatures including stinkbugs, musk oxen, wolverines, hyenas, turkey vultures,and skunks. using smell as defense.
• 7PM, Discovery Health - Impact: Stories of Survival: Mountain Lion Attack. a mountain biker is mauled by a mountain lion, a “human cannonball” overshoots his landing pad, a man gets an anchor rope lodged in his head, a rescue pilot has to be rescued when his helicopter crashes.
• 7PM, History Channel - Modern Marvels: Custom Cars. a history of custom cars examines their technology and cultural context.
• 7PM, Food Network - Good Eats: Squid Pro Quo. Alton Brown serves squid dishes to a group on the lookout for a legendary sea-creature.
• 8PM, PBS - Journey to Planet Earth: The state of the Ocean’s Animals. fifth season opener examines threats to marine species, half may face extinction in next 25 years due to global warming, sea level changes, overfishing and destruction of habitats.
• 8PM, National Geographic Channel - Explorer: Surviving Maximum Security. a look at California high security prisons includes interviews with inmates and prison admins, footage of a riot, and gang related problems.
• 9PM, nothing on. read a book.
• 10PM, ABC - Lost: Expose. Hurley begins to suspect that Sawyer might be involved in a mystery surrounding two fellow survivors, and Sun learns the truth about her kidnapping attempt by the Others.
• 10PM, TLC - World’s Tallest Man: profiling Leonid Stadnyk a Ukrainian man who is more than 8 feet tall and reportedly still growing, causing him to seek medical help for mounting health problems associated with his condition.
• 11PM, Comedy Central - Daily Show: New Mexico governor Bill Richardson
• 11PM, TLC - That’s Gotta Hurt: Collisions & Falls. a skier falls 800 feet down a vertical slope and survives, a 20 pound frozen turkey is thrown into a woman’s car while she’s driving smashing her in the face, filming a drag race event almost costs a videographer his life.
• 11:30PM, Comedy Central - Colbert Report: author Jabari Asim
• 12:30AM, Cinemax - Bikini Cavegirl: passion erupts when a group of attractive archaeologists discover a sexy cavewoman who has been transported to the present day