All times Eastern.

• 6PM, Discovery Channel - How It’s Made: Creating plastic injection molds; automotive oil filters; filing cabinets; blown glass.
• 6PM, History Channel - Modern Marvels: Battlefield Engineering. Battlefield engineering, from ancient Rome to the Persian Gulf War.
• 6PM, Science Channel - Blue Planet: Seas of Life: Open Ocean. Examining creatures of the open ocean, where the environment is austere and extreme. Animals include halfmoon fish, sunfish, loggerhead turtles, sardines, yellowtails and triggerfish. Narrated by David Attenborough.
• 6PM, Discovery HD - I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Trapped Under the Ice. A rafting trip in Alaska turns into a disaster for a father-and-son team when they are dragged under the ice and then must split up to search for help in a bleak wilderness.
• 6PM, ENCACT - Ghost in the Machine (movie): A killer’s spirit travels through electrical circuitry.
• 6:30PM, Discovery Channel - How It’s Made: Wood-burning stoves; orthoses; ballet slippers; buses.
• 6:30PM, G4 - Ninja Warrior: Human physical ability is tested in each episode, as 100 competitors push their limits through a physically demanding four-stage course.

7PM and on after the jump.

• 7PM, Food Network - Good Eats: Berry from Another Planet (Eggplant). An examination of the eggplant takes in its many varieties. Also: shopping for a top-quality vegetable peeler; a recipe for bread crumbs.
• 7PM, Speed - Chop Cut Rebuild: A step-by-step look at vehicle restoration. Several unique vehicles are instructively taken through each phase of the process.
• 7PM, HistorY Channel - Modern Marvels: World’s Biggest Machines 4. Engineering feats worldwide are explored. Included: a 125-ton chainsaw; a machine press that stamps out a car body; and a rock crusher. Also: a tour of the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
• 7PM, Military Channel - Aircraft Stories: American Naval Aircraft
• 7PM, Discovery Health - Impact: Stories of Survival: Avalanche. A motorcyclist ruptures his skull in a jump; a surgeon accidentally severs his fingers with a table saw; a man breaks his leg during an avalanche.
• 8PM, HistorY Channel - Lost Worlds: The Real Dracula. Re-creating places and structures associated with 15th-century Romanian prince Vlad Tepes Dracula. Included: the town of Sighisoara, where he was born; Bran Castle; his palace at Targoviste in Transylvania.
• 8PM, Discovery Channel - MythBusters: Hindenburg Mystery. Adam and Jamie examine the Hindenburg disaster, using three replicas of the ill-fated airship to determine if chemical compounds on its exterior may have sparked the huge conflagration.
• 8PM, Science Channel - Planet Earth: Jungles. Jungle ecosystems are examined. Included: animals indigenous to jungles, including primates and birds, and the unique plant life of these rich environments.
• 8PM, LWOR - International Fight League’s Total Impact: A showdown with the Tokyo Sabres.
• 9PM, Discovery Channel - Oil, Sweat and Rigs: Phoenix. As the second season begins, divers fight undersea currents to make a crippled oil rig safe, with only a week before a hurricane arrives.
• 9PM, National Geographic - Man Among Wolves: Profiling wolf-behavior expert Shaun Ellis and his unorthodox approach of researching wolves by living alongside an adopted pack and acting as their leader.
• 9PM, Travel Channel - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Morocco. Chef and host Andrew Zimmern travels to the African nation of Morocco and samples exotic foods such as an entire roasted lamb’s head, Cuttlefish, and stuffed pancreas that the locals dine on; Andrew visits an outdoor market called Jemma El Fna.
• 9PM, Discovery Health - Medical Incredible: Implant For Tourettes. A man with Tourette’s syndrome who experiences thousands of violent tics a day submits to radical surgery, having electrodes placed deep in his brain. Also: a man born with superhuman flexibility.
• 9PM, Science Channel - Planet Earth: Fresh Water. Fresh-water environments are explored, including rivers and lakes. Featured: Lake Baikal in Russia; Angel Falls in Venezuela. Also: underground aquifers.
• 10PM, Discovery Channel - Stunt Junkies: Go Big or Go Home: Semi-Truck Base Jump. Marta Empinotti attempts a BASE jump from a moving semitruck reaching speeds of 60 mph over the side of a bridge.
• 10PM, Travel Channel - Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations: Paris (Why the French Don’t Suck)
• 10PM, Military Channel - Weaponology: Sniper Rifles. Sniper rifles are examined. Included: bullets, guns, sights, mechanisms, camouflage and tactics.
• 10PM, ENCMYS - Miller’s Crossing (movie): The Coen Brothers’ Prohibition-era gangster tale.
• 11PM, Comedy Central - Daily Show: Former White House chief of staff Andrew Card.
• 11PM, Food Network - Good Eats: Sausage: A Beautiful Grind. Alton Brown makes homemade sausage. Included: selecting a grinder.
• 11:30, Comedy Central - Colbert Report: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.).