All times Eastern.

• 6PM, National Geographic – Ancient Asteroid: The quest for the origin of a strange yellow-green glass in one of Tutankhamen’s necklaces leads to the discovery of a cosmic event in the Egyptian desert.
• 6PM, Travel Channel – Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations: Nambia. Anthony Bourdain visits Namibia.
• 6PM, Military Channel – Warlords: Churchill vs. Roosevelt. Famous leaders Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt face many challenges.
• 6PM, Science Channel – Neanderthal’s World: Neanderthals in France make tools, hunt and develop social relationships.
• 7PM, Science Channel – Cool Fuel: Garbage and Wind Power. Australian Shaun Murphy travels the roads of America on custom-built machines powered by alternative fuel sources.
• 7PM, Discovery Health – Impact: Stories of Survival: Drag Race Diaster. A drag racer is thrown from his motorcycle; a jet pilot crashes into the runway; a jet ski crushes a teenager; robbers shoot a cop.
• 7PM, Speed – Chop Cut Rebuild: Pump Up the Volume. The Ford gets power windows, door latches; the Camaro’s audio system is completed.
• 7PM, Discovery HD – Chasing Giants: On the Trail of the Giant Squid: Scientist Steve O’Shea attempts to track the elusive creature.
• 7:30PM, PBS (NY 21) – Wild Chronicles: Rehabilitating India’s gibbon population; birth of a beaked whale; salt-trading journey; a farmer uses pests to eliminate other pests.
• 8PM, History Channel – Cities of the Underworld: Secret Pagan Underground. Discovering the ancient kingdom of Cappadocia.
• 8PM, Food Network – Good Eats: Fishing Whole. Alton cooks fish.
• 8PM, G4 – X-PLay: “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”; “SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters”; “Fairy Godmother Tycoon”; “Mortal Kombat: Armageddon.”
• 8PM, Science Channel – Flooded Civilization: Evidence suggests megafloods may have destroyed Mexican coastal cities of the past.

9PM and on after the jump!

• 9PM, History Channel – Cities of the Underworld: Underground Bootleggers. Beneath the modern streets of Portland, Ore.
• 9PM, Travel Channel – Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern: Alaska. Fermented fish heads; jellied moose nose; reindeer pizza; whitefish ice cream.
• 9PM, Science Channel – Faces of Earth: Building the Planet. Exploring the geological forces that shaped the United States over hundreds of millions of years.
• 9PM, Discovery Channel – Build It Bigger: Battle Machines. The U.S. Army’s M-1 Abrams tank.
• 9:30PM, Speed – American Muscle Car: The Fastest Musclecar Engines of All Time. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler try to out-do each other with huge horsepower.
• 10PM, Discovery Channel – Build It Bigger: Coaster Build Off. Danny Forster designs, builds and rides some of the world’s greatest roller-coasters.
• 10PM, Discovery HD – Forensic Factor: The Murder Weapon. Murder weapons often hold several critical forensic clues about the crime.
• 10PM, Science Channel – Geologic Journey: The Rockies. The evolution of the Rocky Mountains.
• 10PM, National Geographic – Secrets of the Freemasons: The history and development of the secret organization.
• 11PM, Cartoon Network – Futurama: The Sting. Fry, Leela and Bender attempt to collect honey from space bees.
• 11PM, Comedy Central – Daily Show: Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of “NOVA ScienceNOW”
• 11PM, Discovery Times – Engineering Supermax Prisons: The most secure of all correctional facilities house prisoners who are dangerous to other inmates and guards.
• 11:30PM, Comedy Central – Colbert Report: Simon Schama, author of The Power Of Art