1) “Hell’s Kitchen” finale, 8-10 p.m., Fox. Three young chefs remain in the running for the $250,000 prize and the head-chef spot at a Las Vegas restaurant. Ryan O’Sullivan, 25, is from Ireland; Johnathan Benvenuti, 28, is from California and Sammi Tarantino (shown here), 25, is originally from Ohio. In the first hour, they impress guest chefs; in the second, the top two prepare a menu and a full dinner service.
2) “So Help Me Todd” return, 9 p.m., CBS. Preparing for new episodes in the week after the Super Bowl (Feb. 11), CBS is retrieving shows from the shelf. Monday brought (via reruns) “The Neighborhood” and “Bob (Hearts) Abishola”; now comes a “Todd” rerun: Helping his ex-girlfriend’s fiance, Todd stumbles onto one of his mom’s cases.
3) Figure-skating. The national championships are wrapping up. At 5 p.m. ET, the USA Network has the finals for rhythm dance; at 8, it has the short program for women. Coming up are more finals – on NBC (women, 8 p.m. Friday; dance, 2:30 p.m. Saturday men, 2 p.m. Sunday); on USA, pairs, 8 p.m. Saturday.
4) “Son of a Critch,” 8 p.m., CW. A new school year starts with Mark now in the 9th grade, the top one in his school. All is fine … except his jacket is cheap, his vision is fuzzy and his teacher has a cross to bear (literally). As usual, it’s a moderately pleasant episode, for a show that’s a Canadian variation on “The Wonder Years.”
5) “Griselda,” Netflix. Griselda Blanco has been portrayed often – by Catherine Zeta Jones, Luces Velasquez and now Sofia Vergara, of “Modern Family” fame. Blanco had a big, busy life – theft in Colombia, a decade as a drug kingpin in Queens, then six years or so in Miami’s drug wars. She had four marriages, four children, a violent legacy. Here’s a six-part profiile.
— Mike Hughes, TV America