1) “Brilliant Minds,” 10 p.m., NBC. For a gifted painter, this is a fierce blow: Suddenly, he can’t see color. Dr. Wolf (shown here) grasps for an answer, while flashing back (yet again), to his years as a gay teen with a disapproving mother. The story seems excessive at times, but is also intelligent and involving.
2) “What We Do in the Shadows,” 10 p.m., FX; also, 10:30 and 11. Colin samples the normal life … but, alas, brings the abnormal Nadja. And with a movie being shot nearby, the vampires explain that actors are empty-headed, a director is a loud dictator and writers make it work. It’s only a fairly good episode, but we’ll bet the writer (Max Brockman) enjoyed it.
3) “The Voice” (NBC) and “Superman & Lois” (CW), both 8 p.m. Both shows are at key points. “Voice” is a week from its first live episode; “Superman & Lois” is a week from its series finale.
4) “Whitstable Pearl” season-finale, www.acorn.tv. After a couple so-so episodes, this bounces back, juggling two well-crafted (albeit somber) tales. One involves successful defense lawyers; the other is the search for the hit-and-run driver on the night Mike’s wife died.
5) Turner Classic Movies films. Here are three winners: “Some Like It Hot” (1959), 5:45 p.m. ET, “Taps” (1981), 8; and “Mystic Pizza” (1988), 10:15. Julia Roberts was 20 when she made “Pizza,” showing depth as a tough teen who hid a softer core. A year later, in “Steel Magnolias,” she was equally convincing with a soft facade and a tough core.
— Mike Hughes, TV America