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The Season 2 premiere of "Fresh Off the Boat" (7:30 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) has sort of a Utah angle. Really.
It's the summer of 1995, and young Eddie (Hudson Yang) thinks he's set for the upcoming school year because he's got a pair of really cool, really expensive basketball shoes. And then … he sees Utah Jazz guard John Stockton wearing the exact same shoes on TV.
And, suddenly, those basketball shoes aren't cool anymore.
Like the rest of this show, it's pretty funny. Glad to see it's back.
Elsewhere on TV ...
"NCIS" (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Gibbs is fighting for his life after being shot. (Season 13 premiere)
"The Muppets" (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): In this new series, Miss Piggy hosts a late-night talk show and her ex-boyfriend, Kermit the Frog, is the executive producer. Click here for more on "The Muppets."
"The Voice (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The blind auditions continue.
"Gorogosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise" (7 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, which has undergone a tremendous restoration, is seen through the lens of wildlife filmmaker Bob Poole.
"Scream Queens" (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): This cross between "American Horror Story" and "Glee" (without the music) is over-the-top and screamingly funny. Click here for more on "Scream Queens."
"NCIS: New Orleans" (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): A military convoy is bombed and a missile is stolen. (Season 2 premiere)
"Public Morals" (8 and 9 p.m., TNT): Rusty is after revenge after two of his soldiers are murdered.
"Limitless" (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): In this new series — a sequel of sorts to the 2011 movie of the same title — a man acquires super-human powers when he takes a miracle drug. Click here for more on "Limitless."
"Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris" (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): After watching last week's premiere, no, this show doesn't live up to its title. It was OK, and there were entertaining bits … but there were also bits that dragged.
"On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam" (9 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): The Latino experience during the Vietnam War is recalled in parallel stories of two siblings — Everett Alvarez Jr., a U.S. Navy commander who spent eight years as a POW; and his sister, Delia, who became an anti-war protester.
"The Bastard Executioner" (11 p.m., FX): Charges of treason are leveled against an unlikely suspect, meaning Wilkins must fulfill his duties as the new executioner.
"POV" (11 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7) "Don't Tell Anyone" tells the story of Angy Rivera, who came to the U.S. at age 3 when her mother fled Colombia — and their undocumented status left them living in the shadows.