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Last week, I felt a huge sense of relief as I watched Episode 2 of the new sitcom "Kevin Can Wait" (7:30 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2).
It was terrible. Loud. Obnoxious. Unfunny. Which made me feel more at peace with my original, bad review of the show — which was based on watching the first episode.
Tonight's episode wasn't screened for critics, but the previews don't look good. Ugh.
Elsewhere on TV ...
• NFL (6:15 p.m., ESPN): New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings
• "The Big Bang Theory" (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Tensions rise when the boys struggle to complete their government project on time and Sheldon tries an energy drink to stay awake.
• "Dancing with the Stars" (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): The competition continues.
• "The Voice" (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Blind auditions continue.
• "Gotham" (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): The Mad Hatter, hires Gordon to help find his sister, Penguin decides to run for mayor; Bruce's look-alike begins to imitate him.
• "Scorpion" (8 and 9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): In this two-parter — aired back-to-back — anonymous hackers target major cities after taking control of U.S. aircraft, warships and a nuclear submarine. (Season premiere)
• "Independent Lens" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): "Best of Enemies," recalls the heated debates between conservative William F. Buckley and liberal Gore Vidal during ABC's coverage of the 1968 Republican and Democratic conventions.
• "Lucifer" (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Lucifer's mother shows up at the scene of a gruesome murder.
• "Conviction" (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): The ne'er-do-well daughter (Haley Atwell) of a former president (and a current U.S. Senate candidate) who avoids doing jail time on a drug charge by agreeing to head an agency tha investigates cases in which innocent people may have been convicted of crimes. Ugh. Check out the accompanying story for more on this really bad new show.
• "Timeless" (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Bad guys steal a time machine; good guys (well, two guys and a woman) chase after them in another time machine. Check out the accompanying story for more on this not-terrible new series.
• "Mary + Jane" (11 p.m., MTV): Paige and Jordan go to a luxury rehab resort.
• "Loosely Exactly Nicole" (11:30 p.m., MTV): Nicole books her first national commercial.