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If you give the new TBS series "Search Party" (9 and 9:30 p.m., TBS) a few episodes, it just might grow on you.
It's weird. It starts quite slowly. But it turns into something rather interesting and quite funny.
And you don't have to wait too many days, because TBS is airing the entire 10-episode first season this week. Episodes premiere at 9 and 9:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Ally Shawkat ("Arrested Development") stars as Dory, a twentysomething who is pretty much drifting through life. She sees a missing poster for an old college classmate, Chantal, and becomes obsessed with what happened to the woman … who was really more acquaintance than friend.
Dory eventually convinces her annoying, hipster friends (Brandon Michael Hall, John Early, Meredith Hagner, and John Reynolds) to help her search for the missing Chantal.
If you're a Millennial whose feelings get hurt when your generation is portrayed as self-absorbed and entitled, you might want to avoid "Search Party." The characters here are basically awful people.
But if you have a sense of humor, this just might make you laugh. Eventually.
You'll have to give it some time, however.
Elsewhere on TV ...
• NFL (6:15 p.m., ESPN): Houston Texans at Oakland Raiders
• "Kevin Can Wait" (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Kevin persuades his buddies to invest in his new food truck business, which doesn't go so well.
• "Dancing with the Stars" (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): The finalists perform; winners are declared on Tuesday.
• "The Voice" (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The 11 remaining contestants perform.
• "Gotham" (7 p.m., Fox.Ch. 13): Ed wants revenge; Bruce discovers more about The Court of Owls.
• "Supergirl" (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Supergirl comes face to face with Cyborg Superman.
• "Mars" (7 p.m., National Geographic Channel): The Daedalus crew battles across the harsh Martian terrain to reach their base camp.
• "People of Earth" (7 p.m., TBS): Ozzie thinks he's losing his mind.
• "Man With a Plan" (7:30 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Andi has a hard time not taking over when Adam tackles organizing the school's big Thanksgiving feast.
• "2 Broke Girls" (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Max and Caroline's dessert bar business booms when they hire a popular bartender.
• "Lucifer" (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): The owner of the building where Lux lives is murdered
• "Studio C" (8 p.m., BYUtv): The Great British Bakeoff contestants deal with a difficult challenge.
• "Jane the Virgin" (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Rogelio struggles to tell Xo he has feelings for her; Petra is served with a lawsuit.
• "The Odd Couple" (8:30 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Oscar has to present his nemesis, Rich Eisen, with a humanitarian award.
• "Scorpion" (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Paige's estranged mother accidentally uncovers a forgotten nuclear reactor on the verge of exploding.
• "Conviction" (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Hayes and the team take on the case of a man with diminished mental capacity convicted of setting a fatal fire.
• "Timeless" (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The team chases Garcia Flynn to 1754.
• "Soundbreaking" (9 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Sampling creates a new genre of music and sparks a musical revolution, making way for artists such as Public Enemy, Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and Beck.