It's something old and something new on the 22nd season of one of TV's best reality/competition shows - Survivor (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2). The old is a couple of returning contestants. Fan favorite Rob Mariano is back for the fourth time; Russell Hantz - the guy you love to hate - is back for the third time.
And the new is a twist where contestants who are voted out have a chance to return to the game. Which is why this season is titled "Survivor: Redemption Island."
Elsewhere on TV ...
The Middle (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Frankie tries to find Brick a friend.
NBA (7 p.m., FSN): Golden State Warriors at Utah Jazz
Nova scienceNOW (7 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): The origins of life on Earth.
College basketball (7 p.m., CBS C): Wyoming at Utah
American Idol (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): The Hollywood round of the auditions continues.
Better With You (7:30 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Casey brings bad luck to a job interview.
Criminal Minds (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): The BAU is called to upstate New York to investigate mysterious disappearances.
Modern Family (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Shelley Long returns as Phil's ex-wife, who is also Claire and Mitchell's mother. And she brings Claire's ex-boyfriend (Matt Dillon) as a date to Lily's birthday party.
Nova (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): A look into the deadly 2009 crash of Air France flight 447.
Mr. Sunshine (8:30 p.m,. ABC/Ch. 4): Crystal chooses an employee of the year, then holds a contest to choose employee of the year; Ben has to cater to the whims of Nick Jonas.
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Forest Whitaker, Janeane Garofalo head the cast of this spinoff, which follows a different FBI team than the one on "Criminal Minds." The premiere deals with child abductions, and it's creepy and weird. Like the original series.
Off the Map (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): All of the clinic's medicine is stolen.
Law & Order: SVU (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Debra Messing ("Will & Grace") guest stars as a woman who's receiving threats.
Justified (11 p.m., FX): A pregnant fugitive has been kidnapped by human traffickers.
Hot In Cleveland (11 p.m., TV Land): The women return to Los Angeles so Melanie can sell her house and Victoria can appear on "All My Children" - opposite her nemesis, Susan Lucci.
