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Former University of Utah football coach Urban Meyer is front and center on tonight's installment of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (8 p.m., HBO).Utah isn't much mentioned, but Meyer tells Andrea Kremer about his decision to leave Florida and his decision to return to coaching at Ohio State. Fascinating stuff.Also tonight, it's the premiere of NCIS: New Orleans (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2). No, it's nothing new and groundbreaking. It's a lot like "NCIS," as you might expect.But it's very well done. Scott Bakula and the rest of the cast are very appealing. This one looks like a winner.Elsewhere on TV ... NCIS (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Gibbs and McGee travel to Russia, but their mission is compromised. (Season premiere)Dancing with the Stars (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Dancers are eliminated.The Voice (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The blind auditions continue.Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (7 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Stephen King, Courtney B. Vance and Gloria Reuben learn about their ancestry.Matador (7 p.m.,, El Rey): Tony has to make a dangerous decision.Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Coulson takes over as the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Season premiere)American Masters (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): "The Boomer List" looks at 19 iconic boomers (one from each year), including author Tim O'Brien, Deepak Chopra, Samuel L. Jackson, Billy Joel and Steve Wozniak. Also: Tommy Hilfiger; Amy Tan; Eve Ensler; Julieanna Richardson; Maria Shriver; Kim Cattrall; Virginia Rometty; Ellen Ochoa; Ronnie Lott; Erin Brockovich; Peter Staley; Rosie O'Donnell; David LaChapelle; and John Leguizamo.New Girl (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Jess gets lessons in mobile-app dating from Schmidt.The Mindy Project (8:30 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Mindy tries to impress Danny's mother (Rhea Perlman).Person of Interest (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Finch, Reese, Shaw and Root are all under new identities created to protect them from Samaritan. (Season premiere)Forever (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Henry and Jo go on a rogue investigation.Chicago Fire (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The Firehouse 51 team deal with the aftermath of the explosion. (Season premiere)POV (11 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Former New York mayor Ed Koch is profiled.Sons of Anarchy (11 p.m., FX): The club secures an important alliance.Awkward (11 p.m., MTV): Jenna tries to focus on her finals.Faking It (11:33 p.m., MTV): Amy is consumed by guilt over her secret tryst with Liam. (Season premiere)