Behind The Madness

David Lynch's films don't appear on television very often, possibly due to length issues but more likely because advertisers probably don't want their product messages following Kyle MacLachlan having rough sex with Isabella Rossellini (unless you're Pabst Blue Ribbon). Well, if we can't catch Inland Empire on TBS, at least Sundance Channel will show us how it was made.

Lynch [10 PM, Sundance]

Running about half the time of the film it documents, this 90-minute program about David Lynch focuses on the production of Inland Empire (available to Watch Instantly on Netflix, btw). Next Thursday, the Sundance Channel will air six of Lynch's short films for the true fans, but for film students or confused L.A. residents who thought Inland Empire was a fluff piece about the Riverside-San Bernardino housing market, Sundance will help disabuse you of that notion.

So You Think You Can Dance [8 PM, Fox]

Get used to this show, because it's not just for summer anymore. The fifth season begins tonight with auditions, and if you are truly suffering from Idol withdrawal after only one day, then it's fine to step down that addiction with some dance methadone. Otherwise, take this hour to attend a step class or write a letter to your grandma. Life is short and this show has even less drama than The Bachelorette.

Hypersexual Behavior [10 PM, Discovery Health]

As the globe heats up and antibiotics lose effectiveness, health programming will be more important as disease pandemics replace KFC coupons in societal importance. When that happens, Discovery Health will be spoken of with reverence. But in the status quo, DH has to do flashy stuff to rise above the fray. Tonight, we learn about sexual compulsion and addiction, and just how much sex is too much sex. The obvious response is: "There's no such thing as too much sex." Maybe that's true, but sex has consequences.

Catwoman [8 PM, AMC]

The channel formerly known as American Movie Classics, now known formally as AMC, continues to vex us with their movie programming. Some days we get a great Clint Eastwood-Don Siegel twofer like Two Mules For Sister Sara followed by Dirty Harry, but then the next night it's something like what AMC gives us Thursday: Catwoman and Constantine. Someday all movies ever will be on-demand on the massive Internet cables linking our homes to a one mile-cubed regional DVR, but for now, enjoy Halle Berry and Sharon Stone doing their best to save the cat-fighting for the third act. There's something about cosmetics in there, but we've seen this film about 10 times and still can't explain the plot.