America Celebrates July 4th at Ford's Theatre [ABC, 9 PM]
In the same venue where President Lincoln watched a mind-blowing version of Our American Cousin, Kelly Clarkson, Dick Van Dyke, George Lopez, Lionel Richie, and host Ty Burrell toast the nation on its 234th birthday. Hopefully Kelly has calmed down from this season's Idol finale, where she looked... angry. Happy birthday, country!
Friday Night Lights [NBC, 8 PM]
Jess and Landry's relationship intensifies while Eric helps clean up a local park, a task that provokes a run-in with some sketchy folks. How frustrating is it that a show with pretty much universal likability (even football non-fans dig it) still brings in mediocre ratings? Some people here aren't doing their part. Yes, I'm glaring at you, reader.
Flashpoint [CBS, 9 PM]
A radio host holds a famous politician hostage! I wish this episode were called "A Not-So-Special Love Song from Delilah."
Wall Street [8 PM, CNBC]
The 1987 film about good greed, better money, and the worst morality ever won Michael Douglas an Academy Award and planted the seed for Shia Labeouf to wear the tightest pants of his career. Charlie Sheen is an impressionable upstart who starts to regard the unscrupulous Douglas as a mentor. Daryl Hannah co-stars as somebody who wears insane shoulder pads.