The contestants on Top Chef attempt a culinary style rarely explored on the show. Judge Gail Simmons will be the least forgiving, as it's a category that comes to closest to infringing upon her Top Chef: Just Desserts gig. I expect full-throttle stuffiness!
So You Think You Can Dance [Fox, 8 PM]
Only six dancers remain. Will cherubic Kent outplace the more versatile Billy Bell and Lauren Froderman? Will Jose live another round, or will Mia Michaels gingerly suggest that he abort himself again? And Adéchiké: Will we remember that he thinks he is competing?
Big Brother 12 [CBS, 8 PM]
Time for another Power of Veto night. More importantly, we'll see who from the cast makes Julie Miller's repulsion index. Can anybody really top this soundbite?: "What's goin' on in the Big Brother hiz today is that we're breaking up in crews o' fo'. So grab your gear and let's meet in the backyard yo."
Top Chef: Washington D.C. [Bravo, 10 PM]
The chefs are asked to make cold dishes. This is a perfect opportunity for Padma to stand with arms akimbo and say, "And you can't serve me." And then Gail Simmons shivers the whole episode.
Panic Room [Cinemax, 8 PM]
Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart are supposed to be related in this actioner about a crew of thugs -- including Forest Whitaker -- who angle to break into a family's secret "panic room." They panicked and went in there, see, and the thugs are curious. David Fincher directed this crowd-pleaser and gives Foster the frosty edge that we enjoyed so much from Madonna in Fincher's video for "Vogue."