category: DRAMA

hed: Good ‘Gossip’

After Blair’s (Leighton Meester) lifelong dream of going to Yale is dashed, she does what all disappointed young girls do: She goes on a big, bad bender. Her actions are so brazen that she worries friends Serena (Blake Lively) and Chuck (Ed Westwick), no strangers to outlandish behavior themselves. Meanwhile, Nate (Chace Crawford) thinks about reconciling with his mom’s Kennedyesque family, the Vanderbilts. Lily (Kelly Rutherford) and Rufus (Matthew Settle) attempt honesty by sharing a list of their past lovers always a brilliant idea.

GOSSIP GIRL

Monday, 8 p.m., CW

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category: COMEDY/TRAVEL

hed: It’s not unusual

The season 12 finale of the appealingly peculiar British car series, sees host James May traveling to California to test a hydrogen powered Honda Clarity and stopping by Jay Leno’s garage to get the late night host and gearhead’s opinion about the car. Back in England, Jeremy Clarkson tests a battery-powered super car called the Tesla and Richard Hammond takes a fond look back at 50 years of Touring Car racing it’s like NASCAR, but with windier tracks and less uniformity. The star in the reasonably priced car? The “Sex Bomb” himself, Tom Jones.

TOP GEAR

Monday, 8 p.m., BBC AMERICA

category: DRAMA

hed: ‘House’ gets locked-in

This week’s episode unfolds from the perspective of the patient Lee (guest star Mos Def). He’s suffering from “locked-in” syndrome, leaving him conscious, but unable to communicate, in a totally paralyzed body. As Lee is being diagnosed, you’ll hear his thoughts, providing insight into the relationships between the major players at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Hugh Laurie stars.

HOUSE

Monday, 8 p.m., Fox

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category: DRAMA

hed: ‘Teenager’ finally delivers

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for the birth of teenager Amy’s (Shailene Woodley) son. As friends and family wait for the delivery, Amy’s boyfriend Ben (Ken Baumann) and baby daddy Ricky (Daren Kagasoff) agree to try to be friends. Meanwhile, Amy’s mom Anne (Molly Ringwald) is surprised when her husband (Mark Derwin) and younger daughter Ashley (India Eisley) move out of the family home.

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER

Monday, 8 p.m., ABC Family

category: COMEDY

hed: ‘Mother’ of all lies

Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Marshall (Jason Segel) concoct a crazy lie in an attempt to stop Ted (Josh Radnor) from finding out that he’s out of a job after Goliath National Bank cancels plans to build their new headquarters, which architect Ted was hired to design.

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

Monday, 8:30 p.m., CBS

category: DRAMA

hed: Losing the faith on ‘Lost’

When one of the survivors goes rogue, taking matters into their own hands, it risks the lives of everyone else on the island.

LOST

Wednesday, 9 p.m., ABC

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category: COMEDY

hed: ‘Samantha’ takes point

When Todd (Barry Watson) finds out something about pro-basketball player Tony Dane (McKinley Freeman), Andrea’s (Jennifer Esposito) dream crush and latest date, Sam (Christina Applegate) decides to interfere in Tony’s life to spare Andrea’s feelings. Dena (Melissa McCarthy) asks Sam’s mom, Regina (Jean Smart), for advice when she strikes up a friendship with a lonely soldier. Will it make her boyfriend Chase (Rick Hoffman) jealous?

SAMANTHA WHO?

Thursday, 8:30 p.m., ABC