REALITY

Romance and the city

ABANDONING the sun and surf of California, “The Bachelorette” attempts to breathe life into a stale series by moving to New York. But Jennifer Schefft, who was once engaged to Andrew Firestone of “The Bachelor,” is going to have do more than pose against an urban backdrop to make viewers watch her sort through 25 suitors. Schefft wants to make sure she picks the right guy. “It’s my hope to find the one man with whom I can spend the rest of my life,” she says.

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THE BACHELORETTE

Monday, 9 p.m., ABC

COMEDY

Missing person

EDIE (Nicollette Sheridan) organizes a search for the missing Mrs. Huber (Christine Estabrook) on “Desperate

Housewives” that coincides with the arrival of the dead busybody’s sister. At least, Edie’s being pro-active; the other

wives seem to be in a funk. Lynette (Felicity Huffman) got what she wanted – a nanny – but now it seems the her husband (Doug Savant) is showing too keen an interest in her. Susan (Teri Hatcher) gets the wind knocked out of her sails when her ex-husband Karl (Richard Burgi) shows up. A defeated Bree (Marcia Cross) asks a yummy pharmacist out on a date. What will he prescribe for the tightly coiled redhead?

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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

Sunday, 9 p.m., ABC

CHARITY

Hollywood pitches in

THE incredible devastation that has hit nations such as Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka, among others, has elicited an outpouring of donations worldwide. Now, following the $1 million donation by Sandra Bullock, other Hollywood stars are turning out for a special telethon to air on all NBC stations at the same time on Saturday night. At press time, the list of luminaries included George Clooney, Christina Aguilera, Sheryl Crow and Tim McGraw. Clear Channel will broadcast the telethon on its stations.

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TNE TSUNAMI TELETHON

Saturday, 8 p.m., NBC

REALITY

Time to redecorate, girls IT seems like yesterday that Carson Kressley and his merry men were all the rage. But now that they’re so five minutes ago, we have “Queer Eye For The Straight Girl.” The show has assembled a new team of “experts” to help style-challenged hetero women. And this “Queer Eye” has a lesbian to offer her perspective. You’ll never forget her name: Honey Labrador.

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QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GIRL

Wednesday, 10 p.m., Bravo

DRAMA

Trollope meets Othello

MARRIAGE, jealousy, kidnapping are brought to thrilling life in the two-part miniseries “He Knew He Was Right.” Adapted from the novel by Anthony Trollope, the story focuses on Louis Trevelyan (Bill Nighy), an Englishman who marries Emily Rowley, and then becomes insansely jealous when an older playboy comes on to her. Incredibly, Trevelyan retaliates by abducting their son and going to Italy, where he has a nervous breakdown. If only those Victorians had had Dr. Phil…

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HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT

Sunday, 9 p.m., PBS

DRAMA

About Schmidt

CANDICE BERGEN joins the cast of “Boston Legal” as Shirley Schmidt, a founding partner of Crane, Poole and Schmidt, who returns to the firm to streamline operations. Denny Crane (William Shatner) is less than thrilled to see her after so many years. Alan Shore (James Spader) immediately locks horns with the fiery blonde attorney. In this week’s cases, Shore takes on a man who killed his mother with a skillet and Lori (Monica Potter) defends a Sudanese native who sues the U.S. government for lack of action in the face of the horrific atrocities being committed in his country.

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BOSTON LEGAL

Sunday, 10 p.m., ABC