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MUST-SEE: "Survivor: The Australian Outback," 7 p.m., CBS: With only 10 people left, the two tribes merge. That’s when strategies change. Until now, each tribe had desperately wanted to win group challenges. People voted to oust the weak and keep the strong. Now that changes: The challenges are individual. Strong, tough people might be the first ones voted out. That was obvious in the original "Survivor" series. After the merger, the first person ousted was Gretchen Cordy - smart, honest and a former survival instructor. "Gretchen was gone because she was stronger than any of them," producer Mark Burnett wrote in his companion book. "She had to go. She might have won otherwise."

College Baseball, 7 p.m., KFVE: Rice at the University of Hawai‘i.

"Friends," 7 p.m., NBC: In a funny rerun, Chandler discovers that he always has an awful pose in photos.

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," 8 p.m., CBS: Catherine is looking for a girl who was kidnapped 16 years ago.

"Will and Grace," 8 p.m., NBC: This would be an ordinary rerun, except for two fine guest shots. One has Camryn Manheim as an odd psychic; the other has Cher as Cher, a role she has always played with great pizzazz.

"Boycott," 7 p.m., HBO: Here’s another chance to see an excellent movie that portrayed the bus boycott that propelled the civil rights movement. Even people who know the story will be fascinated by details of a one-day boycott that extended to more than a year, changing a young preacher (Martin Luther King Jr.) into an international hero.

"Big Apple," 9 p.m., CBS: Last week, a hardened cop (Ed O’Neill) and his young partner (Jeffrey Pierce) reluctantly worked with the FBI. Now an incident during a stakeout leaves the young cop stunned.

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