TOMORROW NIGHT'S MUST-SEE

"Desperate Housewives," 8 p.m., ABC. As last week's episode ended, two similar people — Bree and Katherine — decided they should link instead of fighting. Tonight, they go into business. Meanwhile, a sleepwalking Orson has muttered that he's the one who hit Mike with his car. Now word gets to Mike.

TOMORROW NIGHT'S MIGHT-SEE

"Carrier," 8 p.m., PBS. For six months, camera crews followed the sailors and Marines aboard the USS Nimitz. They emerged with rich character portraits. There are the veteran pilots. There's the young airman whose world changed when his girlfriend became pregnant. There are the people who see this mission (in 2005) as fighting terrorism. There's the doubter who wonders why we fight for Iraqi freedom "when we barely have our own." These are interesting people in a compressed world. We can follow them through Thursday, in a 10-hour series.

OF NOTE

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," 6 p.m., ABC. The team helps the Martinez family, which has spent most of its time helping others.

"Monk," 7 p.m., NBC. In the rerun of a good episode, Stanley Tucci guests as an actor who is going to portray Monk. He follows him around — and gets way too involved.

"Everybody Hates Chris," 5 p.m., CW (Oceanic Digital Channel 93). Chris decided to be one of the cool kids by smoking. Soon, he's suspended.

"The Simpsons," 8 p.m., Fox. Bart raises a prize-winning cow — then balks at the notion of sending it to slaughter.

"Cold Case," 8 p.m., CBS. A woman brings fresh evidence that her grandmother's death, 45 years ago, wasn't suicide.

"The Tudors," 8 p.m., Showtime. Determined to squelch dissension, King Henry VIII insists that people sign a loyalty oath, saying he is ruler of the church. Everyone — even Cardinal Fisher and Sir Thomas More — must give in. The resulting hour is strong, serious and sometimes brutal. How brutal? In a moment of leniency, Henry reduces one penalty to a mere beheading.