By Kevin McDonough
United Feature Syndicate
Here’s a quick tip: Do not watch "Do Not Disturb" (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14). This sitcom appears dead on arrival. Brain dead, at least.
Niecy Nash, who brings a sassy if predictable energy to the Style Network series "Clean House," stars here as the manager of a New York hotel staffed by a group of stereotypes with overactive libidos and a need to share their vapid thoughts in obvious and easily anticipated punch lines.
The action begins with a vulgar contrivance and goes downhill from there. A former employee has written an article for a local magazine alleging that he had a wild affair with a manager of the hotel. This sparks a guessing game that forces manager Rhonda (Nash) to conduct an awkward seminar on sexual propriety in the workplace. This, in turn, leads to a Niagara Falls of bad one-liners from the staff, including the player, Neal (Jerry O’Connell); Larry (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), the nerdy gay guy with glasses; the dumb blonde model wannabe, Nicole (Molly Stanton); and Molly (Jolene Purdy), the fat girl with secrets.
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None of the actors seems challenged by, or terribly comfortable with, these paper-thin roles, but O’Connell appears to be the most wasted actor here and would be most liberated by the quick and painless demise of this dreadful enterprise.
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Other highlights
- Natalie Portman stars in the paranoid 2006 thriller "V for Vendetta" (6 p.m., FX, TV-14).
- An abrasive TV host comes to an unseemly end on "Bones" (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14,D,L,S,V).
- Joy pursues youth on the season premiere of "’Til Death" (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG,D,S).
- Contestants compete on astrology-themed outfits on "Project Runway" (8 p.m., Bravo).
- Jax frets about his infant son and questions the direction of the gang on "Sons of Anarchy" (9 p.m., FX, TV-MA).
- The 16th season of "Real World/Road Rules Challenge" (9 p.m., MTV) opens in Panama.
Series notes
The top three compete on the finale of "Greatest American Dog" (7 p.m., CBS) … Ten perform on "America’s Got Talent" (7 p.m., NBC) … Class and trash clash on "Wife Swap" (7 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) … Tyra Banks hosts "America’s Next Top Model" (7 p.m., CW, TV-14) … A killer appears to lose his memory on "Criminal Minds" (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) … Domestic anarchy follows deployment on "Supernanny" (8 p.m., ABC, r) … Ann Gillespie guest stars on "90210" (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG,L) … The cabbie killer returns on "CSI: NY" (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) … A student’s murder reveals a dangerous online scene on "Law & Order" (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).
Late night
Meg Ryan and Paul Weller appear on "Late Show with David Letterman" (10:35 p.m., CBS) … Jay Leno hosts Matthew McConaughey, T. Boone Pickens and Al Green on "The Tonight Show" (10:35 p.m., NBC) … Martin Short and Solange Knowles appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (11:05 p.m., ABC) … Curtis Jackson chats on "Late Night with Conan O’Brien" (11:35 p.m., NBC) … Craig Ferguson hosts Alice Cooper and AnnaLynne McCord on "The Late, Late Show" (11:37 p.m., CBS).
