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'Leverage'
(10PM, TNT) 1st season finale
If you've missed out on this drama starring Oscar-winner Timothy Hutton, here's the chance to catch a replay of the entire first season (10AM).

The marathon ends with the season finale, where Hutton's modern-day Robin Hood-ish Nate must reunite his merry band of men and women grifters to avoid jail. Nate's pals are all in hiding after their plan for revenge against the company that denied medical treatment for Nate's now-dead son went awry.

Nate has hatched a new, even bolder, scheme to get even with his nemesis Blackpoole (guest star Kevin Tighe), but the stakes for the new heist are even higher for him and the team: Either vengeance, or life-long jail sentences, are theirs.

'The Real Housewives of New York City'
(11PM, Bravo) 2nd season premiere
There's only one word to accurately describe the new season with the NYC 'Housewives': Meow!

It's catfights-a-go-go, as the premiere quickly reveals that the rivalries that began last season have not cooled off a bit. On the contrary, it's wannabes Alex and Simon vs. the rest of the cast, as season two opens with the marrieds ticked off about some unflattering comments Jill made about them in a New York gossip column.

That leads to snubbing by and of the rest of the 'Housewives' when they all meet up at a Hamptons party, and, as coming attractions show, the snits just keep on coming throughout season two.

'The Real Housewives of Orange County'
(10PM, Bravo)
Hope the ladies get their manicures on before heading to Las Vegas in tonight's episode, because what happens in Vegas is going to have some of the cattier 'Housewives' baring their claws.

As has been the theme on several occasions this season, it's Lynne and Gretchen versus Tamra and icky Vicki, when the veterans get annoyed by how enthusiastically newbies Lynne and Gretchen are shakin' their groove thangs on the dance floor.

Meanwhile, the only thing Vicki is doing enthusiastically is dissing Lynne and her petite bod, which seems to be sparked a lot more by a certain green-eyed monster than, as Vicki insists, Lynne's obsession with looking young.

'Presidential Inauguration'
(Check local listings for time and channels)
There'll be dozens of inauguration balls, parades and TV specials, but the main event -- leading up to the noon swearing in of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States -- begins at 10AM.

Evangelical pastor Rick Warren will deliver the invocation, civil rights leader Joseph Lowery will deliver the benediction and Yo-Yo Ma, Aretha Franklin and Itzhak Perlman will provide the celebratory tunes before Vice-President Joe Biden takes his oath.

He will be followed by Obama, who will take his oath of office from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, using the bible that Abraham Lincoln used at his 1861 inauguration ... a historical day indeed.

'31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors'
(9PM, CBS)
Controversial New York Senate contender Caroline Kennedy hosts. Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman, George Jones, Twyla Tharp, Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey are being feted.

And performances include Beyonce crooning 'The Way We Were' to Streisand, Denzel Washington and Clint Eastwood paying tribute to their pal Freeman, Garth Brooks rocking out to Jones tunes and Matchbox 20 singer Rob Thomas singing the Who's 'Baba O'Riley.'

But we're betting that you, like us, are going to tune in just to get a glimpse of Babs planting a smooch on her political enemy, President Dubya Bush.

'10th Annual A Home for the Holidays With Faith Hill'
(8PM, CBS)
It's the 10th anniversary of this heartwarming annual special, in which celebs show up and perform to help celebrate stories about foster care adoption.

Faith Hill hosts, her hubby Tim McGraw performs, and celebs like Melissa Etheridge, Gavin Rossdale, and Jamie Foxx introduce the real stars of the show, families who've made foster children a permanent part of their lives.

One family includes a man who, after spending his whole childhood in foster care, decided, with his wife, to adopt a foster child of his own. The special also includes a where-are-they-now segment with foster children featured in years past, as well as kids currently hoping to find an adoptive family.

'A Double Shot at Love'
(10PM, MTV) series premiere
The full title of the show is actually 'A Double Shot at Love with the Ikky Twins,' as hostess and former 'A Shot at Love' star Tila Tequila introduces Rikki and Vikky, the twin sibs who'll be looking for bisexual love on the MTV spin-off series.

The basic premise is the same -- the Ikky girls will have a pool of 24 contestants (12 men, 12 women) from which to choose, in a format that's part 'Shot at Love' and part 'Real Chance of Love.'

All 24 will move into a mansion with the sisters, where they'll engage in the sort of love search reality show behaviors that are likely to give that 'Ikky Twins' title a double meaning.

'The Shield'
(10PM, FX) series finale
It's the show that earned FX its reputation as the home for edgy dramas -- as the HBO of basic cable -- and tonight, seven gritty, violent, corrupt, fantastic seasons come to an end in an episode that's more shocking and heartbreaking than you'll expect.

The question every 'Shield' fan has wondered about for seven seasons -- what will become of complicated Strike Team leader Vic Mackey? -- is answered, and not in the ambiguous 'Sopranos' finale kinda way.

As much as we might want to continue hanging with Vic and the gang for a few more seasons, the finale is as satisfying a wrap-up as loyal fans could hope for.