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“Whale Wars: Road to the Showdown” (Animal Planet at 8) looks back at the show’s first three seasons, and all the adventures of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Season 4 kicks off at 9 p.m., as the Sea Shepherds leave on a campaign with a new vessel.
Vince’s ego is a bit out of control on “Friday Night Lights” (NBC at 8), and Coach Taylor is concerned he’s alienating his teammates; in other news, Tami frets about the home life of one of her students, and Becky makes the decision to enter a beauty pageant.

The final two singers on “CMT’s Next Superstar” (CMT at 8) head to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to belt out three songs each — one song of their choice, another from the judges and the last one from the record label — before the audience votes for the winner.

Jules winds up getting in the middle of a hostage situation when she arrives at a restaurant for a date on “Flashpoint” (CBS at 8). When the SRU team members show up, they discover that the gunman thinks the restaurant’s owner is a terrorist.

After being pulled off the air for several weeks, “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution”(ABC at 9) returns to the schedule with some bad news for the chef, his healthy menu and his group of teen culinary students: The food they cook can’t be served on the high school campus.

Cody and Dave make the “castaway” scenario a reality on “Dual Survival” (Discovery at 9), exploring how a person could survive stranded on a South Pacific island. And just to see what would happen, Dave decides to go barefoot for the challenge.

“Say Yes to the Dress: Big Bliss” (TLC at 9, 9:30) finds one bride obsessed with finding the perfect Cinderella dress for her Disney-theme wedding and another woman who, at nearly 6 feet tall and on the plus-size side, has a serious wedding dress-shopping phobia.

The roundtable on “Real Time With Bill Maher” (HBO at 10) includes educator Melissa Harris-Perry, talk-show host Larry King and former representative Rick Lazio (R-N.Y.); interview guests are Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and writer-producer Adam McKay.