What TV shows will you be watching tonight, Friday, April 19, 2013? Here is the list for your complete TV guide. Happy watching! Note: All times are EST.
8:00 PM
Happy Endings (“The Ballad of Lon Sarofsky”) – Penny’s friends are shocked when she has an affair with the Car Czar (Rob Corddry); Max enters a pageant with Dave and Alex as his coaches. (ABC)
Fashion Star (“Night Out on the Town”) – The contestants must design garments for a big night out; the contestants are paired up to design a photo shoot. (NBC)
Nikita (“Broken Home”) – Nikita is strapped down, drugged and subjected to Amanda’s mental conditioning process; Alex tries to save everyone as violence escalates; Owen’s memories drive him to disturbing actions. (The CW)
Playing With Fire (“Give It Up for the Loser!”) – Derek and Daniel go head-to-head in a boxing fight; an old friend visits Jennifer; Julie gets a life changing call. (E!)
Four Weddings: Unveiled (“…and a Rally Towel”) – Shannon’s son is the focus of the vows at her wedding; Medina shares interfaith traditions; Amanda and her husband are cheered into their reception with rally towels; Andrea has a special father-daughter dance. (TLC)
Sons of Guns (“Loaded Up”) – Will, Steph and Kris head to Vegas to demo the Desert AR; Red Jacket loses a valued member. (Discovery)
8:30 PM
Happy Endings (“Un-sabotagable”) – Max asks Jane to help him get his act together so he can prove that his life is not pathetic; Alex tries to use a stockpile of coupons. (ABC)
9:00 PM
Grimm (“Ring of Fire”) – Nick tries to suppress a volcano’s threat to Portland; Adalind meets a new ally in Europe; many simultaneous memories of Nick overwhelm Juliette. (NBC)
Vegas (“Scoundrels”) – When a bruised Violet accuses Dixon of assault, Katherine places him under arrest; Lena finds a dead gambler in one of Savoy’s suites. (CBS)
Da Vinci’s Demons (“The Serpent”) – Leonardo continues his quest for the Book of Leaves; the pope’s nephew arrives; the failure of Leonardo’s war designs causes a rift with the Medicis; the pope learns of Leonardo’s talents. (Starz)
Shark Tank – Two women pitch their military-inspired jewelry line; traditional British scone; custom furniture; door-to-door luggage pickup service; update on the Scrub Daddy cleaning tool. (ABC)
Live From Lincoln Center (“Celebration: Stephanie Blythe Meets Kate Smith”) – Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe performs works made famous by Kate Smith during World War II. (PBS)
Sons of Guns [SEASON PREMIERE] (“Under Siege”) – A blacklisted customer shows up in the middle of a violent storm; the mishandling of an important order wreaks havoc on the shop. (Discovery)
Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (“Hope on a Hanger”) – Meredith is looking for her dream wedding dress to carry her through her upcoming cancer treatments; Kelly’s N.Y. mom and southern mother-in-law have different opinions of what Kelly should wear on her big day. (TLC)
9:30 PM
Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (“No to the Bow”) – Kayla wants to please her mom while shopping for a dress; Danielle wants a lace gown for her big day but her Dad is against it; in her fitting, Whitney hopes her dress will live up to her mom’s high standards. (TLC)
10:00 PM
20/20 (“In an Instant”) – The latest news on the Boston Marathon bombings; split-seconds decisions during highway pile-ups; survivors of workplace shootings; stampedes; amputee athlete Bree McMahon visits victims of the Boston tragedy. (ABC)
Rock Center With Brian Williams – The Boston bombing; author Jackie Hance; news from the week. (NBC)
Anderson Cooper Special Report (“Terror at the Marathon”) – Inspiring stories of loss, survival and heroism of the bombing of the 2013 Boston Marathon. (CNN)
Blade Brothers [SERIES PREMIERE] (“Monster Claw”) – Todd Begg teams up with his two brothers to design high-end custom blades for the knife industry. (Discovery)
Fashion Police – Guest host Jaime Pressly. (E!)
Mystery Diners [SEASON PREMIERE] (“Dining in the Dark”) – After receiving complaints, the owner of Catharsis finds out employees have created a game where they mess with blindfolded customers. (Food Network)
Out There (“Ace’s Wild”) – Chad’s classroom doodles draw the attention of the cool kid yearbook staff, who invites him to join their inner circle; Chad and Chris enjoy their popular status until Chad discovers their new friends have ulterior motives. (IFC)
XIII (“Tempest”) – In a race against the brutal Synequanon security team, XIII tracks down a scientist, a prisoner of the corporation who has a special connection to the mysterious letters. (REELZ)
I Found the Gown [SEASON PREMIERE] (“Family Knockdowns and Dress Knockouts”) – Velvet battles with her pattern-maker aunt; Ailda wants a sexy gown; Carolyn is looking for a Vera Wang dream dress. (TLC)
Real Time With Bill Maher – Guests include Brian Levin, Dan Neil, Amy Holmes, Nicholas Kristof and Salman Rushdie. (HBO)
10:30 PM
I Found the Gown (“What’s Old Might be New”) – Windsor wants a better deal; Sarah would like an inexpensive dress she can add pieces of her mother’s gown to; Kim refuses to wear white on her big day. (TLC)
Blade Brothers (“Grim Cleaver”) – Todd is commissioned to create a blade that’s a combination of a meat cleaver and the Grim Reaper’s deadly scythe. (Discovery)
11:00 PM ET
VICE (“Guns & Ammo”) – Students at the New Life Baptist Church & Academy in Albuquerque, N.M. are taught gun drills and tactics to disarm attackers; toxic military waste is left behind in Iraq. (HBO)
Zane’s the Jump Off (“Playing the Field”) – Dmitri fantasizes about Lauren while he is with Brenda; Woody mixes business with pleasure; Gabriel has suspicions about his wife’s best friend. (Cinemax)
Late Night Shows
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson welcomes Actor Harrison Ford; actress Melissa Rauch. (12:35 AM, CBS)