TV Show Guide For April 19, 2013 (Friday)

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)