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"Survivor: Vanuatu" (8 p.m., CBS) is the ninth installment of the popular reality show, with the nine-member tribes once again divided by gender. The location is a remote area of the South Pacific where CBS says that more than 80 islands are inhabited by a diverse group of tribes and clans who speak more than 100 languages. Close to the show's site is the Ring of Fire, a series of volcanic islands.
After last season's cliffhanger of "The O.C." (8 p.m., Fox), you may be counting the days till the Fox drama returns Nov. 4. This special, plus another next week, should ease your pain. Both shows offer an inside look at the making of the series, with previously unseen footage, bloopers and interviews with cast members and the show's creator, Josh Schwartz. A preview of the season premiere will also be included.
Will & amp; Grace (8:40 p.m., NBC) returns for its seventh season, starting with an extra-length episode that includes the return of guest star Jennifer Lopez, whom Karen (Megan Mullally) just happened to encounter in Las Vegas at the end of last season. "Will & amp; Grace" has always sought out big-name guests, and it seems that this year will be no exception. Next week, look for Janet Jackson.
Oil doesn't just fuel the nation's cars. It fuels the nation's future. And continuing instability in the Middle East means a shaky future for the steady flow of oil the United States depends on. A three-part PBS documentary series, "Extreme Oil," examines the extremes to which the oil industry must now go in its mission to find new sources. In "Pipeline" (10 p.m., PBS), the film traces the route of the 1,100-mile BTC Pipeline, a string of pipes transporting energy reserves from the Caspian to the Mediterranean and on to the global market -- through some of the most geographically challenging and politically unsafe places on earth.