Best Bets on TV Tonight
"Everybody Hates Chris" (8 p.m., UPN): Everybody says TV needs decent family comedies, so why then isn't everybody watching "Everybody Hates Chris"? Tonight's a good time to start as Jimmie "Dyn-o-mite!" Walker drops by (and then sadly drops dead) in a guest-starring role as Rochelle's father.
"My Name is Earl" (9 p.m., NBC): In what sounds like another side-splitting episode of "My Name is Earl," we flash back to 1999, when Earl, Randy and the gang confuse Y2K with the apocalypse and somehow come to believe they are the last surviving people on Earth.
"Pioneers of Aviation: The Race to the Moon" (10 p.m., PBS): Relive every significant event in aviation history, from the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk to the triumphant Apollo moon landing with archival footage and newsreels, plus commentary from aviation scholars. Part 1 of 3.
"Rip the Runway" (9 p.m., BET): Fashion meets hip-hop on the catwalk.
"The Showbiz Show" (10:30 p.m., Comedy Central): David Spade is back to rip Tinsel Town.