l Throwdown with Bobby Flay!, Food Network, 18.05
Staten Island pizza king Giorgio Giove throws a family reunion and Bobby crashes the party and challenges him to a pizza “throwdown”. Bove’s Café in Burlington, Vermont, has been making mouth-watering lasagne for generations, and Bobby is up for the challenge. Mike Maroni, owner of Maroni Cuisine in Northport, New York, has a 100-year old meatball recipe, but can Bobby uncover the secret?
l The Bachelor, Vuzu, 19.30
Pilot Jake Pavelka is the bachelor this time. Among his prospective fiancées: an Air National Guard captain, a flight attendant and a woman who is terrified of flying.
l Men of Respect, Sony Entertainment Television, 20.30
In this mob drama inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth, John Turturro stars as Mike Battaglia, a hitman who is treated as a “man of respect” after he protected the padrino of his underworld family from an uprising. Egged on by his wife and by a prophesy that he will rise to become the head of the family, Mike embarks on a course of bloody murder, betrayal and creeping madness to ensure his ascent. But he soon learns that his ambition and betrayal has severe consequences.
l Rescue Me, M-Net Series, 21.30
Season six opens with a vision of Tommy’s afterlife. His family and fallen comrades usher him back into the real world. Back on the other side and with the memory of his hell haunting him, Tommy remains at unease. After he rescues a priest from a burning church, Tommy hopes he’ll be offered a perspective on his brush with death.