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UNSCRIPTED SOAP: Cynthia Bailey, left, and Kandi Burruss return with the new season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” at 9 p.m. on Bravo.

SERIES

How I Met Your Mother: When Ted (Josh Radnor) turns down Barney’s (Neil Patrick Harris) offer to design the new GNB building, Barney tries using the techniques he uses on women in an attempt to “seduce” him into changing his mind in this new episode (8 p.m. CBS).

Chuck: Nicole Richie and wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin guest star in this new episode as old foes who interrupt Chuck and Sarah’s (Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski) romantic mission (8 p.m. NBC).

House: Amy Irving guest stars in this new episode as a children’s book author who suffers a seizure just as she’s about to take her own life (8 p.m. Fox).

Lie to Me: Shawn Doyle guest stars as a man bent on carrying out a revenge plot by robbing a bank in the season premiere. Tim Roth and Kelli Williams also star (9 p.m. Fox).

American Masters: He made some of the greatest movies ever — “On the Waterfront,” “East of Eden” and “A Streetcar Named Desire,” to name a few — but because he “named names” before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Elia Kazan had as many detractors as he had admirers. In the new episode “A Letter to Elia,” Martin Scorsese paints a rich and poignant portrait of his fellow director (9 p.m. KCET).

Mike & Molly: When the title characters (Billy Gardell, Melissa McCarthy) go bowling together, Mike’s ego gets a bruising in this new episode (9:30 p.m. CBS).

Chase: Robert Knepper guest stars in this new episode as a former mobster who’s been living a life of quiet anonymity and then emerges from hiding and goes on a killing spree (10 p.m. NBC).

Castle: Castle’s (Nathan Fillion) imagination runs wild with theories when a coded document hidden by a murdered bail bondsman turns up in this new episode (10 p.m. ABC).

MOVIES

Sins of My Father: This documentary paints a fully fleshed portrait of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as seen by his only son, Sebastian Marroquin (9 p.m. HBO).

SPORTS

Baseball: American League Division Series (7 p.m. TBS).