"Cake Boss" (4 p.m., TLC): Exactly what I don't need: A "Cake Boss" marathon. I can taste the fondant already.

"Community" (7 p.m., WMAQ-Channel 5): Exactly what I need: a "Community" marathon. The more Abed, the better.

"100 Most Shocking Music Moments" (8 p.m., VH1): Before you commit, please realize that this is a five-night event, and Kanye West grabbing the microphone from Taylor Swift probably won't make the first evening.

"American Masters: Louisa May Alcott" (9 p.m., WTTW-Channel 11): Well, this sounds promising. "I don't enjoy writing moral pap for the young," grouses the actress playing her. "I do it because it pays well." Apparently lurid pulp fiction also pays well, which she wrote under a pseudonym.

"Men of a Certain Age" (9 p.m., TNT): Give this new series a shot, especially considering that Ray Romano chooses to dine with his bookie over Penelope Ann Miller.