9pm, The Vampire Diaries, ITV2
NEW SERIES Supernatural drama from Dawson’s Creek creator Kevin Williamson, beginning with a double-bill. In the small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, orphaned high-school girl Elena finds herself falling for new boy in town, Stefan, unaware that he’s a vampire and that his evil brother Damon (Lost’s Ian Somerhalder) will stop at nothing to prevent them from being together.
9pm, Caprica, Sky1 & HD
NEW SERIES The Battlestar Galactica prequel, which is set to become Dallas in space, blasts off with a feature-length pilot episode. When 16-year-old Zoe Graystone is killed by a suicide bomber, her father, Daniel (Eric Stoltz), builds a robotic version of her. Joseph Adama (Esai Morales), who lost his wife and daughter in the same blast, then unites with Daniel and builds a robotic replica of his own daughter. But Joseph soon has worries about the experiments…
9pm, CSI, Five
The team investigates the accidental shooting of an off-duty cop by another cop, officer Danny Finn, whose unabashed racial bias raises the possibility that the shooting was no accident.
9pm, Dollhouse, Sci-Fi & HD
When Echo’s past romantic engagements are found murdered, it is feared that Alpha (guest star Alan Tudyk) is back and out for revenge. Meanwhile, Adelle grows suspicious of Ballard, who hopes to find allies in both Boyd and Topher against the Rossum Corporation.
10pm, Nip/Tuck, FX & HD
As Julia arrives from New York to help Matt recover from surgery, Sean makes a surprising discovery about Teddy. Meanwhile, a new patient suffers from extreme separation anxiety.
