"Pushing Daisies" (8 p.m., WXYZ-TV, Channel 7, ABC). It's magic. "Daisies" dazzled viewers and got off to a strong start in the ratings last week, winning the time period and giving ABC its best new series 8:00 numbers in three seasons. Tonight the quirky cool fairy tale finds pie maker Ned (Lee Pace) and sleuthing partner Emerson Cod (Chi McBride) looking into the mysterious death of an auto expert found dead after a strange hit-and-run accident. Plus, plucky Chuck (Anna Friel) wants some answers about how Ned brought her back to life after she was murdered. He was just doing what comes supernaturally. | Post Comment

"Cavemen" (8 p.m., WXYZ-TV, Channel 7, ABC). The producers must have been living in a cave when they wrote this inept, misfiring social satire. Instead of going for it with a walk on the smart, edgy wild side of contemporary comedy, the hairy, ho-hum "Cavemen" premiered last week with the merely tame, lame stories of cultural minority Cro Mags Joel (Bill English), brother Andy (Sam Huntington) and their sarcastic pal Nick (Nick Kroll). Tonight? Nick files a caveman discrimination suit against the home improvement store that fires him for being a terrible worker. Watch out, pretty soon "Cavemen" could be fired. | 12 Comments

Chris Matthews arrived Monday morning in Detroit with preparation for today's Republican presidential debate in Dearborn on his mind. "I always like to ask questions I figure everybody else wants to ask," said Matthews, who's co-moderating the debate with CNBC's Mario Bartiromo. | Post Comment

"Chuck" (8 p.m., WDIV-TV, Local 4, NBC). Got them work-life, split attention-span blues. New spy guy Chuck Bartkowski's (Zachary Levi) having trouble juggling the demands of his two careers. He's bucking for a promotion to assistant manager at Buy More while carrying out an undercover espionage mission to learn the tango. Say what? Just dance along with this witty fall season fantasy caper, all will be explained. | Post Comment

Lions and cheetahs and rhinos, oh my! Never mind. Despite its exotic South African location, "Life Is Wild" is hunkered down in the middle of the road, a slickly conventional entertainment. | Post Comment

MONDAY: Kid Rock, Letterman; The Shins, Leno | Post Comment

E-mailed by Kathee Sherrill, Davisburg: "That's it. I think I'm done with 'Grey's Anatomy.' Izzie and George are not my favorite characters, but they are even less favored together. It's just not right. | Post Comment

The Michigan Jazz Festival has corralled a quintet of top local pros for an afternoon jam session with two fun wrinkles: These five players -- trombonist Ron Kischuk, saxophonist George Benson, pianist Charles Boles, bassist Marion Hayden and drummer Jim Ryan -- have never worked together as a group, and the performance will include discussions from the stage, explaining the impromptu strategies and arrangements. 3 p.m. Sunday, Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty, Livonia. 248-474-2720. $15. | 1 Comment

A young man (Omarian Grandberry) has his budding MC career interrupted when a dispute with local gangsters forces him to hide out in Puerto Rico with a father (Giancarlo Esposito) he never knew. | Post Comment