SERIES

Model Elizabeth Hurley (playing herself) comes to the precinct seeking protection from harassment and McNeil ends up scoring a date on a repeat of “The Job” (9:30 p.m. ABC).

SPECIALS

“Understanding: Asteroids” profiles an asteroid hunter and treks to Belize to investigate the origins and significance of asteroids and how they could affect the Earth’s future (10 p.m. TLC).

In a combined three-hour journey south of the border, public television traces the history of Mexican American conjunto music on “Accordion Dreams” (8 p.m. KCET) and portrays the life of migrant workers with “In the Land of Plenty” (9:30 p.m. KCET).