Usually they wait until the singing competitions stop before lacing tup he dancing shoes. But here’s the premature premiere of season ten for “So You Think You Can Dance” (Fox, 8 p.m.). Ingo Rademacher has the lowest current score but he won’t be a big loss; he was never a star anyway.
Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and a series of guest judges that now also include former winner Twitch travel to the first audition city to pick dancers to advance to Los Angeles. Cat Deeley returns to host.
That other dance show, of course, is winding up. Another dancer is bounced from “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 9 p.m.) to prepare for next week’s finale.
At this time of year, amid the hubbub of upfront, it’s all about finales on TV, so some bigger than usual things send off “New Girl” (Fox, 9 p.m.) and “The Mindy Project” (Fox, 9:30 p.m.) after genial seasons, roaring into their next. Cece has her wedding in the former, where Taylor Swift shows up; Mindy decides to go to Haiti with Casey on the latter.
The first season finale of “Golden Boy” (CBS, 10 p.m.) will also be its series finale; the network didn’t pick it up this week. But both “NCIS” (CBS, 8 p.m.) and “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS, 9 p.m.), also with season finales, will both be back int he fall.
“Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) looks at the political machinations regarding the fiscal cliff.
The latest episode of “Constitution USA with Peter Segal” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) centers on the Bill of Rights.
It worked for cable. So zombies are now taking over Portland on “Grimm” (NBC, 10 p.m.).
The Top 12 becomes 10 tonight as two are cut from “The Voice” (NBC, 9 p.m.) amid performances from Lady Antebellum, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. Maybe one of them can win.
It’s preceded by an hour version of last night’s show.
Three small business owners compete to win $50,000 on the new reality competition “Crowd Rules” (CNBC, 9 p.m.) with the winner determined by 100 people selected randomly.
Once, he would have been on an “Inside the Music.” But now the singer is profiled on “The Untold Story: Jason Derulo” (E!, 10 p.m.).
It’s Halloween on “Awkward” (MTV, 10 p.m.).
The season finale of “Tosh 2.0” (Comedy Central, 10 p.m.) is accompanied by a new episode of “Inside Amy Schumer” (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.).
The monthlong Tuesday night showcase on tough guys continues on Turner Classic Movies with “The Kiss of Death” (8 p.m.), “Where the Sidewalk Ends” (10 p.m.), “Point Blank” (11:45 p.m.), “The Killing” (1:30 a.m.) and “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” (3:15 a.m.).
NBA playoff games include New York at Indiana (TNT, 7 p.m.) and Golden State at San Antonio (TNT, 9:30 p.m.).
And in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the next round begins with Ottawa at Pittsburgh (NBC Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.) and San Jose at Los Angeles (NBC Sports Network, 10 p.m.), both on Game one.
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Mark Harmon, Huey Lewis & the News. The View: Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Guillermo Diaz, Katie Lowes, Joshua Malina, Jeff Perry, Columbus Short, Darby Stanchfield, Tony Goldwyn, Guillermo Diaz, Katie Lowes, Joshua Malina, Jeff Perry, Columbus Short, Darby Stanchfield, Bellamy Young, Tom Jones, Judy Spith. The Talk: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette, Brian Dietzen, Chi-Lan Lieu. Ellen DeGeneres: Kaley Cuoco, Natalie Maines.
Late Talk
David Letterman: Tom Hanks, cast of “Pippin.” Jay Leno: Wanda Sykes, Martha Stewart, Drop City Yacht Club. Zoe Saldana, Bill Simmons, Fitz & the Tantrums (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Matt Lauer, Ken Jeong, Phoenix, Bilal. Craig Ferguson: Ray Liotta, DeAnne Smith, Pistol Annies. Carson Daly: Davey Havok, Kitten. Tavis Smiley: Jeremy Scahill. Jon Stewart: Nathan Lane. Stephen Colbert: Dan Brown. Conan O’Brien: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Justin Bartha, the Slide Brothers with Shemekia Copeland. Chelsea Handler: Peter Facinelli, Dan Levy, Sarah Tiana, Ross Mathew.