Premiering two hours before its title would indicate, “Midnight Feast” (FYI, 10 p.m.) has D.C. chef Spike Mendelsohn invading Chelsea Market to gather ingredients for a romantic gourmet dish in the new cooking competition. It’s a low budget contest: Winners get cash totaling four times what they pay at the market; losers have to foot their own bill.
Elsewhere in reality competition, why should it only be contestants on “The Bachelor” who get to travel the world? Tonight, Tim Gunn takes the remaining designers to Rome on “Project Runway” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.).
The victim’s family is interrogated and briefly detained on a new “Gracepoint” (Fox, 9 p.m.), still hewing pretty closely to the original British “Broadchurch.”
The young couple does the usual online background investigations of each other on “A to Z” (NBC, 9:30 p.m.).
Fitz is in trouble again on “Scandal” (ABC, 9 p.m.).
Meredith digs through her mother’s old stuff on “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC, 8 p.m.).
The death of a video game designer is investigated on “Bones” (Fox, 8 p.m.).
A new network series based on it has been stalled by action from John Candy’s estate, so you’ll just have to enjoy the original “Uncle Buck” (IFC, 9 p.m.).
It’s Jets at Giants (NBC, 8:25 p.m.) in Thursday Night Football.
The last remaining divisional series reaches game five with St. Louis at San Francisco (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.), battling to see who will face Kansas City in the World Series.
More ghost stories are on Turner Classic Movies tonight, with “The Ghost Breakers” (8 p.m.), “The Old Dark House” (9:30 p.m.), “The Smiling Ghost” (11:15 p.m.), “The Ghost Goes West” (12:45 a.m.), “Ghost Chasers” (2:15 a.m.), “Spook Busters” (3:30 a.m.) and “Gildersleeve’s Ghost” (4:45 a.m.). And elsewhere, there is “Ghostbusters” (AMC, 8 p.m.) and “Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met” (Disney, 8 p.m.).
Hockey tonight includes Boston at Montreal (NHL, 7:30 p.m.); in preseason basketball, it’s Boston at Philadelphia (NBA, 7 p.m.) and Utah at Lakers (NBA, 10 p.m.).
There are a couple of college football games, Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.) and Utah at Oregon State (Fox Sports 2, 10 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Julianne Hough, Paloma Faith, Josh Radnor, Mark Consuelos. The View: Alan Cumming, Tessa Thompson. The Talk: James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Ray “Dr. BBQ” Lampe. Ellen DeGeneres: Chelsea Handler, John Mulaney, Bob Seger. Wendy Williams: Judge Judy Sheindlin. Meredith Vieira: Amy Purdy, Suzanne Somers. Queen Latifah: Cal Reiner, Jai Courtney.
Late Talk
David Letterman: Tom Selleck, Jenny Slate, Foo Fighters. Jimmy Fallon: Sting, Jason Schwartzman. Jimmy Kimmel: Edward Norton, Portia de Rossi, You + Me. Seth Meyers: Rachel Maddow, Matt Ryan, Wyatt Cenac. Craig Ferguson: Josh Jackson, Kara Cooney. Carson Daly: Michelle Monaghan, You Me at Six. Tavis Smiley: Joe Perry. Jon Stewart: Bryan Stevenson. Stephen Colbert: Bill Deresiewicz. Conan O’Brien: The New Pornographers.