'Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black' on History Channel is a Monday TV pick

'Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black'

What? Lewis Black on the History Channel? OK, let's just accept it and watch the comedian's look at holiday history, turkeys and the "monthlong festival of consumption." Probably not for the easily-offended. 8 tonight, (seattletimes.com/tvlistings).

Doug Knoop,

Seattle Times staff

Also on today

"House," 8 p.m. (Fox): On the eve of Thanksgiving, the team treats an exceptionally brilliant physicist who traded his career for a job as a courier; myriad strange symptoms nearly stumps the doctors; the doctors wrestle with strained personal relationships.

"The Good German" (2006), 8 p.m. (IFC): An Army correspondent helps a former lover comb post-World War II Berlin for her missing husband, who is wanted by U.S. and Russian forces. Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon.

"The Big Bang Theory," 9:30 p.m. (CBS): After being humiliated on the radio, Sheldon vows to destroy Kripke; Wolowitz tries to not ruin his new relationship with Bernadette.

"Winged Migration" (2001), 10 p.m. (KCTS): Filmmaker Jacques Perrin follows migratory birds as they fly thousands of miles away, then return.

"Cake Boss," 10:30 p.m. (TLC): Buddy and company feel lost in space while creating a cake for a planetarium; the guys go golfing to get inspiration for a golf-tournament cake.

"Late Show with David Letterman," 11:35 p.m. (CBS): Actor Robin Williams; actress Ashley Greene.

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