‘Desperate Housewives’

on ABC at 9:00 p.m.

Susan tries to accept Edie’s new role in Julie’s life; Lynette’s boss makes her miss her son’s first day of kindergarten; Rex’s mother gets Bree into legal trouble.

on Sundance at 9:00 p.m.

Lucas obtains his first hormone prescription; T.J. makes plans for a short trip home; Raci attends her cousin’s 18th birthday party.

on UPN at 9:00 p.m.

Beaver hires Veronica to find out if Kendall is cheating on his dad; Keith takes Alicia with him to Chicago; Sheriff Lamb questions Veronica about a dead man with her name on his palm.

Thumbsucker

Justin is 17 and still sucks his thumb, until his orthodontist (Keanu Reeves) hypnotizes him. Then Justin experiments with Ritalin, pot and sex, and seeks guidance from his debate team coach (Vince Vaughn) and a TV star (Benjamin Bratt), and begins to wonder if there really is such a thing as “normal.”

The War Within

Hassan is a Pakistani suicide bomber heading for New York in a post 9/11 world. The day the attack is set to occur, all the cell members except him and another man are arrested. Desperate, Hassan turns to his former best friend, Sayeed, who is living the American dream with his family in New Jersey. After lying to Sayeed about why he is in the U.S., Hassan begins build a bomb in Sayeed’s basement.

In Her Shoes

In a story of sibling rivalry, Maggie (Cameron Diaz) is fun-loving and irresponsible. Her older sister Rose (Toni Collette) is a high-powered, ambitious attorney who watches Maggie’s wild life with disrespect. They attempt to live together but fail, and eventually go off in different directions to find the missing pieces in their lives.