Sunday

“Desperate Housewives”

ABC at 9:00 p.m.

Gabrielle decides to get back into modeling; Lynette is suspicious of her new neighbor; Bree meets her antagonistic mother-in-law.

Monday

“Heroes”

NBC at 9:00 p.m.

Suresh questions his future when dreams of the past trouble him; Hiro and Ando meet someone interesting in a diner; Peter asks Nathan to help him find a key to the future.

Tuesday

“Veronica Mars”

CW at 9:00 p.m.

Keith’s ongoing relationship with his client (Laura San Giacomo) disappoints Veronica; Logan seeks her help in clearing Mercer of rape charges.

Babel

A random gun accident caused by two Moroccan boys sets the lives of four separate groups of strangers – a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), a rebellious deaf Japanese teenager and her father, and a Mexican nanny taking two American children across the border – on three different continents on a collision course.

Cocaine Cowboys

The cocaine trade of the 1970s and ’80s and Colombia’s Medellin cartel had an indelible impact on contemporary Miami. Utilizing archival footage and new interviews with some of the era’s top law enforcers, traffickers, suppliers, dealers and even killers, director Billy Corben delivers a serious yet entertaining examination of urban transformation.

Harsh Times

Jim Davis (Christian Bale), an ex-Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, seeks a position with the LAPD and kills time with his best friend, Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). Mike’s girlfriend, Sylvia (Eva Longoria), demands for him to either get a job or get out. Jim and Mike are soon on the streets of South Central, slipping back into a deceitful life of drugs, violence and petty crime.