Friday

“Best Week Ever”

VH1 at 11 p.m.

Comedian panelists chronicle, celebrate and skewer the week in pop culture.

Monday

“Black Donnellys”

NBC at 10 p.m.

Tommy is plagued with guilt when Kate asks him to host her slain husband’s wake. Kevin and Joey go on a quest to find booze for the wake, and Huey’s brother suspects that drug-addicted Jimmy may be the killer.

Wednesday

“Australia’s Next Top Model”

VH1 at 10:30 p.m.

The ladies receive manicures, pedicures and have their eyebrows groomed before doing a photo shoot with horses.

Maxed Out

A journey deep inside the American style of debt where everything is fine as long as the minimum payment arrives on time every month. With coverage that spans from small American towns all the way to the White House, the film shows how the modern financial industry really works, explains the true definition of “preferred customer” and explains why the poor are getting poorer while the rich keep getting richer.

300

In 481 B.C., Persian King Xerxes invaded Greece with a massive and seemingly invincible army of warriors. But once they reached the pass of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., they came upon King Leonidas with a determined group of 300 Spartan men, who engaged the Persian army for three days in a battle of epic proportions.

Starter for 10

A romantic comedy set in the ’80s about a working-class kid, struggling to make his way in the rarified world of an upper class British University. On his way to achieving his long-held ambition to appear on the British TV quiz show, “University Challenge,” he falls in love with his beautiful teammate and forms a plan to win her heart through his advanced general knowledge skills. A bittersweet comedy about loyalty, class, falling in love and the difference between knowledge and wisdom.