Tonight in HD: September 1

Chuck (TV2, 8.30)

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫

Joey overreacts at a daytime drama awards show; Ross sees Chandler leaving a male strip club.

Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) ✫✫✫

Bella puts herself out there for a friend; Phoenix’s woman troubles grow worse; Jill faces a scary adversary.

Chuck (TV2, 8.30, F) ✫✫✫✫

Chuck’s spy life intersects with his home life when unexpected guests arrive for a Thanksgiving “leftovers” dinner. Timothy Dalton and Linda Hamilton guest star.(Season four will resume late-night in November.) Reviews: LA TImes, AV Club, IGN, What’s Alan Watching?

Fringe (TV2, 10.30) ✫✫✫✫

A series of Fringe events leads the team to the home of a woman grieving over the death of her husband, while Peter and Olivia make an effort to repair the emotional rift between them. Reviews: Entertainment Weekly, IGN, LA TImes.

Life on Mars (TV3, 11.50, 5.1, R) ✫✫✫

Sam infiltrates a vicious gang suspected of truck hijackings, and is pushed to the limit to not blow his cover.

Criminal Minds (TV One, 12.20, R) ✫