TV Junkie : The Pats, The Kings, Rob Zombie, Borat

“Monday Night Football” (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.) New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings

“NHL Hockey” (FSN, 7:30 p.m.) New York Rangers at Los Angeles Kings

“Everybody Hates Chris” (the CW, 8:00 p.m.) Chris gets robbed while guarding the cash register for Doc

“House of 1000 Corpses” (IFC, 8:15 p.m.) Get in the Halloween mood with Rob Zombie’s neo-classic.

“The Bachelor: Rome” (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Lorenzo (I can’t believe I’m writing that name) knocks it down to 3 bachelorettes – one of the fathers brandishes a shotgun

“Friday Night Lights” (NBC, 10 p.m.) This is remarkable more for the absence of “Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip” (you know, the non-funny version of “The West Wing”) than it is for the hormone cases bashing the crap out of each other on a lined field in lieu of drama.

“Late Show with David Letterman” (CBS, 11:30 p.m): Borat, or at least, the guy who plays him will be on, along with everyone’s favorite Scientologist rocker: “Long live Elron” Beck

“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.): Colbert lost his Emmy to Barry Manilow and will now have a chance to confront him about it

“Late Night with Conan O'Brien” (NBC, 12:35 a.m.): Conan will compare height with Sir Charles Barkley, sadcore emo-rocker Cat Power performs