Today on TV

Jake in Progress (7 and 7:30 p.m., Ch. 4): Jake is happy dating the woman who's No. 47 on a magazine's list of the 66 sexiest babes — until he meets her friend, who's No. 3; Jake decides to get out of town when he learns his ex-fiancee is getting married.

Joey (7 p.m., Ch. 5): This repeat features Lucy Liu as Joey's boss — and should probably have indicated to the writers and the network that the best episodes are those that show Joey at work on his prime-time soap.

Tru Calling (7 p.m., Ch. 13): Fox is calling this the "season opener"; it's really the long-delayed beginning of the end. After giving the show a rather weak renewal (just 13 episodes) last spring, ex-Fox Entertainment president Gail Berman cut that to six hours and put it on the shelf for nearly a year because she was soooooo confident that "Point Pleasant" was going to be such a great show. (It isn't, and it's bombing.) Anyway, a third of what's left of "Tru" airs tonight, as Tru (Eliza Dushku) and Jack (Jason Priestly) fight a battle between good and evil.

Invasion: Iowa (7 and 9 p.m., Spike): The hoax continues.

CSI (8 p.m., Ch. 2): Was a star-gazer killed by a meteor?

The Apprentice (8 p.m., Ch. 5): Born-in-Richfield, Utah, contestant Chris Shelton— who's pretty much made a fool of himself with his immature behavior, anger-management issues and tobacco chewing — appears to be headed for still more trouble as the field of contestants is trimmed from eight to seven.

Without a Trace (9 p.m., Ch. 2): A choir member goes missing.

PrimeTime Live (9 p.m., Ch. 4): A report on a Mexican border town where steroids are readily available.

Left of the Dial (9 p.m., HBO): This documentary chronicles the attempts to launch a liberal radio talk-show network to answer all the right-wing hosts that dominate the dial.