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I was all sorts of prepared to loathe "Back to You" (7 p.m., KASA-Channel 2) with every fiber of my being. It treads in "Murphy Brown"-like waters and that made me very, very unhappy.

The comedy about a pompous windbag anchorman, Chuck Darling (Kelsey Grammer, "Frasier"), who returns to his old Pittsburgh station in shame, is just not that bad, though.

That's mainly because of Grammer's co-star Patricia Heaton, formerly of "Everybody Loves Raymond."

She plays Kelly, his uptight co-anchor and the mother of his child. Heaton never appealed to me on "Raymond," but here she actually shows her dorkier side, and I kinda like it.

Tonight, Chuck and Kelly have some issues when their daughter, Gracie (Laura Marano), starts getting bullied at school.

Kelly is a fan of solving the bullying situation in a nonviolent manner, while Chuck thinks there needs to be a throwdown on the playground.

They get a chance to see the bad bully when Gracie's class visits the news station on a field trip.

Montana (Ayda Field, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip") is upstaged by a student with mad weather skills, while news director Ryan (Josh Gad) meets a kid who reminds him of himself.

It's no "Murphy Brown," but compared to Fox's other attempts at comedy, this show is sheer genius.

None of the contestants on this ninth cycle of "America's Next Top Model" (7 p.m., CW) seem to deserve the title, although a few of the girls could earn "America's Next Top Catfighter."

This episode has the final eight wannabes getting a surprise visit from Tyra. She gives them an in-depth lesson about how to model in front of a moving camera.

Then they're greeted by music video director Jesse Terrero and find out that they are going to participate in a music video with the future Mr. McBride, Enrique Iglesias.

One model, who shall remain nameless (Bianca), continues to get jealous and be very critical of her competition.

And during the shoot one model from collapses from exhaustion.

Guess she didn't drink enough Diet Coke to keep herself going. I cry for her.