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It hurts when a lousy reality show gets a spinoff.

"Ghost Hunters" is mediocre, and the only thing that makes "Ghost Hunters International" (7 p.m., SciFi) slightly better is location.

At least with this edition, we get to see the lovely sights of Europe along with the paranormal seekers.

Tres magnifique.

In this series, a few members of the American organization TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) head overseas. Their leader is Robb Demarest, a man who has no business being on TV. He's so stiff in his delivery it's painful to watch.

The pilot episode finds Robb and fellow investigators Andy Andrews, Brian Harnois, Donna La Croix, Barry Fitzgerald and Shannon Sylvia chasing down activity in England and Scotland.

Their first attempt at finding ghosties is at Chillingham Castle in England.

The usual setting up of their fancy-schmancy equipment ensues, and then the geeks wander through the castle trying to scare themselves silly.

The worst part is when Donna clutches a rosary and tells the spirits they are not allowed to hurt her and her idiotic cohorts.

I wanted to smack her just for uttering the words.

The second investigation is at Mary King's Close in Scotland.

A close is like an American alley, and this particular one leads to a buried city where many bubonic plague victims perished.

One of the plague victims was a little girl named Annie, and some visitors to her room have left her lots of stuffed animals and dolls.

You think that's just sweet until the team tries to goad Annie into showing herself by taking her toys away.

Jerks. May the TV gods curse them with low ratings.

"The Jewish Americans" (8 p.m., KNME-Channel 5) is a trip through history, too, but this one is actually enjoyable and well done.

The documentary begins early in the history of our country, following a group of 23 Jews who fled Brazil in 1654 for New York, then known as New Amsterdam.

The most compelling part of the show covers the early 20th century when more than two million Eastern European Jews fled poverty and oppression, gravitating to the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

The way they assimilated, yet managed to permeate American culture, is simply amazing.

Good, mind-filling stuff.