Blake Lively (THE CW)
Panning for gold. (AL GRILLO)
Tom Collichio and Padma. (David Giesbrecht/Bravo)
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Finding the moonstone
Elena (Nina Dobrev) takes matters into her own hands and offers a tempting incentive to Rose to help her. Rose later calls on Damon (Ian Somerhalder) to deal with Elena’s plan. Jeremy’s attempt to help Bonnie retrieve the moonstone forces Stefan (Paul Wesley) to put himself in danger. Tyler shows Caroline the Lockwood cellar, where she makes a discovery that leaves them both terrified.
* Vampire diaries
Thursday, 8 p.m., CW
Visiting hours
Chuck (Ed Westwick), Serena (Blake Lively), Blair (Leighton Meester), Dan (Penn Badgley), and Jenny (Taylor Momsen) find themselves faced with a crisis when a member of one of their families is hospitalized. Meanwhile, Nate (Chace Crawford) attempts to help his parents. Jessica Szohr, Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle also star.
* GOSSIP GIRL
Monday, 9 p.m., CW
‘Rush’ hour
Todd Hoffman of Sandy, Ore., leads a group of greenhorn miners to the wilds of Alaska on an adventure to save their families. The party of six risks everything to strike it rich mining for gold. While leasing a gold claim, Todd and his company face an impending winter that will halt operations.
* GOLD RUSH
Friday, 10 p.m., Discovery
New York ‘Top Chef’
They’re back and they’re ready to give cooking the old college try. “Top Chef” returns to New York and gathers a dream team of 18 past cheftestants who nearly won the title to return to see if they have what it takes. Padma Lakshmi is the host and the head judge is Tom Colicchio, alongside judges Gail Simmons and new this season, best-selling author and chef, Anthony Bourdain.
* TOP CHEF
Wednesday, 10 p.m., Bravo
Musical chairs
The guest-star merry-go-round that gave us Britney Spears and Gwyneth Paltrow features John Stamos. As New Directions heads to the big Sectionals to go head-to-head against the Warblers and the Hipsters, some of the young couples squabble. But Emma (Jayma Mays) and Carl (Stamos) grow closer.
* GLEE
Tuesday, 8 p.m., Fox