Monday, Sept. 12
6 p.m. “Monster House”
A family wants a house that looks like a ghost town. It’s a great decorating scheme if you want to skip the bother of dusting, but you have to watch you don’t trip over a cow skull or broken wagon wheel in the middle of the night. Discovery Channel
6 p.m. “Mommie Dearest”
Faye Dunaway plays Joan Crawford in the film that launched a thousand drag queen careers. (1981) Oxygen
7 p.m. “Fear Factor”
Competitors in tonight’s episode are all newlyweds. They’re pretty easy to scare. They haven’t had kids yet. NBC
8 p.m. “See Arnold Run”
A fond look back at Arnold Schwarzenegger’s historic run for governor and how he overcame charges of womanizing, reports of earlier drug use and other moral offenses that only seem to be a problem if you’re a democrat. (2005) Biography Channel
8 p.m. “Wife Swap”
The season premiere takes us into a new selection of moms transplanted into new families. This is the second season, so the producers will be pushing the envelope. The paraplegic mom taking care of the acrobat kids is sure to be a hoot. ABC
9:30 p.m. “Grandmother, Hitler and I”
Don’t worry, this is a documentary about a filmmaker confronting his grandmother’s Nazi leanings. It’s not some new Fox sitcom. Sundance Channel