When A&E was founded as the “Arts & Entertainment” network, I wonder whether “Growing Up Gotti” (8:30 p.m., A&E) was what they had in mind. Clearly inspired by “The Osbournes,” the show offers viewers a glance at the daily travails of Victoria Gotti, a working single mother who just happens to be the daughter of John Gotti, allegedly the head of a New York crime family. It would never cross my mind to visit the sins of the father on Victoria, but the woman keeps pictures of the man all over her mansion. There’s even a copy of a tabloid in her bathroom reporting the news of his demise with the blaring headline “Dapper Don Dead.”

Since Victoria works as a columnist for Star magazine, we visit an editorial meeting of that august publication. She agrees to go on a blind date as research for a piece on celebrity matchmakers. Her date arrives in a limousine and is greeted with boorish derision by Victoria’s three sons. But at least one of them agrees to put on a shirt before shaking the man’s hand. The date is hard to describe, so I’ll lean on philosopher Thomas Hobbes’ most famous phrase and call it “nasty, brutish and short.” Much like “Growing Up Gotti.”

Tonight’s other highlights

• Tiger Woods and Hank Kuehne take on Phil Mickelson and John Daly in a professional golf match (7 p.m., ABC).
• Christopher MacDonald guest stars on “North Shore” (7 p.m., Fox).
• Debra cramps Ray’s style on the green on “Everybody Loves Raymond” (8 p.m., CBS).
• Down to four contenders on “For Love or Money” (8 p.m., NBC).
• As computer graphics project a virtual stadium, critters “compete” in Olympic events on “Animal Games” (8 p.m., Discovery).
• A killer storm leaves three dead in its wake on “CSI: Miami” (9 p.m., CBS).
• A winner emerges on the finale of “Who Wants to Marry My Dad?” (9 p.m., NBC).

Late night

Pamela Anderson and Al Franken find common ground on “Late Show with David Letterman” (10:35 p.m., CBS) … Jay Leno welcomes Brittany Murphy and Ron Reagan on “The Tonight Show” (10:35 p.m., NBC).