Years after its cancellation, “Homicide” still has a strong fan base — and with good reason. Now, three of the major talents behind that superior series, director Barry Levinson and writers Tom Fontana and James Yoshimura, present “The Jury” (8 p.m., Fox), premiering tonight.

Every episode will present a different crime from the perspective of the prosecution, the defense and through the eyes of the jury members themselves. While the actors playing the jury will change from hour to hour, the court officers and the prosecutor (Billy Burke) and defense attorney (Shalom Harlow) will return, as will the gruff Judge Horatio Hawthorne, played by producer Barry Levinson.

Every episode will conclude with a verdict. After the jury’s decision, viewers will get to see the fictional crime unfold as it “actually” happened, just to see how well and how fairly the jury decided. In a high-tech twist straight out of “American Idol,” wireless subscribers can text-message their assessment — “G” for “guilty” or “N” for “not guilty” — to the short code 36988 (FOXTV). The poll results will be revealed on air near the end of the episode, before the jury’s scripted verdict and the final scene revealing how the crime actually took place.

• Bravo offers “Blow Out” (8 p.m., Bravo) as the West Coast version of “The Restaurant.” The unscripted occupational documentary (hey, I’ve just coined an ugly new moniker for the genre!) “stars” Jonathan Antin, a talented Beverly Hills hairdresser who has sunk his life savings into a glamorous salon.

Reading Antin’s resume, you have to wonder where real life ends and fantasy begins. He freely admits that he’s based his whole career on Warren Beatty’s character in “Shampoo;” he attended Beverly Hills High and made his reputation wielding his scissors on “Melrose Place.” “Blow Out” is the series that dares to ask the question: Can you film a “reality” show in a city where everything is based on artifice?

Tonight’s other highlights

• The all-sports network celebrates its silver anniversary and glances back at the changes in sports over the last 25 years on “Then and Now” (6 p.m., ESPN), hosted by Dan Patrick.
• Comedian Jay Mohr hosts the two-hour second-season debut of “Last Comic Standing” (7 p.m., NBC).
• Mall madness on “Gilmore Girls” (7 p.m., WB).
• The firm faces a credit crunch on “The Guardian” (8 p.m., CBS).
• The Lakers host the Pistons in game 2 of the NBA finals (8 p.m., ABC).
• A gross-out DJ may lose child custody on “Judging Amy” (9 p.m., CBS).
• A toy tycoon becomes a suspect in a molestation case on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC).

Late night

Bette Midler appears on “Late Show with David Letterman” (10:35 p.m., CBS) … Jay Leno hosts Lindsay Lohan, Tom Papa and Wilson Phillips on “The Tonight Show” (10:35 p.m., NBC) … Tom Lennon appears on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:05 p.m., ABC).