Former talk-show host Arsenio Hall lends his voice to “The Proud Family Movie” (7 p.m., Disney) as both the mad scientist, Dr. Carver, and aging soul singer Uncle Bobby. R&B artist Omarion guest stars as hip-hop sensation Fifteen Cent in this movie-length expansion of Disney’s “The Proud Family” series. Both Hall and Omarion perform original songs.

¢ “This is Spinal Tap” star Michael McKean provides the voice of harried film producer Mel Wax in the animated comedy series “Hopeless Pictures” (9 p.m., Independent Film Channel), part of a new hour-long comedy bloc.

Created by Bob Balaban and featuring the voices of Martin Mull, Jennifer Coolidge and Jonathan Katz, “Hopeless” will remind viewers of Katz’s earlier cartoon “Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist.”

¢ No good idea goes unpunished. Proof can be found on “Gene Simmons Rock School” (10 p.m., VH1). An unabashed imitation of Jack Black’s “School of Rock” movie, this Kiss-off lacks all of the spontaneity and joy of the original.

The throbbing tumor at the center of this creative cadaver is Mr. Simmons himself, a self-proclaimed rock god who is clearly too arrogant to consult either a mirror or a calendar. In “School,” Simmons acts as an instructor at a posh British prep school, where he promises to take a room of classically trained adolescents and prepare them to perform in front of 5,000 fans.

As in “School of Rock,” the kids are all right. They are polite and attentive and even manage to overcome their initial disdain for Simmons’ odious behavior. But it’s still too painful to watch the Kiss front man teach his young charges how to be “cool” and how to assume the proper “rock” pose. Rock, after all, is – or rather was – informed by a rebellion of the young against the old, and not the other way around.

Tonight’s other highlights

¢ Scheduled on “Dateline” (7 p.m., NBC): overweight teens attend a camp in the Sierras.

¢ Orlando Jones and Eddie Griffin star in the 2001 thriller “Double Take” (7 p.m., UPN).

¢ “Class of 1995” (7:30 p.m., CMT) surveys the country music highlights of that year, including hits by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride and Vince Gill.

¢ “You Write Better Than You Play” (7 p.m., ESPN Classics) profiles sports journalist Frank DeFord.