Imagine you went to a party and met someone who could only talk about himself and his occupation. You might call that person boring. The same could be said of “Situation: Comedy” (7 p.m., Bravo).

Like “Project Greenlight,” “Situation” invites unknown writers to offer story ideas and scripts to producers and television professionals, including show creator Sean Hayes (“Will & Grace”). The hopefuls discuss their shows and gush about how lucky they are to appear on a show as cool as “Situation: Comedy.” And along the way, we see how producers and show runners whip a comedy from concept to script to finished pilot.

This is supposed to be fascinating, but it is not. After all, what other business is so obsessed with itself that it bores its potential customers with the nitty-gritty of its production process? When you go to a Chevy show room, the salesman doesn’t send you to a Dearborn factory and force you to watch an assembly line. I want to use my computer, but frankly I don’t care how it’s manufactured. And the folks at Apple, or Dell or wherever, are just fine with that.

The most irksome aspect to shows like “Situation” and “Greenlight” is their air of self-congratulation. “Greenlight” promised to open the filmmaking process to independents, but all it did was show us the meta-creation of three forgettable films. On “Situation,” Hayes says he wants to “save” TV comedy. Both shows reflect the creative bankruptcy of people who are so enamored of their own lives and business that they can’t conceive of anybody being interested in anything else.

Other highlights

¢ Parallel wives on “Trading Spouses” (7 p.m., Fox)

¢ A poisoned teen may be part of a trend on “House” (8 p.m., Fox)

¢ Antony and Octavius meet on the field of battle in the concluding episode of “Empire” (9 p.m., ABC)

¢ A daughter examines the darker side of her father’s rugged individualism in the documentary “The Self-Made Man” on “P.O.V.” (10 p.m., PBS)