They’re tacky, out of fashion, uncool and irresistible. They’re the “101 Guiltiest Guilty Pleasures” (8 p.m., E!), coming your way every night this week.

The term “guilty pleasure” has a proud pop-culture pedigree. Some decades back, cult director John Waters wrote a column in Film Comment celebrating cast-off movies by William Castle and Douglas Sirk, and Liz Taylor/Richard Burton bombs like “Boom,” as cultural touchstones. And many of these dreadful movies had a great deal more cultural resonance than big hits or well-reviewed “classics.”

¢ On a similar note, “Stars’ First Jobs” (8 p.m., TV Guide) asks celebrities to return to their first place of employment and work for a day. Hosted by Melissa Rivers, “Jobs” will follow Chandra Wilson (“Grey’s Anatomy”) as she scoops ice cream at a Baskin Robbins outlet and rap star Coolio as he wields a chain saw and toils for the California Conservation Corps. Has Rivers ever held a “real” job? Inquiring minds want to know.

¢ “Great Performances” (9 p.m., PBS) presents the 1967 “Jewels,” with choreography by George Balanchine and featuring music by Faure, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky.

Tonight’s other highlights

¢ Michael and Lincoln hatch another scheme on “Prison Break” (7 p.m., Fox).

¢ Items with rumors of resonance are evaluated on “History Detectives” (8 p.m., PBS).

¢ The FBI expands the scope of the search on “Vanished” (9 p.m., Fox).

¢ On two episodes of “Medium” (NBC, Allison empathizes with an accused killer (8 p.m.), after reporting a haunted house, a woman departs this world (9 p.m.).