Shows must be very good to have the word “bad” in the title. Otherwise critics just have it too easy. Unfortunately, “The Bad Girls Club” (9 p.m., Oxygen) is not good, interesting or original at all.

Created by the production team of Bunim-Murray, the folks behind “The Real World,” “Bad” takes place in a posh house filled with seven women ages 22 to 32 who all share “issues” that have prevented them from finding love, friendship and career success. They are, for the most part, self-absorbed, exhibitionist monsters. Only the most die-hard fan of the “Surreal Life” genre would want to submit to this grind for 22 episodes.

¢ “Married Away” (8 p.m., Style) offers another example of cable at its least original. Two very different couples plan extravagant weddings in posh locales. Along the way, family issues, cost overruns and emotional meltdowns ensue. To say this “Bridezilla” approach has been beaten to death is an understatement.

Given that Oxygen and Style reside at the more remote end of the cable spectrum, you’d think they would recognize the need for something fresh. Why should viewers hunt down these networks to watch something they’ve seen a thousand times before?

¢ TV-themed DVDs available today include “Saturday Night Live”: The Complete First Season. If you think you’ve seen every second of “SNL,” think again. Many of the retrospectives and clip shows they’ve replayed over the years emphasize the brilliance of the original cast of John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Lorraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris and Jane Curtin.

So it’s interesting to see that in the first half of the first season, the cast, or “Not Ready for Primetime Players,” as they were then called, were not the focus of the show. “SNL” begins as a musical showcase, putting emphasis on Paul Simon and Janis Ian.

This box set is a real time capsule, capturing the gritty cynicism of its era, with frequent jokes about New York as a murderous cesspool. One can feel the cultural and political exhaustion of the post-Vietnam era. “SNL” debuted only months after the fall of Saigon and scant weeks after two assassination attempts on President Gerald Ford.

But it’s most rewarding to watch the evolution of the show and the development of a new kind of comedy, one that reflected the sensibilities of a generation raised on television. As former cast member Al Franken recalls, the show began as a place for musical stars, but then “the cast became the stars.”

Tonight’s other highlights

¢ Lyla and Tim feel the heat on “Friday Night Lights” (7 p.m., NBC).

¢ Fred Astaire narrates the 1970 animated holiday special “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” (7 p.m., ABC).

¢ A returning soldier suffers a mysterious stroke on “3 lbs.” (8 p.m., CBS).

¢ Dan’s crunchy dad exhibits healing hands on “Big Day” (8 p.m., ABC).

¢ House’s ex (Sela Ward) returns in search of help for her husband on “House” (8 p.m., Fox).

¢ Models make it brief on “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” (9 p.m., CBS).

¢ Alan defends a mother’s rights on “Boston Legal” (9 p.m., ABC).