Never trust a guy in aviator glasses. That’s the first thing we learn in the made-for-TV thriller “Murder on Pleasant Drive” (8 p.m., Lifetime).

Kelli Williams (“The Practice”) stars as Deanna Whelan, a seemingly single mother from Indiana whose own high-spirited mother, Fran, embarks on a romance with John Smith (Adam Arkin), a down-to-earth engineer who seems a little on the dull side, but nice enough.

Deanna and her aunt, Sherrie (Amy Madigan), are shocked when John marries Fran and whisks her off to a new job and a new home in New Jersey. But she seems happy.

But only a year into the marriage, Fran vanishes without a trace.

At first, John reports that she’d gone off to visit Deanna and her aunt. But when she doesn’t show up in Indiana, they begin to worry. Days, weeks and months elapse, and Deanna and Sherrie begin to look into John’s buttoned-down life. What they find proves alarming.

The two women become amateur sleuths, prodding overextended and disinterested cops and finally the FBI to look into the secrets of their brother-in-law, that guy with the aviator glasses.

Arkin does a very good job here as Smith, a man who could be as plain as his name – or maybe not. His performance may remind some of Raymond Burr’s memorable turn in “Rear Window” as the myopic neighbor desperate to remain unnoticed.

¢ Leave it to “American Experience” (8 p.m., PBS) to celebrate a figure that both the National Organization of Women (NOW) and the National Rifle Assn. (NRA) can embrace.

“Annie Oakley” examines the private life and public legend of the girlish sharp shooter and star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.

Born Phoebe Ann Moses, she would spend much of her childhood in an orphanage or hired out to a foster family so cruel that she never uttered their names, calling them only “the Wolves.”

Her prowess with a shotgun allowed her to kill enough doves and small birds to sell to local grocers and pay off her family’s crushing mortgage. By 16, she was married to a rival marksman and off on the entertainment circuit.

“Annie Oakley” is at its best when exploring her role in the star-making machinery of pre-Hollywood America. Feminist scholars also explore the imagery of this petite gun-wielding female. And “Annie Oakley” reminds us that the “Wild West” was hardly settled before it was held captive by mythmakers who would turn it into America’s most enduring entertainment genre.

Tonight’s other highlights

¢ Michael begins the great escape on “Prison Break” (7 p.m., Fox).

¢ Illusionist David Blaine appears to hold his breath for a very, very long time on “David Blaine: Drowned Alive” (7 p.m., ABC).

¢ Simon’s wedding brings the family together on the series finale of “7th Heaven” (7 p.m., WB). Jessica Biel and Barry Watson return for the last episode of this long-running, G-rated family drama.

¢ Time for a tailgate party on “The Apprentice” (8 p.m., NBC).

¢ Logan thinks the unthinkable in his efforts to stymie Jack on “24” (8 p.m., Fox).

¢ A shocking development mars Horatio’s wedding day on “CSI: Miami” (9 p.m., CBS).

¢ Kelsey Grammer guest stars on “Medium” (9 p.m., NBC).

¢ Marjorie feels jealous on the finale of “What About Brian” (9 p.m., ABC).