The overly cute supernatural legal comedy “Eli Stone” (9 p.m., ABC) wraps up its first season with the title character undergoing surgery to address the brain aneurysm behind his sounds and visions. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to see that ABC should pull the plug on this one. The network has loaded this season with medical maladies (“Samantha Who?”) and magical realism (“Pushing Daisies”). “Eli” is one “Stone” too many.

¢ Fans of “Lost” (7 p.m. and 8 p.m., ABC) have to settle for two enigmatic repeats this evening, with Sayid and Desmond exploring the secrets of the doomed freighter settled offshore and viewers learning the sad fate of Sun and Jin. Or is it their sad past? “Lost” returns with new episodes next Thursday.

Speaking of sad pasts, NBC can only recall the days when its Thursday-night programming was not overshadowed by repeats of “CSI” and “Without a Trace.” The network has since claimed that its more “sophisticated” fare has attracted an upscale audience. But last week’s return of “30 Rock” (7:30 p.m., NBC) featured a second episode about a fictional network show with a title based on pornographic innuendo. Tina Fey’s character also used scatological language suited to a grammar-school playground. If that’s sophistication, it’s no wonder so few viewers are tuning in.

Meanwhile, on “My Name Is Earl” (7 p.m., NBC), an item on Earl’s list makes Randy recall a moment from their shared drug-dealing past. “Earl”‘s subject matter and Joy’s frequently raunchy dialogue is clearly aimed at adults. So why does this series air at 7 p.m.?

¢ It’s been nearly a year since the final episode of “The Sopranos,” but reminders are everywhere. Before the writers’ strike, Edie Falco appeared on a three-episode arc on “30 Rock. ” She’s now working on a series for Showtime in which she’ll star as a headstrong New York nurse. Speaking of nurses, Aida Turturro, who played Tony’s sister Janice, will guest star on tonight’s “ER” (9 p.m., NBC). And did anybody see last Sunday’s “Simpsons,” in which Homer had a dream concerning his doddering father clearly based on the final scene between Tony Soprano and Christopher?

Other highlights

¢ Viewers get two chances to reel in three-episode mini-marathons of “Deadliest Catch” (7 p.m. and 11 p.m., Discovery).

¢ Most made-for-TV movies air once or twice and vanish, but the 1998 kid’s comedy “My Date with the President’s Daughter” (7 p.m., Disney) has appeared regularly over the past decade. Dabney Coleman, Will Friedle and Elisabeth Harnois star.

¢ Murder stalks a Go-Kart driver and lovers of fine cuisine on “CSI” (8 p.m., CBS).

¢ Michael becomes obsessed with the picture of a girl in an office-supply catalog on “The Office” (8 p.m., NBC).

¢ Pedestrians beware! “Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumbest Drivers” (8 p.m., TruTV).

¢ A private eye vanishes during a major investigation on “Without a Trace” (9 p.m., CBS).

¢ “Cities of the Underworld” (9 p.m., History) explores the subterranean passages beneath New York.

Cult choice

Robert DeNiro joins newcomers Cathy Moriarty and Joe Pesci in director Martin Scoresese’s 1980 masterpiece, “Raging Bull” (8 p.m., IFC).