OK, I don’t always make the call. Back when “Moment of Truth” (7 p.m., Fox) debuted, I figured, and predicted, it would fail. Mean-spirited game shows have a spotty track record. But the transparently sleazy “Moment” seems to speak to a contemporary impulse. It clearly attracts a breed of exhibitionist who will do, and more to the point, say anything if that will ensure a moment or two on television. This is hardly a new trend, but it appears to be fueled by the Facebook/MySpace phenomenon, the curious combination of narcissism and networking, the need to connect while at the same time talking only about yourself.

¢ The series “Secret Lives of Women” (9 p.m., WE) looks at women who cross the line between obsessive behavior and criminal stalking. Two of the more notable examples include Lisa Nowak, the notorious former astronaut, and Amy Fisher, who shot the wife of her mechanic lover and inspired one of the most frantic news cycles of all time.

There was a time, not that long ago, when the Nowak story would have already been turned into a made-for-TV movie. There have been news reports of options bought, but where’s the movie?

Back in the day, we didn’t need reality television. We depended on the tabloid media to entertain us and for the networks to seize upon the most delicious, ridiculous and sleazy true-life stories and turn them into made-for-TV movies. This trend reached an apotheosis of sorts in the winter of 1992-1993, when the Joey, Mary Jo Buttafuoco and Amy Fisher love triangle inspired not one, not two, but three network movies, including “Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story” (8 p.m., Lifetime), starring Alyssa Milano as Amy Fisher.

Drew Barrymore and Noelle Parker starred in the rival network Fisher movies that all aired within a week of each other and got great ratings. Believe it or not, not one of them aired on Fox!

¢ “48 Hours” (9 p.m., CBS) reports on the mysterious world of polygamy. And not a minute too soon. I’ve got questions. Just what is the connection between renegade religious sects and those “Star Trek” hairdos? And what biblical injunction dictates that women must dress like extras from “Little House on the Prairie”?

¢ DVDs available today include “Absolutely Fabulous: The Absolutely Everything” collection and the anniversary edition of the miniseries “Holocaust.”

Tonight’s other highlights

¢ The miniseries adaptation of Michael Crichton’s “The Andromeda Strain” (8 p.m., A&E), starring Eric McCormack, Benjamin Bratt, Rick Schroder and Andre Braugher, concludes. A repeat of part 1 (6 p.m.) precedes this finale.

¢ On two episodes of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC), Cynthia Nixon guest stars (9 p.m.), lost in Second Life (10 p.m.).

¢ Alan’s client wants to cross the line on “Boston Legal” (9 p.m., ABC).

¢ “Frontline/World” (8 p.m., PBS) examines human trafficking on the border with Mexico and its corrupting effects on federal agents.

¢ The daughter of two survivors of the Cambodian genocide of the late 1970s returns with her parents to their homeland in the gripping film “New Year Baby” on “Independent Lens” (9 p.m., PBS).