It seems like only yesterday that Bravo was all but defined by “Inside the Actors Studio” (7 p.m., Bravo) and TV comedy was all but dominated by Dave Chappelle. Both return on the 200th episode of “Actors” when Chappelle acts as host and interviews James Lipton about his show and its 14 seasons.

Looks for clips galore, including unexpected dance moves and interviews with Tom Hanks, Sally Field and Mike Myers, among others.

¢ “The Soup Presents” (9 p.m., E!) begins a two-month roundup of the best and most memorable pop moments of 2008.

Tonight: the oddest women on reality television. Joel McHale hosts.

¢ “American Experience” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) offers a timely repeat of their 2003 offering “The Crash of 1929.” The similarities to recent events are striking and sobering.

The film includes interviews with older men who were just boys on the trading floor in 1929. They recall the day as if it were yesterday, shaking their heads and showing obvious pain. Several descendants of some of the more notable financiers of the 1920s recall a world of opulent wealth that vanished in an instant.

An entrepreneur put stock-ticker machines on ocean liners so passengers could play the market while crossing the Atlantic. When the crash occurred, hundreds of vacationers left England millionaires only to be penniless when the ship arrived in New York harbor.

The trajectory of events described in this excellent and entertaining history of 1929 sound like they could have been written during the last few years concerning the housing and stock markets. Or maybe the past few months.

Speculators project a near mystical aura of success, leading inexperienced investors to get in over their heads, driven by the sense that they are missing out on a sure thing and that the market will never decline. Declines in the “real” economy result in shaky days on Wall Street, followed by efforts of consortiums of lenders to pump up liquidity and confidence. This is followed by wild fluctuations. Terrifying declines beget spectacular recoveries. And on Oct. 29, 1929, the bottom falls out.

The film ends on New Year’s Eve 1929, with revelers celebrating the arrival of a new decade, unaware of the Depression to come.

Tonight’s other highlights

¢ Chuck lies to impress an old flame on “Chuck” (7 p.m., NBC).

¢ Down Mexico way on “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” (7 p.m., Fox.

¢ On two repeat episodes of “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” (Travel), Spain (7 p.m.), Argentina (9 p.m.).

¢ Wallace Shawn and Cyndi Lauper guest star on “Gossip Girl” (7 p.m., CW)

¢ Arizona hosts San Francisco on “Monday Night Football” (7:30 p.m., ESPN).

¢ Hiro tries to understand his foes’ motivations on “Heroes” (8 p.m., NBC).

¢ Michael is medicated on “Prison Break” (8 p.m., Fox).

¢ A lab prank proves explosive on “CSI: Miami” (9 p.m., CBS).

¢ Henry wakes up in one of Edward’s gun battles on “My Own Worst Enemy” (9 p.m., NBC).

¢ Jerry takes the stand in his own defense on “Boston Legal” (9 p.m., ABC).

Cult choice

Juvenile delinquents are stranded in a haunted house in the 1941 comedy “Spooks Run Wild” (3:45 a.m. Tuesday, TCM), starring Leo Gorcey and Bela Lugosi.