With the stale cologne of “The Bachelorette” competitors still hanging heavy in the air, Fox introduces the plus-size imitation “More to Love” (8 p.m., Fox). The only reason this XL-ove connection series is not getting sued by the maker of “The Bachelor” is that it is produced by Mike Fleiss, the maker of the “The Bachelor.”

The show’s “bachelor,” Luke Conley, has the beefy body of a former football player whose muscle mass has been tenderized by a few decades of too many cheeseburgers. He’s a handsome guy with a lot to hold on to.

The 20 women who arrive in limos to try to win Luke’s affections are similarly endowed in the avoirdupois department — some more than others.

What sets “More” apart from other “Bachelor” knockoffs is not the weight — but the desperation.

Some of the women can’t recount their life stories without crying. Others confess that they had never been on a date. Several more say they had never been asked on a second date. One confides that she would be afraid to go on a date out of fear that it was some cruel prank.

And, of course, at the end of every episode of “More to Love,” lucky Luke will have to reject some of these women — on camera.

Some may find this all “empowering,” but the whiff of emotional exploitation hangs heavy in the air. I know many watch “The Bachelor” for light escapism. But it’s hard to be transported to a land of love, hot tubs and candles when so much sadness lurks just beneath the surface.

• “Unforgettably Evil” (9 p.m., Starz) looks at the characters and creatures, men, monsters and machines that have been scaring moviegoers for decades. From that slimy thing in “Alien” to the cannibal in “Silence of the Lambs,” they have left an indelible impression on audiences and their nightmares.

I’m glad this special includes both “The Terminator” and “No Country for Old Men,” because I’ve long thought that the killer in that vastly overrated Coen brothers film was little more than the Terminator in a bad wig. But one film was considered mere sci-fi exploitation and the other, “art.” Richard Roeper hosts.

Tonight’s other highlights

• A winner is crowned on the season finale of “The Superstars” (7 p.m., ABC).

• Two episodes of “America’s Got Talent” (7 p.m. and 8 p.m., NBC).

• Frank talk on “10 Things I Hate About You” (7 p.m., ABC Family).

• Scheduled on “Nova ScienceNow” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings): making lunar clouds; ancient grains of salt; birds, brains and language.

• Storms put work on hold on “Deadliest Catch” (8 p.m., Discovery).

• Artie (Saul Rubinek) is kidnapped on “Warehouse 13” (8 p.m., SyFy).

• A ghost offers Allison eyewitness accounts of a murder on “The Mentalist” (9 p.m., CBS).

• Deep thoughts revealed on “The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose” (9 p.m., ABC).

• Tommy feels triangulated on “Rescue Me” (9 p.m., FX).

• A special school takes a different approach with the emotionally disturbed in the documentary “Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go” on “P.O.V.” (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings).

Cult choice

Kevin Costner’s career was one of the collateral damages of the 1995 epic mega-bomb “Waterworld” (7 p.m., Encore).