Downward mobility, Hollywood-style

How do you go from “Charles in Charge” to overcharged? From “Eight is Enough” to not having enough to avoid foreclosure? From minor celebrity to major drug addict? “Broke and Famous” (9 p.m., VH1), offers a profile of actor Willie Aames, a teen star of the 1970s and ’80s who bottomed out after stabs at rehab and born-again Christianity.

Aames’ case came to media attention when he held an estate/yard sale last spring to raise money to save his house. Aames is also a veteran of “Celebrity Fit Club” numbers 2 and 6, and the co-author of “Grace is Enough,” with his ex-wife Maylo Upton-Aames. Shortly before attempting suicide last Thanksgiving, Aames had been acting in a series of religious videos called “Bibleman.”

• Economic hard times have even furrowed the Botox-injected brows on the orange faces of the “Real Housewives of Orange County” (9 p.m., Bravo) entering its fifth season of bickering, shopping and contrived fights between eerily similar-looking women. With the real estate market in the tank, one mother has to tighten her belt, but she doesn’t have a clue. She’s reduced to taking financial advice from her 16-year-old, who is remarkably practical, considering his upbringing.

• How do you top going to Hell? OK, that’s a weird question, but we’re talking about “Supernatural” (8 p.m., CW), a place where brothers Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) deal with demons all the time.

This week, an evil nemesis named The Trickster (Richard Speight Jr.) dooms the boys to an inferno of re-runs in a TV-themed hell, where they have to endure the scripted shenanigans of a sexed-up medical soap opera, a Japanese game show, a “CSI” type drama and a sitcom. The boys think they can escape by just playing along, until Castiel (Misha Collins) warns them that their thespian attempts may doom them to an eternity of typecasting.

• Turner Classic Movies celebrates what would have been the 80th birthday of actress Grace Kelly with a monthlong salute, airing Kelly films every Thursday night, beginning this evening with “Fourteen Hours” (7 p.m., TCM), “High Noon” (9 p.m.) and “Mogambo” (10:30 p.m.).

• The syndicated fantasy series “Legend of the Seeker” moves to the Syfy network for the evening with a marathon of episodes from the first season, running between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. The second season begins in syndication this weekend. Check local listings.

Tonight’s other highlights

• Aaron meets a friend of his late daughter’s on “FlashForward” (7 p.m., ABC).

• “Latin Grammy Awards” (7 p.m., Univision) air live from Las Vegas.

• Jim and Pam agree to a dreaded double date on “The Office” (8 p.m., NBC).

• Two random crimes share a common thread on “CSI” (8 p.m., CBS).

• New information emerges about Boyles on “Fringe” (8 p.m., Fox)

• The staff does not react well to auditions for a new cast member on “30 Rock” (8:30 p.m., NBC).

• Jane shares insights from his prison cell on “The Mentalist” (9 p.m., CBS).

• Heidi Klum hosts “Project Runway” (9 p.m., Lifetime).

• The gang hatches a merchandising scheme on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (9 p.m., FX).