TV preview: 'Smash' is same, only different

NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt recently referred to "Smash" as "an unqualified success." Which was sort of surprising, given that he replaced the show's creator with a new show runner ("Gossip Girl" vet Josh Safran), dropped several characters, added others and changed the show's focus. "I can't qualify unqualified success," Greenblatt said. Sigh.

Watch • 8 p.m. Tuesday, Channel 5 The Week Ahead

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'How I Met Your Mother'

Barney finds a "Robin Sparkles" episode.

Watch • 7 p.m. Monday, Channel 2

'Rules of Engagement'

This horrid sitcom returns to the schedule.

Watch • 7:30 p.m. Monday, Channel 2

'American Idol'

Hollywood Week gets under way.

Watch • 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Channel 13

'CSI'

Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise of "CSI: NY") arrives in Las Vegas to find his missing girlfriend.

Watch • 9 p.m. Wednesday, Channel 2

'Community'

This cult-favorite sitcom returns.

Watch • 9 p.m. Wednesday, Channel 2 This Weekend

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'Spartacus: War of the Damned'

Spartacus tries to find food and shelter for his people while Crassus builds an army.

Watch • 10 p.m. Friday, Starz

'Blue Bloods'

A man covered in rat bites is thrown from a moving vehicle.

Watch • 9 p.m. Friday, Channel 2

Super Bowl XLVII

Baltimore Ravens vs. San Francisco 49ers

Watch • The kickoff is scheduled for 4:25 p.m. on Channel 2. Pregame programming begins at 9 a.m. Really.

'Elementary'

Sherlock works with an FBI profiler to catch an erratic criminal.

Watch • 8 p.m. Sunday, Channel 2

Masterpiece: 'Downton Abbey'

Their daughter's death may mean the end of Robert and Cora's marriage.

Watch • 8 p.m. Sunday, Channel 7