What to Watch on TV Tonight, Thursday January 26, 2012

A Gifted Man (Premiere) 8pm, TEN
After the ghost of Michael’s ex-wife visits him from the afterlife and asks him to help continue running her low income clinic, he finds himself rushing back and forth between taking care of his own patients at Holt Neuro and her less fortunate patients at the clinic.

Adam Hills: Inflatable, 8.33pm, ABC
Live on stage at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre in 2010, Adam celebrated his 21st year of stand-up comedy and his 40th birthday by performing for an audience filled with his fans – and fanatics.

Stand Up Australia Day,The Comedy Channel, 3.30pm to 11.30pm
3.30pm Jimeoin on Ice
4.30pm Wayne Brady Live Does Australia
5.30pm Fiona O’Loughlin Live
6.30pm The Umbilical Brothers Don’t Explain
7.30pm Strassman Get Chuck’d Tour
8.30pm Carl Barron Walking Down the Street
9.30pm Akmal Live and Uncensored
10.30pm Arj Barker Forever

Law & Order: S.V.U.(Return) 9pm and 10pm, TEN
In episode 1 – An African immigrant working as a maid accuses an Italian diplomat of rape, but is she really in it just for the money? In episode 2 the SVU investigates an accusation that a revered high school basketball coach sexually abused his players.

Modern Slavery, 8.35pm, SBS TWO
Slavery exists despite the fact that it is illegal everywhere. In this three-part series, meet slaves from Uganda, India, Moldova, Cambodia and France. Why does slavery still exist and what will it take to finally get rid of it?

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