Monday’s Highlights

SERIES

Fight Science: This new series premieres with a look at a highly trained Special Operations Force, whose members are pushed to their physiological and psychological breaking points (7 and 10 p.m. National Geographic).

How I Met Your Mother: Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) is having a great week, but his friends haven’t been so lucky. Sportscaster Jim Nantz and New York Yankee Nick Swisher guest star as themselves in this new episode (8 p.m. CBS).

Chuck: Kristin Kreuk guest stars as Hannah, a new addition to the Nerd Herd. Joshua Gomez, Scott Krinsky, Vik Sahay and Adam Baldwin also star in this new episode (8 p.m. NBC).

House: While the team rushes to treat an ailing college football star, Foreman’s brother (Orlando Jones) visits (8 p.m. Fox).

Antiques Roadshow: In Atlantic City, N.J., experts evaluate Enrico Caruso memorabilia (8 p.m. KCET).

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Drag queens compete to be the last contestant standing in the season premiere (9 p.m. Logo).

For the Love of Ray J: Ray takes each of the women away for a private overnight date on the season finale (9 p.m. VH1).

The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon tries to figure out the answer to a physics problem by working with Penny in this new episode (9:30 p.m. CBS).

Greek: When the ZBZs discover that their candle caused the Gamma Psi fire, Casey (Spencer Grammer) is overwhelmed by guilt, and the sorority’s future is in jeopardy in this new episode (10 p.m. ABC Family).

Motor City Motors: The brothers attempt to turn a vintage Air Stream trailer into a hovercraft (10 p.m. Discovery).

Worst Cooks in America: A winner is declared in this new episode (10 p.m. Food).

Ultimate Cake Off: This new series premieres with three cake decorators competing to show their creations at a winter wedding (10 p.m. TLC).

Men of a Certain Age: Joe’s (Ray Romano) bookie finds out he used to be a professional golfer and now wants to use him in a hustle. Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher also star (10 p.m. TNT).

SPECIALS

BET Honors 2010: Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Ruth J. Simmons and Keith L. Black are honored for contributions to their respective fields. Gabrielle Union hosts, from the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. (9 p.m. BET).

Before There Were Parks: Yellowstone and Glacier Through Native Eyes: This new special looks at the national parks from modern indigenous perspectives (10:30 p.m. KCET).

MOVIES

The Way We Were: Unrequited love is at the center of this Arthur Laurents story about a political activist (Barbra Streisand) and a clean-cut military man (Robert Redford). Sydney Pollack directed this 1973 drama (3 p.m. TCM). Streisand also stars in “Funny Girl,” the 1968 version of the stage hit about singer and comic Fanny Brice (5 p.m. TCM).

SPORTS

Pro basketball: The Lakers visit the Memphis Grizzlies (5 p.m. KCAL).