Thursday’s Highlights: Bobby is reunited with his late wife on ‘Supernatural’

SERIES

Community: Pierce (Chevy Chase) is willing to do whatever it takes to reach a new level of ascension in his Buddhist church in this new episode (8 p.m. NBC).

The Vampire Diaries: Matt and Caroline (Zach Roerig, Candice Accola) are stunned by the return of his long-lost mother (Melinda Clarke) in this new episode (8 p.m. KTLA).

Grey’s Anatomy: Hunt (Kevin McKidd) is haunted by memories when Teddy (Kim Raver) asks him for help when a patient of hers wants to end her life (9 p.m. ABC).

30 Rock: Liz’s (Tina Fey) ex-boyfriend (Jason Sudeikis) returns with big news, and the show’s writers play a joke on Danny (Cheyenne Jackson), who gets a lesson in pulling pranks from Jack (Alec Baldwin) in this new episode (9:30 p.m. NBC).

The Marriage Ref: Jerry Seinfeld joins guests Kelly Ripa and Alec Baldwin on the celebrity panel in this new episode (10 p.m. NBC).

The Real Housewives of New York City: During Fashion Week, LuAnn makes a snide remark to Bethenny, who launches into a verbal attack in this new episode (10 p.m. Bravo).

Private Practice: A surrogate mother’s husband wants to take her off life support, but a judge overrules him, forcing the doctors to keep her alive until the fetuses are able to survive. Audra McDonald, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Chris Lowell and Tim Daly costar in the new episode (10 p.m. ABC).

MOVIES

Ordinary People: Director Robert Redford brings together an all-star cast to tell the poignant story of a family trying to endure after the death of a beloved son. Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland star in this 1980 drama (7 p.m. TCM).

SPORTS

Exhibition baseball: The Texas Rangers visit the Angels (1 p.m. FSN); the Milwaukee Brewers visit the Dodgers (1:05 p.m. FS Prime).

College basketball: NCAA Tournament regional semifinals: Washington vs. West Virginia (4 p.m. CBS); Cornell vs. Kentucky (6:30 p.m. CBS).

Hockey: The Kings visit the St. Louis Blues (5 p.m. FSN).

Pro basketball: The Clippers visit the Houston Rockets (5:30 p.m. FS Prime).