TV tonight: 'Dancing with the Stars' and 'Castle'

Mike Hughes | TV America

This was almost a perfect confluence: Debi Mazar would dance on "Stars," then act on "Castle."

Alas, she was eliminated from "Stars" two weeks ago, at the same time that Tom DeLay dropped out with an injury. They were a week ahead of fighting champion Chuck Liddell's elimination.

Now Mazar guests as Castle's agent, bringing him a tempting offer. If he accepts, this case - a body found in a manhole - will be his final one with Kate Beckett; we're guessing he says no.

Explore history of garment district

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE II: "Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags" (2009), 9 p.m., HBO.

For a century, New York's "garment district" was a powerful force, the city's leading employer.

After a 1911 fire killed workers locked inside a factory, the district became the center of union and reform movements. Workers found middle-class wages; their children became doctors and lawyers.

Then it all collapsed with globalization. In 1965, 95 percent of American clothing was made in the U.S.; that went to 70 percent in 1985 and 5 percent today. Even high-end clothing is often made overseas, under brutal conditions.

"Schmatta" (a Yiddish term for rags) skillfully mixes gentle nostalgia and rage over a world in which a few big corporations control a once-vibrant field.

Other choices

• "House," 8 p.m., Fox. The team argues about helping a man who shows no symptoms, but has a family history of heart-attack deaths at age 40.

• "Rain Man" (1988), 8-11 p.m., AMC. Here's one of the great movies, alternately funny and moving. Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise are perfect as a savant and his overwrought brother. The film won well-deserved Oscars for Hoffman and for best picture, director and script.

• "Latin Music USA" conclusion, 9-11 p.m., PBS. The first hour views the surge of Mexican-American music in the first half of the 20th century. The second has the emergence of superstars - Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and now Shakira - mixing Latino traditions with pop sounds.

• "Two and a Half Men," 9 p.m., CBS. Jake rebels after being embarrassed by his dad and uncle.

• "Greek," 9 p.m., ABC Family. Having plunged from its top-sorority status, ZBZ tries drastic steps. Meanwhile, Calvin and Evan brace for telling the world they are, respectively, gay and broke. The best moments in this so-so episode, however, involve Cappie and Lana (Olivia Munn), the hot townie. Rusty is impressed because the two are so much alike ... but is that a good thing?

• "The Big Bang Theory," 9:30 p.m., CBS. Wil Wheaton, of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," plays himself. Sheldon, alas, has a grudge against him.

• "Million Dollar Listing," 10 p.m., Bravo. The housing bubble has burst on rich people, too, it seems. Tonight's hour incudes someone receiving an offer that's $1.6 million below the original listed price. It's interesting, but almost painful to watch.