Gas is cheap, cats are fighting, and the leaves on the palm trees are maintaining their color. It's fall! WATCH The Real Housewives of Atlanta [10 PM, Bravo] - If Anderson Cooper endorses it, you know it's kosh. Tonight, AC's favorite housewife, NeNe, pushes ahead in her child's paternity case, hoping for a DNA test. DeShawn hosts a BBQ and Sheree and Kim take a boating trip. It wouldn't be a full episode without a lavish party, so Sheree throws a soiree to promote her clothing line.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno [11:35 PM, NBC] - Senator John McCain returns to the public eye as he sits down with Jay Leno to discuss the election results. One assumes he'll be jovial and frank in tonight's interview, though he probably won't give the honest answers to the Palin questions. The reunited Kaiser Chiefs are also on the program. We predict a — ratings win for Leno. TiVo True Life [8 PM, MTV] - Teenagers struggle to survive in long-distance romantic relationships. We all went through this at one point or another: long nights on the kitchen phone curled up next to the fridge, handwritten letters & poems, mailing boxes full of stubs from movies we went to alone to significant others who didn't even mention our relationship to their friends in Omaha. Pretty universal.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [10 PM, NBC] - Double-threat Jesse McCartney guest-stars in tonight's episode that involves a chastity club, a pregnancy pact and a murder. Ripped from June's headlines, look for Jesse to make a play for another Emmy nom (he received one back in the day on All My Children). KILL Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door [9 PM, Hallmark] - Patty Duke and Shelley Long star as feuding, overbearing moms trying to prevent their adult children (Crystal Allen and Ken Marino) from dating. The State-alumnus and Wet Hot American Summer heartthrob Marino must have needed a new pool.

Because I Said So [8:15 PM, Cinemax] - Speaking of overbearing mothers tampering in their children's love lives, avoid Cinemax (now called, affectionately, MAX) between 8:15 and 10 PM. Diane Keaton's character tries to match up her youngest daughter (Mandy Moore) with a guy who is too-financially-stable-to-be-true while she's attracted to the musician single father. Been there.