Add "The Tomorrow People" (9 p.m., CW,  TV-14) to the growing

list of shows about special people with superpowers.

Not unlike the once-popular "Heroes," this comic book drama also plays, rather disturb-

ingly, on the thin line between mental illness and genius.

Stephen Jameson (Robbie Amell) is just your average high school student (who looks 28) who has to be heavily medicated to keep voices from entering his head. Lately, he's had to strap himself in bed at night because he's been known to wake up in strange places. Soon we're told Stephen isn't disturbed. He's one of the Tomorrow People, who can read each other's minds, pop from one physical location to another and move stuff and other people around with their brainpower.

Stephen learns all of this from a band of similarly gifted types: John (Luke Mitchell), Cara (Peyton List) and Russell (Aaron Yoo). They inform him that the father who abandoned him and his mother was not a schizophrenic drifter, but the leader of their kind -- an especially gifted one who may have passed on his traits to Stephen. We also learn that a super-secret government force named Ultra, led by Dr. Jedikiah Price (Mark Pellegrino), is out to capture all of the Tomorrow People and wipe them out. Or at least that's what Stephen's new friends tell him.

Jedikiah sees Ultra as the only way to keep a potentially dangerous "master race" from threatening mankind.

While clearly derivative, "The Tomorrow People"

presents a tight little narrative. Long considered mentally ill, Stephen discovers a new "reality" that makes him sound like a paranoid schizophrenic every time he explains it. Like Stephen, the audience can't help but feel conflicted.

Are we on the side of mankind? Or the new, potentially destructive group we've only just discovered? And will Stephen suddenly shift his alleg-

iance to a father he's long resented? What's a Tomorrow Person to do?

All of this takes place in a strange New York, shot on

location but spliced together to create an unrecognizable geography. And every time Stephen catches a subway car, it's empty! Now that's supernatural.

---Much of the "American Horror Story" (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA) ensemble cast, including Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Frances Conroy, Taissa Farmiga and Lily Rabe, returns for "Coven," set in a New

Orleans boarding school.


---Oliver returns on "Arrow" (8 p.m., CW, TV-14).


---Rachel feels overextended on "Revolution" (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

---Groves' testimony lands him in the psych ward on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

---Cam's sister visits on "Modern Family" (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

---"NOVA" (9 p.m., PBS) recalls last October's Superstorm Sandy.

---Off to Italy on "American Pickers" (9 p.m. and 10 p.m., History, TV-PG).

---"Beyond the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman" (9 p.m., Science, TV-PG) looks at advances in brain preservation.

---DirecTV offers its viewers an exclusive look at its 10-episode drama "Full Circle" (9 p.m., Audience Network) from screenwriter Neil LaBute.

---A nightclub fire claims four lives on "CSI" (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

---Witnesses provide conflicting testimony on "Ironside" (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

---Juliette performs for a very

private audience on "Nashville" (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

---Hornets attack on "Duck Dynasty" (10 p.m., A&E, TV-PG).


The 2007 shocker "Paranormal Activity" (8 p.m., FX, TV-14) uses very low-tech effects to evoke a

terrifying atmosphere.


---Sue works a part-time job on "The Middle" (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

---Terry plays matchmaker on "Back in the Game" (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

---A grim anniversary inspires sickos on "Criminal Minds" (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

---Kimmie tells a cyber fib on "Super Fun Night" (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).


---Michael Fassbender is scheduled on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (11 p.m., Comedy Central).

---Steve Martin, Edie Brickell and Leven Rambin appear on "Conan" (11 p.m., TBS, r).

---Jamie Kilstein and John

Fugelsang appear on "Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell" (11 p.m., FXX, r).

---Tom Hanks sits down on "The Colbert Report" (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central).

---Lucy Liu, Mark Jacobson and The Weeknd appear on "Late Show With David Letterman" (11:35 p.m., CBS).

---Jay Leno welcomes Whitney Cummings, Ann Romney and Lissie on "The Tonight Show" (11:35 p.m., NBC).

---Ethan Dizon, Skylan Brooks and Arctic Monkeys appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (11:35 p.m., ABC).

---Alan Rickman, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jeff Musial and Ylvis visit "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" (12:35 a.m., NBC).

---Craig Ferguson hosts Sean Hayes on "The Late Late Show" (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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