The British are coming! The British are coming!
Two staples of British television invade prime time tonight.


A beloved hit in the United Kingdom, “Creature Comforts” (8 p.m., CBS) combines audio clips from on-the-street interviews with cute, stop-motion animal animation.

The combination is guaranteed to raise a smile, or at least a bemused titter.
“Creature” kicks off with one of its funnier, if less subtle, gags.
A male voice is heard trying to describe strains of tastes and smells in what we can only presume to be a glass of wine.

It sounds like a scene out of “Sideways.” But the cartoon reveals two dogs smelling a certain section of another dog as only dogs do, and the audio takes on an altogether different flavor.
In keeping with its British origins, “Creature” is consistently deadpan.

A female bird rattles off an exhaustive list of the doctors and therapists she’s seeing while her taciturn mate resp onds with downcast eyes.
A hound dog describes his ph i l osophy of lovemaking with the throwaway casual exactitude of a blues musician. Two bees, presumably long married, argue in thick Bronx accents.


Much like “The Office,” an oth er British comedy successfully imported here, “Creature” has a documentary feel about it.
There are few obvious punch lines. The feeling is more slice-of-life, or in this case, slice-of-clay.

“Creature Comforts” is made by Nick Park and Aardman Animations Ltd., the folks behind the “Wallace Gromit” features.
bull;Hosted by epithet-spewing British chef Gordon Ramsay, “Hell’s Kitchen” (9 p.

m., Fox) enters its third summer season.
Twelve experienced chefs com pete for a $250,000 prize and the chance to run a swank eatery in a desert gambling resort.


“Inside the Taliban” (9 p.m., National Geographic) presents a two-hour look at the extremists who took over Afghanistan and who provided a safe haven for Al Qaeda in the years leading up to the Sept.

11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Six years after its ouster from power, the Taliban is back and more resilient than ever, according to the program.
“Inside” includes footage of Taliban methods with tribal lead ers and ordinary Afghan citizens, as well as interviews with CIA veterans of the war against the Taliban and Pakistani leaders past and present who discuss their nation’s delicate dance with extremist terror groups.


bull;“On the Lot” (8 p.m., Fox).

Contestants submit their films.
bull;“Oil, Sweat and Rigs” (8 p.m.

, Discovery). A new worker discovers why platform installation is the most dangerous job in the industry.
bull;“CSI: Miami” (10 p.

m., CBS, r, TV-14,V). After her ex’s death, Natalia falls under suspicion.


bull;“The Riches” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

Tensions mount on the season finale.
bull;“Diva” (8 p.m.

, Flix). Criminals stop at nothing to steal a secret tape of an opera performance in the 1982 French thriller.
bull;“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (11 p.

m., Comedy Central). Rep.

Ron Paul, a Texas Republican, is scheduled.
bull;“Late Show with David Letterman” (11:35 p.m.

, CBS). Dario Franchitti, Matt Damon and Bright Eyes are guests.
bull;“The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.

m., NBC). Jay Leno hosts Jessica Alba, Seth Rogen and Lucinda Williams.


bull;“Jimmy Kimmel Live” (12:05 a.m., ABC).

Eva Longoria, Frank Vincent and Macy Gray are booked.
bull;“Late Night with Conan O’ Brien” (12:35 a.m.

, NBC). Paul Ru dd, Elisha Cuthbert and Kings of Leon are scheduled.
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