Thursday’s TV Highlights

SERIES

Community: Jeff (Joel McHale) plans a surprise birthday party for Abed (Danny Pudi) with a “Pulp Fiction” theme, but Abed has his own plans for the evening — a restaurant outing that more closely resembles “My Dinner With Andre.” Yvette Nicole Brown also stars in this new episode (8 p.m. NBC).

American Idol: One contestant is eliminated in a results episode that features performances by Jennifer Hudson and Sugarland (8 p.m. Fox).

The Office: As the staff prepares to hold its first garage sale, Michael (Steve Carell) has decided to ask Holly (Amy Ryan) to marry him. John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson and Ed Helms also star in the new episode (9 p.m. NBC).

Grey’s Anatomy: Richard (James Pickens Jr.) steps up his efforts to get Adele (Loretta Devine) into Derek and Meredith’s (Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo) Alzheimer’s trial in this new episode (9 p.m. ABC).

SoCal Connected The magazine series investigates the L.A. City Housing Authority (9 p.m. KCET)

Parks and Recreation: In this new episode, Leslie (Amy Poehler) takes the department camping in this new episode (9:30 p.m. NBC).

Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force: In this new episode the search is on for a former boxing coach who spent 20 years working in the New Jersey Department of Corrections and is now a fugitive (10 p.m. A&E).

Jersey Shore: The roommates say goodbye on the season finale of the unscripted series (10 p.m. MTV).

The Hard Times of RJ Berger: The sitcom, about a geeky teen whose social position changed drastically for the better, returns for a new season (11 p.m. MTV).

SPORTS

College basketball: NCAA Regional semifinals: Connecticut vs. San Diego State (4 p.m. CBS); BYU vs. Florida (4:15 p.m. TBS); Arizona vs. Duke (6:30 p.m. CBS); Butler vs. Wisconsin (6:55 p.m. TBS).

Hockey: The Ducks visit the Nashville Predators (5 p.m. FS Prime); the San Jose Sharks visit the Kings (7:30 p.m. FSN).