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next week 8/31

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New and notable in the week ahead… procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • CMA Music Festival (ABC, 8pm) – Do Kenny Chesney and Taylor Swift make you want to tune in?
  • Greek (ABCFam, 9pm) Season Premiere – So glad to be heading back to school and not just for another chance for Casey and Cappie, you know his rejection won’t last for long.
  • Ultimate Cake Off (TLC, 10pm) – Arg, let the pastry chef’s bake off in the cake off with a pirate theme.

Tuesday

  • Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – How bizarre will first stop Cuba be?
  • Rehab (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – I don’t know if this party at the Hard Rock hotel has anything to do with actual rehab.
  • Surviving Disaster (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – Will watching this show make me feel more or less fearful?

Wednesday

  • CBS Fall Preview (CBS, 8:30pm) – The cast of How I Met Your Mother hosts the display of what’s to come.
  • Glee (Fox, 9pm) – In case you missed the pilot at the end of last season tune in tonight (or tomorrow) to prepare for the season to come.

Thursday

  • Football (Fox, 7pm) – Tonight is repeatapalooza unless you want to watch some exhibition football.

Friday

  • Eureka (Syfy, 11pm) – In case you missed the start of this amusing show, you can tune in for the pilot and some marathon action to catch up.

Saturday

  • At the Movies (ABC, 6:30pm*) Season Premiere – The balcony is open again but this season former guest hosts NY Times AO Scott joins Chicago Tribune’s Michael Phillips as new regulars.

Sunday

  • Tennis (Sat/Sun, CBS, 8am) – The US Open kicks off on Monday but moves from ESPN2 to network for the Labor Day weekend, will it be favorites Federer and Serena?

*Check your local listings.

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next week 8/24

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New and notable in the week ahead… procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • Make it or Break it (ABCFam, 11am) – If you missed this new series, and not by choice, they’re doing a marathon leading up to the finale.
  • The Rachel Zoe Project (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Have to admit that I like fashion but I’d rather look at the outfits she puts together than hear her speak.

Tuesday

  • Frankie & Neffe (BET, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Mother and sister of Keyshia Cole try to make it on their own, sort of.
  • Saving Grace (TNT, 11pm) – For those of you who accidently had your tivos set to only save five episodes the first of season 3 starts in again.

Wednesday

  • Crash Course (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Dan Cortese and Orlando Jones host this latest reality competition, this one has pair driving.

Thursday

  • Marked (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – Exploring the history of the tattoo.
  • Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory/Bully Beatdown/Nitro Circus/Pranked (MTV, 9/9:30/10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Skate dudes, pros fight bullies, motor cross dudes, and pranks from the web.

Friday

  • CMT Comedy Stage Presents Terry Fator (CMT, 10pm) – Desperate for something to note, there is a comedian I’ve never heard of on a channel I’ve never watched, live from Las Vegas.

Saturday

  • Beach Volleyball (NBC, Sat/Sun, 11:30am) – The men bring it from Chicago on Saturday and the women return on Sunday.
  • The 25th Anniversary of Wrestlemania (NBC, 9pm) – Mickey Rourke makes a guest appearance as they look back on lots of wrestly goodness.
  • 24/7 (HBO, 10:15pm) Season Premiere – Marquez and Mayweather work it out.

Sunday

  • Fox Fall Preview (Fox, 4pm) – What will be the faves next season?
  • CW Fall 2009 Preview Special (CW, 6:30pm) – Laura Leighton and Thomas Callabro talk about all things fall including of course Melrose Place.
  • Daytime Emmy Awards (CW, 7/8pm) – First the stars arrive and then Vanessa Williams hosts the show with Sesame Street getting a lifetime achievement award.
  • NBC Primetime Preview (NBC, 8:30pm) – Can you say Leno at 10, I bet they can.
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next week 8/17

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New and notable in the week ahead… procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • Glen Martin DDS (Nick, 8pm) Series Premiere – Animated Kevin Nealon takes his family cross country technology free style.
  • Top Gear (BBCA, 8pm) Season Premiere – Something about cars…
  • Hoarders (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – The latest in the issues examination.

Tuesday

  • Shaq vs (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Can Shaq compete in sports outside of basketball, we’ll see as he first takes to the football field.
  • The Universe (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – More looking into the, well the universe.
  • Flipping Out (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Remodeling, flipping, whatever.
  • The Jon Dore Television Show (IFC, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s a talk show or something.
  • Masters of Reception (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Putting on a wedding reception with cats and murals and who knows what else.
  • The Secret Lives of Women (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season stars with women who have children who have murdered.
  • House of Jazmin (MTV, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Wedding planners get busy in front of the cameras.

Wednesday

  • Bobb’e Says/Dude, What Would Happen (Cart, 8pm) Series Premiere – I don’t think I need to bother describing things on the Cartoon Network.
  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Not sure what happens when they catch them.
  • Top Chef (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – More chefs grab knives in Vegas.
  • Black Gold (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere

Thursday

  • Project Runway (Life, 8/10pm) Season Premiere – We’ll see how much the new network shakes things up as some of the past designers return for al all star challenge followed by the season premiere.
  • Models of the Runway (Life, 11pm) Series Premiere – A look at the ladies who work it in the lastest fashion challenges.

Friday

  • Jockeys (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – There’s no job reality can’t follow.
  • Making Over America with Trinny and Susannah (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – The original Brits of What Not to Wear kick it American style.

Saturday

  • Country Fried Home Videos/All Jacked Up (CMT, 8/8:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – Videos and then extreme sports.
  • Extreme Bodies (Disc, 9/10pm) Series Premiere – First tall, then short.

Sunday

  • Miss Universe Pageant (NBC, 9pm) – The ladies from all over the Universe challenge each other to a walking the runway competition.
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next week 8/10

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New and notable in the week ahead… procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • Teen Choice Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, High School Musical… I am too old to enjoy this.
  • Lords of the Revolution (VH1, 8pm) Series Premiere – The 60s and 70s had a new series worth of icons to profile starting with Muhammad Ali.

Tuesday

  • Swords (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – Another take on reality shows following jobs, this time swordfish fishermen.
  • Daddy’s Girls (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – More family reality.
  • Primetime (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at the dude who you’ll see on Into the Pride starting Thursday.

Wednesday

  • Man vs. Wild (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Arctic Circle anyone?
  • Criss Angel: Mindfreak (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – I’m still not sure I’d want the word freak in the title of my show.
  • Dinner Impossible (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – This one’s called ‘Roller Derby Debacle.’
  • Hard Knocks Training Camp (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Checking in on training camp with the Cincinnati Bengals

Thursday

  • Into the Pride (AnPl, 8/9pm) Series Premiere – The dude with lions in Namibia that you could learn about Tuesday on Primetime.
  • American Loggers (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Freezing temperatures can throw a wrench into the system.

Friday

  • Neil Diamond (CBS, 8pm) – Hot August night…

Saturday

  • Alli Dew Tour (NBC, Sat/Sun, 1pm) – The action sports hit Portland for the Wendy’s Invitational.
  • Househusbands of Hollywood (FRC, 9pm) Series Premiere – So a couple of  ‘celebrities’ have husbands who are now making money for not making money I think.

Sunday

  • Kourtney & Khloe/Reality Hell (E!, 10/10:45pm) Series Premieres – More reality…
  • Mad Men (AMC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I may just start watching this series, time to dust of the netflix.
  • My Antonio (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Antonio Sabato Jr is the latest to attempt to pretend to find true love with a gaggle of girls.
  • P. Diddy’s Starmaker (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Fourteen aspiring competitors try to survive to be made into a star.
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next week 8/3

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New and notable in the week ahead… procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • Sugarland (ABC, 8pm) – Concerts on tv, it’s like a video but longer.
  • Real Chance of Love (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – More dating fun.
  • Sex in the Ancient World/Clash of the Gods (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – Very risqué for the history channel, and then a look at the myths.
  • Diners, Drive-ins & Dives (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – More food to be had.
  • Ultimate Cake Off (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – First its cakes for Shark Summer.

Tuesday

  • Big Ideas for a Small Planet (Sund, 8pm) Season Premiere – This season starts with music.

Wednesday

  • Giuliana & Bill (Style, 9pm) Series Premiere – Reality star and entertainment reporter, a match made in tv heaven.
  • How’d You Get So Rich/Make My Day (TVL, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – First we look at rich folks, then they make good things happen to unsuspecting folks.
  • Man v Food (Trav, 10pm) Season Premiere – A dude faces some tough food, big, spicy, other.

Thursday

  • Police Women of Broward County (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Real life lady cops do cop business.
  • Skins (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – These Brit teens are still pushing it to the edge.

Friday

  • Monk/Psych (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Will Monk get uncrazy in his final season, maybe not, so we’ll tune in for his crime solving and may stick around for a fake psychic chaser.
  • Chefs vs City (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another cooking show.

Saturday

  • Beach Volleyball (NBC, Sat/Sun, 1:30pm) – The AVP Crocs tour hits Hermosa Beach and non network television.
  • Split Ends (Style, 9pm) Season Premiere – Hair cutting salon swap style.

Sunday

  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Reege is back in primetime.
  • America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – More crews with more dancin’.
  • Shark Tank (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – More idea pitching.
  • There Goes the Neighborhood (CBS, 9pm) Series Premiere – I think this is like big brother but with more than one house and hopefully less annoying.
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