• Chuck/Heroes/My Own Worst Enemy (NBC, 8/9/10pm) Season Finales - Heroes is noted as fall finale and Enemy is leaving for good.
• Terminator (Fox, 8pm) Season Finale - Will anyone be terminated?
• I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Lucy and Linus’ brother ReRun kicks it up a notch for the holidays.
• Drama High (ABC, 9pm) – The making of high school musical, sorry that’s not the high school musical, it’s some high school putting on the Wiz.
• Intervention (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – This series kicks off following a 50 year old woman who suffers seizures if she tries to stop drinking.

Tuesday

• The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) Season Finale – It’s always heartwarming to see how far they’ve come, if you like that sort of thing.
• Momma’s Boys (NBC, 10pm) Series Finale – 32 women, 3 bachelors, and yes 3 moms who help out the selection.

Wednesday

• A Muppets Christmas (NBC, 8pm) – Will the muppets get the letters to Santa?
• Life (NBC, 9pm) Season Finale - Zen principals might not be enough to solve crime, save your friends, and get justice in corrupt conspiracies?

Thursday

• Million Dollar Password (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Can Aisha Tyler kick William Shatner out of the spotlight.

Friday

• Greatest Holiday Moments (NBC, 8pm) - A countdown of tv and film moments.

Saturday

• WWE Tribute to the Troops (NBC, 9pm) – Wrestlers can bring up anyone’s spirits.

Sunday

• The Shift (Inves, 10pm) Series Premiere – A docuseries that follows homicide detectives.

Monday

• The Closer (TNT, 9pm) Season Finale – I now have this entire season saved on tivo.
• Weeds (Show, 10pm) Season Finale – This show is still in my queue but some catching up on other shows first.

Tuesday

• The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – The families are back, you people who love the joyous transformations get ready.
• House (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – I dig the curmudgeonly doc and am curious to see if they find a better balance between new and old supporting docs.
• Lincoln Heights (ABCFam, 8pm) Season Premiere – The preview looks like a young couple suffers a melodramatic robbery turned hostage situation.
• Big Brother (CBS, 9pm) Season Finale – Someone wins…

Wednesday

• Ultimate Fighter (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – 32 fighters try to win a UFC contract.
• Manswers (Spike, 11/11:30pm) Season Premiere – I stumbled upon an old episode of this show and learned how to beat a drug test, not that I need that information.

Thursday

• Smallville (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere - I watched this show for the first season so I am totally out of touch with Clark and his new superfriends.
• Supernatural (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – Two generic good looking brothers fight the supernatural, you’d think I’d be interested but I never was.
• Burn Notice (USA, 10pm) Season Finale – Whatever sort of fix will Michael get forced into this week, I’m actually usually looking forward to seeing him get out of it.
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – This super un pc show, this week it’s about cannibalism, actually made me laugh though it didn’t hit the tivo season pass so over time I sort of dropped it.

Friday

• Davis Cup (Vs, 9am, fri-su) – US vs. Spain, will typically hit singles on Friday/Sunday with doubles on Sat.
• Dog Whisperer (NatGeo, 9pm) – 100th episode brings back some now well behaved doggies and looks back at the not so well behaved doggies.

Saturday

• Primeval (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Anomalies and dinosaurs or something.

Sunday

• Beach Volleyball (Fox, 11:30am) – The granddaddy of all tournaments in Manhattan Beach, can Misty and Carrie get their mojo back?
• Emmy Awards (ABC, 8pm) – I admit I don’t really watch this awards show and this year the reality hosts don’t make me want to change my mind.

* Check your local listings, live events typically noted as PST.

• Bachelorette (ABC, 8/9pm) - After the final three go to the Bahamas the ‘Men Tell All’.
• Wimbledon/Update (NBC, 11:35pm) – For those of you who don’t have enough time or channels to watch all the coverage this is the update time that runs through Friday, you can catch NBC and ESPN2 full coverage throughout the week.

Tuesday

• Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Fam, 8pm) Series Premiere – Done by folks of 7th Heaven, Molly Ringwald is mom to what looks like a girl who gets pregnant at band camp.

Wednesday

• 2008 Tour de France Preview (Vs, 1:30pm) – Catch the preview to find out who’s in and who’s out (for drug related and other issues) then catch the tour in nearly 24  hour coverage starting Saturday for Stage 1. 
• Pussycat Dolls Presents (CW, 9pm) – Did you miss this the first time around? Did you care? Check out the fifteen women who started, again.

Thursday

• Burn Notice (USA, 6:30am) - For those of you who missed season one start with the pilot and get a whole marathon of the first season shows through the evening.
• CSI (Spike, 9am) – For an alternate marathon option start with the CSI that started it all (in 2000 if you can believe it) and stay put for a day of crime solving.

Friday

• US Olympic Swimming Trials (NBC, 8pm – Sat 8pm – Sun 7pm) – Lots of events… also shown on USA throughout the previous week.
• 4th Of July Fireworks (NBC, 9pm – CBS, 10pm) – Macy’s on NBC and Boston Pops on CBS and of course check your local listings or actually go outside for some fireworks near you.

Saturday

• Beach Volleyball (NBC, 12pm – Sun 1:30pm) – AVP Crocs tour take us to Boulder for the men’s and women’s finals.
• US Olympic Track Trials (NBC, 2pm – Sun 7pm) – Lots of events here too… also shown on USA throughout the previous week.

Sunday

• Wimbledon (Sat/Sun, 6am) – Breakfast at Wimbledon with the Championship coverage.
• I Love Money (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere - “Stars” of Rock of Love, Flavor of Love, and I Love New York compete for $250k.

• Hard Times at Douglass High (HBO, 9pm) – A follow up on no child left behind.
• Wimbledon (ESPN2 m-f, NBC s-su) – Can Federer get back in the groove and repeat his victory over Nadal, or will someone else get in the game?

Tuesday

• BET Awards (BET, 8pm) – DL Hughley honors achievements in sports, music, and entertainment.
• Celebrity Family Feud (NBC, 8pm) – Celebrities like Ice T, the Rivers, and Wayne Newton guess the most popular answers.
• Wipeout/I Survived a Japanese Gameshow (ABC, 8/9pm) Series Premiere – Contestants compete in a crazy obstacle course and seem to wipe out in a big tub of mud and then japanese game show… who knows.

Wednesday

• Baby Borrowers (NBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Teenage couples take care of babies, while apparently the real parents live next door.
• Farmer Wants a Wife (CW, 9pm) Season Finale – Farmer picks a wife.
• Shear Genius (Bravo, 10pm) Season Premiere – I’m going to go with hair cutting competition.

Thursday

• Hopkins (ABC, 10pm) – This six part documentary takes a look into the lives of some of the staff at Johns Hopkins.

Friday

• Glaad Media Awards (Bravo, 8pm) – Celebrating the representation of the gay community in the media.
• Dance Machine (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Each episode features six folks from real life dancing it off.

Saturday

• Eli Stone (ABC, 10pm) - Catch the first of Eli Stone, what turned out to be a fun show of a lawyer who follows his visions to help folks.

Sunday

• US Olympic Track Trials (NBC, 7pm) – Run, jump, throw.
• US Olympic Swimming Trials (NBC, 8pm) – Can Michael Phelps compete in everything?

• Middleman (ABC Fam, 8pm) Series Premiere – Based on graphic novels a grad student gets wrapped up in weird occurrences.
• Resolved (HBO, 9pm) – Doc that follows some high school debating.
• Intervention (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – This follows different individuals through their addiction and hope for recovery.
• Weeds (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – I hear she sells pot.
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Show, 10:30) Series Premiere – Follow a london high class call girl through both her working and non working times. 

Tuesday

• AFI’s 10 top 10 (CBS, 8pm) – Showing the 10 best films of 10 different genres.
• America’s Got Talent (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – David Hasselhoff is one of the judges, last year I think they picked a ventriloquist.
• Tori & Dean (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Did they give up on the Inn?

Wednesday

• Black Gold (Tru, 10pm) Series Premiere – This is apparently like the Deadliest Catch, it’s a tough job.

Thursday

• Penn & Teller: Bullshit (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – I think that one guy still doesn’t talk.
• America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – If you like a dance show… 

Friday

• Daytime Emmy Awards (ABC, 8pm) – So why aren’t the daytime emmys shown during the daytime?
• Camp Rock (Disney, 8pm) – This is something along the lines of High School Musical targeting that great tween audience.

Saturday

• AST Dew Tour – Panasonic Open (NBC, 11am also Sun 10am – check your local listings) – The action sports tour kicks up again with skateboards, dirt bikes, fmx and more.  
• US Olympic Gymnastic Trials (NBC, 8pm also sat 1:30pm and Sun 7pm) – Get ready to ramp up for the olympic seasons, as I understand it these strong tiny people just try to stick it.

Sunday

• US Olympic Diving Trials (NBC, 12pm – also sat 12:30pm) – No splash = good.
• Two Coreys (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – From the previews it looks like they keep putting them together and making them fight.
• Inspector Lewis (PBS, 9pm check local listings) Season Premiere – Masterpiece brings some murder investigations.

Times noted are pst, some sporting events are live so check your local listings.

• Greek (ABC Fam, 8pm) Season Finale – I think they might be going into season three still in the same college year, that’s the way to keep them in school forever.
• Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (HBO, 9pm) – A doc on the director, his films, and yes his fleeing the US after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old, including a new interview with the victim.
• Nashville Star (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Billy Ray hosts what I can only assume is a country style american idol.

Tuesday

• Independent Lens: Cool School (PBS, 11pm – check local listings) – Looking back on story of curator Walter Hopps and the Ferus Gallery art scene launching artists in the 50-60s.

Wednesday

• Celebrity Circus (NBC, NBC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Seven ‘celebrities,’ including now famous for being on reality tv Christopher Knight among others, learn some fine circus tricks.
• Men in Trees (ABC, 10pm) Series Finale – Looks like the gang sends off the series with a talent show, can’t wait, ok won’t watch. 
• Top Chef (Bravo, 10pm) Season Finale – I guess we pick the chef who is tops.

Thursday

• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List (Bravo, 9pm) Season Premiere – Rolling into season four we follow Kathy Griffin and her D list adventures in this unscripted show.
• Bill Engvall Show/My Boys (TBS, 9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – A guy and his family/a girl, four guys, and a sports bar - let the humor begin. (They are replaying one of last season’s eps of BES on CBS on Mon/8pm)

Friday

• Battlestar Galactica (SciFi, 10pm) Season Finale – I’m only on season one on dvd so who knows what’s going on at this point with the space caravan and the cylons.

Saturday

• Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies (HBO, 10pm) – Carvey’s first HBO special in a while has him making the jokes and doing the impressions.

Sunday

• Tony Awards (CBS, 8pm) -  Whoopi Goldberg hosts, and she’s supposed to be wearing something designed by Runway’s Christian, I haven’t hit the NY Broadway scene this year so can’t comment on the plays.
• TV Land Awards (TVLand, 9pm) – If you don’t want to watch the Tonys but you still want an award show…

• Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – I assume this is like where they looked for the new leads in Grease.
• The Mole (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – It’s reality, it’s a competition, does anyone care?

Tuesday

• 30 Days (FX, 10pm) Season Premiere – Morgan Spurlock returns to 30 days in the lives of others starting with coal mining.

Wednesday

• She’s Got the Look (TVLand, 10pm) Season Premiere - Ladies over 35 do their own version of ANTM.

Thursday

• NBA Finals (ABC, 6pm/pst) – The series starts tonight.
• Fear Itself (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere - A host of directors, actors, and writers create episodes for this series of suspense and horror shows.
• Swingtown (CBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – A new couple moves to a Chicago suburb where the 70s are in full swing.

Friday

• French Open (NBC, 10am/pst and s/su 6am/pst) - Wrapping up another fortnight of tennis following ESPN2 coverage throughout the week. 
• Charlie Jade (Scifi, 8pm) Series Premiere – A rogue PI deals with mysteries and parallel universes.
• Meerkat Manor (Animal, 9pm) Season Premiere – Last season’s posters made the meerkats look like the sopranos, I haven’t seen any this season.

Saturday

• America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV, 2/4:30pm) – The casting special is followed by some performances, the real competition starts on Thursday.
• Sybil (CBS, 8pm) – Not sure that Sally Field’s multiple personalities need to be revisited in an update but here it is.

Sunday

• When We Left the Earth: The Nasa Missions (Disc, 9pm) – This special presentation kicks off the multi part series.
• L&O: Criminal Intent (USA, 9pm) – Returning from strike hiatus as Vincent D’Onofrio returns from a break, probably because Big is promoting Sex and the City.
• Army Wives (Life, 10pm) Season Premiere – I got the impression this was wives of people in the army, but maybe it’s women in the army who are wives… maybe it’s both.
• This American Life (Show, 10pm) Season Finale – Ira’s talking to guys named John Smith.

Monday

• Two and a Half Men (CBS, 9pm) - Thursday’s CSI writer’s swap with these guys whilst George Eads makes a pop by to see the men this evening.

Tuesday

• Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 8/9pm) – It’s the 100th episode at 9 after we see the judges all-time top 10 at 8.

Wednesday

• Audition: Barbara Walter’s Journey (ABC, 10pm) – She’s got an autobiography out where she talks about sleeping with some senator forever ago, if that’s the most interesting who knows what else she’ll talk about.

Thursday

• Scrubs (NBC, 8:30) Season Finale – Hard to tell the difference between fantasy and the regular show, but this one takes it down the fairy-tale road.

Friday

• TV’s All-Time Funniest (ABC, 8pm) – I don’t know that recounting what’s funny is all that funny, but for nostalgia’s sake…

Saturday

• I can’t talk about movies of the week again, so perhaps go to an actual theater.

Sunday

• Survivor (CBS, 8/10pm) Season Finale – I don’t watch this show anymore but I think they still have a good balance of playing the game and keeping it interesting, the two-hour finale is followed by the reunion show.
• Brothers and Sisters (ABC, 10pm) Season Finale – This family drives me crazy but I’m still watching them get into mischief and in each other’s way.

• House (Fox, 9pm) – Back after the strike hiatus and our favorite curmudgeon is back diagnosing and annoying those around him.

Tuesday

• Shark (CBS, 9pm) – Back from strike I sometimes catch this abrasive celebrity attorney as he continues trying to convict and keep his personal life together.
• The Riches (Fx, 10pm) – Last ep due to the strike, I dig this show but so far have this season all backlogged on tivo.
• Women’s Murder Club (ABC, 10pm) – Returning from strike is this light yet enjoyable procedural show with each of the gals bringing cop, coroner, da and journalist pov.

Wednesday

• Secrets of the Dead (PBS, 8pm) – Documentary that shows the story of two men who escaped Auschwitz to try to warn the world.
• The Farmer Wants a Wife (CW, 9pm) Series Premiere – This is what it sounds like, a version of The Bachelor on a farm, personally I pass.
• Boston Legal (ABC, 10pm) – This show gets a new time slot though I’m not sure what the old time slot was as I could never quite get into this crazy legal show.

Thursday

• My Name is Earl/Scrubs/The Office/30 Rock (NBC, 8-10pm) – The second week of the new order of the lineup.

Friday

• Man vs. Wild (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Bear Grylls returns to the wild to show how he can keep getting out.

Saturday

• Nascar (Fox, 7pm) – They go round and round I think.
• The Shell Seekers/A Teacher’s Crime (Hallmark/Lifetime, 9pm) – How could a person decide which movie of the week to watch?

Sunday

• Cold Case (CBS, 8pm) Season Finale – This procedural, that I usually miss, solves old cases as it wraps up another season.
• Family Guy (Fox, 9pm) Season Finale – This family gets a pet or something, and Amanda Bynes guests.
• This American Life (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – This NPR show starts its second series of televised stories.

• Bones (Fox, 8pm) – Post strike return for our favorite squints and fbi agents, this week Bones and Booth go on a double date with Dr Sweets!
• The Paper (MTV, 10:30) Series Premiere – I almost always ignore MTV reality but this show about a high school paper got at least one good review.
• New Amsterdam (Fox, 9pm) Season Finale – If there’s only one more left maybe I’ll watch this guy and his past.
• One Tree Hill (CW, 9pm) – Post strike return as the gang deals with some drama undoubtedly.
• Rules of Engagement (CBS, 9:30pm) – Post strike premiere as the gang vacations at a time share.

Tuesday

• According to Jim (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Post strike return as Jim probably does something dumb.
• Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) Season Finale - The losers have lost, and one has lost the most.  
• L&O: SVU (NBC, 10pm) – Post strike return as Olivia goes under cover.

Wednesday

• Democratic Debate (ABC, 8pm/pst) – Gearing up for the Penn primary on the 22nd.
• Til Death/Back to You (Fox, 8/8:30pm) - Post strike premiere for these ‘laughers’.  
• The Real World: Hollywood (MTV, 10pm) – If you can believe it this is the 20th season, I think I only caught NY and then what LA?

Thursday

• Smallville (CW, 8pm) – Post strike premiere as Lex and Clark are at odds.
• Eli Stone (ABC, 10pm) Season Finale – Will Eli live? I would assume they didn’t kill him off, but then again I don’t know for sure.

Friday

• Doctor Who (Sci Fi, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – I wanna say there’s time travel involved.
• Canterbury’s Law (Fox, 9pm) Season Finale – Does she defend the right people?

Saturday

• Torchwood (BBC, 9pm) Season Finale – Crime fighters and aliens and whatnot.

Sunday

• John Adams (HBO, 9pm) Series Finale – And Paul Giamatti moves on…
• Brothers and Sisters (ABC, 10pm) – Post strike return as the Walkers keep up with making a mess of perfectly good messy relationships.
• Sweet Nothing in My Ear (CBS, 9pm) – It’s a Hallmark Hall of Fame with Marly and Jeff Daniels dealing with their child’s ability to hear.
• Rock of Love (VH1, 9pm) – It’s the reunion show!