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new and noteworthy tv: 12/26-1/1

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My resolution might be to watch less tv…

Monday

  • Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (ABC, 8pm) – On a mission from Santa.

Tuesday

  • Texas Multi Mamas (WE, 8pm) Series Premiere – If you live in Texas and have had multiple births, this is the group for you.
  • Kennedy Center Honors (CBS, 9pm) – Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins and Meryl Streep are honored.
  • Extreme Couponing (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Head to head bargain hunting.

Wednesday

  • Felipe Esparza (Show, 10pm) – Comedy special of Don’t Worry They’re Not Going to Laugh at You.

Thursday

  • Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Time to set some resolutions.
  • NY Ink/Hook, Line & Sisters (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Success comes with problems and then fishing family fun.
  • Alaska: The Last Frontier (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Is it really the last frontier, follow a family and decide for yourself.

Friday

  • Infested!/Confessions of a Hoarder (AnPl, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Yuck and yuck.

Saturday

  • New Year’s Rockin’ Eve/Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest (ABC, 8/10/11:30pm) – Let the rockin’ begin.
  • New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly (NBC, 10/11:30pm) – Waiting for the ball to drop.
  • American Country New Year’s Eve (Fox, 11pm) – Please let me not ring in the music with country.

Sunday

  • Mob Wives (VH1, 8pm) Season Premiere – Plastic surgery anyone?
  • Hoarding (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Oh and yuck.
  • Oprah’s Next Chapter/Extreme Clutter (OWN, 9/11pm) Series/Season Premiere – Stephen Tyler is the first celeb we look at and then well, yuck.
  • Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-off (Food, 9pm) Series Premiere – Eight celebs compete on teams hosted by Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri.
  • Angry Boys (HBO, 10pm) Series Premiere – Chris Lilley plays six characters in a mockumentary series.
  • Finding Bigfoot (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – Is a baby bigfoot just a mediumfoot?

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/19-12/25

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As we head into the holiday season my focus is on catching up the TiVo backlog…

Monday

  • Who’s Still Standing? (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Quizzing you this week while threatening to drop you through the stage.
  • Kung Fu Panda Holiday/A Chipmunk Christmas (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Ho ho ho.

Tuesday

  • SNL: A Very Gilly Christmas (NBC, 9pm) – Bring on the holiday sketches.
  • Chopped (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Let the marmalading begin.
  • Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas (BBCA, 10pm) – For those of you who want to associate Ramsay with a holiday.

Wednesday

  • A Home for the Holidays (CBS, 8pm) – Adoption inspiration with Martina McBride and friends.
  • A Michael Buble Christmas (NBC, 9pm) – In case seeing Michael on SNL made you sad you missed this special.

Thursday

  • Disney Prep & Landing/Prep & Landing 2/I Want a Dog for Christmas Charlie Brown (ABC, 8/8:30/9) – Ho ho ho.
  • X Factor (Fox, 8pm) – The results show tonight follows the final performances Wednesday, I was never able to give this show a real shot due to scheduling conflicts, is anybody on board?

Friday

  • Shrek the Halls/Phineas and Ferb/Prep & Landing 2/Kung Fu Panda Holiday (ABC, 8/8:30/9/9:30) – In case you missed any of this ho ho ho.
  • Olive the Other Reindeer/Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (CW, 8/9pm) – Next year I’m creating a new holiday special.
  • Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me (BBCA, 8pm) – A new special sharing one of NPR’s fave radio shows gone visual.

Saturday

  • The Sound of Music (ABC, 7pm) – Music to your ears?
  • It’s a Wonderful Life (NBC, 8pm) – Wonderful?
  • A Christmas Story (TBS, 8pm) – A marathon that runs through Christmas Day.

Sunday

  • Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC, 12pm) – It’s an extravaganza.
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – First the animated and then the Jim Carrey live action version.

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/12-12/18

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Winding down for the year…

Monday

  • I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Snoopy and Spike make an appearance.
  • Fear Factor (NBC, 8/9pm) Season Premiere – Joe Rogan hosts some dares that are even crazier than the previous seasons.
  • Rollin’ with Zach (OWN, 8pm) Series Premiere – A travel show with Oprah show winner Zach Anner who checks things off his list of travels, the rollin’ refers to his wheelchair.

Tuesday

  • William and Kate (NBC, 8pm) – Cuz its been too long since we talked about them.
  • Dirty Jobs (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Mike does more dirty jobs.
  • Cops & Coyotes (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – Protecting the borders.

Wednesday

  • Barbara Walters Presents the 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 (ABC, 9:30pm) – Maybe this needs to be renamed something other than ‘fascinating’.
  • 24/7 (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – The Flyers and the Rangers get all NHLish.
  • America Caught on Camera (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Clips from random videos on vacay.

Thursday

  • Charlie Brown Christmas/The Year with Katie Couric (ABC, 9pm) – Holiday fun then all things 2011.
  • Impractical Jokers (Tru, 10pm) Series Premiere – I hate hidden camera practical joke shows.

Friday

  • Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown/Ice Age: Mammoth Christmas (Fox, 8/9pm) – More holiday fare.
  • The Life & Times of Tim (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – Awkward animated Tim returns to more endeavors.

Saturday

  • Winter Dew Tour (NBC, 1:30pm, Sun  11am) – The Nike Open from Breckenridge Colorado.
  • Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns/The Story of Santa Claus (CBS, 8/8:30/9pm) – More ho ho ho.
  • WWE Tribute to the Troops (NBC, 9pm) – Because I watch the WWE for feel good moments.

Sunday

  • Survivor (CBS, 8/10pm) Finale – May the person who played best win, and of course the reunion episode.

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/5-12/11

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Ho to the ho.

Monday

  • American Country Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth host.
  • A Sing-off Christmas (NBC, 8pm) – You say Christmas, I say a capella group.
  • Charlie Brown Christmas/Prep & Landing (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Ho ho ho.
  • The Mortified Sessions (Sund, 8pm) Series Premiere – Celebrities share past moments, mostly embarrassing we believe.
  • T.I & Tiny (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – More following people reality style.
  • Candy Queen (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Because there aren’t enough dessert and event shows.
  • Lizard Lick Towing (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – So I didn’t watch this show but apparently one of them got stabbed so they’re bringing in some new blood.
  • Love Games (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Dating competition bad girl style.
  • Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets/Stalked (ID, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Crimes revisited.

Tuesday

  • A Michael Bublé Christmas (NBC, 8pm) – I was thinking we needed a holiday variety show.
  • Eureka/Warehouse 13/Haven (Syfy, 8/9/10pm) – It’s the syfy holiday season.
  • Hidden City (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Crime novelist Marcus Sakey digs up some real life untold stories.
  • Moonshiners (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – If you were moon-shining in Appalachia or law enforcing moonshine I bet you thought there wouldn’t be a reality series about you.
  • Teen Mom 2 (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – I think this is the second season about the second set of teen moms.
  • Storage Wars (A&E, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – What’s in your unit?

Wednesday

  • State of Play (BBCA, 10pm) Series Premiere – Murder and politics kicks off this miniseries.
  • Toddlers & Tiaras (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I hate the idea of this show.

Thursday

  • The First 48/Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – A look at stuff and youngster gangsters.
  • The Great Big American Auction (ABC, 10pm) – Ty Pennington takes another step away from Trading Spaces.
  • Grimm (NBC, 10pm) – A special night and time investigating another fantastical criminal.

Friday

  • Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns/Yes, Virginia/The Elf on the Shelf (CBS, 8-10pm) – Ho, ho, ho.
  • Invention USA (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Science experts check out amateur inventions.

Saturday

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/The Flight Before Christmas (CBS, 8/9pm) – Ho, ho, ho.
  • The American Giving Awards (NBC, 8pm) – Bob Costas hosts an award show honoring charities.
  • Republican Presidential Candidate Debate (ABC, 9pm) – Stephanopoulos and Sawyer moderate.

Sunday

  • Celebrity Rehab (VH1, 9pm)  – Season 4 revisited.

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/28-12/4

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I’m still ending up with a backlog on weekends so I might be making a few more edits…

Monday

  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Shrek the Halls (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Ho to the ho.
  • The Closer/Rizzoli & Isles (TNT, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – More of the ladies solving crimes.
  • Next Great Baker (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Someone’s got a big old cake, oh yeah.
  • Diners, Drive-ins & Dives (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Chowder anyone?
  • Scouted (E!, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think it’s like ANTM but they didn’t seek it out, and don’t seem to live in a house together, and don’t have challenges, and no one is pretending the term ‘top model’ means anything.

Tuesday

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (CBS, 8/10pm) – Rudolph and then lingerie and tunes.
  • America’s Supernanny/One Born Every Minute (Life, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – Raising and birthing babies.
  • What Not to Wear (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – It’s time to step into the 360 mirror again.
  • Tori & Dean (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Apparently people are still interested in this couple.

Wednesday

  • Christmas in Rockefeller Center (NBC, 8pm) – Al Roker and Savannah host some holiday glow.
  • Baseball Wives (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – For people who can’t get enough of Basketball Wives.
  • Full Throttle Saloon (Tru, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back at the biker bar.
  • I Hate My Teenage Daughter (Fox, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – This new sitcom about two single moms raising mean girls is supposed to be bad.
  • Grammy Nominations Calendar (CBS, 10pm) – LL Cool J hosts the announcements and there’s music.
  • Hot in Cleveland/The Exes (TVL, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – The ladies are back followed by some divorced gentlemen who aren’t supposed to be that entertaining.

Thursday

  • Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town/CMA Country Christmas (ABC, 9pm) – He’s comin’ and so is some country tunes.
  • DUI (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Don’t be driving drunk in Oklahoma, I mean don’t be driving drunk anywhere but you might be filmed in Oklahoma.
  • Hostage (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at hostage situations.
  • Weed Wars (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – The latest docuseries about medicinal marijuana biz.

Friday

  • Game of Your Life (NBC, 8pm) – Oh look it’s an original telefilm… videogamer lands scholarship.
  • America’s Most Wanted (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – The series moves from Fox.
  • Starving Secrets with Tracey Gold (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think she’s actually trying to help women with anorexia.

Saturday

  • The Ambush Cook (Own, 12pm) Series Premiere – Winner of the OWN hosting competition wins her own show.
  • Would You Rather (BBCA, 11pm) Series Premiere – Celebrities are given hypothetical choices and probably try to be funny.

Sunday

  • Cupcake Wars (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – Let the wars begin, or resume.
  • Alaska State Troopers (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Whatever is worth investigating in Alaska.
  • Celebrity Rehab (VH1, 9pm) – Season 3 revisited.
  • Chef Roble & Co (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Reality cheffing catering style.

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/21-11/27

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There are also some nice Thanksgiving marathons each year…

Monday

  • You Deserve It (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – A ‘touching’ game show where you compete to win for someone you know.
  • The Layover (Trav, 9pm) Series Premiere – Anthony Bourdain starts with 24 hours in Singapore.

Tuesday

  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 9pm) Season Finale – Who will take the trophy?

Wednesday

  • Mobbed (Fox, 9pm) – Following from rehearsals to a big song and dance surprise.

Thursday

  • Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade/The National Dog Show (NBC, 9/12am) – Giant balloons and then doggies.
  • Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas/Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (Fox, 8/8:30pm) – Can’t we wait until Friday for Christmas shows?
  • Punkin Chunkin (Sci, 8pm) – Can your pumpkin go the distance?
  • A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving/A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (ABC, 8/9:30pm) – Competing Charlie Browns?

Friday

  • Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas/The Elf on the Shelf (CBS, 8/8:30pm) – It is officially after Thanksgiving.
  • Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer/Olive, the Other Reindeer (8/9pm) – Let the reindeer games begin.
  • All on the Line with Joe Zee (Sund, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – EW described this as ‘Kitchen Nightmares with dresses’ and of course no Gordon Ramsay.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – Fiancé fashions.
  • Tyler Perry’s for Better or Worse (TBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – Perry brings a couple of his big flick characters to the small screen.

Saturday

  • Trading Christmas (Hall, 8pm) – Holiday romance is in the air.

Sunday

  • Junk Gypsies (HGTV, 7pm) Series Premiere – Transforming spaces with flea-market and other finds.
  • Mitch Albom’s Have a Little Faith (ABC, 9pm) – So a cleric and a rabbi meet a writer…
  • Celebrity Rehab (VH1, 9pm) – Season 2 revisited, I haven’t seen the season 1 eps yet so not sure if we get updates.
  • Leverage (TNT, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another justice getting job.
  • Real Deal (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – Getting the best deal for stuff.
  • Kourtney & Kim Take New York/After Lately (E!, 10/11pm) Season Premieres – Whatever and then more Chelsea.

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/14-11/20

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Another week of rest and catching up on Sons of Anarchy…

Monday

  • Love It, Or List It (HGTV, 8pm) Season Premiere – It’s a home hunt.
  • Love & Hip Hop (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – It’s a look at ladies who are at least remotely related to hip hop.

Tuesday

  • Hardcore Pawn/Storage Hunters (Tru, 9:30/10pm) Season Premieres – Open a new store, form a partnership?
  • Knights of Mayhem (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Jousting enthusiasts.
  • MTV2’s Guy Code (MTV2, 11pm) Series Premiere – Mix Jersey Shore dudes and standup comedians.

Wednesday

  • The Bengali Detective (HBO2, 8pm) – Balancing career, family, and Bollywood dancing.

Thursday

  • Big Shrimpin’ (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s the start of the shrimp season.

Friday

  • Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys (Sund, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back with the gal pals and their gays.

Saturday

  • Donald Glover: Weirdo (Com, 11pm) – Can’t get enough of Community’s Troy?

Sunday

  • American Music Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Music, awards.
  • Celebrity Rehab (VH1, 9pm) – Season 1 revisited…

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/31-11/6

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Everything is basically out, I’m still overbooked in a couple slots, and have a bit of a TiVo backlog so it might be time for a few more cuts…

Monday

  • Rock Center with Brian Williams (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – A new news magazine and Brian Williams actually can be pretty funny.

Tuesday

  • Covert Affairs (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – What case will the rookie agent get next and will she run in heels?

Wednesday

  • Top Chef (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cook it up.

Thursday

  • Bones (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – What shows get eliminated from my schedule to fit in the expecting Bones?
  • Tim Gunn/Project Accessory (Life, 9/10pm) – Behind the seams with Tim Gunn on regular runway, and then somehow I missed the premiere of the accessory version.
  • Burn Notice (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can Michael balance working with the CIA and his extracurriculars?
  • Cellblock 6 (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Return to prison.

Friday

  • Fish Hooks (Dis, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – Animated fish dealing with tween life, this must be Disney.

Saturday

  • Color Splash (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Do we really need a Twilight themed home makeover?

Sunday

  • The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – They’re back.
  • Swamp Wars/Call of the Wildman (AnPl, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Animal Venom unit and then animal rescue, like you’ve never seen before?
  • John Sanford’s Certain Prey (USA, 9pm) – Might or might not be intrigued to see Mark Harmon as Lucas Davenport.
  • Chef Hunter (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Out of work chefs compete.
  • Hell on Wheels (AMC, 10pm) Series Premiere – This is one of those titles that says nothing, it’s apparently a post civil war drama where among other things a confederate soldier seeking revenge.
  • Police POV (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – We hit the streets with them again.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/24-10/30

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My schedule is almost solidified…

Monday

  • Hoarders/Monster In-Laws (A&E, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Too much stuff, too difficult family?
  • Disappeared (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at people no longer around.

Tuesday

  • Auction Hunters/Flip Men (Spike, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – Auctions and houses updated.
  • Homicide Hunter (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – A retired police detective looks at murder cases.

Wednesday

  • Whitechapel (BBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Something tells me this new detective’s case might not be open and shut.

Thursday

  • It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Happy Halloween!
  • Beavis and Butt-head/Good Vibes (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – They’re back and joined by new animated surfers.

Friday

  • Chuck/Grimm (NBC, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premiere – What will Carmichael Industries bring and then what if fairy tale characters committed crime.
  • Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (TBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – The Browns are back.
  • Gold Rush/Flying Wild Alaska (Disc, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Whatever.
  • Brides of Beverly Hills (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another twist on the bridal salon.

Saturday

  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – More chatting.

Sunday

  • Allen Gregory (Fox, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Jonah hill voices a kid mature beyond his seven years.
  • The Next Iron Chef (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – All star edition.
  • On the Case with Paula Zahn (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – The search for a killer.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/17-10/23

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They’re almost all out…

Monday

  • Clean House New York (Style, 8pm) Series Premiere – I do get annoyed by my clutter.
  • Lottery Changed My Life (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – If I won the lottery…
  • Bachelorette Party (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – One should not have to watch bachelorette parties.

Tuesday

  • Man Up! (ABC, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – The latest of the dudes who are dumb and/or manly trying to be funny shows.
  • Flashpoint (Ion, 10pm) Season Premiere – This Canadian cop show moves to this network.

Wednesday

  • World Series (Fox, 7:30pm) – Go baseball.
  • Nature (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Starting with the wildlife around Chernobyl.
  • Too Fat for 15 (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – The weighing in begins.
  • The Will/Devil You Know (ID, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – What did you leave me, and what if your father was a serial killer?
  • Kitchen Cousins/Property Brothers (HGTV, 9:30/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – Family upscaling.
  • American Hoggers (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Texan feral-hog hunters.
  • Fact or Faked (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Paranormal?

Thursday

  • Rules of Engagement (CBS, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Getting a new chance on Thursdays.
  • Sweet Home Alabama/Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (CMT, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – The bachelor picks city or country and then the girls cheer.

Friday

  • Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another round of payne.
  • Boss (Starz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Kelsey Grammar returns to tv this time as a politician, will his brain disorder make him change his ways.
  • My Extreme Animal Phobia (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – So about my bird phobia…

Saturday

  • TiVo, social life?

Sunday

  • Once Upon a Time (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Can fairy-tale characters be released from their spell?
  • Glam Fair/Wicked Fit (Styl, 8/9pm) Series Premieres – Get more styly, get more fit.
  • I Survived ((Bio, 10pm) Season Premiere – Inspiring or creepy?

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