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new and noteworthy tv: 5/9-5/15

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Another week, another batch of new and returning shows…

Monday

  • Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Guy Fieri visits more spots.
  • Stargate Universe (Syfy, 9pm) Series Finale – I think there may be a gate still running somewhere.
  • Quints by Surprise (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can one parent deal with all five kids on their own?
  • Vanished with Beth Holloway (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Beth had a daughter disappear so she’s searching and will search with others for their loved ones.

Tuesday

  • Swamp Brothers (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Follow the brothers as they run their reptile sanctuary and exotic reptile dealership.

Wednesday

  • Nothing new is happening but I’m still triple booked on Idol, Modern Family, and ANTM.

Thursday

  • Naked Science (NGC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Following a single oxygen molecule.
  • Swords (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Reality following a boat on the hunt for swordfish, not actual swords.

Friday

  • Smallville (CW, 8pm) Series Finale – Clark becomes superman, or however they’re wrapping this up.

Saturday

  • Running Wilde (FX, 11pm) – They’re apparently running the rest of these.

Sunday

  • Jerseylicious (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – Some people do some stuff.

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new and noteworthy tv: 5/2-5/8

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TiVo is still only at 15% but I’ve got enough ongoing shows to keep me entertained…

Monday

  • Taboo (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Obsessed with fantasy lives is weird, ok weird is relative but a grown man dressing as a baby?
  • James May’s Road Trip (BBCA, 10:20pm) Season Premiere – California Wineries make a great road trip.

Tuesday

  • Rescue Renovation (DIY, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Those silly load bearing walls.
  • Chopped (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – It’s a cooking show.
  • How the States Got Their Shapes (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – I guess if you are already on this channel and can’t find your remote…

Wednesday

  • Spouse vs House (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Would you take a $25k renovation if your dude got to make all the decisions?
  • The Electric Barbarellas (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – This time we’re following an all girl group.

Thursday

  • DIY Dominator (DIY, 8pm) Season Premiere – Who can build the best fireplace?
  • Known Universe (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Surviving outer space.
  • Pawn Queens (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – So does this make four pawn shows, or five?

Friday

  • Flashpoint (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – It’s sad when this decent procedural Canadian import actually looks like the best thing coming up.

Saturday

  • Sarah’s Summer House (HGTV, 8pm) Series Premiere – Why does this bitch have more than one house that she gets to decorate?
  • My Cat from Hell (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – I think this is like that me or the dog show, but I wasn’t under the impression cats could be trained.
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – He does more talk show type stuff.

Sunday

  • Wild Animal Repo (Disc, 8pm) Series Premiere – I think these animals are more repossessed due to bad care than unpaid payments.
  • Best in Smoke (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who is the best barbecuer (that spelling can’t be right).
  • Why Not? With Shania Twain (OWN, 11pm) Series Premiere – I think this is a feel good follow this lady kind of show.

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new and noteworthy tv: 4/25-5/1

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Looks like we’re gearing up for the royal wedding, and if you’re particularly interested there are many a special on cable to keep you informed…

Monday

  • American Chopper (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Senior and junior return.

Tuesday

  • The Voice (NBC, 9pm and Wed) Series Premiere – Kicking off the first of two nights of blind auditions, not sure what happens after the gimmick of just listening is over, I’ll probably check out one.
  • Repo Games (Spike, 8pm) Series Premiere – Repossession or answering trivia?

Wednesday

  • Inside the Royal Wedding (NBC, 8pm) – Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera go there.
  • South Park (Com, 10pm) Season Premiere – More cartoon goodness.

Thursday

  • 20/20 (ABC, 8pm) – The Royal Wedding.
  • The Office/Parks & Recreation (NBC, 9/9:52pm) – Michael Scott’s departure takes more than a half hour but less than an hour, so make sure your dvrs are set.
  • Break it Down (NGC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Taking apart Yankee stadium.
  • Son of a Gun (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – More reality, this time following a young rapper.

Friday

  • The Royal Wedding (CBS, 8pm) – The wedding coverage continues.
  • 20/20 (ABC, 9pm) – Apparently it is A Modern Fairy Tale.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Will the wedding dress fit?

Saturday

  • Fight Camp 360 (CBS, 8pm) – Pacquiao vs. Mosley.

Sunday

  • L&O: Criminal Intent/In Plain Sight (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – I have to admit I will miss Jeff Goldblum, never a fan of D’Onofrio in this role, I’ll still tune in for the evening to see his return and the return of Mary and more importantly Marshall Marshall.

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new and noteworthy tv: 4/18-4/24

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Is it summer yet?

Monday

  • Cougar Town (ABC, 9:30pm) – This has been off for a few so maybe they’re making up for that with a Mon/Wed double dose.
  • Love Games (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – A couple of bad girls try to find good guys.

Tuesday

  • 16 & Pregnant (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – More pregnant teens.
  • Explorer (NGC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Forensic explorers look at bones and stuff.
  • Dresscue Me (PlGr, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – It’s on Planet Green so this fashion show is all about recycling vintage-style.

Wednesday

  • ANTM (CW, 9pm) – Kicking off a new time with the clips episode, I’m about four episodes behind and thinking about packing it in for the season.

Thursday

  • Call Me Fitz (Dir, 9pm) Series Premiere – Jason Priestly returns in front of the camera to play a car salesman with some craziness on the side.
  • 24 Hour Restaurant Battle (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Two former couples kick this off with their differing food stuffs.

Friday

  • Girls Night Out (CBS, 9pm) – Superstar women of country perform.
  • Dual Survival (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Survivor shows just make me think about all the ways I could die.
  • Ice Pilots (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another show that makes me think about the ways I could die.

Saturday

  • Doctor Who (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Doctor time traveler returns…

Sunday

  • Treme (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Things might not be recovered from Hurricane Katrina quite yet.
  • Have Cake Will Travel (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Cake and travel!

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new and noteworthy tv: 4/11-4/17

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Monday

  • L&O: LA (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t know why they decided Skeet was the problem, but they’re trying to rework this one, I’m always mildly interested in this franchise.
  • Paranormal State (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – More hauntings.

Tuesday

  • Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Trying to do good things with food while traversing the red tape of the school systems, this is one of the feel good reality shows that I somehow enjoyed.
  • Braxton Family Values/Sinbad (WE, 9/10pm) Series Premiere – More reality following more ‘celebrities.’
  • Deadliest Catch (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – King crab season begins and the business must go on after the loss of the captain.
  • Toya (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – I’m not even sure if this reality star is supposed to be a ‘celebrity.’
  • Sports Show with Norm Macdonald (Com, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – I believe Norm talks sports

Wednesday

  • Happy Endings (ABC, 9:30/10pm) Series Premiere – Another half hour comedy about couple/friends, this one doesn’t look particularly funnier than the rest of the rest but worth a shot.

Thursday

  • The Paul Reiser Show (NBC, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – This is one of those real life person plays a version of themselves in a comedy series, not sure the Mad About You jokes will be all that funny but we’ll see what he’s got.

Friday

  • Friday Night Lights (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – I’m still on season 2…
  • Hooked (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – A fishing show.
  • Killer Outbreaks (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – A look at doctors and scientists looking at pathogens.
  • The Whitest Kids u’Know (IFC, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – More sketch comedy.

Saturday

  • Parking Wars (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – People really aren’t happy about tickets, towing and getting the boot.

Sunday

  • Mob Wives/Audrina/Saddle Ranch (VH1, 8/9/9:30pm) Series Premieres – Connected, reality professionals, and more wannabes.
  • Burn Notice (USA, 9pm) – A prequel to the series gives a look at the fall of Sam Axe, I like Sam on this series so hope it’s entertaining.
  • Game of Thrones (HBO, 9pm) Series Premiere – Adaptation of some fantasy books the series is supposed to be good, though I don’t get HBO.
  • Inspector America (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Infrastructure safety inspector inspects across America.
  • TV Land Awards (TVL, 10:30pm) – Casts reuniting include Family Ties, Cosby Show, and The Facts of Life.
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new and noteworthy tv: 4/4-4/10

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I’ve been letting my shows get a little backed up, though I have been making time for reruns of Veronica Mars and Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Netflix…

Monday

  • NCAA Men’s Championship (CBS, 9pm) – I think this might be the end.
  • Kidnapped by the Kids (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Workaholics spend some quality time with their kids.
  • Relapse (A&E, 9pm) Series Premiere – Like Addiction except they’re in relapse after detoxing.
  • Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory (MTV, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – The Beiber stops by.
  • WWE Tough Enough (USA, 11:05pm) Season Premiere – Steve Austin hosts a new crop of competitors.

Tuesday

  • Addicted to Food (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following folks trying to overcome food addiction for 42 days in a treatment facility.
  • Auction Hunters (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – More auctiony items.
  • Pregnant in Heels (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – So maternity concierge is a title, and you get to see what they do.

Wednesday

  • Extreme Couponing (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – I love a good coupon, I just don’t want to spend more time trying to save money than it would take me to actually earn it at a job.
  • Mythbusters (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Firearms, misdirection… what myths will they debunk or prove?
  • Breaking In (Fox, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – I always like high-tech security premise let’s see if Christian Slater and the kid from Reaper entertain.
  • Glamour Belles (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at a pageant dress shop, I didn’t realize there was such a thing, clearly I’m not watching the right reality.
  • Tori & Dean (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – I don’t know that it really counts as a new series when reality stars do yet another slant on their lives.
  • Workaholics (Com, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Apparently the title is supposed to be funny because it’s about pot head slackers.
  • Top Chef Masters (Brav, 11pm) Season Premiere – Curtis Stone is a new host and Ruth Reichl is a new judge.

Thursday

  • Police Women/Unleashed (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Police women and then a K-9 unit.
  • Bear Whisperer (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – A wild life specialist and of course bears.
  • Mounted in Alaska (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Taxidermy anyone?
  • America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – New crews compete.
  • The Real Housewives of NYC (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – I guess there’s a new one who is more normal, relatively speaking I assume.
  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl/Gigolos (Show, 10:30/11) Season/Series Premieres – The return of the series about a call girl and then real life paid male escorts.

Friday

  • The Singing Bee/CMT’s Next Superstar (CMT, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – Competing with karaoke and then just country music.
  • Tiger Man of Africa (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at a tiger sanctuary.

Saturday

  • It’s Me or the Dog (AnPl, 8pm) Season Premiere – I wonder if the answer to that question is the dog.

Sunday

  • Human Planet (Disc, 8pm) Series Premiere – How people live in various regions.
  • Upstairs Downstairs (PBS, 9pm) Miniseries Premiere – A revamp of turn of the century London masters and servants.
  • The Judds (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Naomi and Wynonna do some stuff and you can watch them.
  • Shark Men (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Men who look for or look at sharks.
  • Khloe & Lamar/The Dance Scene (E!, 10/10:30pm) Series Premieres – The latest version of Kardashian reality and then dancers train with a choreographer for fancy dance jobs.
  • River Monsters (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – What river creature will they find in Papua New Guinea?

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new and noteworthy tv: 3/28-4/3

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And I think this might be the final week of the final four…

Monday

  • All Together Now (NBC, 8pm) – A celebration of service with presidents and whatnot.
  • The Secret Life of the American Teenager/Make It or Break It (ABCFam, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Not sure how secret it is and whether they’ve made it or broken it yet.
  • Nurse Jackie/United States of Tara (Show, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – As I’m Showtime free I’ll be tempted to check these both on dvr at some point.

Tuesday

  • Body of Proof (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Brilliant neurosurgeon forced to turn medical examiner, could be case of the week which always depends on personality and Dana Delany could theoretically make it worthwhile.
  • All on the Line (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – Can failing fashion lines be saved?
  • What the Sell (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another take on the pawn shop personalities and stuff.

Wednesday

  • The Ultimate Fighter/Coal (Spike, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – More fighting and then a look at coal miners.
  • South Beach Classics (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Car classics that is.
  • Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – Tyler continues his reign on entertainment.

Thursday

  • Mobbed (Fox, 9pm) – This take on a new series showcases flash mobs, groups of folks breaking out into song/dance.
  • Swamp People (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – No it’s not a monster movie, unless you count the gators that the folks live among.
  • True Crime with Aphrodite Jones (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season starts with another look at JonBenet Ramsey.

Friday

  • Chaos (CBS, 8pm) Series Premiere – Rogue funny CIA? I’m tempted by this but it admittedly looks dumb.
  • Say Yes to the Dress: Randy Knows Best (TLC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – I believe there’s a Yes to the Dress out there so I guess this is Randy’s slant.
  • Camelot (Starz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Same story different take, ok maybe not so different.
  • The Haunted (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – Things with ghosts I suppose.

Saturday

  • Sony Ericsson Open (CBS, 9:30am) – The series starts its wraps up today with women’s finals with the men’s finals Sunday.
  • How Do I Look? (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – I’m going to say starts looking bad and gets better…
  • Curb Appeal (HGTV, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Spruce up a house.
  • My Ghost Story (Bio, 10pm) Season Premiere – More hauntings of the personal nature?

Sunday

  • Wild Kingdom (AnPl, 7pm) Season Premiere – Kicking off with a look at otters.
  • Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Reba MacEntire and Blake Shelton host.
  • The Kennedys (Reelz, 8pm) Mini series Premiere – Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear finally found an air date.
  • The Borgias (Show, 9pm) Series Premiere – Jeremy Irons takes the title role in this kick off of soapy period drama.
  • The Killing (AMC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Adaptation of a Danish crime drama looking at a crime from multiple points of view.
  • Last Cake Standing (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Let the caking begin.
  • Strange Sex (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at sexual things of the irregular.

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new and noteworthy tv: 3/21-3/27

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I really could start reading more with this lineup of new shows…

Monday

  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Kirstie Alley and Ralph Macchio are two of the people I’ve heard of.
  • American Pickers (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – Friends travel round looking for yard sales and whatnot.
  • Southern Fried Stings (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – Tracking down troublemakers.

Tuesday

  • Best in Film (ABC, 9pm) – The best film ever made?
  • Big Brian (Tru, 10pm) Series Premiere – An estate sale supervisor looks for good stuff.
  • The Fabulous Beekman Boys (PlGr, 10pm) Season Premiere – The gents return with their farm.
  • Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – One of the former Top Chef contestants does something in the kitchen.

Wednesday

  • Fact or Faked (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Haunted schmaunted.

Thursday

  • Hard Times of RJ Berger (MTV, 11pm) Season Premiere – Another season of… ok I don’t really know more than this show is about a well endowed but awkward teen.
  • John Oliver’s New York Stand-up (Com, 11:59pm) Season Premiere – I’d say that someone named John Oliver hosts Stand-up in New York.

Friday

  • Shark Tank (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Inventions with potential, and with mocking, return.

Saturday

  • NCAA Basketball (Various) – It looks like regional finals are on, but not entirely sure when final, finals are, good thing I didn’t join the pool.

Sunday

  • Mildred Pierce (HBO, 9pm) Mini-series Premiere – Kate Winslet plays the lead in this depression era adaptation.
  • Amazing Wedding Cakes (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – I don’t know that I’d really do a theme wedding cake…

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new and noteworthy tv: 3/14-3/20

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Aside from some new reality there’s also tons of NCAA basketball which I figured sports enthusiasts knew where all the games were.

Monday

  • Wedding Wars/Beverly Hills Fabulous (VH1, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Couple compete and then spend time with a salon.
  • Meat & Potatoes (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at some all-American meat.

Tuesday

  • Roast of Donald Trump (Com, 10:30) – Let the hair jokes fly.
  • Four of a Kind (Life, 11pm) Series Premiere – Following 17 year old quadruplets.

Wednesday

  • Deathwish Movers (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Moving in Boston isn’t always easy.
  • Storage Wars (A&E, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Will winning be worth it?

Thursday

  • Blonde vs Bear (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – Bear protector tries to keep it less confrontational.
  • Manhunters (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – The fugitive task force kicks in.

Friday

  • Supernanny (ABC, 8pm) Series Finale – Before she hangs up her hat can she help one more family.

Saturday

  • The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (HBO, 10pm) – I know you are but what am I?

Sunday

  • Big Love (HBO, 9pm) Series Finale – Season one is in my queue.

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new and noteworthy tv: 3/7-3/13

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The new TiVo is working out nicely, and with all the storage room I feel compelled to record more new stuff, bring me new stuff!

Monday

  • Too Fat for 15 (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – Something about kids losing weight…
  • Greek (ABCFam, 9pm) Series Finale – I actually enjoyed this slightly more upscale campy college show, though ending a season before half of the cast graduated and stuck around might have made more sense.
  • All About Aubrey (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Yet another show following yet another person I don’t care about.
  • Stargate Universe (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – The final season of this version of Stargate kicks off.

Tuesday

  • Southland (TNT, 10pm) Season Finale – I don’t normally list season finales but there’s nothing much else on tonight, except of course the return of Gwyneth on Glee, but really is that noteworthy?

Wednesday

  • Nothing Personal (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Because no category will remain uncovered in the look at crimes, crime for hire.
  • The Real World (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Vegas baby.

Thursday

  • Fierce Funny Women (Show, 8:30pm) – Let the ladies make you laugh with some women I’ve never heard of, yet I’m sure.

Friday

  • Fish Warrior (NGC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Not sure if the fish is the warrior or someone is a warrior for or against fish…

Saturday

  • Rascal Flatts (ABC, 9pm) – Natasha Bedingfield and Justin Beiber make guest appearances if they weren’t a big enough draw for you.

Sunday

  • Sister Wives (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – So did they ever pursue the criminal charges on these real life polygamists?

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