New and notable in the week ahead… procrastinator picks are underlined.
Monday
- NCAA Championships (CBS, 6pm) – The title game is coming to you from Detroit.
- Surviving Suburbia (ABC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Bob Saget is back in a sitcom and he’s bringing down the neighborhood.
- The Hills (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – My having no interest in any of these people makes me feel old, but good about it.
Tuesday
- It’s the Easter Beagle Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – It wouldn’t be a holiday without a Schultz special.
- Rescue Me (FX, 10pm) Season Premiere – The guys are back with guest star Michael J. Fox.
- Women Behind Bars (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – Profiles of ladies that, you guessed it, are behind bars.
- The Stagers (HGTV, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – A trainee helps stage a loft.
- The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo, 11pm) – Preview special of the latest crew of ladies.
Wednesday
- Time Warp/MythBusters (Disc, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – First experiments with blades and volts and then a demolition derby special.
- Night (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s animals, at night.
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can you believe there have been 17 seasons of this? this one heads to New Zealand.
- The Unusuals (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Amber Tamblyn transfers into homicide and meets the quirky detectives and cases.
Thursday
- Parks & Recreation (NBC, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – We’ve been waiting to catch this new comedy from the creators of The Office with Amy Poehler dealing with bureaucracy, with special double eps of The Office before and after.
- American Chopper (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – The season kicks off building a B-2 bomber bike.
- Harper’s Island (CBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – This series set on an isolated island plans to kill off most of the cast before being pulled from the schedule.
- Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (Com, 10pm) Series Premiere – This is being dubbed a ‘sword-and-sorcerer farce.’
- Southland (NBC, 10pm, repeats Sat) Series Premiere – That kid from the OC is now from the right side of the tracks as he kicks off his first night on the streets of LA as a cop, from the creator of ER.
Friday
- Myles of Style (HGTV, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – A master bedroom gets a modern touch.
- Patton 360 (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – The history of Patton’s battles.
Saturday
- Groomer Has It (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – I really thought I had no interest in a grooming competition show but reading about 12 folks grooming St Bernards makes me almost reconsider.
- Most Outrageous (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – Animals can be funny, this ep it’s funny looking.
Sunday
- Cycling (Vs, 2pm) – The guys take on the Paris Roubaix.
- State of the Union (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – Tracy Ullman takes another stab a mockery.
*Times noted are PST, please always confirm your local listings.