New and notable in the week ahead… procrastinator picks are underlined.
Monday
- Cake Boss (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Who wouldn’t want to propose with a cake ring in a cake shop?
Tuesday
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – This year the great pumpkin will come, plus some bonus cartoon, it also kicks Hank out of the Wed at 8 spot.
- Hip Hop Awards (BET, 8pm) – Mike Epps hosts from Atlanta.
- The Little Couple (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Will there be a baby?
- Monica (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – More reality with R&B singer who is apparently working on her fifth album.
- Scream 2009 (Spike, 10pm) – Quentin Tarantino is among those attending the sci-fi and fantasy awards show.
- Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a look at elimination of sports programs from public schools.
Wednesday
- World Series Game 1 (Fox, 7:30pm, check local listings for full series) – Best of 7?
- Monsters vs. Aliens (NBC, 8pm) – Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space follows up on the movie.
- Friday Night Lights (Dir, 9pm) Season Premiere – The season returns for another shot on DirectTV, the fans demand it, with re-airings on NBC in 2010.
Thursday
- The League (FX, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Fantasy football brings dudes together for some funny, at least that’s the plan.
Friday
- Halloween on Ice (Hall, 8pm) – Is it gonna be scary?
Saturday
- Sports (ABC, NBC, Fox, various) – Catch Game 3 of the World Series or some college ball, and that’s without even hitting cable.
Sunday
- Sex Rehab with Dr Drew (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Thank god my cable was cut off and I won’t be tempted to check out just one episode…
- Styl’d (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Five aspiring stylists compete to style.