I finally start feeling caught up on television and then the Australian Open comes along and fills up my dvr, good thing I’m skipping Idol’s early audition rounds…
Monday
- 19 Kids & Counting (TLC, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Good gawd, is someone pregnant again?
- RuPaul’s Drag Race (Logo, 10/11:30pm) Season Premiere – Campy fun as the ladies have a casting episode and then the competition begins.
Tuesday
- State of the Union (Various, 6pm pst) – Let the cross party side sitting begin (though if all the Republicans and Democrats switch sides won’t they still be separated?).
- Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best/A Stand Up Mother (WE, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – You’ve seen them together but this time Joan’s moving in, and then another comedic mother is followed in this latest reality look at life.
Wednesday
- Sons of Guns/Desert Car Kings (Disc, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Gun restoration (among other things) and car restoration.
- Clean House (Style, 10pm) Season Premiere – There’s messy and dirty and then there’s…
- Face Off (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Special effects makeup artists compete.
- Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew (VH1, 10pm) – Reunion!
- The Traveler’s Guide to Life (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Hear folk’s momentous travel occasions.
- Being Erica (Soap, 11pm) Season Premiere – She does some sort of time traveling therapy, soap-style.
Thursday
- Archer (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cartoon spy business, funny-style.
Friday
- Working Class (CMT, 8pm) Series Premiere – The country network is veering into sitcom territory bringing back Reba’s sidekick/nemesis as a plucky supermarket gal.
Saturday
- Boomtown (PlGr, 7pm) Series Premiere – Reality series follows oil in a small town.
- US Figure Skating Championships (NBC, 9pm) – Women’s championship.
Sunday
- Australian Open (ESPN2, various) – The quarterfinals start on Monday with men’s and women’s finals technically hitting on Saturday and Sunday, but with the time change it starts midnight the night before, they reair but if I’m going to record it anyway.
- Brick City (Sund, 8pm) Season Premiere – A look at Newark, NJ through the eyes of locals including the mayor.
- SAG Awards (TBS/TNT, 8pm) – The Screen Actors Guild honors performances in film and television.