It’s time to start eliminating shows…
Monday
- Sesame Street (PBS, check your local listings) Season Premiere – The gang helps the human cannonball.
- Terra Nova (Fox, 8pm – repeats 10/1) Series Premiere – This big budget Spielberg dinosaur isn’t rumored to be all that engaging but worth a look nonetheless.
- Gossip Girl/The Hart of Dixie (CW, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – The gang goes to Hollywood and then big city doctor takes on the south, fingers crossed for the Rachel Bilson charm.
- House Crashers (DIY, 8pm) Season Premiere – What makes a great bachelor pad?
- Mike & Molly (CBS, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Time to plan the wedding.
- Cake Boss (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – The most challenging cake?
Tuesday
- 19 Kids & Counting/The Little Couple (TLC, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Duggars have kids, Bill and Jen want kids.
- 24 Hours in the ER (BBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – A real day in the ER.
Wednesday
- Suburgatory/Happy Endings (ABC, 8:30/9:30pm) Series/Season Premieres – Suburban quirky fun and more of the new friends with lots of potential for funny.
- Mythbusters (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Are motorcycles more green than cars?
- Rocket City Rednecks (NGC, 9pm) Series Premieres – Rocket science and back woods ingenuity.
- Luther (BBC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Sadly I no longer get BBC.
- The Real World (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – A new gang of kids in San Diego.
Thursday
- How to Be a Gentleman (CBS, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Odd Couple comedy taken to the caricature extreme.
- Private Practice (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – More shenanigans at the doctor’s office.
Friday
- Jessie (Dis, 9pm) Series Premiere – Small town girl turns big city nanny.
Saturday
- Austin City Limits (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Tune in for Mumford and Sons.
- Bedlam (BBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Described as a haunted Melrose Place.
Sunday
- America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7pm) Season Premiere – Funny?
- Tough Love (VH1, 8pm) Season Premiere – A matchmaker takes on some of the ladies in Miami.
- Dexter/Homeland (Show, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – I can’t resist Dexter and his messes and this next one is supposed to be a good one, returned POW or traitor?
- Halloween Wars (Food, 9pm) Series Premiere – A four part series on decorating scariness.
- Making Monsters (Trav, 9pm) Series Premiere – A look at some makers of animatronic monsters.
- Hung/How to Make it in America (HBO, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – A couple of shows that… oh I don’t know.
- Around the World in 80 Ways (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Can they use ‘every’ form of transportation.
The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.