Relieve to have the Tour as my only sports obligation, I mean it’s a fun obligation but it’s a lot of tv…
Monday
- Tour de France (NBCSN, 5am) – Another week kicks off with the time trials, will Wiggins prevail?
- Bizarre Foods in America (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – $750 cupcake?
- The Closer/Perception (TNT, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Goodbye to Brenda and hello to Eric McCormack and his psychotically induced imaginary friends as he joins Rachel Leigh Cook to solve FBI cases.
- The Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – More bad.
- Opening Act (E!, 10pm) Series Premiere – Picking a band from the online competition sounds like a recipe for success.
Tuesday
- Destination Truth (Syfy, 8pm) Season Premiere – Bigfoots and Goblins oh my!
- Hardcore Pawn (Tru, 9pm) Season Premiere – I’m sure there is a difference amongst the pawn shows but…
- Trust Us With Your Life/NY Med (ABC, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Celebrity improv and another visit to another hospital to see how the real healers heal.
- White Collar/Covert Affair (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – How Neal gets back into the FBI fold from his island escape is I’m sure one plot twist away and more CIA thrills.
Wednesday
- Beverly Hills Nannies (ABCFam, 9pm) Series Premiere – Writing that title makes me physically ill.
- Damages /Hit & Miss (DirTV, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Those crazy legal ladies are back, and then Chloe Sevigny as a contract killer who happens to be a transsexual, you bet.
- Toddlers and Tiaras (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – More of this.
- The Franchise (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – A season with the Miami Marlins.
- Picked Off (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Throw team competition into a pawn show.
- Restaurant: Impossible (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Steak and Seafood done wrong?
Thursday
- Big Brother (CBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Is this show still on?
- Natural Born Sellers (HGTV, 9pm) Series Premiere – Too lazy to look up what they’re selling.
- The Real L Word/Polyamory (Show, 10/11pm) Season/Series Premieres – NYC lesbians join and relationships multi partner style.
- Property Wars (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Battle on.
- Top Spot (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Your pick of the best of three.
Friday
- Tyler Perry’s for Better or for Worse (TBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – I guess worse is more dramatic…
Saturday
- Dark Matters (Sci, 10pm) Season Premiere – Looking into the dark?
Sunday
- Leverage (TNT, 8pm) Season Premiere – I just can’t resist this fluffy con/heist show.
- Breaking Bad/Small Town Security (AMC, 10/11pm) Season/Series Premiere – Walt and Jesse appear to have survived another season and the reality of private security.
- Political Animals (USA, 10pm) Series Premiere – Word is good on this Sigourney Weaver as fictional not Hillary Clinton.
- Strange Sex (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – More sexual irregularities.
- 3 Days to Open with Bobby Flay (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Can he help in time?
- Combat Pawn (Tru, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – How much pawn can we take?
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.