Of course my daytimes book up right when the Australian Open gets going…
Monday
- Australian Open (ESPN2, various) – Happy tennis down under.
- The Carrie Diaries (CW, 8pm) Series Premiere – If I ignore the Sex and the City and Carrie Bradshaw references I am inclined to have hope for an 80s girl origin story.
- Continuum/Being Human/Lost Girl (Syfy, 8/9pm) Series/Season Premieres – I’m less inclined to be interested in terrorists that escape their execution in 2077 by traveling back in time, but find both the return of the ghost, the vampire, the werewolf, and then the succubus to be good if not somewhat campy fun.
- Extreme Smuggling/Shipwreck Men (Disc, 8/9pm) Series Premieres – Smuggling techniques and maritime salvage.
Tuesday
- The Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 8pm) Season Premiere – New bad girls invade Atlanta.
- Pioneers of Television (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Ryan Seacrest hosts starting with a look at funny women.
- Face Off (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Competing makeup artists.
- Real Husbands of Hollywood/Second Generation Wayans (BET, 10:30pm) Series Premieres – Semi scripted ‘reality’ husbands and then Damien Dante and Craig Wayans give their take on funny.
Wednesday
- American Idol (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – I won’t do it, I won’t watch, I’m out.
- Ghost Mine (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Really, a ghost show focusing on mines?
- Workaholics/Kroll Show (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – The guys try to be funy and then Nick Kroll from The League takes on all kinds of characters in this new sketch show.
Thursday
- Anger Management/Archer (Fx, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Charlie’s back and then a comedic animated spy business is back.
- Bellator MMA Live (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – Pat Curran and Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire fight.
- King of the Nerds (TBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who’s going to be top nerd?
- Legit/Totally Biased w. Kamau Bell (Fx, 10:30/11pm) Series/Season Premieres – Series following a crass comedian and then comedian and then comedic insights.
Friday
- Best Week Ever (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – What’s going on this week?
- Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – More Bill.
Saturday
- A Idiot Abroad/Stuff You Should Know (Sci, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – More travel mocking and then a new mockumentary series.
- Ripper Street/Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (BBCA, 9/10:15pm) Series Premiere – Old London murders and new dangerous creatures.
Sunday
- Kourtney & Kim Take Miami/Chasing the Saturdays (E!, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Girls I don’t care about followed by a girl band I don’t care about.
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.