new and noteworthy tv: 1/6-1/12

The holidays are over and television is returning…

Monday

• Antiques Roadshow (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – A first edition of the Book of Mormon among other things.
• The Bachelor (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Juan Pablo meets the women.
• Rachael vs. Guy/Mystery Diners (Food, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Culinary competitors and then a look at vegan, or not, fare.
• Single Ladies (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – Reuniting for a wedding.
• Cracked/King (Reelz, 11/11:59pm) Season Premieres – Psych crimes and career risking cops.

Tuesday

• Escaping the Prophet (TLC, 7pm) Series Premiere – In case you were missing a show about helping to flee the Church of Latter Day Saints.
• Beat the House (HGTV, 8pm) Series Premiere – Dream house vs two others, what will they pick?
• Bad Girls All Star Battle (Oxy, 8pm) Season Premiere – There is something wrong with calling anything bad girls ‘all star’.
• Intelligence (CBS, 9pm) Series Premiere – It’s kind of like Chuck with a chip and they intended to do it to Sawyer from Lost.
• 100 Days of Summer (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – In case you want to follow Chicago people over a summer.
• Cougar Town (TBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – The cul de sac crew is back.
• Justified (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Raylan tangles with some bad guys, I missed Raylan.
• Killer Women (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – The hot cylon from BStarG hunts ’em down.

Wednesday

• Spice of Life with Bal Arneson (Cook, 6pm) Series Premiere – Cook with spices, make a spice rack.
• People’s Choice Awards (CBS, 9pm) – The people have spoken.
• Nova (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Nasa telescope.
• Psych (USA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Does everyone still think this guy is psychic?
• David Blaine: Real or Magic (ABC, 10pm) – In case you missed his astonishments.
• 60 Minutes Sports (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – One would assume this is an hour on sports.
• The Real World: Ex-Plosion (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Strangers, and their exes…
• Chicago PD (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – A spin off of Chicago Fire, and yeah this cop’s a rebel, can’t do Fire but worth a look.

Thursday

• Appalachian Outlaws (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Because stuff happens in Appalachia.
• Spoils of Babylon (IFC, 10pm) Series Premiere – A multigenerational chronicle…

Friday

• Enlisted (Fox, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – This new military sitcom had some critics laughing.
• 10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – As I recall there are a few other bigfoot shows and surprisingly they still haven’t found one, unless they did and it didn’t make the news.
• Banshee (Cin, 10pm) Season Premiere – More action.
• Helix (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – A team of scientists checks out an outbreak in the Arctic.

Saturday

• US Figure Skating Championships (NBC, 8pm) – They jump, they spin…

Sunday

• 90 Day Fiancé (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – American men have 90 days to decide to marry women needing visas.
• Golden Globes/Arrivals (NBC, 7/8pm) – Let’s get this over with and on to the real award shows.
• Shameless/House of Lies/Episodes (Show, 9/10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Everything is starting to be fresh.
• True Detective/Girls (HBO, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – Who wouldn’t check out Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as detective partners, and you know girls.
• Unlocking Sherlock (PBS, 10pm) – Behind the scenes to tide you over.

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.

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