new and noteworthy tv: 7/15-7/21

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Monday

  • The iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party (CW, 8pm) – Highlights of the music festival. 

Tuesday

  • 2013 MLB All-Star Game (Fox, 4:30pm) – Go fake regional team
  • Whose Line is it Anyway/Perfect Score (CW, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – Improv games and competing for dates.
  • Giuliana & Bill (Sty, 8pm) Season Premiere – More of them.
  • Weird or What? (Syfy, 8pm) Season Premiere – I’m guessing weird.
  • Covert Affairs/Suits (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Annie’s on the case and then more office deceit and whatnot, I’m still moderately engaged with the fake lawyer nonsense.
  • Catering Wars (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who can cater to the top.
  • Ink Master (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – Inking inmates.

Wednesday

  • Here Comes Honey Boo Boo/Wedding Island (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – No comment and then following a wedding planner. 
  • Deal With It (TBS, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Another annoying prank show.

Thursday

  • Road to/Project Runway (Life, 8/9pm) Season Premiere – Season 12 designers, time to finish up season 11. 
  • Money from Strangers (MTV, 11pm) Season Premiere – And another annoying prank show.

Friday

  • Teen Beach Movie (Dis, 8pm) – Who are the next teens stars who we will soon see go off the rails. 

Saturday

  • Cedar Cove (Hall, 8pm) Series Premiere – I didn’t realize Hallmark did original series but Andie McDowell brings what seems to be a Hallmarky book about a small town judge to the small screen. 

Sunday

  • City Girl Diaries (Sty, 9pm) Series Premiere – Following five working women. 
  • Sister Wives/Breaking Amish (TLC, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – More of these peeps.
  • Axe Cop/High School USA! (Fox, 9:30/9:45pm) Series Premieres – Two new fifteen minute additions to the animation domination.
  • Brother vs Brother (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Renovation showdown.
  • Tattoo Rescue (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – Tattoo parlor interventions.

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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new and noteworthy tv: 7/8-7/14

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Monday

  • Top Gear/Dangerman (BBCA, 8:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Car vs yacht then extreme stunts. 
  • Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls (NBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Ten teams of two compete, in one assumes difficult circumstances.
  • God, Guns, & Automobiles (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – A ‘throwback’ auto dealership
  • Hollywood Exes (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – Blah, blah.

Tuesday

  • Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Will someone question Jeff”s design?
  • Storage Wars: New York (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – Stuff in lockers.
  • Drunk History/The Jeselnik Offensive (Com, 10/10:30pm) Series/Season Premieres – Boozers reenact and then comedic guests.

Wednesday

  • Wonders of Life (Sci, 9pm) Season Premiere – Exploring the origins. 
  • The Bridge (FX, 10pm) Series Premiere – We’re hoping this US/Mexico detective show following a murder is engaging, Diane Kruger plays the latest somewhat asperger-esque expert detective.
  • Camp (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – For those wishing they were at summer camp right now, or wondering why there isn’t a scripted show about camp on ABCFam.
  • Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Yadda, yadda.

Thursday

  • Orange is the New Black (Netflix, 12:01am) – Apparently these original Netflix series are keeping coming, this has some good early buzz. 
  • Summer Camp (USA, 8pm) Series Premiere – Not to be confused with Camp, this one is adults in a reality show.
  • Hollywood Game Night (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Can’t ever get anyone to do game night with you, apparently celebrities do it all the time so you can watch them.
  • Airplane Repo (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Some specialized repo.

Friday

  • Comedy Bang! Bang! (IFC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Andy Samberg guests to kick off the new season.

Saturday

  • Being Human (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – A ghost, a werewolf and a vampire return, though with cast changes and the US version I can’t remember who they are, though will tune in. 
  • Bounty Hunters (CMT, 10pm) Series Premiere – I guess we need to watch more bounty hunters.

Sunday

  • Tia & Tamera (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – More of the sisters’ goings ons. 
  • Hillbillies for Hire (CMT, 9pm) Series Premiere – Custom prank shop?
  • Adam Richman’s Fandemonium (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – The best tailgating
  • La La’s Full Court Life (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – Mm hmm.
  • The Newsroom (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – A new season, I don’t get this channel and I can’t remember if we like this show, I think people do.

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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new and noteworthy tv: 7/1-7/7

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Monday

  • Bizarre Foods of America (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Pig head tamales in LA.
  • Siberia (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Sixteen contestants are dropped off but all may not be what it seems.
  • Below Deck (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following a private yacht and its crew.

Tuesday

  • Being Mary Jane (BET, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Watching a TV news anchor try to juggle it all, this one is fictional and stars Gabrielle Union. 

Wednesday

  • Kelsey’s Essentials/Donut Showdown (Cook, 5/7pm) Season/Series Premieres – Hot sauce and donuts.
  • BBQ Crawl (Trav, 8pm) Series Premiere – Texas should have some good cookin’.

Thursday

  • Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular (NBC, 8pm) – Starbursts blaze. 

Friday

  • Warlocks Rising/Philly Throttle (Disc, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – These warlocks are more motorcycle gang than magical and then some hot rides.
  • King (Reelz, 10pm) Series Premiere – The newest police procedural where Homicide Detective King has some sort of unorthodox approach, worth a look.

Saturday

  • Bizarre ER (Health, 7pm) Season Premiere – Near fatal?
  • Breakfast at/Wimbledon (ESPN, S/S 5/6am; ABC S/S 12pm) – Not sure if the dual coverage of the finals holds true but set your TiVo’s to be on the safe side.

Sunday

  • Volcom Pro (NBC, 1:30pm) – Surfing from Fiji, mm hmm. 

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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summer series roundup

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Summer is officially here. They’re still coming but there’s more than enough new shows to keep one occupied, though as far as good shows that’s another story. Orphan Black (currently on VOD) and Hannibal, both not quite midseason not quite summer have been the faves so far but a few more on the horizon that hold some promise.

  • The Bridge* (FX) – A body is found beneath a bridge that links Texas and Mexico and there the mystery begins, rumor has it this could be good. 
  • Broadchurch* (BBCA) – A British whodunit, I might tune in to see if the detective can figure it out.
  • Camp* (NBC) – Rachel Griffiths as the camp lead is the only thing that makes me think this dramedy about summer camp is worth a look, and even that might not be enough.
  • Crossing Lines (NBC) – It’s like an international Criminal Minds, if you like that sort of thing, so far mildly entertaining though not revolutionary.
  • Devious Maids (Life) – Stereotypical yes, in both its Latina and rich white folk roles, but the greater issue is it’s not interesting. 
  • Family Tree (HBO) – Documentary style comedy on a channel I don’t really get. 
  • The Fosters (ABCFam) – Another family with drama, this time it’s a mix of biological, adopted, and foster kids, plus the parents are lesbians, but it doesn’t make the drama any more fresh.
  • The Goodwin Games (Fox) – Too bad this sort of funny show of estranged siblings, Scott Foley, Becki Newton, and TJ Miller, reunited to jump through hoops in their father’s will won’t stick around.
  • Graceland (USA) – Agents from various divisions share a beach house, oh and work undercover, what you might expect from USA for good and for bad.
  • Hannibal (NBC) – A creepy good time looking at practicing psychologist and psycho who “helps” by hurting his friend and patient, an FBI profiler. 
  • How to Live with Your Parents (ABC) – Sarah Chalke, Elizabeth Perkins, and Brad Garrett lead what turned out to be a not quite funny family comedy.
  • In the Flesh (BBCA) – What happens when formerly Partially Deceased Syndrome sufferers aka zombies are reintegrated into society, this three part season gives us an interesting look.
  • King & Maxwell (TNT) – Rebecca Romijn and Jon Tenny (Fritz from the Closer) are former Secret Service agents now in the PI world, and you know solve cases in a not revolutionary way.
  • Low Winter Sun* (AMC) – Detectives attempt the perfect murder, perhaps.
  • Maron (IFC) – Comedian Marc Maron does comedy on another channel I don’t really get.
  • Mistresses (ABC) – Ok they’re not all exactly mistresses but these four women get into some complicated sexual situations and it’s not quite bad enough to be good.
  • Motive (ABC) – Canadian import where we know who committed the crime and find out with the detectives why, though we may not care.
  • Orange is the New Black* (Netflix) – What happens when your average gal’s mistake gets you locked in the joint, worth a look.
  • Orphan Black (BBCA) – A woman finds out she’s one of many clones, and let’s just say there’s a lot of drama and a fantastic performance by Tatiana Maslay as various people, and then pretending to be other people, can’t wait for season two. 
  • Primeval: The New World (Syfy) – I can only assume this is somewhat like the original Primeval, which I’ve also never seen.
  • Ray Donovan (Show) – A new quality drama with Liev Schrieber, too bad I won’t pay for Showtime.
  • Rectify (Sund) – A slow but engaging look at a man returning to life outside of prison, though I didn’t make it past the first one.
  • Rogue (DirTV) – Thandie Newton is undercover, no DirecTV for me.
  • Save Me (NBC) – Anne Heche keeps her crazy image alive by playing a woman who hears God.
  • Siberia* (NBC) – A scripted version of a reality show gone awry, can’t say I’m that intrigued by the stranded folks.
  • Sinbad (Syfy) – I tried, but this series with a mix of Arabian nights and magical foes didn’t land for me.
  • Twisted (ABCFam) – Like much of the network drama it’s teens with drama, this one involves at least two murders, but who is the culprit?
  • Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous (MTV) – A dude who wants to make his own reality show about himself is as annoying as you might think.
  • Under the Dome (CBS) – It didn’t completely suck me in at the pilot when the small town is suddenly cut off, I’ll keep in for a bit to see how the Stephen King story reveals.
  • The White Queen* (Starz) – The latest fantastical book series come to television, let the scheming begin.

* Still to come, stay tuned for ‘new and noteworthy’ for premiere dates and additions. Plenty of reality fare not included here as well.

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new and noteworthy tv: 6/24-6/30

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Monday

  • Wimbledon (ESPN, 4am) – Coverage begins for this fortnight of tennis.
  • Under the Dome (CBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who can resist at least a look at this new Stephen King series?
  • POV (PBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – Starting another season with funeral insights. 

Tuesday

  • Rizzoli & Isles/Perception (TNT, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Fluffy but not necessarily great cable procedurals, though curious to see the level of crazy they bring Will/Eric McCormack back at.
  • Catfish (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Exposing fake online relationships.

Wednesday

  • Big Brother (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Back and longer than ever, tune in if you must. 

Thursday

  • X Games (ESPN2, 5pm) – They’ll be showing the games from Munich, Germany through Tuesday. 

Friday

  • Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Nobody seems to love their bridesmaids dresses. 

Saturday

  • Tour de France (NBCSN, 4:30am) – Stage 1 begins, and I am at this point planning not to watch, trying to winnow down my sports watching. 

Sunday

  • Dexter/Ray Donovan (Show, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – The final season of our favorite serial killer and the first of  a new Liev Scriber as fixer with complicating father Jon Voight. 

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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new and noteworthy tv: 6/17-6/23

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More summer fluff arises, to entertain until Wimbledon…

Monday

  • Love, Marilyn (HBO, 9pm) – Stars reading memorabilia for some reason is getting good reviews. 

Tuesday

  • Blood and Oil (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Family oil competes with the big companies. 

Wednesday

  • Franklin & Bash (TNT, 9pm) Season Premiere – Heather Locklear reprises her Melrose Place role, or you know one of her other reinvigorating personas, dumb series but you know I kind of like the banter. 
  • Hot in Cleveland/The Exes/The Soul Man (TVL, 10/10:30/11pm) Season Premieres – I still enjoy what’s basically a Golden Girls remake but pass on the others.
  • Fight Master (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – Elimination bouts.
  • The Soup Investigates (E!, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – What viewers want to know, if I knew what they were informing folks on I’d be tempted to watch.

Thursday

  • Wilfred (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – The search for Wilfred’s original owner, weird but good weird. 

Friday

  • Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia (Cook, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Start with sampling Vegas. 

Saturday

  • 666 Park Avenue (ABC, 9pm) – Another show you may have forgotten about getting some air time. 

Sunday

  • Whodunnit? (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – It’s like real life Clue, or at least reality show Clue.
  • Crossing Lines (NBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Donald Sutherland crosses national lines to solve crimes, doesn’t look revolutionary but worth a peak.
  • Drop Dead Diva/Devious Maids (Life, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – I guess I canceled my season pass after they canceled it before they renewed it and then a potentially cheesy potentially culturally and sociologically stereotypical mystery soap.
  • Copper (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – A new sergeant.

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new and noteworthy tv: 6/10-6/16

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Monday

  • Fast n’ Loud/Street Outlaws (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Ferrari and Corvette and then the world of underground street racing. 
  • Major Crimes/King & Maxwell (TNT, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Not in love with but will tune back in to see what’s happening in this police unit and then former Secret Service turned PIs, count me in, unless I agree with folks that it’s dumb.
  • The Winner Is… (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – More songster competition.
  • Dean Cole’s Black Box (TBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – I like that the promo shown for this is ‘who are you?’
  • The Freshman Class (Cook, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – The culinary institute welcomes a new class.
  • House Crashers (DIY, 11pm) Season Premiere – Mismatched makeover.

Tuesday

  • Pretty Little Liars/Twisted (ABCF, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – More campy drama and then an intro of the return of a kid who possibly killed his aunt five years ago, dark or campy?
  • My Teen Is Pregnant and So Am I (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Right…
  • Shipping Wars (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Monkeys and magicians!
  • Renovate to Rent (HGTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Starting with a duo remodeling a duplex.

Wednesday

  • Royal Pains/Necessary Roughness (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Hank returns to work and Dani has to deal with new management. 
  • Couples Therapy (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – Because I want to watch people fight.
  • Dig Wars (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Relic hunters.
  • I’m Having Their Baby (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Lots of worries.

Thursday

  • Intervention (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – When coping doesn’t work. 
  • House of Curves (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Fashion frenzy.
  • Sullivan & Son (TBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – Ken Jeong guest stars, I guess that’s all I have to say.

Friday

  • Magic City (Starz, 9pm) Season Premiere – Greater of two evils?

Saturday

  •  Zero Hour (ABC, 8pm) – Remember this show, probably not, there were some clocks, well they’re burning off more of these episodes. 

Sunday

  • Off the Hook (AnPl, 8pm) Season Premiere – Fish hunting, aka fishing. 
  • Miss USA (NBC, 9pm) – The 62nd annual competition.
  • Inspector Lewis (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – The British saga returns.
  • True Blood (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – More drama in the blood zone.
  • Watch What Happens (Brv, 11pm) Season Premiere – What happens?

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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spoiler free zone

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Chatted with a fellow tv aficionado (similar passion differing shows)… She asked me what I thought about all the hubbub surrounding The Game of Thrones. I had to admit that the show was on ‘real cable’ so not only did I not keep up, but I had actually managed to avoid finding out what the hubbub was all about. Not because I’m not always intrigued by tv talk but because I do intend to watch the series at some point and as much as I can avoid the drama around the drama that surrounds the plot the better.

I also refrained from chiming in on a question put forth from a Facebook friend regarding spoilers on Facebook or Twitter. Not because I didn’t have an opinion but because I am a huge anti spoiler proponent and am starting to wonder if my lines are too strict, I tend to stifle as many television conversations as I promote. But to be honest the argument that if I cared enough I would watch live just can’t be lived up to. I watch more television that most healthy people and I don’t watch everything. With the state of technology today sometimes I do save shows, either proactively or by default, and would like to view them with a clean slate like folks who watch live.

With more and more people shifting television, either by an hour/day/week/month/year are we beholden to a different standard or a different method of television watching and discussion? Does live conversation come to the responsibility of the listener to shut their ears? If something is within a timeframe East Coast/West Coast/UK/Live Watchers/DVR Watchers/Netflix Streamers at what point is it fair game?

Part of the conversation is the format, Twitter/Facebook vs. a Headline vs. Content. Personally I feel like I can scan headlines and decide whether I want to read an article but if your tweet is not that there is news, but what the news is I don’t have an opportunity to turn away. And yes I can choose who to follow, so while I might not follow American Idol proper or enthusiasts to avoid spoilers (btw I’m totally over Idol), I follow a lot of TV peeps and I have mostly been able to do so without results or killings immediately shared. Of course the people I follow do write more in depth articles, often graciously dubbed with Spoiler Alerts in case I’m in questionable territory, and I can choose to pass, or save for later.

That’s not to say that it’s not ok to talk about television. Reviewers mostly get material ahead of time, sometimes an episode and sometimes a series, and they can review a show without telling me what happened, a review is held to a different standard than say a recap. I just think the standard should be held to a similar as one in person. Did you see last night’s episode of Game of Thrones? If the answer is yes, read on… if the answer is no, don’t shout out ‘wasn’t it crazy that it was all a dream’, before I have a chance to turn away.

Now don’t even get me started on people who tweet sports…

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new and noteworthy tv: 6/3-6/9

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Monday

  • The Fosters (ABCF, 9pm) Season Premiere – Teri Polo play a cop, perhaps with a hear of gold, in this foster family drama that will probably be a little more moral than if it were on ABC. 
  • Push Girls (Sund, 10pm) Season Premiere – Love and betrayal.
  • Mistresses (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – This just looks sooo dumb.
  • Teen Wolf (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – More wolfishness.

Tuesday

  • America’s Got Talent (9pm, NBC) Season Premiere – Mel B and Heidi Klum join the panel of judges.
  • Bang Goes the Theory (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Science and power.
  • Exit (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Competing to get out of booby trapped spaces.
  • Pretty Wicked Moms (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Follows Dance Moms so…
  • The Alectrix (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – The band gets a new manager.

Wednesday

  • CMT Music Awards/Redneck Island (CMT, 8/10:30pm) – Why does Kristen Bell host this, the awards not the island?
  • Beverly Hills Pawn (Reelz, 9pm) Series Premiere – Because they’ve got the good stuff in these hills.
  • Toddlers & Tiara/The Good Buy Girls (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Children and then adults acting like children behind the scenes of home shopping.
  • Chef Roble & Co (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Chef it up.
  • Paranormal Witness (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Discount on a house with devil worshipping?
  • Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (Sci, 10pm) Season Premiere – More science.

Thursday

  • NBA Finals (ABC, 6pm) – Go basketball.
  • The Hero/72 Hours (TNT, 8/9pm) Series Premieres – The Rock gets people to compete in a more extreme way then folks have three days to find some cash.
  • Style Pop (Sty, 8pm) Series Premiere – Chatting about pop culture and style.
  • Burn Notice/Graceland (USA, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – The final season of our burned spy followed by a house of undercover agents at the beach, worth a watch.
  • Race to the Scene (Reelz, 9pm) Series Premiere – A look a movie scenes like Forrest Gump and Independence Day.
  • In the Flesh (BBCA, 10pm) Series Premiere – Can a zombie be rehabbed and returned home, I’m intrigued?

Friday

  • Continuum (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – The cop from the future is still in the present. 

Saturday

  • Sinbad/Primeval: The New World (Syfy, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – New series where Sinbad stands up to the prince and science guys investigate dinosaurs out of space and time. 

Sunday

  • Tony Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Now NPH hosting this makes sense. 
  • HGTV Star (HGTV, 8pm) Season Premiere – Ten designers compete starting with showing their own style.
  • Falling Skies (TNT, 9pm) Season Premiere – Apparently this show is still on.
  • Mountain Men (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – Into the wild.

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new and noteworthy tv: 5/27-6/2

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Get ready for summer…

Monday

  • French Open (ESPN2/NABC, various) – Hello week day tennis!
  • The Bachelorette (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – The latest lady castoff gets her moment of choosing. 
  • Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Post hurricane Sandy.
  • The Glades/Longmire (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – New dead body and botched prison transfer.
  • Hit the Floor (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – Following a professional basketball team’s dance squad.

Tuesday

  • Extreme Weight Loss (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Twins who weigh over 800 pounds. 
  • Family SOS with Jo Frost (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Supernanny extends her domain.
  • The Haves and the Have Nots (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – I didn’t realize Oprah did dramas in this look at family of Savannah wealthy and their intertwined family staff.
  • Brooklyn DA (CBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – Six part docuseries.
  • Tattoo Nightmares/Never Ever Do This At Home (Spike, 10/11pm) Season/Series Premieres – Once you go pentagram… and then testing the outcome of things you shouldn’t do.

Wednesday

  • The American Baking Competition (CBS, 8pm) Series Premiere – More cooking competitions, this hosted by Jeff Foxworthy?
  • Melissa & Joey/Baby Daddy/Dancing Fools (ABCF, 8/8:30/9pm) Season/Series PremieresWho’s the Boss returns, the dudes taking care of the baby, and then for some reason there hasn’t been a ‘funny’ dance competition until now.
  • Love Thy Neighbor (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Oprah apparently does sitcoms too, this one set in a diner.
  • Healing in the Heartland (NBC, 9pm) – Musical benefit.
  • Top Shot (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – All-stars!

Thursday

  • Renovation Raiders (HGTV, 9pm) Series Premiere – I’m not sure how much secret remodeling can be done while folks are out to dinner. 
  • Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – What is beyond?

Friday

  • Bridezillas/Marriage Boot Camp/Pregnant and Dating (WE, 8/9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Love of weddings makes you do crazy things and those who might get help and then, well for those who date during those designated 9 mos.
  • Randy to the Rescue (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Wedding planning.
  • Treehouse Masters (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – Not to be confused with Ultimate Treehouses.

Saturday

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories/The Haunting Of (BIO, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – Mocking comment here.
  • Fish Tank Kings (NatGeoW, 9pm) Season Premiere – VW fishtank.
  • Golden Sisters (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following the salon.

Sunday

  • The Killing (AMC, 8pm) Season Premiere – No comment.
  • The Real Housewives of New Jersey/Princesses (Brav, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – Bleh.
  • The Women’s Concert for Change (NBC, 9pm) – I don’t think they mean outfit change.
  • Call of the Wildman/Top Hooker (AnPl, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Uninvited critters and fishing not whoring
  • Food Network Star (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Get ready for your opportunity.
  • Keeping Up with the Kardashians/The Wanted Life (E!, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – More of them and then British band Wanted.

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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