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new and noteworthy tv: 8/15-8/21

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Another week another crop of…

Monday

  • The Lying Game (ABCFam, 9pm) Series Premiere – Twins separated at birth and one takes the other’s place to find the truth… and no this isn’t the new Sarah Michelle Gellar series.
  • Millionaire Matchmaker/Most Eligible Dallas (Brav, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Annoying dating champ is back and is followed by a group of apparently eligible Dallas folk.
  • Dina’s Party (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Weekly party planning from one of the real housewives.
  • Hair Battle Spectacular (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – I think they’re doing things that are not just the latest bob.

Tuesday

  • Downsized/Family Restaurant (WE, 91/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – A family continues with financial issues and then a family run Chinese restaurant.
  • What Not to Wear (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – I wish Stacy & Clinton could help me decide whether to return these boots.

Wednesday

  • Law & Order: UK/The Hour (BBCA, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – The L&O series lives on, and then a 50s era behind the scenes of an investigative news mag show.
  • Ton of Cash (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – Which contestant will prove themselves worthy of a big payout?
  • CMT Made (CMT, 10pm) Series Premiere – Folks try to change their lives, country folks.
  • Outrageous Kids Parties (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Over the top displays of wealth are kind of annoying, over the tops displays of wealth for kids are…

Thursday

  • Salvage Code Red (NGC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Diving for wreckage.
  • Blog Cabin (DIY, 9pm) Season Premiere – Building a cabin (not sure why it’s blog related).
  • Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Is beyond straight crooked?
  • Nightmare Next Door (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at old crimes and their perpetrators.

Friday

  • Tanked (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – What industry have we not visited? A family that builds fish tanks?

Saturday

  • Visa Championships (NBC, 8pm) – The women’s gymnasts throw down.
  • Bizarre ER (Health, 10pm) Season Premiere – Behind the scenes odd ailments.

Sunday

  • US Open Series (ESPN2/CBS, various) – The tennis series continues with the finals on Sunday in Cincinnati.
  • Home Takeover with Simon & Tomas (OWN, 11pm) Series Premiere – A European approach to home makeovers.

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: 8/8-8/14

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We’re all just waiting it out until September when the fall series start to hit, but until then there is still always something new.

Monday

  • Bachelor Pad (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – This is the one where the castoffs hook up.
  • Tia & Tamara (Style, 9pm) Series Premiere – I was wondering why there weren’t more reality series that followed random celebrities like the former stars of ‘Sister, Sister’.
  • Donna Decorates Dallas (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Starts with a master bedroom makeover.
  • Sugar High (Food, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Duff from ‘Ace of Cakes’ travels to other sweet shops.

Tuesday

  • Auction Kings/Dirty Money (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Sell collectibles, transform collectibles.
  • Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t know, one of these Gordon Ramsay shows.
  • I Escaped/Big Law (ID, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Escape from prison and then someone called Butterbean becomes a deputy somewhere.
  • Top Shot (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – Expert marksmen compete.

Wednesday

  • Primetime Nightline: Celebrity Secrets (ABC, 10pm) – No one really cares about this but there’s nothing really new today.

Thursday

  • Russian Dolls (Life, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – More annoying reality women, these ones are of Russian heritage.

Friday

  • Karaoke Battle USA (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – For all the people that people like Simon said sound like they’re singing karaoke.
  • Strike Back (Cin, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s time to follow some terrorist fighters.

Saturday

  • Action Sports (Sat/Sun, NBC, 1:30pm) – The Dew Tour hits Portland.
  • Wrestlemania (NBC, 9pm) – The Rock hosts, is he still going by the Rock but maybe only at wrestling events?

Sunday

  • Tennis (ESPN2, various) – The US Open series hits Toronto with the Rogers Cup.
  • I.Am.First/CMA Music Festival (ABC, 7pm) – Science and math and tunes followed by tunes of the country variety.
  • In the Flow with Affion Crockett (Fox, 9pm) Series Premiere – Sketch comedy with some guy whose name spelling I checked a couple times.
  • The Great Food Truck Race (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cooking competition on wheels.
  • Unusual Suspects (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – An old crime solved.

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 summer show roundup

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Well it’s that time of year again, the summer fluff is mostly out. And what do I think so far?

  • Alphas (Syfy) Stay Tuned – This is yet another spin on the Heroes theme, certain folks have unique abilities, this time they’re working with the government to stop the evil but good and evil just might not be all that clear, this isn’t as campy as some which may make it more watchable or may make it less engaging.
  • Awkward (Mtv) Stay Tuned – The high school awkward phase has been done before but there’s just a dash enough of good writing to make the characters and situations interesting, will she make it work with her crush, or is there another guy out there for her, and how much humiliation in the interim.
  • Combat Hospital (ABC) Tune Out – Grey’s Anatomy at war didn’t engage me enough to stick through the first episode which maybe isn’t fair or maybe watching at least part was more time than it was worth.
  • Falling Skies (TNT) Tune Out – I was borderline on this, it’s not a bad show, about putting up the good fight after an alien invasion, but I just found I didn’t much care about the battles or the relationships.
  • The Glee Project (Oxy) Tune In – This is my favorite new show, it has all the ingredients of a singing competition, but the combination of elements in each episode (initial challenge, music video, and final singing for save) and the reality of competing for a role in a specific show with really talented kids makes it a must see.
  • Franklin & Bash (TNT) Stay Tuned – The cases and premise are pretty dumb but Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer are still somehow kind of endearing in their rebellious lawyer style.
  • Happily Divorced (TVL) Tune Out – Unless you have really been missing The Nanny, this dated feeling sitcom about Fran living with her gay now ex husband is a pass.
  • Love Bites (NBC) Stay Tuned – This show didn’t catch on but it was actually a pretty good take on the romcom, boiling every possible story down to three vignettes an episode.
  • Necessary Roughness (USA) Stay Tuned – A newly separated shrink gets what seems like a windfall when she’s asked to help out professional football player, but athletes, the team’s staff, and her family may still all be too crazy, she’s pretty likable in the overarching football story but the weekly cases in other sports seem a little too pat.
  • The Nine Lives of Chloe King (ABCFam) Tune Out – Always willing to give the weird a shot, in this version this girl finds she’s descended from some sort of cat people, she’s the hope of the race but unfortunately may kill anyone she gets kissy with, will she survive long enough to… whatever it is she’s supposed to do, just nothing really to grab onto.
  • The Protector (Life) Tune Out – Not a terrible show but just nothing noteworthy about this police procedural where the title character is a woman trying to balance family and work.
  • State of Georgia (ABCFam) Tune Out – Raven-Symoné and Majandra Delfino attempt to play this generation’s Lucy and Ethel and I just can’t get on board.
  • Suits (USA) Stay Tuned – It’s unbelievable that a lawyer would risk it all to hire a non law school grad to his firm that only hires Harvard grads, but this all business ‘closer’ has a dynamic with his protege who reads and learns it all protege that is keeping me engaged.
  • Switched at Birth (ABCFam) Tune Out – This show was actually sort of sweet in the look at the families and difficulties of two girls who learn they were the biological daughters of different families but it was a little too sappy too keep up with.
  • Teen Wolf (MTV) Tune Out – I was intrigued by the new guy as wolf trying to balance that along with friends and romance but it just got too stupid.
  • Web Therapy (Show) Stay Tuned – I wanted to like this Lisa Kudrow as internet shrink as her web series made the leap to broadcast, but couldn’t quite enjoy her terrible advice or uncomfortable relationship with her husband.
  • Wilfred (Fx) Tune In – The US update to the wacky Australian concept where a guy sees a dog as a man in a dog suit is super odd but I can’t turn away as I wait for whatever unpredictable hijinks Wilfred will get them into.

What else is sticking around in the TiVo queue: Burn Notice, Celebrity Rehab, Closer, Drop Dead Diva, In Plain Sight, Leverage, Louie, Project Runway, White Collar and on occasion but tenuous Eureka, Glades, Rizzoli & Isles.

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/1-8/7

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Always something new, though even I don’t watch most of it…

Monday

  • The Bachelorette (ABC, 8/10pm) Season Finale – For the one person I know still watching this, don’t forget to stay tuned for After the Rose.
  • The Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 9pm) Season Premiere – More wackjobs.
  • The High Low Project (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Doing the high end on a low end budget, first stop a dining room makeover.

Tuesday

  • Take the Money and Run (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Keep the $100k hidden and win it, but finders keepers.
  • Billy the Exterminator (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – Things look bad for another season of unwanted guests.
  • Born to Dance (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – So you think you can… find another dance show?
  • Picker Sisters (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Two of the gals from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition find house stuff.

Wednesday

  • Scream if You Know the Answer/Truck Stop, Missouri (Trav, 7/10pm) Series Premieres – Trivia on a roller coaster and then hanging with a truck stop.
  • 10 Grand in Your Hand (DIY, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Showing folks how to save major bucks on renovations.

Thursday

  • Jersey Shore (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Italian style Jersey.

Friday

  • Friends with Benefits (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Not to be confused with the current flick, twenty-somethings date and whatnot.
  • Extraordinary Acts of Courage (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Real life heroic acts.
  • Four Weddings (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Let the weddings commence.
  • Whisker Wars (IFC, 11pm) Series Premiere – Um, I’m tempted to see how the hell there is a reality show about “Beard Team USA”, I believe they grow their beards, and compete.

Saturday

  • The Swell Life (OWN, 12pm) Series Premiere – The series kicks off a marathon day following a surfer and his family who run a surf school and a nonprofit for autistic kids.
  • Curb Appeal (HGTV, 8pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a 70s house getting a makeover.
  • Home Takeover with Simon & Tomas (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – A design duo does some makeovers.

Sunday

  • Tennis (ESPN2, various) – The US Open series continues, ATP and WTA.
  • Ty’s Great British Adventure (ABC, 8pm) – Think Extreme Home Makeover, or at least Ty, taking it on the road.
  • Teen Choice (Fox, 8pm) – Can’t wait to hear what awards Twilight wins! (too bad there is no sarcasm font)
  • Curiosity (Disc, 8pm) Series Premiere – Exploring creation… science, religion?
  • Hillbilly Handfishin’ (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – I could not catch them with my hands as well as not catching them with a pole.

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: 7/25-7/31

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Monday

  • The A-List (Logo, 10pm) Season Premiere – More reality…

Tuesday

  • Awkward (MTV, 8pm) – Tune into the second episode, ok so it’s not that new or noteworthy but nothing else is showing on a Tuesday and the first ep was pretty cute.

Wednesday

  • Wonders of the Universe (Sci, 9pm) Season Premiere – Sciency…

Thursday

  • Project Runway (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – Make it work!
  • Ancient Aliens (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at aliens and the old west, just in time for Cowboys and Aliens.
  • LA Ink (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I could never figure out what kind of tattoo I wanted.

Friday

  • Deadly Women (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – In case you were thinking that only men were killers.
  • Iron Man Anime/Wolverine (11/11:30pm) Series Premieres – You know for people who want more of these guys.

Saturday

  • Renovation Realities (DIY, 9pm) Season Premiere – Home improvements start to finish.
  • Outnumbered/Friday Night Dinner (BBCA 11/11:30pm) Series Premieres – Quirky family comedies British style.

Sunday

  • American Ninja Warrior (G4, 9pm) Season Premiere – First one must qualify to compete.
  • Against the Wall (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Getting promoted, but working in Internal Affairs won’t sit well with this detective’s cop family.

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: 7/18-7/24

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I will be almost as relieved as the riders when the Tour de France is complete…

Monday

  • Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – I don’t do cooking shows much and I don’t love the yelling.
  • Giuliana & Bill (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – More people I don’t care about.
  • Degrassi (Teen, 9pm) Season Premiere – In its 11th season I wonder how old these kids are now.
  • Selling LA (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Firms dealing with fancy LA properties.

Tuesday

  • It’s Worth What? (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Cedric the Entertainer hosts this game show challenge to guess the value of items.
  • Ludo Bites America (Sund, 9pm) Series Premiere – Let’s see how a French guy fares traveling the US helping struggling restaurateurs.
  • Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bryant looks at sports or sports people or something.
  • True Grime (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Clean up is nothing compared to crime scene clean up.
  • Awkward (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – The latest teen dramedy about a high school gal who starts the series off getting in the spotlight for the wrong reasons.
  • Web Therapy (Show, 11pm) Series Premiere – Kudrow’s web series gets some additions as it makes its first appearance here, with wacky sessions with lots of guest stars.

Wednesday

  • Hollywood Hi-Tech (DIY, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Hmm, I think the premise is celebrities get impressive electronics and we get jealous.
  • Deadliest Warrior (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – Washington vs Bonaparte.
  • South Beach Tow (Tru, 10pm) Series Premiere – A family that tows together…
  • Storage Wars (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Once you win the stuff I learned you have to figure out how to make money off of it.

Thursday

  • Plain Jane (CW, 9pm) – For some reason they are rerunning this kind of sweet makeover dating show.

Friday

  • Tour de France (VS, various) – Today’s stage heads to Alpe-d’Huez, getting that much closer to Sunday’s final stage to Paris Champs-Elysees.
  • US Open Series: Atlanta (ESPN2, Fri-Sun, various) – The US Open tennis series kicks off.

Saturday

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (ABC, 8pm) – In case you want to ready yourself for the final flick with a rewatch of the first one.

Sunday

  • Same Name (CBS, 9pm) Series Premiere – If your name were David Hasselhoff… I think it’s like Wife Swap
  • Family Renovation (DIY, 9pm) Season Premiere – A couple starts renovation on their home.
  • I Do Over (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Wish your wedding had been better?
  • Top Gear (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – More gear.
  • Entourage (HBO, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – The final season begins and I’m sure these guys have changed significantly.

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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right service, right price?

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Well another round of service updates makes it time to reevaluate how I’m getting my television and videos. For the longest time I was getting 3 discs from Netflix, I wouldn’t make good use of them every month but I would go on a few fits of watching that it made it worthwhile. Then Netflix added streaming to its regular service which once I was able to connect effectively was nice. The streaming doesn’t have everything that I wanted to watch as far as movies or television shows, maybe generously a quarter of the things and typically just the older stuff, but it was convenient. So when Netflix upped its rates I was slightly irked but realizing I didn’t need so many discs I dropped down to one disc at a time.

Now, Netflix is splitting its service into streaming for a fee and discs for a fee which of course adds up to more than my current fee:

Your current $9.99 a month membership for unlimited streaming and unlimited DVDs will be split into 2 distinct plans:
   Plan 1: Unlimited Streaming (no DVDs) for $7.99 a month
   Plan 2: Unlimited DVDs, 1 out at-a-time (no streaming) for $7.99 a month

As much as I knew this would be coming in some way I’m still perturbed. The main problem is that although I don’t watch those new discs regularly I do occasionally like it as an option. If they had more content available via streaming this wouldn’t be as big of a problem but they don’t. Due to costs the assumption is they’re trying to steer people away from the actual discs but it would be nice if they threw in a couple discs a year (or something) to existing users until they get their catalog up.

What I’m going to do is admit that I don’t actually use the discs often enough to rationalize the cost. And if I ‘need’ to watch something unavailable I can for the most part get it via another service streaming. This is quicker and allows more flexibility than the discs and based on sample costs ($.99-1.99 episode and $3.99-4.99 for a new release) seems to be cheaper if I really only do it sporadically. Where this doesn’t work is for catching up on more recent series, it’s just not cost effective with costs per disc/episode.

So the plan is to wait that out, things change right? I’ve got enough backlog of things that are streaming (Weeds, Friday Night Lights, Battlestar Gallactica) that I can hold out for now on the others (Mad Men, The Wire, Deadwood). There is also unfortunately the potential for some things to be removed from streaming (which I learned the hard way rewatching Veronica Mars which lost its streaming license in the midst of Season 3).

There are a few other services that I’m keeping an eye on, that so far don’t quite meet my needs either. As much as I can remember not wanting to pay for cable I may buckle on something else, but not yet:

  • Amazon/Blockbuster streaming – These are both available as a per episode/movie option on my TiVo and what I expect to utilize to fill the gap.
  • Amazon Prime – Basically like current Netflix where you pay an annual fee and get discs shipped and some options on streaming but to my knowledge has less of a selection.
  • Hulu – Some stuff is free online but there’s also fee based Hulu Plus which has more current television that I don’t see this so much as replacing Netflix as possibly replacing cable at some point if they get their options up.
  • Apple/iTunes – To be honest I know they have a tv option but I don’t know how it works/works with iTunes, though as most folks are already plugged in to iTunes this is an option for single episodes/movies though not as easily integrated with the physical tv.
  • Video Stores/Kiosks – There’s still one of these in Safeway and I know people who still go to a store so that’s theoretically an option.

I guess until then I should try to catch the last Veronica Mars episodes before I cancel discs with the rate increase scheduled for September. What are you doing?

 

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new and noteworthy tv: 7/11-7/17

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The summer stuff keeps rolling out…

Monday

  • Eureka/Warehouse 13/Alphas (Syfy, 8/9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – A bevy of oddities with an isolated beyond science town, a place that stores odd objects and the people who fetch them, and a new group of specially-abled folk investigating crime.
  • Anthony Bourdain (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Kicks off in Cuba.
  • The Closer/Rizzoli & Isles (TNT, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – More detecting, some better than others, as we prepare to say goodbye to Brenda Leigh Johnson.
  • HGTV Design Star (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Competitors start by designing their temporary home, and by home I mean Penthouse.
  • Man vs Wild (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Jake Gyllenhaal tags along with Bear.
  • Surprise Homecoming (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Billy Ray Cyrus hosts this feel good welcoming.

Tuesday

  • Food(ography)/United Tastes of America (Cook, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – More food.
  • Gordon Ramsay’s Great Escape (BBCA, 9pm) Series Premiere – Kicks off in Vietnam.
  • I Hate My Kitchen (DIY, 9pm) Season Premiere – I assume they make them better.
  • Chopped (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Four British chefs face off.

Wednesday

  • Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Baseball Peanuts style.
  • Ghost Hunters International/Legend Quest (Syfy, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Ghosts and legendary artifacts across the globe.
  • Roseanne’s Nuts/Dance Moms (Life, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – More reality as we see if Roseanne Barr is crazy or just a nut farmer and then stage moms dance style.
  • Sons of Guns/One Man Army (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Gun works and then four compete.
  • Damages (DirTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – I couldn’t quite stick with this show.
  • Rescue Me (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – The final season commences.
  • Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry/I Married a Mobster (ID, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Not really a doctor and then really a mobster.
  • The Franchise (Show, 10pm) Series Premiere – A season with the San Francisco Giants.

Thursday

  • Sweet Home Alabama/Texas Women (CMT, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Bachelorette southern style and then following four ladies of Texas.
  • The Green Room with Paul Provenza (Show, 11pm) Season Premiere – Guests.

Friday

  • Friday Night Lights (NBC, 8pm) Series Finale – My plans to catch up to the final season haven’t manifested so I’ll get this at some point.
  • Haven (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Another season of odd occurrences in this small town series.

Saturday

  • Home by Novogratz (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Home makeovers from husband and wife design team.
  • Pit Boss (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – More rescues and in this ep homeless learn how to keep their pits well behaved.

Sunday

  • Zen (PBS, 9pm) Miniseries Premiere – Rufus Sewell stars as Italian detective looks to solve personal and professional situations.
  • Big Rich Texas (Styl, 9pm) Series Premiere – Dallas socialites and their daughters.
  • Auction Hunters/Bar Rescue (Spike, 9:30/10pm) Season Premieres – Hunting at auctions and trying to rescue bars, I like a descriptive title.
  • Breaking Bad (AMC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I just couldn’t take this show anymore, it’s good, but they all became too unsympathetic.
  • Heat Seekers (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at spicy foods.
  • My Strange Addiction (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Strange doesn’t quite describe it.

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: 7/4-7/10

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The other question is of course how much Tour de France am I going to watch…

Monday

  • A Capitol Fourth (PBS, 8pm) – Celebs, music, and fireworks.
  • Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular (NBC, 9pm) – Celebs , music, and fireworks.
  • Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular (CBS, 10pm) – Celebs, music, and fireworks.
  • Bath Crashers (DIY, 9pm) Season Premiere – A couple teaks it up.

Tuesday

  • Hard Time (NGC, 10pm) Season Premiere – They’re talking prison kind of hard time.
  • Teen Mom (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Back with the kids with kids.

Wednesday

  • Flipping Out (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Apparently the main guy has a new boyfriend/coworker.
  • I Shouldn’t Be Alive (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – I just keep thinking I would have died.
  • Restaurant: Impossible (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can this wild west themed restaurant be saved?

Thursday

  • Big Brother (CBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Is this still on three nights a week?

Friday

  • Say Yes to the Dress/Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – More dresses.
  • Torchwood (Starz, 10pm) Season Premiere – Top secret investigators…
  • Monster Fish (NGC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Predatory fish of the Australian Outback.

Saturday

  • US Open of Surfing (CBS, 10am) – It’s feeling a lot like summer.
  • Secrets From a Stylist (HGTV, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a beachy bedroom.

Sunday

  • Sunday Best (BET, 8pm) Season Premiere – Gospel competition.
  • Hoarding (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Cleaning out the junk before you move in.
  • Holmes Inspection (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Inspections should come first.
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – How much fighting will Larry do this season?
  • Famous Food (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – ‘Famous’ people compete in cooking challenges.
  • The Indestructibles (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Experts explain how people survive various destructions.
  • Tough Cookies (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – If you liked following other baking family businesses, cookies might be up your alley.

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: 6/27-7/3

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Now comes the time of year when I decide how much tennis and cycling is too much…

Monday

  • Weeds/The Big C (Show, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – I’m only on season 2 of Weeds and can’t believe they’ve got this many season’s worth and have yet to try out the Laura Linney’s character has cancer show.

Tuesday

  • I Kid With Brad Garrett (TLC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Hanging with kids trying to be funny.

Wednesday

  • Melissa & Joey/State of Georgia (ABCFam, 8/8:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Former sitcom star Raven-Symoné joins former sitcom stars for a night of formulaic sitcoms.
  • Royal Pains/Necessary Roughness (USA, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – New gal shrinking football players joins doctors on the fluffy formulaic network, some of which is fun.
  • Love in the Wild (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Bachelor Pad meets Survivor?
  • Behind the Music (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – Missy Elliott shares her stuff.

Thursday

  • Wicked Attraction (ID, 9pm) Season Premiere – And you thought your ex was crazy…
  • Extreme Chef (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Unmarked can goods, cooking on a car engine… is takeout really that bad?
  • Ugly Americans (Com, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Something about a succubus on this animated series of not your everyday beings.

Friday

  • Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures (Nick, 8pm) Series Premiere – Two bros search for surf and whatnot in this new comedy series.

Saturday

  • Tour de France (Vs, 5am, NBC, 11am, and various) – The tour kicks off as does hours upon hours of coverage.

Sunday

  • Wimbledon (NBC, 6am, and various) – The fortnight of tennis coverage wraps up with the Women’s and Men’s finals.

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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