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new and noteworthy tv: 11/1-11/7

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Not a lot new of note, though of course there’s the World Series, go Giants.

Monday

  • Wreck Chasers (Disc, 8/8:30pm) Series Premiere – How much wreck can a tow truck tow.
  • The Women of SNL (NBC, 9pm) – Funny with the ladies.
  • My Big Friggin Wedding/Mario Lopez: Saved by the Baby (VH1, 9/10:30pm) Series Premieres – Big weddings and big personalities.

Tuesday

  • Election Coverage (Various) – Senate, House, props…
  • Meteorite Men (Sci, 9pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a meteorite at a secret location.
  • Mysteries at the Museum (Trav, 9pm) Series Premiere – There’s a story behind that thing.
  • Running Russell Simmons (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Ever wonder how his business runs?

Wednesday

  • My Dog Ate What (NatGeo, 9pm) Series Premiere – No explanation needed.
  • All Access Nashville (ABC, 10pm) – Brad, LeAnn, Carrie, and Miranda.

Thursday

  • Pranked/Megadrive/Bully Beatdown (MTV, 10/10:30/11pm) Season/Series Premieres – Pranks, drives, and bullies.

Friday

  • Supernanny (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – More family mess that maybe gets helped.

Saturday

  • Downsized/The Locator (WE, 9pm) Series/Season Premiere – Following a family in financial difficulty, then finding family and others.

Sunday

  • Shake It Up (Dis, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Teenyboppers perform on a teen dance show, it’s a sitcom.
  • Kendra/Married to Rock (E!, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – More reality.
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new and noteworthy tv: 10/25-10/31

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Monday

  • In Treatment (HBO, 9/9:30pm) Season Premiere – The doctor is in.
  • Dead Set (IFC, 9pm) Series Premiere – If I understand this correctly the miniseries, airing each night this week, has zombies attacking Big Brother, I guess that’s one way to make it interesting.

Tuesday

  • Raising Hope (Fox, 9pm) – An hour of Hope is a bad sign for Running Wilde.
  • 16 & Pregnant (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – More pregnant teens.
  • Auction Kings (Disc, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Aren’t there already a few of these auction shows?
  • Dance Cam Slam (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Reality shows get cheaper with folks sending in dance moves from their own computers.

Wednesday

  • World Series (Fox, 4:30pm) – Go Giants.
  • Friday Night Lights (DirTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – The final season begins, and it’s a Wednesday, I’m just irritated that they stopped replaying this on ABC Family, I guess I’ll have to move to netflix as I’m only on season two.
  • I’ll Do Anything (BBCA, 9pm) Series Premiere – Folks compete to get on the big stage.
  • Hollywood Treasure (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s basically another auction show but for Hollywood memorabilia.

Thursday

  • It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm, and Fri) – ‘Tis the season.
  • Scared Shrekless (NBC, 8pm, and Sat) – Shrek leads the Halloween spirit and pushes Community to 8:30, though why we’re losing 30Rock for the night and not Outsourced is beyond me.
  • Police Women of Dallas (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – This season moves to Dallas to follow police women, I guess the title is pretty self explanatory.
  • Ancient Aliens (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at places that have some mysterious history.
  • Fact or Faked (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – The truth behind mysterious images caught on camera.
  • The Fairy Jobmother (Life, 11pm) Series Premiere – A career specialist helps folks in need.

Friday

  • What Not To Wear (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – They’re back and starting with a makeover of Facts of Life’s Mindy Cohn.
  • Snow Men (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Folks open snowy roads, maybe for Ice Road Truckers.

Saturday

  • Monsters vs. Aliens (NBC, 8:30pm) – Now you will wonder is it a jack-o-lantern or is it an alien?
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Russell Howard and Charlotte Church guest.

Sunday

  • Outrageous Food (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Biggest burgers, hottest peppers, and more.
  • The Walking Dead (AMC, 10pm) Series Premiere – This new series explores a world taken over by zombies, I’m sensing a zombie theme week.

* Times noted are PST and schedule as always is subject to change.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/18-10/24

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Monday

  • The Talk (CBS, 2pm) Series Premiere – The latest day time talk with Sara Gilbert, Leah Remini, Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, and Marissa Jaret Winoker.
  • Rock of Love: Where Are They Now?/Brett Michaels: Life as I Know It (VH1, 9/10pm) Special/Series Premiere – Something tells me Brett is more entertaining as a carouser instead of as a part time family man.

Tuesday

  • Freak Encounters (AnPl, 7:30pm) Series Premiere – It starts with a giant mutant bat.
  • Nova/Independent Lens (PBS, 8/11pm) Season Premieres – Great cathedral architecture then America Ferrara hosts film looks.
  • Dirty Jobs/Ghost Lab (Disc, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Exotic animals and Civil War ghosts.
  • Millionaire Matchmaker (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – New York millionaires.
  • Scream 2010 (Spike, 9pm) – Horror awards.

Wednesday

  • Tailgate Warriors (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Guy Fieri hosts the latest challenge.

Thursday

  • Night of Too Many Stars (Com, 9pm) – Jon Stewart hosts a concert for autism education with many a star.

Friday

  • Catch up on dvr!

Saturday

  • 24/7 (HBO, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Pacquiao and Margarito prep for the big brawl.

Sunday

  • Football Wives (VH1, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – More reality fare.
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my schedule

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Until mid-season or the schedules shake up again I’ve mostly settled in to a lineup. So far here’s how things shake out. Though there aren’t any new breakout hits for me I have added a couple new picks.

Monday

  • 8pm – Chuck (NBC)/How I Met Your Mother (CBS) [House (Fox)]
  • 10pm – Castle (ABC)/Hawaii Five-O (CBS)

I’m still tempted to drop House but I get into this mental state where I feel like I’ve invested so many seasons into it so I kind of want to see how things play out. Other than that old favorites Chuck, HIMYM, and Castle are joined by fluffy fun enough so far 5-0.

Tuesday

  • 8pm – No Ordinary Family (ABC)/Glee (Fox)
  • 9pm – Raising Hope/Running Wilde (Fox)
  • 10pm – The Good Wife (CBS)/Parenthood (NBC) [Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC)/Sons of Anarchy (Fx)]

So far NOFamily is a nice mix of family drama and super skills [though this isn’t a bad show I found I wasn’t engaged enough to keep it on the listings] while the uneven Glee still keeps me coming back. Keeping SofA on the schedule is not a problem since FX replays stuff repeatedly, but debating on what to do about wanting to add 1-8-7 to my already booked hour. Since both Hope and Wilde are on my chopping block I wish I could move one of these up an hour.

Wednesday

  • 8pm – The Middle/Better With You (ABC)/America’s Next Top Model (CW)
  • 9pm – Modern Family/Cougar Town (ABC)/Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
  • 10pm – The Defenders (CBS)/Law & Order: Los Angeles (NBC) [Terriers (Fx)]

Am losing interest in ANTM and the Law & Orders but keeping them in the running with the comedies. Better w/You isn’t quite funny but the episode about living in a fire house kept me interested just because I’ve always wanted to live in a fire house (or light house) but it may go soon. Terriers is probably my favorite new show so keeping that on the agenda isn’t a problem while Defenders is so far sort of charming enough to keep me tuned in.

Thursday

  • 8pm – The Big Bang Theory (CBS)/Bones (Fox)/Community/30 Rock (NBC)
  • 9pm – Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)/The Office (NBC) [Project Runway (Life)]
  • 10pm – The Mentalist (CBS)/It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Fx)

Another tough first hour as I’m not willing to give up Bones, Big Bang or Community though the rest of the night seems to fit in fine. Holding out to see if Office picks up or drops off, especially with Michael’s scheduled departure.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/11-10/17

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Monday

  • Guiliana & Bill (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – More oversharing.
  • Property Virgins (HGTV, 8pm) Season Premiere – Looking for starter homes.

Tuesday

  • Hip Hop Awards/Being Terry Kennedy (BET, 8/10pm) Series Premiere – Mike Epps hosts the hippity hop awards then Terry Kennedy skateboards and does biz.
  • Private Chefs (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – First stop, cooking for Lorenzo Lamas.
  • Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time (Com, 10pm) Series Premiere – Sketch comedy.
  • Parking Wars (A&E, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Parking drama continues.

Wednesday

  • Storm Chasers (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Always a storm somewhere.
  • What’s Eating You (E!, 10pm) Series Premiere – Next issue is eating disorders.

Thursday

  • The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Great, there’s another one.

Friday

  • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders/World’s Strictest Parents (CMT, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Cheering and rules and regulations.
  • Sanctuary (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Picking up with more adventure.
  • School Pride (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – This looks like Extreme Home makeover for schools.
  • Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – Glad Jesse is getting to the bottom of these.

Saturday

  • Dew Tour (NBC/USA, various) – The final stop in the action sports series.
  • Behind the Music/Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp/The Metal Show (VH1 Classic, 6/7/8pm) Season/Series Premiere – Music adjacent shows.

Sunday

  • Paranormal State/Psychic Kids (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Ghosts of all ages.
  • Luther (BBCA, 10pm) Series Premiere – Idris Elba takes on a detective role where he apparently might not always do things by the book.
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new and noteworthy tv: 10/4-10/10

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So fall has almost completely fallen, thankfully not a lot new so I can start winnowing down my current schedule.

Monday

  • Disappeared (ID, 7pm) Season Premiere – Lots of disappearances to show.
  • Southern Fried Stings (Tru, 7pm) Season Premiere – A former state trooper and his team try to bring the bad guys down.
  • Lie to Me (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – Who is lying this season?
  • The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – I just saw an episode of this and apparently they don’t all get along.
  • The A-List/The Arrangement (Logo, 10/11pm) Series Premiere – Gay elite and then flower arranging competition.

Tuesday

  • House of Glam (Oxy, 11pm) Series Premiere – Beauty gang does their biz.

Wednesday

  • Dog the Bounty Hunter/Steven Seagal Lawman (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – More fake lawmen.
  • Mythbusters (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Starting with dog myths.
  • Harry Loves Lisa (TVL, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another reality show following celebrities trying to kick things off again.
  • The Challenge (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Real World and Road Rules kids get together.
  • South Park/Ugly Americans (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – More animated funny.

Thursday

  • The This Old House Hour (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – House renovation fun.
  • Kick Off Cook Off (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Football and cooking.

Friday

  • Dog Whisperer (NatGeo, 8pm) Season Premiere – Cesar gets the doggies in line.
  • Fatal Attractions (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – Tiger with PTSD sounds serious.

Saturday

  • Auctioneer$ (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Auction fun.

Sunday

  • Food Feuds (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who makes the city’s best…?
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new and noteworthy tv: 9/27-10/3

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Monday

  • Sesame Street (PBS, 7am) Season Premiere – Kyra Sedgwick kicks of a camouflage show.
  • Made (MTV, 4pm) Season Premiere – The 200th episode of youngsters getting it done with Tommy, a filmmaker.
  • The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – More folks talk good food.
  • Expedition Wild (NatGeo, 9pm) Season Premiere – Casey Anderson hits Yellowstone.
  • Top Gear (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – More gear.
  • The Buried Life (MTV, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Young dudes still try to do stuff, including streaking.

Tuesday

  • Weird, True, & Freaky/Lost Tapes (AnPl, 5/7pm) Season Premieres – Weird animals, then weird animals.
  • The Good Wife (CBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – What will Alicia do?
  • No Ordinary Family (ABC, 8pm, repeats Fri) Series Premiere – It’s like The Fantastics but with real people.
  • Stargate Universe (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – More adventures.
  • Billy the Exterminator (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – More yucky things to kill.

Wednesday

  • Law & Order: Los Angeles (NBC, 10pm, repeats Sat) Series Premiere – Let’s see what Lola has to bring.

Friday

  • Human Target (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – I almost liked the capers and characters of this show last season and might tune in to see where they’re taking things.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9/9:30pm) Season Premiere – More brides, more dresses.
  • The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (IFC, 10pm) Series Premiere – An office comedy about a US transplant in the UK.
  • Teach: Tony Danza (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – This seven part series follows Tony Danza actually teaching high school.

Saturday

  • Austin City Limits (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Jimmy Cliff starts the new season.
  • Iconoclasts (Sund, 9pm) Season Premiere – Charlize Theron meets Jane Goodall.

Sunday

  • America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7pm) Season Premiere – Funniest is always relative.
  • Law & Order: UK (BBCA, 7:30pm) Series Premiere – Totally intrigued but don’t get the channel.
  • Holmes Inspector (HGTV, 9pm) Series Premiere – Old homes, old pipes.
  • The Next Iron Chef (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – More chefs.
  • American Dad (Fox, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – More toon fun.
  • Masterpiece Mysteries (PBS, 9pm) – The miniseries Wallander starts off.
  • IRT (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Ice Road Truckers on the deadliest roads.
  • CSI: Miami (CBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – David Caruso wears sunglasses and makes stilted statements.

Since scheduling come fall gets difficult and networks sometimes rerun pilots I’ll try to note repeat airings for new shows, all times are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/20-9/26

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Its a big week. My main conflicts are Monday and Thursdays at 8, let’s just hope I don’t need to add much else new. Procrastinator picks are underlined, and I’m always game to try something new at least once, and of course you can always check out thoughts on returning favorites and intriguing new shows.

Monday

  • Dancing with the Stars/Castle (ABC, 8/10pm) Season Premieres – Palin, Situation, old person, sports person, another reality person, etc and then the fun case comaraderie of our favorite fictional author and his detective partner.
  • House/Lone Star (Fox, 8/9pm, LS repeats Sat at 11pm) Season/Series Premiere – I’ve been sticking with House for years but the battle of the time slot my take it as a casualty, hearing good things about Lone Star’s grifting ways.
  • Chuck/The Event/Chase (NBC, 8/9/10pm, Ev & Ch repeat Sat 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Chuck delights me and I’ll at least check in to see what Event and Chase have to bring.
  • How I Met Your Mother/Rules of Engagement/Two and a Half Men/Mike & Molly/Hawaii 5-0 (CBS, 8/8:30/9/9:30/10pm, 5-0 repeats Sat at 8pm) – Season/Series Premieres – Still a HIMYM fan, I wish I could time block it differently, will check in with M&M and 5-0.

Tuesday

  • Glee/Raising Hope/Running Wilde (Fox, 8/9/9:30pm, RW repeats Sat at midnight) Season/Series Premieres – Excited to see what Glee will bring and giving the new sitcoms a shot.
  • The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Too heartfelt in the reality fare for me.
  • NCIS/NCIS: LA (CBS, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Never quite got into the Naval version of the criminal investigation.
  • Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Willing to see what Michael Imperioli brings to the detective world.

Wednesday

  • Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Mean chef.
  • The Middle/Better with You/Modern Family/Cougar Town/The Whole Truth (ABC, 8/8:30/9/9:30/10pm, BwY/WT repeats Fri at 8:30/9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Enjoyed the comedy block last year, we’ll see how well BwY fits in and TWT wraps things up.
  • Undercovers/Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 8/9pm; UC repeats Thurs on USA) Series/Season Premiere – Definitely going to be checking out the new spy couple and then still sticking with but not all that invested in SVU.
  • Criminal Minds/The Defenders (CBS, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Don’t go out of my way for the serial hacker of the week but willing to make a run with the latest Vegas lawyers.

Thursday

  • My Generation/Grey’s Anatomy/Private Practice (ABC, 8/9/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – Generation is getting some of the worst buzz, so due to scheduling won’t make a pass, but will check back for Grey’s before tuning out of ABC again.
  • Bones/Fringe (Fox, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – I still dig Bones but Fringe’s drama never quite hooked me.
  • Community/30 Rock/The Office/Outsourced (NBC, 8/8:30/9/9:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – The start of this night makes me laugh though rumor has it Outsourced doesn’t round things out well.
  • The Big Bang Theory/$#*! My Dad Says/CSI/The Mentalist (CBS, 8/8:30/9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – One of the funnier shows paired with what is supposed to be the worst show, I’ve never gotten into the CSIs but do tune in for Simon Baker.

Friday

  • Smallville/Supernatural (CW, 8/9pm) Season Premiere – I’m not really doing these freak of the week shows.
  • Medium/CSI: NY/Blue Bloods (CBS, 8/9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Blah, blah, then worth a shot.
  • The Good Guys (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – I just didn’t think the guys were all that good.
  • Dateline (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – News-ish.
  • 20/20 (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – News-ish.

Saturday

  • 48 Hours Mystery (CBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – News-ish.
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29) Season Premiere – Amy Poehler hosts with Katy Perry.

Sunday

  • America’s Funniest Home Videos/Extreme Makeover Home Edition/Desperate Housewives/Brothers & Sisters (ABC, 7/8/9/10pm) Season Premieres – Some funny, some drama, but not enough of either for me.
  • 60 Minutes/The Amazing Race/Undercover Boss (CBS, 7:30/8:30/10pm) Season Premieres – News-ish, Amazing-ish, Bossy.
  • The Simpsons/The Cleveland Show/Family Guy (Fox, 8/8:30/9pm) Season Premieres – Animation takes control.
  • Dexter (Show, 9pm) Season Premiere – What will he do this season?!?
  • Bored to Death/Eastbound & Down (HBO, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – No HBO for me.
  • Sister Wives (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – The real life polygamists.
  • Nature (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Cuba.

Since scheduling come fall gets difficult and networks sometimes rerun pilots I’ll try to note repeat airings for new shows, all times are typically PST.

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intriguing new fall tv

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With fall’s new crop of tv hitting it’s time to take a look at what might be worth a look. Based on what I’ve seen, heard, and read I’m intrigued by:

  • Blue Bloods (CBS, 9/24) – Tom Selleck is always worth a look, this time as head of a cop family with the ensemble filled out by Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan among others.
  • Boardwalk Empire (HBO, 9/19) – As noted this Scorsese take on prohibition lead by Steve Buscemi is getting the best buzz around.
  • The Event (NBC, 9/20) – Critics don’t have all that glowing reviews of the pilot, but enough possibility to consider for filling my now vacant roster of weird/conspiracy shows, which it looks like we see from a few different folks points of view.
  • Hawaii 5-0 (CBS, 9/20) – Not your father’s 5-0, this renegade cop unit lead by public darling (who I just don’t get) Alex O’Loughlin and backed up by ensemble Scott Caan, Grace Park, and Daniel Dae Kim, looks more slick than substance which isn’t always a bad thing.
  • Law & Order: LA (NBC, 9/29) – Ripped from the headlines, LA-style, you get the idea, it’s another one of these and based on experience the cast/chemistry can make or break it.
  • Lone Star (Fox, 9/20) – This pilot has been reviewed glowingly, with a charismatic grifter leading two lives, although some question the series’s sustainability, I’ve learned to give the benefit of the doubt on that.
  • No Ordinary Family (ABC, 9/28) – Heroes done family style as Michael Chiklis and his family, including (I hope she’s not as annoying as Dexter’s Rita) Julie Benz, get super powers and at least start out trying to live normal lives.
  • Raising Hope (Fox, 9/21) – Cloris Leachman is the new Betty White, and this show about they won’t call them white trash folks raising a kid is getting talk of nice marriage of quirky and funny from the maker of My Name is Earl.
  • Running Wilde (Fox, 9/21) – High hopes for the latest from Arrested Development’s creator starring  Gob (Will Arnett) and Felicity (Keri Russell) are dampened by rumor that they’ve been reworking the pilot, which might not be there yet, but worth some time to see.
  • Terriers (Fx, 9/8) – I liked the washed up, won’t grow up, trying to do right pair of PIs with their good chemistry and look at a balance between cases and what looks like it will have some big picture story.
  • Undercovers (NBC, 9/22) – JJ Abrams (Lost, Alias, Star Trek) makes what looks like a lighter, less conspiratorial, hot couple of leads instead of one, Alias-esque show, I’ll always give JJ a shot.

And the rest of the bunch that might not have piqued my interest quite as much, but I won’t lie to you, I’ll check out too:

  • Better With You (ABC, 9/22) – The JoAnna Garcia couples ensemble romcom isn’t supposed to be groundbreaking.
  • Body of Proof (ABC, 9/24) – Dana Delany might or might not save this latest coroner procedural.
  • Chase (NBC, 9/20) – Rumor has it this US Marshalls procedural has some chasing but not a lot of substance.
  • The Defenders (CBS, 9/22) – Jerry O’Connell and Jim Belushi as Vegas lawyers might be too schmaltzy to work.
  • Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC, 9/21) – Could be a decent cop drama lead by Michael Imperioli, being reworked to remove docu-drama angle.
  • Hellcats (CW, 9/8) – Hard to watch Bring it On-esque series that doesn’t bring it.
  • Mike & Molly (CBS, 9/20) – Endearing leads said to be stuck with trite fat jokes to start this romcom.
  • My Generation (ABC, 9/23) – No glowing words have been heard about this fictional/docu-style look at folks from high school and ten years later.
  • Nikita (CW, 9/9) – I didn’t love the first episode, it all felt a little flat for me but might check back.
  • Outlaw (NBC, 9/15) – I hear Jimmy Smits does not always a good show make, as Supreme Court Justice turned fight for the little guy lawyer.
  • Outsourced (NBC, 9/23) – Apparently the amusing film is boiled down to racist jokes.
  • S#*! My Dad Says (CBS, 9/23) – Watch William Shatner say not funny inappropriate things in a Shatner way.
  • The Whole Truth (ABC, 9/22) – Courtroom drama with Maura Tierney and Rob Morrow that might not be all that dramatic.

Shows listed in alphabetical order and all premiere dates are of course subject to change.

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/13-9/19

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Another week until the full onslaught of fall kicks in, get your dvrs ready… procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • Oprah Winfrey/Nate Berkus Show (Syndicated) – I don’t really follow daytime but thought it worth noting that Oprah kicks off her last season while her latest protege, who is adorable, gets his own show.
  • 90210/Gossip Girl (CW, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – I watched GG for a few seasons with pleasure but just lost interest as the college years started, which would make me think this might be the last good season of 90210 if I had ever liked it.

Tuesday

  • One Tree Hill/Life Unexpected (CW, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Another couple shows that I gave a little time to but just couldn’t stick with.
  • Parenthood (NBC, 10pm) Season Premiere – This show grew on me over the season with the family drama and the always likable Lauren Graham and Peter Krause (and we all know they’re dating in real life right?).
  • Fashion’s Night Out (CBS, 10pm) – Neil Patrick Harris hosting almost makes me want to tune in.
  • 1000 Ways to Die (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – Um, ick.
  • Sextuplets Take NY (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – The obsession with procreation continues.

Wednesday

  • Survivor (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Another season, another destination, Nicaragua.
  • Ma’s Roadhouse (Tru, 9/9:30pm) Series Premiere – A Dallas man and his ma manage a bar, bike shop, and tattoo parlor.
  • Outlaw (NBC, 10pm, repeats Friday) Series Premiere – Jimmy Smits stepping down as Supreme Court Justice to help the little guy hasn’t gotten great buzz for a relatively procedural courtroom drama.
  • The Ultimate Fighter (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – Fight!
  • Top Chef Just Desserts (Brav, 11pm) Series Premiere – If you’re a Top Chef fan you can imagine what this’ll be like.

Thursday

  • The Apprentice (NBC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Taking a break from celebrities, this season features the unemployed.
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia/The League (Fx, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – So wrong it’s right, and then taking fantasy leagues to the next level.

Friday

  • Ghost Adventures (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Travel at its spookiest.
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bill keeps it real.

Saturday

  • Dvr catch up?

Sunday

  • Boardwalk Empire (HBO, 8pm, repeats various) Series Premiere – Maybe the most critically buzzed about new show, Martin Scorsese directs Steve Buscemi as an Atlantic City power guy during 1920s Prohibition.
  • Real & Chance/Fantasia for Real/La La’s Full Court Wedding (VH1, 9/10/10:30pm) Series/Season Premieres – More shows, more reality.

Since scheduling come fall gets difficult and networks sometimes rerun pilots I’ll try to note repeat airings for new shows, all times are typically PST.

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