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new and noteworthy tv: 10/28-11/3

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Monday

  • Love & Hip Hop/Chrissy & Mr Jones (VH1, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Realities continue.

Tuesday

  • Restaurant Redemption (Cook, 5pm) Series Premiere – Helping out struggling Asian restaurants.
  • Little People, Big World (TLC, 6pm) Season Premiere – More world.
  • Naked Vegas (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Because we haven’t yet focused on artists specializing in body painting.

Wednesday

  • The Art Of (Ova, 5pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a look at costume designers.
  • Extreme Cheapskates (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Sharing a toothbrush?
  • Girl Code/Ke$ha (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – More girls and more of that girl.

Thursday

  • SNL Halloween/It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (NBC/ABC, 8pm) – Happy Halloween!
  • The Returned (Sun, 9pm) Series Premiere – Airing of eight part supernatural French drama, might be worth an all hallows eve look.

Friday

  • Time of Death (Show, 9pm) Series Premiere – Profiles of people living out their final days.
  • The Dead Files (Trav, 10pm) Season Premiere – On a very different note, paranormal profiles.

Saturday

  • 2013 Breeders’ Cup (NBC, 5pm) – The 30th cup concludes.
  • Pit Bulls & Parolees (AnPl, 6pm) Season Premiere – More of each?
  • Flipping Vegas (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cat house.
  • Houston Beauty (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Beauty schooling.

Sunday

  • The Real Housewives of Atlanta/Fashion Queens (Brav, 8/11:30pm) Season Premieres – More of that and then a look at the fashion across the airwaves.
  • Restaurant Express (Food, 9pm) Series Premiere – Vegas baby! Nine contestants arrive.
  • America Declassified (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Mysteries and conspiracies across the country.

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: 10/21-10/28

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Monday

  • Bar Hunters (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Perfect location for a bar?

Tuesday

  • American Hoggers (A&E, 7pm) Season Premiere – Hiring some help.
  • Mother of All Talent (TVGN, 8pm) Series Premiere – Can they find the right stars and can they get them where they need to go?
  • Ravenswood (ABCF, 9pm) Series Premiere – The latest spin-off brings us to a town nearby to the Pretty Little Liar, filled with lots of drama you can be sure.
  • The Car Chasers (CNBC, 10pm) Season Premiere – More cars more locations.
  • American Daredevils (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at the lives of stuntmen.
  • Chasing Nashville (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at four Appalachian teens trying to make it in Nashville.
  • Snooki & Jwoww (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – They’re apparently still making these.
  • Trust Me I’m a Game Show Host (TBS, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Hosts deceive in this comedic competition.

Wednesday

  • World Series (Fox, 4:30) – The baseball.
  • Restaurant: Impossible (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Make over the meal makers.

Thursday

  • Restaurant Divided (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Rocco DiSpirito helps family restaurants.
  • Scrubbing In (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at some nurses who leave home to help at understaffed hospitals.

Friday

  • Adam Devine’s House Party (Com, 12:30am) Series Premiere – Sketches and stand-up.
  • Gold Rush (Disc, 7pm) Season Premiere – Pay day?
  • The Carrie Diaries (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – Meet Samantha Jones.
  • Styled to Rock (Brav, 8pm) Series Premiere – Rihanna works with wanna be rock stylists in this latest competition.
  • Grimm/Dracula (NBC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Will our hero wake up from his slumber and then the latest look at our vampire pal, this time Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
  • Secret Princes (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Four princes look for their princesses in Austin.
  • Strike Back (Cin, 10pm) Season Premiere – Action packed drama for the troubled special forces guy.

Saturday

  • Spooksville (Hub, 10pm) Series Premiere – Move in to a new town with some supernatural intrigue.

Sunday

  • The Governor’s Wife (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at the former Louisiana governor and his young bride.

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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spin it off…

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The spinoff is not a new idea but recently I feel like it’s been top of mind. First folks were all abuzz about discussions on proposed new AMC spinoffs. Now completed Breaking Bad, is turning out Better Call Saul, and still on air Walking Dead is turning out something (how could more zombies be bad?).

Then adding to that we’ve got the currently starting spinoffs The Originals, stemming from The Vampire Diaries, and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, from Once Upon a Time. I don’t watch either of those initial shows so although a good spin off creates a standalone world of its own, one wonders if I didn’t do the original perhaps I should plan to skip them. I of course can’t skip entirely but I found the first ep of the vampires in New Orleans almost unwatchable (a similar reaction was had to the campily popular VD). The Alice version sits in my TiVo queue awaiting a watch.

I may not enjoy them all, but who could argue with cashing in on an existing popular series. In today’s world we can’t imagine fewer than seven Law & Order shows. And with the boom in reality, the franchises were sure to follow, Flavor of Love, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, The Real Housewives of Orange County have spawned countless versions. Unfortunately for every Frasier there is a Tortellis, for every Melrose Place there is a Models Inc. for every Laverne and Shirley there’s a… not even addressing reboots like Star Trek, Dallas, and 90210.

Considering that to a certain extent you do have a built in audience I wonder if there is a difference in carryover between a true character spinoff (Angel or Frasier) a more backdoor pilot version (where they might introduce the characters and a different world in an episode mostly solely for the purposes of selling the pilot) vs. a franchise that can introduce yet another CSI. Whichever way when new dramas or comedies appear I can’t resist a peek.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/14-10/20

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The premieres are getting closer to wrapping up so I’m getting closer to culling it back down to a watchable list, one or two more to go…

Monday

  • Russell Peters vs the World (Net, 12:01am) Series Premiere – Check out his world tour, whoever he is.

Tuesday

  • The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – From the promos I know that Ruben Studdard is on.
  • Baggage Battles (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – More unclaimed items up for bid.
  • Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET, 10pm) Season Premiere – So some stuff happens with some people.

Wednesday

  • Toy Story of Terror! (ABC, 8pm) – The toys face their fear.
  • Nature (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – The season starts with otters, who are in fact adorable.

Thursday

  • Big Bad Wood (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Following tree cutting companies.
  • Reign (CW, 9pm) Series Premiere – Formalized marriage meets some complication, worth taking a peek at this new take on the old, well young monarchs.
  • White Collar (USA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Can Neal clear Peter’s name, was sort of over this last season but let’s hope they can keep the episodic fun without too much overarching drag.
  • #Rampage4Real (Spike, 11pm) Series Premiere – Following fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

Friday

  • What Not to Wear (TLC, 8/9pm) Series Finale – Stacy and Clinton answer some viewer mail and then offer their final tips on combining color, pattern, texture, and shine.
  • Comedy Bang! Bang!/The Birthday Boys (IFC, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Rainn Wilson and Andy Daly guest and then more sketch-comedy.

Saturday

  • When Calls the Heart (Hall, 9pm) Series Premiere – Based on Janette Oke’s Canadian West book series, city teacher hits the frontier.
  • Dancing on the Edge (Starz, 10pm) Mini-Series Premiere – Kicking off with upstart jazz band in this five part dramatic series.
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 11pm) Season Premiere – Guests Benedict Cumberbatch and… oh you had me at Benedict.

Sunday

  • Guy’s Grocery Games (Food, 8pm) Series Premiere – Cooking competition right in the store.
  • Queer Eye (Brav, 9pm) – Reunion special 10 Years later.

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: 10/7-10/13

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Time conflict number two presents itself, Monday at 8 with the return of Hart of Dixie up against Bones and How I Met Your Mother…

Monday

  • Hart of Dixie/Beauty and the Beast (CW, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Will Zoe stay in Bluebell, not great but still a cute show, and then more of the pretty dumb, or pretty but dumb.
  • Dream School (Sun, 10pm) Series Premiere – A docuseries focusing on 50 cents effort to educate troubled youth with teachers such as Oliver Stone and David Arquette.

Tuesday

  • Supernatural (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – The brothers battle on.
  • Criss Angel BeLIEve (Spike, 11pm) Series Premiere – Magic?

Wednesday

  • American Pickers (Hist, 5/6/7pm) Season Premiere – A best of leads into the new season.
  • Arrow/The Tomorrow People (CW, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – More fight for right and then the latest take on folks getting powers, worth a check I suppose.
  • Full Circle/Call Me Fitz/Less Than Kind (Dir, 9/10/11pm) Series/Season Premieres – A new Neil LaBute take on dinner conversations
  • American Horror Story (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – I was off this last season but am intrigued by the new take on witches, do I or don’t I?
  • Big Tips Texas (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Women working at a Texas bar,
  • Preachers of LA (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at six different pastors of megachurches.

Thursday

  • Alaska Gold (AnPl, 8pm) Series Premiere – A California woman and her four daughters work Alaskan mines.
  • Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Another spinoff of a show I don’t watch, I suppose I could check in to see what’s up with their take on Alice.
  • Pawn Stars (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – More stuff.
  • Million Dollar Shoppers (Life, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Might tune in to check out a possible career as a high end personal shopper.

Friday

  • Gold Rush (Disc, 8pm) Season Premiere – Million dollar season?

Saturday

  • Vanilla Ice Goes Amish (DIY 10pm) Series Premiere – Yeah, you read that right.

Sunday

  • America’s Funniest home Videos (ABC, 7pm) Season Premiere – What’s the prize for this, maybe I should get my vine on and enter.
  • The Walking Dead/Talking Dead/Comic Book Men (AMC, 9/10/11:59pm) Season Premieres – I’m still liking the zombie fights and the moral decisions, then talking about it and more comic book store tales.

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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now available on dvd: world war z

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Fall season isn’t the best time to dig into the dvd queue but it’s been awhile since we looked at what might be out:

  • The Bling Ring (9/17) – Sofia Coppola’s latest is an interesting if not all that engaging take on the real life thieves of the rich and vacuous.
  • Oz the Great and Powerful (6/10) – Never quite found its ground with characters or story, but I’m game for almost any take on all things Oz.
  • Star Trek Into Darkness (9/10) – Not as great as the first in this reboot but still an enjoyable take on the characters and slight alt version.
  • This is the End (10/1) – A pretty decent take on world destruction and celebrity inside jokes, still leans a little too into the dumb humor.
  • World War Z (9/17) – Apparently not true to the book at all, and maybe not all that believable, but a whole lot of tense fun.

Possibly checking out: Amour (8/20), Behind the Candelabra (9/17), The Great Gatsby (8/27), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (8/19), Identity Thief (6/4), Iron Man 3 (9/24), Killing Season (8/19), Mud (8/6), Now You See Me (9/3), On the Road (8/6), The Place Beyond the Pines (8/6), Redemption (9/24), Sharknado (9/2), Spring Breakers (7/9), Venus and Serena (7/2).

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/30-10/6

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Ok I’m not that excited about anything this week, so if it was a new comedy or drama I underlined, take that with a grain of salt…

Monday

  • iHeart Radio Music Festival (CW, 8pm, Tues) – Music and stuff.
  • We Are Men (CBS, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Tony Shalhoub, Jerry O’Connell, and Kal Penn welcome newcomer bachelor into the mostly formerly coupled singles apartment complex, some funny guys but not so funny.
  • Monsters Inside Me (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – Is it the flu or something far worse…

Tuesday

  • 30 for 30 (ESPN, 5pm) Season Premiere – Surfing pioneer.
  • Dukes of Haggle (Disc, 7pm) Series Premiere – Guys who haggle?

Wednesday

  • Arrow (CW, 8pm) – A recap of last season and a look ahead.
  • My Grandmother’s Ravioli (Cook, 8pm) Season Premiere – Something cooking and family related?
  • Super Fun Night (ABC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Rebel Wilson starts taking the gals out for nights on the town, not sure it’s super fun.
  • Ironside (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Blair Underwood reprises this detective role, still good looking his physically and psychologically damaged role.
  • Top Chef (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Competing New Orleans style.

Thursday

  • North Woods Law (AnPl, 6pm) Season Premiere – Wardens taking care of business.
  • Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 7pm) Season Premiere – Beyond.
  • Society X With Laura Ling (E!, 7pm) Series Premiere – Designer drugs.
  • Scandal (ABC, 8/10pm) Season Premiere – Moments in the earlier slot pause for Grey’s then premiere it up, I don’t watch but she’s supposed to be good in this sudsy drama, she definitely dresses well.
  • The Vampire Diaries/The Originals (CW, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – I know successful shows spinoff but if I don’t watch the original am I interested in the French Quarter version?
  • The Millers (CBS, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Another family comedy with some good peeps but questionable reviews I’m willing to see if Beau Bridges, Margo Martindale and Will Arnett can bring it.
  • Welcome to the Family/Sean Saves the World (NBC, 8:30/9pm) Series Premieres – I caught an earlier viewing of the bland mixed families comedy and will give Sean Hayes a shot as a newly full time parent.

Friday

  • Dead or Alive (NatGeo, 6pm) Series Premiere – Grizzly woods.
  • Cassadee Pope (CMT, 10pm) Series Premiere – Rise to stardom?

Saturday

  • Austin City Limits (PBS, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – Juanes and Jesse & Joy.

Sunday

  • Untold Stories of the ER (Health, 6pm) Season Premiere – Untold until now.
  • Cousins Undercover (HGTV, 8pm) Series Premiere – Cousin renovators surprise folks with renovations.
  • Alaska (Disc, 8pm) Season Premiere – Our more northern state.
  • Witches of East End (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Not to be confused with The Witches of Eastwich but not sure what the difference is, might tune in to see.
  • Halloween Wars (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Teams create a zombie prom.
  • The Paradise (PBS, 9pm) Series Premiere – The latest Masterpiece Classic.
  • Alaskan Women Looking for Love (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – When the men run dry where you are…
  • Bar Rescue (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – How could a death metal concert bar go wrong?
  • The People’s Couch (Brav, 11:30pm) Series Premiere – Watching people, watching tv, 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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intriguing new fall tv

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As with all fall seasons there is a feeling of measured optimism about a few shows. Measured because there is just so much that can go right or wrong. I guess we have to start somewhere, here’s what’s at the top of my list:
  • The Blacklist (NBC) – James Spader as an evil mastermind with a plan, ok it doesn’t look revolutionary but of the new procedurals this interests me most.
  • Brooklyn 9-9 (Fox) – Andy Samberg might have found the right amount of funny, and a dose of Andre Braugher doesn’t hurt.
  • The Crazy Ones (CBS) – Sarah Michelle Geller and Robin Williams back on tv, of course it’s worth a shot.
  • Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (ABC) – I think we all know I’ll watch anything made by Joss Whedon and this side take on his superheroes has great potential.
  • The Michael J. Fox Show (NBC) – Excited to see him back on a regular basis and we all know he’s willing to use his current medical state for good story fodder.
  • Trophy Wife (ABC) – This year’s new take on the mixed family and the cast lends to a lot of good potential.

 And for a few other things that could be hidden gems

  • Almost Human (Fox) – It’s a robot partner future cop show, hmm…
  • Back in the Game (ABC) – So if Walter Matthau (Bad News Bears) had a daughter who started coaching little league… oh and her dad’s there (who is clearly not Walter).
  • Betrayal (ABC) – It’s like Revenge but maybe not as campy, maybe more like Unfaithful, I don’t know there’s some cheating and a lot of complications.
  • Dads (Fox) – Dubbed by many as the least funny show on the lineup, let’s hope they don’t waste Seth Green, Peter Riegert, Martin Mull, and Giovanni Ribisi.
  • Dracula (NBC) – A ‘unique’ take on the vampire with Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
  • Hostages (CBS) – Rumor has it the family gets to leave the house they’re being held hostage in to make Toni Collette kill the president in surgery.
  • Goldbergs (ABC) – The 80s was a great decade but I’m not sure this family comedy set then is a great one.
  • Ironside (NBC) – Blair Underwood is a great lead, but him in a wheelchair fighting his demons and the case of the week may not be great.
  • Once Upon A Time In Wonderland (ABC) – I skipped out on Once Upon a Time so not even sure I’m game for another pilot.
  • Lucky 7 (ABC) – Lottery winners lives are changed, I feel like I’ve seen this and it’s never done well.
  • The Millers (CBS) – Will Arnett, Margo Martindale and Beau Bridges in a family comedy deserve a watch.
  • Mom (CBS) – Anna Faris and Allison Janney as problemed mother/daughter have the potential for some laughs.
  • The Originals (CW) – Another spin off whose original series, The Vampire Diaries, I don’t watch.
  • Reign (CW) – Period drama CW style.
  • Sean Saves the World (NBC) – I want Sean Hayes to be in a funny show and though the advance word isn’t strong, you never know with a sitcom.
  • Sleepy Hollow (Fox) – Turns out a ridiculous premise has the potential to be just funny enough to be amusing and maybe even good.
  • Super Fun Night (ABC) – Rebel Wilson can be funny but the critics haven’t had super great things to say.
  • The Tomorrow People (CW) – The latest super hero drama, I think it’s like Heroes on the network that likes pretty people.
  • We Are Men (CBS) – Jilted and divorced men bring on the comedic intent, Tony Shalhoub, Kal Penn and Jerry O’Connell hopefully get some funny.
  • Welcome to the Family (NBC) – So a couple of disparate familied graduating teens get pregnant instead of their intended plans, blah blah.
And then of course there’s mid season… What are you most excited to see?

Shows mostly listed in alphabetical order stay tuned to ‘next week’s for premiere dates. 

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/23-9/29

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My first fall conflict, I’ll catch The Black List Saturday while I give Castle and Hostages a run…

Monday

  • How I Met Your Mother/2 Broke Girls/Mom/Hostages (CBS, 8/9/9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – There have been moments of great humor throughout the years on HIMYM and here’s hoping the final season brings some of those, I can’t recommend Broke but I have to admit I’ve tuned in and chuckled, so here’s to hoping Mom has a few of its own with Anna Faris and Allison Janney and Hostages can extend a movie premise into a series for Toni Collette and Dylan McDermott.
  • The Voice/The Blacklist (NBC, 8/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – I’m out on Voice but you know, the original judges are back, then James Spader returning is always worth a look.
  • Black Ink Crew (VH1, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – More tattoo parlor drama.
  • Castle (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Beckett won’t leave the show but they will undoubtedly continue to manufacture some ridiculous relationship drama.

Tuesday

  • Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD/The Goldbergs/Trophy Wife/Lucky 7 (ABC, 8/9/9:30/10pm) Series Premieres – Cautiously optimistic for any Joss Whedon show as these agents protect us, less optimistic for 80s flashback sitcom and the latest lottery winners but sandwiched in there is Malin Akerman and Bradley Whitford bringing some potential funny to family life.
  • NCIS/NCIS: Los Angeles/Person of Interest (CBS, 8/9/10pm) Season Premieres – Yup, I’m out on these.
  • Income Property (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Basement apartment anyone?
  • Fangasm (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Fans become roomies to get ready to embody their, I don’t want to say, geeky Comikaze culture.

Wednesday

  • The Middle/Back in the Game/Modern Family/Nashville (ABC, 8/8:30/9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – The return of some family funnies around a new take on the Bad News Bears, followed by a show that I dug starting last season but I somehow have 19 saved on my TiVo.
  • Revolution (NBC 8pm) Season Premiere – The power of the power, not so much for me.
  • Criminal Minds/CSI (CBS, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Crimes and killers, fortunately for me another pass.

Thursday

  • The Big Bang Theory/The Crazy Ones/ Two and a Half Men/Elementary (CBS, 8/9/9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – I am still enjoying the expanded cast on this show, have my fingers crossed for the return of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Robin Williams, skip the men but am back for more Sherlock and Watson cases.
  • Parks & Recreation/The Michael J. Fox Show/Parenthood (NBC, 8pm) Season/Series Premieres – Was loving MJF on Good Wife but here’s a return to comedic form in what I hope is a nice pairing with P&R followed by more Braverman drama.
  • Glee (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – The show must go on.
  • Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 9pm) Season Premiere – What ridiculous drama must these hospital employees survive next?

Friday

  • Masterchef (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Junior edition.
  • Undercover Boss/Hawaii Five-0/Blue Bloods (CBS, 8/9/10pm) Season Premieres – Let’s pretend I don’t watch these on Friday just because I have too busy a social life.
  • Dateline (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – It’s newsy.

Saturday

  • 48 hours (CBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – It’s newsy.
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29) Season Premiere – Tina Fey and Arcade Fire.

Sunday

  • 60 Minutes/The Amazing Race/The Good Wife/The Mentalist (CBS, 7/8/9/10pm) Season Premieres – Newsy, and then I skip the Race which peeps enjoy but tune back for Wife and Mental.
  • Once Upon a Time/Revenge/Betrayal (ABC, 8/9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – I’m anticipating dropping Betrayal like I did the two earlier shows, but worth a look.
  • The Simpsons/Bobs Burgers/The Family Guy/American Dad (Fox, 8/8:30/9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – Animation domination.
  • Instant Mom (Nick, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Tia Mowry returns to sitcom form as a new step mom.
  • Breaking Bad (9pm) Series Finale – Apparently people are into this show which wraps its run tonight.
  • Homeland/Masters of Sex (Show, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Another drama joins the lineup with a look at early sex researchers.
  • Eric & Jessie (E!, 10pm) Series Premiere – Eric Decker and his fiance…
  • Eastbound & Down/Hello Ladies (HBO, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Is he a family man and is he a ladies man?

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returning fall favorites

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Some new stuff is a’coming but before we get caught up in the new shiny things here are some of the tried and true that I’m most looking forward to:

  • The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 9/26) – This show is still good for a chuckle and the upping of the gal pals doesn’t hurt.
  • Elementary (CBS, 9/26) – Sherlock and Watson in a new modern day slant, I dig them and it.
  • The Good Wife (CBS, 9/29) – Still one of my fave dramas, balancing good characters and story.
  • Grimm (NBC, 10/25) – Ghoul of the week in a fairy tale kind of way kept me coming back.
  • Hart of Dixie (CW) – Our big city doctor may not be all that revolutionary but sometimes you need a cute small town show.
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia/The League (FXX) – So wrong they’re right.
  • Luther (BBCA) – Ok this is basically already done but I love some Luther.
  • The Mentalist (CBS, 9/29) – Slightly odd no longer fake psychic still keeps me intrigued.
  • The Middle (ABC, 9/25) – Good ole middle American family comedy, under the radar but worth a look and a laugh.
  • The Mindy Project/New Girl (Fox, 9/17) – These ladies and their supporting casts both got a good stride last year.
  • Parenthood (NBC, 9/26) – The Braverman’s are always getting into some trouble or another, but I just want them all to be happy.
  • Parks & Recreation (NBC, 9/26) – When they’re on, this might be my favorite comedy on tv.
  • Sons of Anarchy (Fx, 9/10) – Damn those MC guys can’t just chillax, lots of drama and conflict and lack of impulse control, all in the name of trying to make something or other right.
  • The Walking Dead (AMC, 10/13) – Zombie fun and what’s the right choice in the new world order?

Honorable Mention (aka still on the TiVo): Bones (Fox), Castle (ABC, 9/23) How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 9/23), Modern Family (ABC, 9/25).

What are you most looking forward to?

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