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new and noteworthy tv: 2/10-2/16

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A little more Olympics and then heading into a long weekend for a little tv catch up…

Monday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Alpine and Freestyle Skiing and Short Track.
  • Top Gear (BBCA, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Hot hatchbacks.

Tuesday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Snowboarding, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, and Ski Jumping.
  • Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (USA, 8pm) – Woof.

Wednesday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Alpine Skiing, Figure Skating, Snowboarding, and Speed Skating.

Thursday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Speed Skating, and Skeleton.
  • Tattoo Titans (CMT, 11pm) Series Premiere – With my new found appreciation for tattoo competition shows I’m tempted to check out this standalone ep competition (as opposed to the narrow it down through a season format).

Friday

  • House of Cards (Net, 12:01am) Season Premiere – Spacey is back and ready for a binge.
  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, and Skeleton.
  • Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Is that candy for me?

Saturday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Alpine Skiing, Short Track, Seep Skating, and Ski Jumping.
  • Outrageous Acts of Science (Sci, 10pm) Season Premiere – Web videos and science lab time.

Sunday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 7pm) – Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, and Speed Skating.
  • BAFTA Awards (BBCA, 8pm) – Will the Brits predict the Oscars.
  • Wicked Tuna (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back in the boat.

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new and noteworthy tv: 1/20-1/26

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Monday

  • Bad Ink (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – Ink regrets.
  • Klondike (Disc, 9pm) Mini-Series Premiere – Gold rush it.

Tuesday

  • Hollywood Hillbillies (Reelz, 9pm) Series Premiere – Georgians taking Hollywood by storm?
  • Horseplayers (Esq, 10pm) Series Premiere – Which professional handicapper will pick the best and win big bucks?
  • Opposite Worlds (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – A new reality competition, and somehow whether people are designated past or future matters.
  • Teen Mom 2/Are You the One (MTV, 10/11pm) Season/Series Premieres – Pregnant and then finding your match by competing in challenges.

Wednesday

  • The Fashion Fund (Ova, 7pm) Series Premiere – Emerging fashion designers compete in some way.
  • Workaholics/Broad City (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – The guys are back and then a pair of gal pals live it up in NY.
  • Wahlburgers (A&E, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Marky Mark, and the others, open a restaurant.

Thursday

  • Rake (Fox, 9pm) Series Premiere – Greg Kinnear is worth a watch as his charms may or may not help his latest lawyer character.
  • The Fighters (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – Explore the world of boxing in South Boston.
  • King of the Nerds (TBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – The nerds compete.
  • Gigolos (Show, 11pm) Season Premiere – A new gigolo joins the crew.

Friday

  • Mitt (Net) – Following the former presidential nominee.

Saturday

  • Shaun White: Russia Calling (NBC, 8pm) – Winter Olympics has become synonymous with Shaun so let’s see what he’s up to.
  • Black Sails (Starz, 9pm) Series Premiere – Pirates!

Sunday

  • The Grammy Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Teaming up to perform this year…
  • The Bachelor: Sean and Catherine’s Wedding (ABC, 8pm) – Do they?
  • Olympic Special (NBC, 9:30) – The road to Sochi.

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new and noteworthy tv: 1/13-1/19

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Ok this is more like it, my TiVo finally has a backlog that I will find daunting…

Monday

  • Australian Open (ESPN2, various) – The first week gets into full swing.
  • Lost Girl/Being Human/Bitten (Syfy, 8/9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – The campy but fun folks like a succubus who are more than human, vampire, werewolf and a ghost trying to find their human, and then a series with a closer look at a lady werewolf worth a shot.
  • Switched at Birth (ABCF, 8pm) Season Premiere – The girls start their senior year.
  • Archer/Chozen  (Fx, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Animated spy returns and then a wrapper returns.
  • Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Illusionist pranks, pass.

Tuesday

  • Face Off (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Fifteen new contestants test their creature creating chops.
  • Kroll Show (Com, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Something comedic returns.

Wednesday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – JLo, Keith and Connick are in their chairs, and I am choosing again to value each hour I spend not watching this show.
  • Suburgatory (ABC, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Ready to see what’s up on the return of our Tessa and George to their suburban existence.
  • Duck Dynasty/Crazy Hearts (A&E, 10/11pm) Season/Series Premieres – The quacking cash cow returns followed by the ‘reality’ of trying to make it in Nashville.
  • Men at Work (TBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – This buddy comedy returns to try to make you laugh.

Thursday

  • Critic’s Choice Movie Awards (CW, 8pm) – Broadcast Critics put their picks out there.
  • Here Comes Honey Boo Boo/Welcome to Myrtle Manor (TLC, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – More reality of the, what’s the politically correct term for ‘white trash’, nature.
  • Under the Gunn (Life, 9pm) Series Premiere – Latest twist of mentor/designing competition, I like Gunn and still enjoy a runway so worth a look.
  • Party Down South (CMT, 10pm) Series Premiere – Watching friends party.
  • SWV Reunited (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following their comeback.
  • Jerks with Cameras/Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory (MTV, 10:30/11pm) Series/Season Premieres – Yet another prank show and they more Rob’s antics.
  • Brian Boitano Project (HGTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – When you think Boitano you think home renovation.

Friday

  • Cold Justice/APB with Troy Dunn (TNT, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – More real crime and then looking for lost loved ones.
  • The Diamond Collar (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at mafia turned dog groomer.
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bill’s back.

Saturday

  • Flowers in the Attic (Life, 8pm) – Apparently not quite captures the quality of the cheese of the book but how could one not be curious.
  • Mom’s Got Game (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Former WNBA mom manages NBA son.
  • My Big Redneck Family (CMT, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who doesn’t need another redneck spinoff?

Sunday

  • The Following (Fox, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – I can’t believe this show is back.
  • Keeping Up With the Kardashians/Richkids of Beverly Hills (E!, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Blurg.
  • Sherlock (PBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – We’ve been waiting and now it’s time to find out what happened to Holmes.
  • Looking (HBO, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – The male gay version of (insert slightly incorrect comparison to chick show here), give in to the promise of the characters.

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/9-12/15

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 The Sing-Off

Monday

  • Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town/The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC, 8/9pm) Series Premiere – Ho ho ho and then why not make decorating for xmas competitive.
  • Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special/Merry Madagascar/One Direction (CW, 8/8:30/9pm) – Holiday merriment and then some tunes from the boys.
  • The Sing-Off (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – As I recall Ben Folds is a great judge on the a capella singing competition.

Tuesday

  • American Country Music Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Trace Adkins and Danica Patrick host.
  • The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (CBS, 10pm) – Taylor Swift performs and ladies wear lingerie.

Wednesday

  • Kelly Clarkson’s Cautionary Christmas Music Tale (NBC, 10pm) – Who knows, but if you like Kelly this should be up your alley.
  • Rodeo Girls (A&E, 11pm) Series Premiere – Five female barrel racers.

Thursday

  • A bunch of ‘fall finales’ which is the new language for you won’t be seeing new tv for a while and that’s the way it’s supposed to be.

Friday

  • Lilyhammer (Net, 12:01am) Season Premiere – All of season 2 will be available of this mob fixer in witness protection show, is anyone watching this?

Saturday

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Frosty/Frosty Returns (CBS, 8/9/9:30pm) – More merriment.
  • 24/7 (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Red Wings/Maple Leafs.

Sunday

  • Cutthroat Kitchen (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cooking isn’t enough to win this one.

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/18-11/24

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 A little delay on this posting, partly because there’s not much going on…

Monday

  • Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Moms Mabley (HBO, 9pm) – A look at the vaudeville vet.

Tuesday

  • The iHeartradio Album Release Party with Lady Gaga (CW, 8pm) – Gaga it up.
  • Risky Listing/White Collar Brawlers (Esq, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Night life real estate and dueling colleagues.
  • David Blaine: Real or Magic (ABC, 9:30pm) – Watch a lot of celebrities say ‘wow’ at his antics.

Wednesday

  • How I Rock It/Alternate Route (Esq, 10/10:30pm) Series Premieres – Stylin’ dudes and photographers exploits.

Thursday

  • You Oughta Know In Concert (VH1, 8pm) – Artists I haven’t heard of perform together.

Friday

  • Betas (Amazon, 12:01am) Series Premiere – Misfits trying to launch their startup.
  • Where Were You? (NBC, 9pm) – Tom Brokaw reports on the day JFK died.
  • Nikita (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – Nikita is on the run, still? again?

Saturday

  • Atlantis (BBCA, 9pm) Series Premiere – A search for his father leads a dude to the ancient fabled city.
  • Lucas Bros/Golan the Insatiable (Fox, 11pm) Series Premieres – Additions to the animation domination.

Sunday

  • American Music Awards (ABC, 8pm) – I really don’t want to hear anything about Miley Cyrus.
  • Getting On/Ja’mie: Private School Girl (HBO, 10pm) Series Premieres – Comedic hospital fare and school drama.
  • Breaking the Faith (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Leaving the religious compound.

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/16-9/22

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Looks like there will be some comedy in the air…

Monday

  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Who will be the first to go?
  • Bones/Sleepy Hollow (Fox, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – Bones is back dealing with cases and will they or won’t they wedding plans and then a ridiculously premised new show about Ichabod and the Headless Horseman ending up in present day, there’s supposed to be enough here to be worth checking out.

Tuesday

  • Dads/Brooklyn Nine-Nine/New Girl/The Mindy Project (Fox, 8/8:30/9/9:30pm) Series/Season Premieres – Supposedly one of the worst new shows (offensive and not funny?) and then one with potential Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher make policing funny followed by two shows that found their stride last season.
  • I Dream of Nene/The New Atlanta (Brav, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – More reality fare.
  • Frontline (PBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – Egypt in crisis.

Wednesday

  • Survivor (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Competing against loved ones.
  • Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse (OWN, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another of Tyler Perry’s dramas.
  • Key & Peele (Com, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – More sketches.

Thursday

  • Valerie’s Story (NBC, 10pm) – Meredith Viera shares Valerie Harper’s journey.

Friday

  • Last Man Standing/The Neighbors/Shark Tank (ABC, 8/8:30/9pm) Season Premieres – Looks like Reba didn’t make the lineup.
  • The Best Week Ever (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – A comedic take on the week that was.

Saturday

  • Creative Arts Emmy Awards (FXX, 9pm) – And the award goes to…

Sunday

  • 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (CBS, 8pm) – And the award goes to…

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/19-8/25

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Another week to go and then more tennis…

Monday

  • Basketball Wives (VH1, 8pm) Season Premiere – More reality…
  • Delete (Reelz, 8pm) Miniseries Premiere – Fighting artificial intelligence with artificial intelligence, plus actors
  • Bubba-Q (Food, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Building custom grills.

Tuesday

  • I guess I could start watching So You Think You Can Dance?

Wednesday

  • Modern Dads (A&E, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – The reality of four stay-at-home dads…

Thursday

  • Ghost Shark (Syfy, 9pm) – It’s no Sharknado but it does follow a reairing of it.

Friday

  • Venus and Serena (Show, 9pm) – A look into the tennis sisters focusing on the injury-plagued 2011 season.

Saturday

  • Too Cute! (AnPl, 8pm) – Top 20 puppies!

Sunday

  • US Open Preview/Arthur Ashe Kids Day (CBS, 10:30/3pm) – A look at the last slam of the year and then watch the pros goof around and listen to teenybopper bands. 
  • Family Dance Off (ABC, 8pm) – Five families compete.
  • Silk (PBS, 9 pm) Series Premiere – A barrister takes on a new case and a new trainee.
  • Video Music Awards (MTV, 9pm) – So seriously where do people see music videos?

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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: 5/13-5/19

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Not quite done with this year but not quite ready for summer series…

Monday

  • 90210 (CW, 8pm) Series Finale – And the people who aren’t Brenda and Brandon and Dylan and Kelly and… are done. 

Tuesday

  • So You Think You Can Dance (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Dance it up. 
  • Crowd Rules (CNBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Elizabeth Chambers discusses specialty foods.

Wednesday

  • South Beach Tow (Tru, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – Take it away. 

Thursday

  • The Office (NBC, 9pm) Series Finale – It should have ended with Michael but whatevs…

Friday

  • Summer blockbuster?

Saturday

  • X Games (NBC, 1pm and ESPN/2 starting Thurs) – Making it happen in Barcelona.
  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (HBO, 9pm) – Donna Summer in action. 

Sunday

  • Billboard Music Awards (ABC, 8pm) – What are you singing this summer?
  • Tim McGraw’s Superstar Summer Night (CBS, 9pm) – Oops I mean what are you singing this summer?

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new and noteworthy tv: 4/8-4/14

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Monday

  • T.I. and Tiny (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – Winter adventure.

Tuesday

  • Counting Cars (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – Buy that car. 
  • Ready for Love (NBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Another slant on dating shows, getting dudes a gal.
  • Find Me My Man (Oxy, 9pm) Series Premiere – Matchmaker helps single ladies in Miami.
  • The Kandi Factory (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Because Real Housewives needs another spinoff.

Wednesday

  • Toy Hunter (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Gene Simmons and KISS memorabilia.
  • World’s Weirdest (NatGeo, 9pm) Season Premiere – Strange animals.
  • Deep South Paranormal (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Because there wasn’t enough paranormal being covered.
  • I Want That (DIY, 11pm) Season Premiere – Stylish home solutions.

Thursday

  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Guests and whatnot. 
  • The Killer Speaks (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Examining cases from the killer’s perspective.

Friday

  • Eve of Destruction (Reelz, 8pm) Miniseries Premiere – Unlimited energy or the end of the planet. 
  • Swamp’d (AnPl, 8pm) Series Premiere – Swamp store owner, for all your swamp area needs.
  • Da Vinci’s Demons (Starz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Dramatic Leonardo d Vinci.

Saturday

  • Bet On Your Baby (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Parents pit babies against one another, seriously?
  • Iyanla, Fix My Life/Life With La Toya (OWN, 9/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Iyanla does her thing, then we now get to watch LaToya do hers, whatever that is.

Sunday

  • 2013 Movie Awards (MTV, 9pm) – Rebel Wilson hosts.
  • Nurse Jackie/The Borgias (Show, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Happy birthday to Jackie and unseating the Borgias?
  • Restaurant Impossible (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Purchasing fish is different than cooking fish.
  • Veep (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Midterm elections.

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