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new and noteworthy tv: 12/5-12/11

December 4, 2011 No Comments

Ho to the ho.

Monday

American Country Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth host.
A Sing-off Christmas (NBC, 8pm) – You say Christmas, I say a capella group.
Charlie Brown Christmas/Prep & Landing (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Ho ho ho.
The Mortified Sessions (Sund, 8pm) Series Premiere – Celebrities share past moments, mostly embarrassing we believe.
T.I & Tiny (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – More following people reality style.
Candy Queen (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Because there aren’t enough dessert and event shows.
Lizard Lick Towing (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – So I didn’t watch this show but apparently one of them got stabbed so they’re bringing in some new blood.
Love Games (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Dating competition bad girl style.
Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets/Stalked (ID, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Crimes revisited.

Tuesday

A Michael Bublé Christmas (NBC, 8pm) – I was thinking we needed a holiday variety show.
Eureka/Warehouse 13/Haven (Syfy, 8/9/10pm) – It’s the syfy holiday season.
Hidden City (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Crime novelist Marcus Sakey digs up some real life untold stories.
Moonshiners (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – If you were moon-shining in Appalachia or law enforcing moonshine I bet you thought there wouldn’t be a reality series about you.
Teen Mom 2 (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – I think this is the second season about the second set of teen moms.
Storage Wars (A&E, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – What’s in your unit?

Wednesday

State of Play (BBCA, 10pm) Series Premiere – Murder and politics kicks off this miniseries.
Toddlers & Tiaras (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I hate the idea of this show.

Thursday

The First 48/Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – A look at stuff and youngster gangsters.
The Great Big American Auction (ABC, 10pm) – Ty Pennington takes another step away from Trading Spaces.
Grimm (NBC, 10pm) – A special night and time investigating another fantastical criminal.

Friday

Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns/Yes, Virginia/The Elf on the Shelf (CBS, 8-10pm) – Ho, ho, ho.
Invention USA (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Science experts check out amateur inventions.

Saturday

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/The Flight Before Christmas (CBS, 8/9pm) – Ho, ho, ho.
The American Giving Awards (NBC, 8pm) – Bob Costas hosts an award show honoring charities.
Republican Presidential Candidate Debate (ABC, 9pm) – Stephanopoulos and Sawyer moderate.

Sunday

Celebrity Rehab (VH1, 9pm) – Season 4 revisited.

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 11/14-11/20

November 13, 2011 No Comments

Another week of rest and catching up on Sons of Anarchy…

Monday

Love It, Or List It (HGTV, 8pm) Season Premiere – It’s a home hunt.
Love & Hip Hop (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – It’s a look at ladies who are at least remotely related to hip hop.

Tuesday

Hardcore Pawn/Storage Hunters (Tru, 9:30/10pm) Season Premieres – Open a new store, form a partnership?
Knights of Mayhem (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Jousting enthusiasts.
MTV2’s Guy Code (MTV2, 11pm) Series Premiere – Mix Jersey Shore dudes and standup comedians.

Wednesday

The Bengali Detective (HBO2, 8pm) – Balancing career, family, and Bollywood dancing.

Thursday

Big Shrimpin’ (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s the start of the shrimp season.

Friday

Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys (Sund, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back with the gal pals and their gays.

Saturday

Donald Glover: Weirdo (Com, 11pm) – Can’t get enough of Community’s Troy?

Sunday

American Music Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Music, awards.
Celebrity Rehab (VH1, 9pm) – Season 1 revisited…

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 11/7-11/13

November 5, 2011 No Comments

Nothing to add here for me…

Monday

Love/Lust (Sund, 8pm) Season Premiere – Starting with the history of comfort food.
Top Gear (BBCA, 8pm) Season Premiere – The best of…

Tuesday

Vietnam in HD (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – Part one of three…
Quints by Surprise (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Season three means a third birthday.

Wednesday

CMA Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood host.
Prophets of Science Fiction (Sci, 10pm) – Miniseries start with a look at Mary Shelley.

Thursday

Thespians (Show, 7:30pm) – A docu-style look at high school drama students competing.
Braxton Family Values (WE, 9pm) Season Premiere – Tension in the family.

Friday

Behind the Music/That Metal Show (VH1 Class, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Musical stylings.
Fatal Attractions (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – A man shares space with hundreds of snakes.

Saturday

Primeval (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – The end of the world or the end of these characters?
Pit Bulls & Parolees (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – I assume this title is self explanatory.

Sunday

My Fair Wedding with David Tutera/I Do Over (WE, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Time for a dream wedding?
All American Muslim (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at five Muslim-american families.

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 9/12-9/18

September 10, 2011 No Comments

And so it begins… For new fall network series I’ll try to denote repeats of pilots, personally I’m a little overbooked until I rule stuff out so it’s nice to have some scheduling options.

Monday

Tennis (CBS, 1pm) – The rain delay is scheduled to kick men’s finals ’til Monday.
Monday Night Football (ESPN, 7pm) Season Premiere – Patriots at Dolphins.
Kate Plus 8 (TLC, 9pm) Series Finale – Please tell me I won’t have to hear anything else about her.
The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – All-American tastings.
Extreme Couponing (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – How much money can they save?
Showhouse Showdown (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Which of the identical rooms has the best design?

Tuesday

Rise Up (ESPN, 7pm) Series Premiere – Communities come together to rebuild community sports facilities.
90210/Ringer (CW, 8/9pm – Ringer replays 9/16 8pm, 9/19 9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Never got on board with new 90210 but might get on board with the new Sarah Michelle Geller as twin playing a twin with perhaps some twists and drama.
Parenthood (NBC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I need to remind myself what kind of trouble they were into last season.
I Hate My Bath (DIY, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – I assume this is like I Hate My Kitchen…

Wednesday

Survivor (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Welcome to Samoa.
H8R/ANTM (CW, 8/9pm) Series/Season Premiere – So passing on confronting folks who hate celebrities but can’t resist at least the first all stars models edition.
Operation Repo/Hulk Hogan’s MCW (Tru, 9/10:00pm) Season/Series Premieres – Repossessions and then Micro Championship Wrestling
Up All Night/Free Agents (NBC, 10/10:30pm – replays 9/15 8:30/9:30pm, 9/17 9/9:30pm) Series Premieres – The first could be funny while the second is supposed to stink.

Thursday

The Vampire Diaries/The Secret Circle (CW, 9/10pm – SS replays 9/16 9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Vampires and then witches, which I will check out, might be dumb but it’s got that cute girl from Life Unexpected.
Angels Among Us (CMT, 9pm) Series Premiere – Real life divine intervention?
It’s Always Sunny/Archer (Fx, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – All kinds of wrong funny, and then perhaps I’ll check out at least one ep of the animated series.
LA Ink (TLC, 10pm) Series Finale – Another reality person I’d be ok with not hearing any more about.

Friday

NCLR Alma Awards (NBC, 8pm) – Eva Longoria and George Lopez host.
20/20 (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Newsy.
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – No HBO for me.

Saturday

Confronting (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – I’m sure it’s all emotional and stuff to confront people.

Sunday

Emmys (Fox, 8pm) – Jane Lynch hosts.
Shake it Up (Dis, 8pm) Season Premiere – Characters on a scripted show audition for a reality show?

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 8/22-8/28

August 20, 2011 No Comments

My Tivo is down to 5%, ready for some fall tv to kick in…

Monday

La La’s Full Court Life/The TO Show (VH1, 9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – It’s a basketball wife story and a football star with ACL issues story.
Top Gear (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Apparently one doesn’t need to be a gearhead to appreciate this look at the fancies.
Lizard Lick Towing/Bear Swamp (Tru, 9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Repoing of vehicles and other things aren’t always easy.

Tuesday

Ludo Bites America (Sund, 9pm) Season Finale – These pop up chefs make their final stop in Redondo Beach, where will their culinary skills land.

Wednesday

Buried Treasure (Fox, 8pm) Series Premiere – It’s like taking Antiques Roadshow on the road.
Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Apparently there are either a lot of ghosts or these hunters aren’t that successful.
Happy Endings (ABC, 9:30pm) – An unaired episode of these
Confessions: Animal Hoarding (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – If you thought hoarding was depressing…
Top Chef Just Desserts (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bake ’til you drop.

Thursday

Rising (Disc, 8pm) Series Premiere – A look at the rebuilding of ground zero.

Friday

Rat Busters NYC (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think ‘rat’ means rat.

Saturday

Doctor Who (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back to the time travel for the doctor.
24/7 (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Mayweather and Ortiz train for their bout.

Sunday

Tennis (CBS, 9/10:30) – Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day is followed by the official preview of the US Open starting on Monday.
Madden NFL (NBC, 7pm) – Celebrities and NFL greats take on a little flag football.
MTV Music Video Awards (MTV, 9pm) – Another year another…
I Just Want My Pants Back (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Post collegiate Brooklyn hipsters try to entertain in this latest series.

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.

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

July 30, 2011 No Comments

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 6/13-6/19

June 11, 2011 No Comments

Monday

Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABCFam, 8pm) Season Premiere – The not foolish and not secret life returns.

Tuesday

Cupcake Wars (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – Kentucky Derby theme.
Pretty Little Liars/The Nine Lives of Chloe King (ABCFam, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premiere – The oldsters playing teens with ridiculous plots are followed by a sixteen year old who discovers she has powers, why do I feel compelled to at least check these out?
Memphis Beat/Hawthorne (TNT, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Cop show and hospital show that, for me, just aren’t all that engaging.
Real Estate Intervention (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – The intervention appears to be of the staging variety.
Gene Simmons Family Jewels (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – This is apparently in the seventh season…
Indoors Out (DIY, 10pm) Season Premiere – Remodeling continues.
Jon Benjamin Has a Van (Com, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – A comedian reports ‘mockumentary style’.

Wednesday

Devil You Know (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Are people really what they appear to be.
Hot in Cleveland/Happily Divorced (TVL, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – The nostalgia style sitcom returns followed by the return of Fran Drescher in a personal inspired I married a gay man series.
Rocco’s Dinner Party (Brav, 11pm) Series Premiere – Would love to be the recipient of dinner party competition dinners.
Toddlers & Tiaras (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Still bizarre to me.

Thursday

Yard Crashers (DIY, 10pm) Season Premiere – Decorating outdoor style.

Friday

Flea Man (NGC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Flea market comings and goings.
A.N.T. Farm/Shake it Up (Dis, 8:30/9pm) Series Premieres – Series with kids, who will be the next Miley?
Paranormal Challenge (Trav, 9pm) Series Premiere – Competing to collect evidence of ghosts and whatnot.
Swamp Loggers (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Another crew member joins.

Saturday

Celebrity Ghost Stories/Celebrity Close Calls (Bio, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Can there really be that many celebrities with ghost stories, close calls to death, I suppose.
Outcasts/Inbetweeners/Come Fly with Me (BBCA, 9/11/11:30pm) Series/Season Premieres – 2040 planetary action, awkward teens, and airport mockumentary.

Sunday

Daytime Emmy Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Wayne Brady hosts.
Drop Dead Diva (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – Model in a lawyers body returns for another season of what is surprisingly an entertaining show for a silly premise.
Falling Skies (TNT, 9pm) Series Premiere – Citizens holdouts against alien invaders in the latest Spielberg offering, supposed to be a good start.
Miss USA Pageant (NBC, 9pm) – Ladies…
Police POV (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – Of the Cops ilk.
Ryan & Tatum (Own, 10pm) Series Premiere – Do we need to follow more dysfunctional people?

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 6/6 – 6/12

June 5, 2011 No Comments

Monday

Masterchef (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – A few kitchen dudes look for the next amateur ready to make it big time.
My Yard Goes to Disney/House Hunters on Vacation/HGTV’d (HGTV, 8/8:30/9pm) Series Premieres – Outdoor spaces Disneyfied, travelers visit homes before selecting one as a vacation stay, and surprise makeovers.
Switched at Birth (ABCFam, 9pm) Series Premiere – It reads like a Lifetime movie but this latest fictional look at the rare familial entanglements will keep going week after week, this family channel is often too trite but sometimes worth a look.
Unfaithful/The Dr Laura Berman Show (OWN, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – A look at infidelities and then a camera joins the dr’s radio show.
Behind Mansion Walls (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Why just look at murders when you can look at murders involving rich people.

Tuesday

White Collar/Covert Affairs (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Campy spy business back to back, I’m more enamored with the likable hustler than the newest addition to the CIA.
19 Kids & Counting (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Please tell me these people aren’t still counting on more kids.
Love/Lust (Sund, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season starts out with a look at street foods.

Wednesday

CMT Music Awards (CMT, 8pm) – Country goodness.
Operation Repo (Tru, 9pm) Season Premiere – More repossessions.

Thursday

Nightmare Next Door (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – Crimes in your own neighborhood, depending on where you live.

Friday

My Babysitter’s a Vampire (Dis, 7pm) Series Premiere – Disney’s take on vampires in our midst.
FBI: Criminal Pursuit (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cops FBI-style.

Saturday

Color Splash (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – A tranquil bedroom update.

Sunday

The Tony Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Host Neil Patrick Harris has been teasing me with glorious reviews of broadway’s best, via twitter of course.
Bridezillas/Amsale Girls (WE, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – Difficult brides from bride and bridal store perspective.
Finding Sarah (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Folks like Dr Phil and Suzy Ormand help out Sarah Ferguson.
The Glee Project (Oxy, 9pm) Series Premiere – Real life Gleeks compete for a role on Glee, I’m mildly intrigued though don’t think I get this channel.
Swamp Wars (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – Beheaded pythons and gator killings.
Keeping Up With the Kardashians/Ice Loves Coco (E!, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Blah, blah, reality, blah, blah.
The Protector (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – This series introduces us to a divorced homicide detective’s work and home.

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 5/30-6/5

May 30, 2011 No Comments

It looks like summer is here, if not in weather then in the start of summer series…

Monday

Basketball Wives/Single Ladies (VH1, 8pm) Season/Series Premieres – Real life wives and then a fictional take with a Sex & the City-esque hang with some gal pals.
Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Will the NASA cake fly?
Platinum Hit (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Kara DioGuardi and Jewel bring us the latest singing slant on folks who write their own.
Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (ABC 10pm) Series Premiere – Spending a year with one person instead of a couple weeks with a couple dozen contestants.

Tuesday

NBA Finals (ABC, 6pm) – Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks kick it off.
America’s Got Talent (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Another season of random talent.
Deception with Keith Barry (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – A ‘mentalist’ looks at the world of deception.
The Little Couple (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Fertility issues continue.
Love Handles (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – How could a mix of reality, couples, and weight issues be wrong?
Million Dollar Decorators (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Hmm, how far does a million dollars go?

Wednesday

Franklin & Bash/Men of a Certain Age (TNT, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premiere – Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer offer up another take on unconventional lawyering then more conventional guys.
Haunted Collector/Hollywood Treasure (Syfy, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – Not just places but things can be haunted and this guy takes a look, then a look at items more cinematic.
Man v. Food Nation/Sand Masters (Trav, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Food challenges hit the road and then sand castles get serious.
Sweat Equity (DIY, 9pm) Season Premiere – More home repair.
Love in the Wild (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Think Survivor as a dating show.
The World According to Paris (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – I am not even interested in Hilton in a trashy sort of way.

Thursday

The First 48: Missing Persons (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Spinoff of The First 48 follows missing persons.
Love Bites (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – I believe this is a summer burn off of a romance anthology that never quite made it into the schedule.
NY Ink (TLC, 10) Series Premiere – A Miami Ink guys starts up in NY.
Children’s Hospital (AdSw, 11:59pm) Season Premiere – This is one of those comedies that is so random I kept wanting to like it.

Friday

French Open (NBC, 11am) – The week on ESPN2 leads up to the men’s semis, with women’s final Saturday at 6am/pst and men’s final Sunday 6am finals.
Whale Wars (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – More anti-whaling action.

Saturday

NHL Stanley Cup Finals (NBC, 5pm) – Go hockey, Game 1 is Wed at 5pm/pst, games 3 & 4 head to Vs. and returns to NBC for 5 and on if needed.

Sunday

Food Network Challenge/The Next Food Network Star (Food, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – 80s cakes and then 15 new chef’s arrive to compete.
MTV Movie Awards (MTV, 9pm) – Jason Sudeikis hosts the one where they vote for things like ‘The Best Kiss.’
Ice Road Truckers (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – More ice, more trucking, more truckers.
Locked Up Abroad (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Crimes in foreign countries strikes me as a bad idea.
Finding Bigfoot (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – Do you think they find him?
Freaky Eaters (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I’m glad these people are getting help even if it is through exploitation tv.
The Glades (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – I found this fluffy detective out of his element in Florida series not necessarily great but enjoyable.
Mancations (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Man friendly getaways.
The Real L Word (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – Reality show lesbian-style.
Teen Wolf (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – I can’t stop picturing Michael J Fox and Justin Bateman but this is a much more modern take on a high school werewolf.

new and noteworthy tv: 6/6 – 6/12

June 5th, 2011

Monday

Masterchef (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – A few kitchen dudes look for the next amateur ready to make it big time.
My Yard Goes to Disney/House Hunters on Vacation/HGTV’d (HGTV, 8/8:30/9pm) Series Premieres – Outdoor spaces Disneyfied, travelers visit homes before selecting one as a vacation stay, and surprise makeovers.
Switched at Birth (ABCFam, 9pm) Series Premiere – It reads like a Lifetime movie but this latest fictional look at the rare familial entanglements will keep going week after week, this family channel is often too trite but sometimes worth a look.
Unfaithful/The Dr Laura Berman Show (OWN, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – A look at infidelities and then a camera joins the dr’s radio show.
Behind Mansion Walls (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Why just look at murders when you can look at murders involving rich people.

Tuesday

White Collar/Covert Affairs (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Campy spy business back to back, I’m more enamored with the likable hustler than the newest addition to the CIA.
19 Kids & Counting (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Please tell me these people aren’t still counting on more kids.
Love/Lust (Sund, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season starts out with a look at street foods.

Wednesday

CMT Music Awards (CMT, 8pm) – Country goodness.
Operation Repo (Tru, 9pm) Season Premiere – More repossessions.

Thursday

Nightmare Next Door (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – Crimes in your own neighborhood, depending on where you live.

Friday

My Babysitter’s a Vampire (Dis, 7pm) Series Premiere – Disney’s take on vampires in our midst.
FBI: Criminal Pursuit (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cops FBI-style.

Saturday

Color Splash (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – A tranquil bedroom update.

Sunday

The Tony Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Host Neil Patrick Harris has been teasing me with glorious reviews of broadway’s best, via twitter of course.
Bridezillas/Amsale Girls (WE, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – Difficult brides from bride and bridal store perspective.
Finding Sarah (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Folks like Dr Phil and Suzy Ormand help out Sarah Ferguson.
The Glee Project (Oxy, 9pm) Series Premiere – Real life Gleeks compete for a role on Glee, I’m mildly intrigued though don’t think I get this channel.
Swamp Wars (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – Beheaded pythons and gator killings.
Keeping Up With the Kardashians/Ice Loves Coco (E!, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Blah, blah, reality, blah, blah.
The Protector (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – This series introduces us to a divorced homicide detective’s work and home.

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 4/11-4/17

April 10, 2011 No Comments

Monday

L&O: LA (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t know why they decided Skeet was the problem, but they’re trying to rework this one, I’m always mildly interested in this franchise.
Paranormal State (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – More hauntings.

Tuesday

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Trying to do good things with food while traversing the red tape of the school systems, this is one of the feel good reality shows that I somehow enjoyed.
Braxton Family Values/Sinbad (WE, 9/10pm) Series Premiere – More reality following more ‘celebrities.’
Deadliest Catch (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – King crab season begins and the business must go on after the loss of the captain.
Toya (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – I’m not even sure if this reality star is supposed to be a ‘celebrity.’
Sports Show with Norm Macdonald (Com, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – I believe Norm talks sports

Wednesday

Happy Endings (ABC, 9:30/10pm) Series Premiere – Another half hour comedy about couple/friends, this one doesn’t look particularly funnier than the rest of the rest but worth a shot.

Thursday

The Paul Reiser Show (NBC, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – This is one of those real life person plays a version of themselves in a comedy series, not sure the Mad About You jokes will be all that funny but we’ll see what he’s got.

Friday

Friday Night Lights (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – I’m still on season 2…
Hooked (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – A fishing show.
Killer Outbreaks (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – A look at doctors and scientists looking at pathogens.
The Whitest Kids u’Know (IFC, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – More sketch comedy.

Saturday

Parking Wars (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – People really aren’t happy about tickets, towing and getting the boot.

Sunday

Mob Wives/Audrina/Saddle Ranch (VH1, 8/9/9:30pm) Series Premieres – Connected, reality professionals, and more wannabes.
Burn Notice (USA, 9pm) – A prequel to the series gives a look at the fall of Sam Axe, I like Sam on this series so hope it’s entertaining.
Game of Thrones (HBO, 9pm) Series Premiere – Adaptation of some fantasy books the series is supposed to be good, though I don’t get HBO.
Inspector America (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Infrastructure safety inspector inspects across America.
TV Land Awards (TVL, 10:30pm) – Casts reuniting include Family Ties, Cosby Show, and The Facts of Life.

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