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new and noteworthy tv: 3/28-4/3

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And I think this might be the final week of the final four…

Monday

  • All Together Now (NBC, 8pm) – A celebration of service with presidents and whatnot.
  • The Secret Life of the American Teenager/Make It or Break It (ABCFam, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Not sure how secret it is and whether they’ve made it or broken it yet.
  • Nurse Jackie/United States of Tara (Show, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – As I’m Showtime free I’ll be tempted to check these both on dvr at some point.

Tuesday

  • Body of Proof (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Brilliant neurosurgeon forced to turn medical examiner, could be case of the week which always depends on personality and Dana Delany could theoretically make it worthwhile.
  • All on the Line (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – Can failing fashion lines be saved?
  • What the Sell (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another take on the pawn shop personalities and stuff.

Wednesday

  • The Ultimate Fighter/Coal (Spike, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – More fighting and then a look at coal miners.
  • South Beach Classics (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Car classics that is.
  • Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – Tyler continues his reign on entertainment.

Thursday

  • Mobbed (Fox, 9pm) – This take on a new series showcases flash mobs, groups of folks breaking out into song/dance.
  • Swamp People (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – No it’s not a monster movie, unless you count the gators that the folks live among.
  • True Crime with Aphrodite Jones (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season starts with another look at JonBenet Ramsey.

Friday

  • Chaos (CBS, 8pm) Series Premiere – Rogue funny CIA? I’m tempted by this but it admittedly looks dumb.
  • Say Yes to the Dress: Randy Knows Best (TLC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – I believe there’s a Yes to the Dress out there so I guess this is Randy’s slant.
  • Camelot (Starz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Same story different take, ok maybe not so different.
  • The Haunted (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – Things with ghosts I suppose.

Saturday

  • Sony Ericsson Open (CBS, 9:30am) – The series starts its wraps up today with women’s finals with the men’s finals Sunday.
  • How Do I Look? (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – I’m going to say starts looking bad and gets better…
  • Curb Appeal (HGTV, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Spruce up a house.
  • My Ghost Story (Bio, 10pm) Season Premiere – More hauntings of the personal nature?

Sunday

  • Wild Kingdom (AnPl, 7pm) Season Premiere – Kicking off with a look at otters.
  • Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Reba MacEntire and Blake Shelton host.
  • The Kennedys (Reelz, 8pm) Mini series Premiere – Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear finally found an air date.
  • The Borgias (Show, 9pm) Series Premiere – Jeremy Irons takes the title role in this kick off of soapy period drama.
  • The Killing (AMC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Adaptation of a Danish crime drama looking at a crime from multiple points of view.
  • Last Cake Standing (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Let the caking begin.
  • Strange Sex (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at sexual things of the irregular.

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: 2/28-3/6

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The TiVo is hooked up! Though looks like nothing new to add here…

Monday

  • Anthony Bourdain (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – A visit to Haiti following the earthquake.
  • Bethenny Ever After (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – More of her.

Tuesday

  • Cuff Me If You Can (ID, 7pm) Series Premiere – A look at folks who avoided arrest.

Wednesday

  • I’m Alive (AnPl, 7pm) Season Premiere – I assume there’s a reason why folks might not have been alive.
  • Hoarding: Buried Alive (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – More piles, and piles, and piles of stuff.

Thursday

  • Ice Brigade (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following a team of ice sculptors.

Friday

  • NAACP Image Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Wayne Brady and Holly Robinson Peete host.
  • Beast Hunter (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Hunting for beasts.
  • American Loggers (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Logging in America.

Saturday

  • Bellator Fighting Championships (MTV2, 9pm) Season Premiere – I could look up what Bellator is…

Sunday

  • Taking on Tyson (AnPl, 7pm) Series Premiere – Tyson returns to his home neighborhood with a focus on pigeon racing.
  • America’s Next Great Restaurant/The Apprentice (NBC, 8/9pm) Series/Season Premieres – May the food be better than the concepts, and may the crazy ‘celebrities’ entertain.
  • Secret Millionaire (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – A millionaire works alongside others and then I believe gives some money.
  • Ruby (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – Ruby looks at her relationships.
  • Army Wives/Coming Home (Life, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Fictional army folks, then real life military come home.
  • Love & Hip Hop (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – More wives, these ones are in music.
  • Breakout Kings (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – A new series where US Marshalls hire convicts to help catch escapees.
  • The Real Housewives of Orange County (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – And more of them…

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: 2/21-2/27

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Here’s hoping to win my Oscar pool…

Monday

  • BET Honors (BET, 9pm) – Gabrielle Union hosts the tribute.
  • Outrageous Kids Parties (TLC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – It’s bad enough to see adults living over the top.

Tuesday

  • American Treasures (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – An anthropologist and an archaeologist appraise treasures.
  • The Real Housewives of Miami (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Could there be more drama in Miami?

Wednesday

  • ANTM/Shedding for the Wedding (CW, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premiere – I am torn about another season of the models to be, but not torn at all about watching couples compete.
  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Could the hunters possibly not be done hunting?

Thursday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm) – The judges unveil the top 20 semifinalists.

Friday

  • DC Cupcakes (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – More attempts at spectacular cupcakes.

Saturday

  • Secrets from a Stylist/The Antonio Treatment (HGTV, 9/9:30pm) Series/Season Premiere – More styley room makeovers.
  • Independent Spirit Awards (IFC, 7pm) – Joel McHale hosts.

Sunday

  • The Academy Awards (ABC, 4/5:30pm) – Find out who will be the best dressed, and who will win best pic.

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: 2/7-2/13

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A few more mid season items to consider adding to your repertoire…

Monday

  • Lizard Lick Towing (Tru, 7pm) Series Premiere – Let’s follow a repo business.
  • The Unpoppables (TLC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Let’s follow a balloon decorating business.
  • Chicago Code (Fox, 9pm) Series Premiere – Chicago cop corruption, this one is actually reportedly good.
  • Top Gear (BBCA, 7pm) Season Premiere – Hosts race cars.

Tuesday

  • Only in America/Top Shot (Hist, 6/7pm) Series/Season Premiere – Larry the Cable Guy tours unique America and then the weapons competition starts again.
  • Traffic Light (Fox, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Another relationships sitcom, this one based on an Israeli version.
  • 1000 Ways to Die (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – A creepy look at deaths.
  • My Life as Liz (MTV, 11pm) Season Premiere – They’re following this Liz person to New York.

Wednesday

  • Friday Night Lights (DirTV, 9pm) Series Finale – I’m only wrapped with season one so who knows what those kids are up to.
  • Mr Sunshine (ABC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Matthew Perry rejoins the sitcom scene with Allison Janney and Andrea Anders.
  • Justified (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Raylan’s back, how long ’til he shoots someone?

Thursday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm) – We’re finally heading to Hollywood.

Friday

  • Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown/A Charlie Brown Valentine (ABC, 8pm) – Love is in the air.
  • Auction Packed (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – More auction stuff.

Saturday

  • Must Love Cats (AnPl, 8pm) Series Premiere – All things cat.
  • The Sunset Limited (HBO, 9pm) – Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars with Samuel L. Jackson in this adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy play.

Sunday

  • Fatal Attractions (AnPl, 7pm) Season Premiere – Tiger in the neighborhood.
  • The British Academy Film Awards (BBCA, 8pm) – The King’s Speech leads the nominations but who will win?
  • Grammy Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Eminem leads the nominations but who will win?

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: 1/10-1/16

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Monday

  • Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 9pm) Season Premiere – The ‘ladies’ live together.
  • Love That Girl (TVO, 9pm) Season Premiere – This sitcom follows a ‘girl’ who’s starting fresh in real estate and life.
  • You’re Cut Off/The X Life (VH1, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Reality follows a group of gals who are cut off from luxury and then a group of extreme sports athletes.
  • Stolen Voices (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – I believe the title indicates that when a person is murdered they can no longer speak as they look at cases.

Tuesday

  • I, Predator (AnPl, 8pm) Series Premiere – This look at animal predators starts with sharks vs. seals, guess which is the predator.
  • The Game/Lets Stay Together (BET, 10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Sports couples and then non sports couples on these sitcoms.
  • Lights Out (Fx, 10pm) Series Premiere – This series starts with a heavy weight fighter now in retirement, something tells me it won’t be that simple to leave boxing behind.
  • Teen Mom (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – After 16 and pregnant comes this.
  • Tosh.0/Onion Sportsdome (Com/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Tosh introduces more clips as well as a new wardrobe and then more sports funny.

Wednesday

  • Off the Map (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Grey’s Anatomy for the third world?

Thursday

  • Police Women of Cincinnati (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – This season they follow them to another city.
  • Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Troubled teens visit folks in prison, scary?

Friday

  • Critic’s Choice Movie Awards (VH1, 9pm) – Black Swan reads the nominations, will it take home the most awards?
  • Flying Wild Alaska (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – A new reality series following a family business flying supplies in Alaska.
  • L&O: UK (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Law & Order with accents.
  • The Ricy Gervais Show (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – More of this…
  • Confessions: Animal Hoarding (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – Beyond the normal pet lover.
  • Conviction Kitchen (PlGr, 10pm) Season Premiere – Not just wanna be chefs, convict wannabe chefs.
  • Real Time with Bill Maher/Funny or Die Presents (HBO, 10/11:59pm) Season Premieres – Serious funny and then funny. 

Saturday

  • Miss America Pageant (ABC, 8pm) – Brooke Burke and Chris Harrison host.

Sunday

  • Golden Globe Awards (NBC, 5pm) – Hollywood Foreign Press salutes television and film.
  • Big Love (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – The family begins its final season.
  • Wild Animal Repo/Hogs Gone Wild (Disc, 9/10pm) Series Premiere – Getting exotic animals back and then tracking down hogs.
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new and noteworthy tv: 12/6-12/12

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TNT is bringing back some good stuff before we hit the new year, did I say new year?

Monday

  • American Country Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Trace Adkins hosts the country kids.
  • The Sing-Off (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – I actually kind of enjoyed this a capella glee-esque reality competition.
  • The Closer/Men of a Certain Age (TNT, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Will Brenda’s business change with a new chief and how will the men fare in business and in pleasure?
  • Next Great Baker (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Pastry chefs compete.
  • Tabatha’s Salon Takeover (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Hairy business.
  • True Life/The Vice Guide to Everything (MTV, 10/11/11:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – A look at ladies without sex and then lots of sex.

Tuesday

  • Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC, 8pm) – Good grief.
  • Minute to Win It (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – More weird tasks for money.
  • Cupcake Wars (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Cakes, small but with wow.
  • Eureka/Warehouse 13 (Syfy, 9/10pm) – Holiday specials syfy style.
  • Ramsay’s Best Restaurant (BBCA, 9pm) Series Premiere – Because we need more Gordon Ramsay.
  • Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – Reality with a gals and gays grouping.

Wednesday

  • Fashion Forward (CW, 9pm) – Fashion, designers, celebrities…
  • MANswers (Spike, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Random dude stuff.

Thursday

  • Shrek the Halls/Prep & Landing/Barbara Walter’s Specials (ABC, 9/10pm) – Animation, Oprah, and… the 10 most fascinating people

Friday

  • Tom Brokaw Presents Bridging the Divide (USA, 7pm) – Civil rights, the economy, technology…

Saturday

  • Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns/The Flight Before Christmas (CBS, 8/8:30/9pm) – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
  • Video Game Awards (Spike, 8pm) – Get your joysticks ready.

Sunday

  • Ax Men (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – Alaska logging at its finest.
  • Basketball Wives (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – Will someone offend someone else?
  • Leverage (TNT, 9pm) Season Premiere – Let’s get our con on.
  • Midseason Preview (NBC, 9:30pm) – What, more television?
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new and noteworthy tv: 11/29-12/5

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Thanksgiving is over and time to officially start Christmas programming…

Monday

  • CMA Country Christmas (ABC, 9:30pm) – Holiday performances and traditions, country-style.

Tuesday

  • Christmas in Rockefeller Center (NBC, 8pm) – Natalie Morales and Al Roker host the celebs and the flipping of the switch.
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (CBS, 8/10pm) – Fun for the whole family.
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Shrek the Halls (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Good green fun. 
  • Strange Days with Bob Saget (A&E, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Saget joins in subcultures to entertain with bikers and bigfoot.

Wednesday

  • The Grammy Nominations Concert Live (CBS, 10pm) – LL Cool J hosts noms and performances.
  • Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – I can’t resist the draw of the greatest train wreck show of all, but glad to say Dr Drew really is trying to help them.
  • Storage Wars (A&E, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – What happens when you stop paying for your storage unit?
  • Top Chef (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – The all-stars edition brings back contestants.

Thursday

  • Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (ABC, 8pm) – He sees you when you’re sleeping…
  • Brad Meltzer’s Decoded (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – A ten-part series on conspiracies that may or may not be decoded.

Friday

  • Gold Rush (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who doesn’t think looking for gold in Alaska is a good idea in this latest reality?

Saturday

  • The Shield (Spike, 3am) – Reairing the pilot of this series that I never caught the first time around.

Sunday

  • Gene Simmons Family Jewels/The Hasselhoffs (A&E, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – More family reality fare.
  • Bama Belles (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Will it dispel clichés about Southern gals or reinforce them.
  • I Survived… (BIO, 10pm) Season Premiere – People survive yucky things.
  • Brandy & Ray J (VH1, 11pm) Season Premiere – I’m sure something happens.
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new and noteworthy tv: 11/8-11/14

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Monday

  • Decision Points (NBC, 8pm) – Matt Lauer has a conversation with George W. Bush about his book and his time in office.
  • Strike Force (NatGeo, 10pm) Series Premiere – Week one, is cageless underwater shark feeding good for tourists or sharks?
  • Conan (TBS, 11pm) – He’s back… so catch Coco, Andy, and Jimmy Vivino hosting the house band.

Tuesday

  • Auction Hunters (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – Auction show #478…
  • The Fashion Show (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Since Runway moved to Lifetime here’s a different crew of designers with Iman.

Wednesday

  • CMA Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood and a country tune or two.
  • Psych (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – The fake psychic and his sidekick keep detecting.

Thursday

  • Burn Notice (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – This generation’s MacGyver tries to prevent a bombing…

Friday

  • Avalon High/Wizards of Waverly Place (Dis, 8/9:30pm) Season Premiere – First a flick about high school Camelot and then the wizards are back and going public.

Saturday

  • Back From Hell (Com, 10pm) – Clips and comedians in a tribute to Sam Kinison.
  • Tracy Morgan (HBO, 10pm) – Performing his Black and Blue standup.

Sunday

  • Sarah Palin’s Alaska (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Seeing the sights of Alaska through Palin’s eyes, take that however you will.
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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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new and noteworthy tv: 9/6-9/12

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Summer’s not officially over but I’m starting to sense fall. Procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • CBS Fall Preview (CBS, 8:30) – Hawaii 5-0 and whatnot.
  • Hoarders (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – There is some serious possums running through the house, no place to move, calling child services hoarding in the previews.
  • Thintervention with Jackie Warner (Brav, 10:15pm) Series Premiere – Jackie Warner tries to get some folks thin.

Tuesday

  • 360 Sessions (IFC, 6pm) Series Premiere – David Gray guests on what I assume is a well rounded look at him.
  • Rehab (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – I think this show is actually a look at partying not rehab.
  • Sons of Anarchy (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can’t wait to see all the trouble they get into and out of, Jax and the gang’s struggles to do the right thing pull me in as much as the action.

Wednesday

  • ANTM (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – I just can’t stay away from this show, though I don’t seem to care about the girls and Tyra is unbearable, wait why do I watch this?
  • Hellcats (CW, 9pm, repeats Fri) Series Premiere – This looks like a cheesy Bring it On but I can’t resist checking out the cheese.
  • Inside the NFL (Show, 9pm) Season Premiere – I wanna say they look at the NFL.
  • Terriers (Fx, 10pm, repeats various) Series Premiere – One of the new shows that I’m genuinely interested in seeing, critics are saying good things and I dig Donal Logue, seeing him in an edgy, comic buddy, PI type show seems like a good fit.
  • Black Gold (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – The gang gets new management in this reality fare.
  • The Day Before (Sund, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season starts with a look at Diane von Furstenberg.

Thursday

  • The Vampire Diaries (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – I sampled this series last season but couldn’t get into the latest vampire brooding stares and small town goings on.
  • Sunday Night Football (NBC, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Also on Sunday.
  • Nikita (CW, 9pm, repeats Fri) Series Premiere – Not sure what to make of this latest take on Le Femme Nikita based on the previews but it’s getting enough good buzz, as is Maggie Q as our rogue assassin back for revenge.
  • Destination Truth/Beast Legends (Syfy, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Paranormal and then beasty investigations.
  • Watch What Happens (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – An interview show that kicks off with some of the ‘real’ housewives.

Friday

  • Stand Up to Cancer (Various, 8pm) – Celebrities and performers on this fundraiser.
  • Four Weddings (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Brides judge each other’s weddings to win a dream honeymoon.
  • Fashion Police (E!, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Joan Rivers dishes.
  • Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up (Starz, 11pm) Season Premiere – Martin brings in the comics.

Saturday

  • Cops/America’s Most Wanted (Fox, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Can you believe these shows have been on for 23 and 24 seasons respectively?
  • Dogs 101 (AnPl, 8pm) Season Premiere – More doggie info.

Sunday

  • US Open (CBS/ESPN2, various) – The Grand Slam concludes with the women’s final on Saturday and men’s Sunday.
  • MTV VMAs (MTV, 9pm) – Chelsea Handler hosts, let the Kanye West jokes end.
  • Over the Limit (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – It’s like Cops I think.
  • The World of Jenks (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Andrew Jenks is a filmmaker who follows strangers to show insight into their worlds.

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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