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next week 10/6

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New and notable in the week ahead… procrastinator picks are underlined: 

Monday

  • Bingo America (GSN, 6:30pm) Season Premiere – I don’t actually get the Game Show Network but if I did I don’t know that I would have thought bingo was a gameshow, but why wouldn’t it be.

Tuesday

  • Presidential Debate (Various Channels, 6pm est/9pm est) – Tom Brokaw hosts the second.
  • Dirty Jobs (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – This season starts with taking on some of the tasks of a merchant boat.
  • Real Housewives of Atlanta (Brav, 9pm) Series Premiere – If you’re familiar with these shows, I think that’s all you need to know.

Wednesday

  • South Park/Sarah Silverman (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – A couple groups of potty mouths.
  • TV Land Myths and Legends (TVL, 10pm) Season Premiere – The stories behind the stories.

Thursday

  • Kath & Kim (NBC, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Selma Blair and Molly Shannon play a dysfunctional mother and daughter.
  • CSI (CBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Looks like they’re recovering from Warrick getting shot, and I think Grissom only has a few episodes and then we turn it over to Laurence Fishburne.
  • SNL Weekend Update Thursday (NBC, 9:30pm) – I think this will make Saturday night less funny.
  • Eleventh Hour (CBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – Science crimes may be no match for Rufus Sewell.
  • LA Ink (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Inking in LA.
  • Life on Mars (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Remake of British fan favorite where a cop ends up in the 70s solving crimes the old fashioned way.
  • Testees (FX, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – This new comedy has two guys who test products and wait for the side effects.

Friday

  • The Starter Wife (USA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Debra Messing returns as former Hollywood wife starting yet again.

Saturday

  • Macy’s Celebrity Catwalk Challenge (NBC, 8pm) – I don’t know that this will compare to ANTM.
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Graham hosts and talks I believe.

Sunday

  • Rock of Love Charm School (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – This premise is hilarious, Sharon Osborne tries to turn RoL contestants into ladies.
  • The Pick-Up Artist (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – Those less able to get the ladies learn tips that are one of the following a) helpful b) hilarious or c) offensive.
  • Skins (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – These British teens supposedly make Gossip Girl look tame.
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