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.