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new and noteworthy tv: 10/7-10/13

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Time conflict number two presents itself, Monday at 8 with the return of Hart of Dixie up against Bones and How I Met Your Mother…

Monday

  • Hart of Dixie/Beauty and the Beast (CW, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Will Zoe stay in Bluebell, not great but still a cute show, and then more of the pretty dumb, or pretty but dumb.
  • Dream School (Sun, 10pm) Series Premiere – A docuseries focusing on 50 cents effort to educate troubled youth with teachers such as Oliver Stone and David Arquette.

Tuesday

  • Supernatural (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – The brothers battle on.
  • Criss Angel BeLIEve (Spike, 11pm) Series Premiere – Magic?

Wednesday

  • American Pickers (Hist, 5/6/7pm) Season Premiere – A best of leads into the new season.
  • Arrow/The Tomorrow People (CW, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – More fight for right and then the latest take on folks getting powers, worth a check I suppose.
  • Full Circle/Call Me Fitz/Less Than Kind (Dir, 9/10/11pm) Series/Season Premieres – A new Neil LaBute take on dinner conversations
  • American Horror Story (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – I was off this last season but am intrigued by the new take on witches, do I or don’t I?
  • Big Tips Texas (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Women working at a Texas bar,
  • Preachers of LA (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at six different pastors of megachurches.

Thursday

  • Alaska Gold (AnPl, 8pm) Series Premiere – A California woman and her four daughters work Alaskan mines.
  • Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Another spinoff of a show I don’t watch, I suppose I could check in to see what’s up with their take on Alice.
  • Pawn Stars (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – More stuff.
  • Million Dollar Shoppers (Life, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Might tune in to check out a possible career as a high end personal shopper.

Friday

  • Gold Rush (Disc, 8pm) Season Premiere – Million dollar season?

Saturday

  • Vanilla Ice Goes Amish (DIY 10pm) Series Premiere – Yeah, you read that right.

Sunday

  • America’s Funniest home Videos (ABC, 7pm) Season Premiere – What’s the prize for this, maybe I should get my vine on and enter.
  • The Walking Dead/Talking Dead/Comic Book Men (AMC, 9/10/11:59pm) Season Premieres – I’m still liking the zombie fights and the moral decisions, then talking about it and more comic book store tales.

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/30-10/6

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Ok I’m not that excited about anything this week, so if it was a new comedy or drama I underlined, take that with a grain of salt…

Monday

  • iHeart Radio Music Festival (CW, 8pm, Tues) – Music and stuff.
  • We Are Men (CBS, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Tony Shalhoub, Jerry O’Connell, and Kal Penn welcome newcomer bachelor into the mostly formerly coupled singles apartment complex, some funny guys but not so funny.
  • Monsters Inside Me (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – Is it the flu or something far worse…

Tuesday

  • 30 for 30 (ESPN, 5pm) Season Premiere – Surfing pioneer.
  • Dukes of Haggle (Disc, 7pm) Series Premiere – Guys who haggle?

Wednesday

  • Arrow (CW, 8pm) – A recap of last season and a look ahead.
  • My Grandmother’s Ravioli (Cook, 8pm) Season Premiere – Something cooking and family related?
  • Super Fun Night (ABC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Rebel Wilson starts taking the gals out for nights on the town, not sure it’s super fun.
  • Ironside (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Blair Underwood reprises this detective role, still good looking his physically and psychologically damaged role.
  • Top Chef (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Competing New Orleans style.

Thursday

  • North Woods Law (AnPl, 6pm) Season Premiere – Wardens taking care of business.
  • Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 7pm) Season Premiere – Beyond.
  • Society X With Laura Ling (E!, 7pm) Series Premiere – Designer drugs.
  • Scandal (ABC, 8/10pm) Season Premiere – Moments in the earlier slot pause for Grey’s then premiere it up, I don’t watch but she’s supposed to be good in this sudsy drama, she definitely dresses well.
  • The Vampire Diaries/The Originals (CW, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – I know successful shows spinoff but if I don’t watch the original am I interested in the French Quarter version?
  • The Millers (CBS, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Another family comedy with some good peeps but questionable reviews I’m willing to see if Beau Bridges, Margo Martindale and Will Arnett can bring it.
  • Welcome to the Family/Sean Saves the World (NBC, 8:30/9pm) Series Premieres – I caught an earlier viewing of the bland mixed families comedy and will give Sean Hayes a shot as a newly full time parent.

Friday

  • Dead or Alive (NatGeo, 6pm) Series Premiere – Grizzly woods.
  • Cassadee Pope (CMT, 10pm) Series Premiere – Rise to stardom?

Saturday

  • Austin City Limits (PBS, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – Juanes and Jesse & Joy.

Sunday

  • Untold Stories of the ER (Health, 6pm) Season Premiere – Untold until now.
  • Cousins Undercover (HGTV, 8pm) Series Premiere – Cousin renovators surprise folks with renovations.
  • Alaska (Disc, 8pm) Season Premiere – Our more northern state.
  • Witches of East End (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Not to be confused with The Witches of Eastwich but not sure what the difference is, might tune in to see.
  • Halloween Wars (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Teams create a zombie prom.
  • The Paradise (PBS, 9pm) Series Premiere – The latest Masterpiece Classic.
  • Alaskan Women Looking for Love (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – When the men run dry where you are…
  • Bar Rescue (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – How could a death metal concert bar go wrong?
  • The People’s Couch (Brav, 11:30pm) Series Premiere – Watching people, watching tv, hmm.

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As with all fall seasons there is a feeling of measured optimism about a few shows. Measured because there is just so much that can go right or wrong. I guess we have to start somewhere, here’s what’s at the top of my list:
  • The Blacklist (NBC) – James Spader as an evil mastermind with a plan, ok it doesn’t look revolutionary but of the new procedurals this interests me most.
  • Brooklyn 9-9 (Fox) – Andy Samberg might have found the right amount of funny, and a dose of Andre Braugher doesn’t hurt.
  • The Crazy Ones (CBS) – Sarah Michelle Geller and Robin Williams back on tv, of course it’s worth a shot.
  • Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (ABC) – I think we all know I’ll watch anything made by Joss Whedon and this side take on his superheroes has great potential.
  • The Michael J. Fox Show (NBC) – Excited to see him back on a regular basis and we all know he’s willing to use his current medical state for good story fodder.
  • Trophy Wife (ABC) – This year’s new take on the mixed family and the cast lends to a lot of good potential.

 And for a few other things that could be hidden gems

  • Almost Human (Fox) – It’s a robot partner future cop show, hmm…
  • Back in the Game (ABC) – So if Walter Matthau (Bad News Bears) had a daughter who started coaching little league… oh and her dad’s there (who is clearly not Walter).
  • Betrayal (ABC) – It’s like Revenge but maybe not as campy, maybe more like Unfaithful, I don’t know there’s some cheating and a lot of complications.
  • Dads (Fox) – Dubbed by many as the least funny show on the lineup, let’s hope they don’t waste Seth Green, Peter Riegert, Martin Mull, and Giovanni Ribisi.
  • Dracula (NBC) – A ‘unique’ take on the vampire with Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
  • Hostages (CBS) – Rumor has it the family gets to leave the house they’re being held hostage in to make Toni Collette kill the president in surgery.
  • Goldbergs (ABC) – The 80s was a great decade but I’m not sure this family comedy set then is a great one.
  • Ironside (NBC) – Blair Underwood is a great lead, but him in a wheelchair fighting his demons and the case of the week may not be great.
  • Once Upon A Time In Wonderland (ABC) – I skipped out on Once Upon a Time so not even sure I’m game for another pilot.
  • Lucky 7 (ABC) – Lottery winners lives are changed, I feel like I’ve seen this and it’s never done well.
  • The Millers (CBS) – Will Arnett, Margo Martindale and Beau Bridges in a family comedy deserve a watch.
  • Mom (CBS) – Anna Faris and Allison Janney as problemed mother/daughter have the potential for some laughs.
  • The Originals (CW) – Another spin off whose original series, The Vampire Diaries, I don’t watch.
  • Reign (CW) – Period drama CW style.
  • Sean Saves the World (NBC) – I want Sean Hayes to be in a funny show and though the advance word isn’t strong, you never know with a sitcom.
  • Sleepy Hollow (Fox) – Turns out a ridiculous premise has the potential to be just funny enough to be amusing and maybe even good.
  • Super Fun Night (ABC) – Rebel Wilson can be funny but the critics haven’t had super great things to say.
  • The Tomorrow People (CW) – The latest super hero drama, I think it’s like Heroes on the network that likes pretty people.
  • We Are Men (CBS) – Jilted and divorced men bring on the comedic intent, Tony Shalhoub, Kal Penn and Jerry O’Connell hopefully get some funny.
  • Welcome to the Family (NBC) – So a couple of disparate familied graduating teens get pregnant instead of their intended plans, blah blah.
And then of course there’s mid season… What are you most excited to see?

Shows mostly listed in alphabetical order stay tuned to ‘next week’s for premiere dates. 

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/23-9/29

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My first fall conflict, I’ll catch The Black List Saturday while I give Castle and Hostages a run…

Monday

  • How I Met Your Mother/2 Broke Girls/Mom/Hostages (CBS, 8/9/9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – There have been moments of great humor throughout the years on HIMYM and here’s hoping the final season brings some of those, I can’t recommend Broke but I have to admit I’ve tuned in and chuckled, so here’s to hoping Mom has a few of its own with Anna Faris and Allison Janney and Hostages can extend a movie premise into a series for Toni Collette and Dylan McDermott.
  • The Voice/The Blacklist (NBC, 8/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – I’m out on Voice but you know, the original judges are back, then James Spader returning is always worth a look.
  • Black Ink Crew (VH1, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – More tattoo parlor drama.
  • Castle (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Beckett won’t leave the show but they will undoubtedly continue to manufacture some ridiculous relationship drama.

Tuesday

  • Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD/The Goldbergs/Trophy Wife/Lucky 7 (ABC, 8/9/9:30/10pm) Series Premieres – Cautiously optimistic for any Joss Whedon show as these agents protect us, less optimistic for 80s flashback sitcom and the latest lottery winners but sandwiched in there is Malin Akerman and Bradley Whitford bringing some potential funny to family life.
  • NCIS/NCIS: Los Angeles/Person of Interest (CBS, 8/9/10pm) Season Premieres – Yup, I’m out on these.
  • Income Property (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Basement apartment anyone?
  • Fangasm (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Fans become roomies to get ready to embody their, I don’t want to say, geeky Comikaze culture.

Wednesday

  • The Middle/Back in the Game/Modern Family/Nashville (ABC, 8/8:30/9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – The return of some family funnies around a new take on the Bad News Bears, followed by a show that I dug starting last season but I somehow have 19 saved on my TiVo.
  • Revolution (NBC 8pm) Season Premiere – The power of the power, not so much for me.
  • Criminal Minds/CSI (CBS, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Crimes and killers, fortunately for me another pass.

Thursday

  • The Big Bang Theory/The Crazy Ones/ Two and a Half Men/Elementary (CBS, 8/9/9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – I am still enjoying the expanded cast on this show, have my fingers crossed for the return of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Robin Williams, skip the men but am back for more Sherlock and Watson cases.
  • Parks & Recreation/The Michael J. Fox Show/Parenthood (NBC, 8pm) Season/Series Premieres – Was loving MJF on Good Wife but here’s a return to comedic form in what I hope is a nice pairing with P&R followed by more Braverman drama.
  • Glee (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – The show must go on.
  • Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 9pm) Season Premiere – What ridiculous drama must these hospital employees survive next?

Friday

  • Masterchef (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Junior edition.
  • Undercover Boss/Hawaii Five-0/Blue Bloods (CBS, 8/9/10pm) Season Premieres – Let’s pretend I don’t watch these on Friday just because I have too busy a social life.
  • Dateline (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – It’s newsy.

Saturday

  • 48 hours (CBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – It’s newsy.
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29) Season Premiere – Tina Fey and Arcade Fire.

Sunday

  • 60 Minutes/The Amazing Race/The Good Wife/The Mentalist (CBS, 7/8/9/10pm) Season Premieres – Newsy, and then I skip the Race which peeps enjoy but tune back for Wife and Mental.
  • Once Upon a Time/Revenge/Betrayal (ABC, 8/9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – I’m anticipating dropping Betrayal like I did the two earlier shows, but worth a look.
  • The Simpsons/Bobs Burgers/The Family Guy/American Dad (Fox, 8/8:30/9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – Animation domination.
  • Instant Mom (Nick, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Tia Mowry returns to sitcom form as a new step mom.
  • Breaking Bad (9pm) Series Finale – Apparently people are into this show which wraps its run tonight.
  • Homeland/Masters of Sex (Show, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Another drama joins the lineup with a look at early sex researchers.
  • Eric & Jessie (E!, 10pm) Series Premiere – Eric Decker and his fiance…
  • Eastbound & Down/Hello Ladies (HBO, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Is he a family man and is he a ladies man?

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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: 9/2-9/8

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We’re finally getting some good stuff, and don’t forget to check your settings for FXX, it’s showing up in my guide at 803 so reset my Season Passes for It’s Always Sunny and The League…

Monday

  • Tamra’s OC Wedding (Brav, 8pm) Series Premiere – Another Real Housewives spinoff.
  • Fast n’ Loud/Turn & Burn (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – More stuff with n’s and &s.

Tuesday

  • Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – Dance your little heart out.
  • Top Gear/We’re the Fugawis (Hist, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Gear and then a look inside a motorcycle club.
  • My Big Fat Revenge (Oxy, 9pm) Series Premiere – Apparently revenge is getting skinny?
  • Cold Justice (TNT, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s like L&O: Cold Case but it’s a reality show.
  • Luther (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – He’s back! And this short season plays each subsequent night.
  • Tosh.0/Brickleberry (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – New clothes, new adventures.

Wednesday

  • Digfellas (Trav, 8pm) Series Premiere – Diggin’ it.
  • Inside the NFL (Show, 9pm) Season Premiere – James Brown, Phil Simms, and Cris Collinsworth kick it off.
  • Ghost Mine (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Looks back and ahead to the rest of the season.
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia/The League/Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (FXX, 10/10:30/11pm) Season Premieres – Don’t miss your comedies on the new FXX.

Thursday

  • Sunday Night Football (NBC, 5:30pm) Season Premiere – I love that Sunday premieres on a Thursday.
  • Tamar & Vince (WE, 9pm) Season Premiere – Hitting the road to promote the new single.
  • Customer is Always Right? (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Starting with Mrs. Fields.

Friday

  • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (CMT, 9pm) Season Premiere – Making the team.
  • Hello Ross (E!, 10pm) Series Premiere – Ross the intern from The Tonight Show gets his own gig.
  • 20/20 (ABC ,10pm) Season Premiere – Newsishness.

Saturday

  • Cupcake Wars (Food, 8p Season Premiere –m) Jessica Alba judges.
  • David Tutera (WE, 9pm) Season Premiere – Party planning.
  • Six Little McGhees (OWN, 10pm) Season Premiere – The sextuplets are a little bit older.

Sunday

  • US Open (CBS, 1:30pm) – The women get the Sunday spot since men go tomorrow.
  • Last Tango in Halifax (PBS, 8pm) Series Premiere – Childhood sweethearts are reunited 60 years later in this latest dramedy.
  • Rachel vs. Guy (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – Kids cook off.
  • Boardwalk Empire (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back to another season in the 20s.
  • Oprah’s Lifeclass (OWN, 9pm) Season Premiere – Fatherless America.
  • Miami Monkey (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Alas not a monkey show but a Big Ang spinoff bar.

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/26-9/1

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Monday

  • US Open (ESPN2, 10am) – Rounds get going.
  • Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives (Food, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – More food tastings.
  • Teen Mom 3 (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – So they’re teens and they’re moms.

Tuesday

  • Storage Wars Texas (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – Is everything bigger in Texas?

Wednesday

  • Property Brothers (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Budget friendly dream home?
  • The Unexplained Files (Sci, 9pm) Series Premiere – Disappeared flight, hunchback creature?
  • Cheer Perfection (TLC, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – Go team go!
  • Fanaddicts! (Reelz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Harry Potter is awesome.
  • Tough Love (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – The co-eds try for love.

Thursday

  • Motive (ABC, 8pm) Season Finale – What’s the motive?

Friday

  • Alaskan Steel Men (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Men in Alaska who work with steel?
  • Cracked (Reelz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Original series where a shrink helps out the cops.

Saturday

  • Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (BBCA, 8pm) – The eighth Doctor.

Sunday

  • ABC Fall Preview/MDA Show of Strength Telethon (ABC, 7/9pm) – Shows and a telethon.
  • Snapped (Oxy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Killer couples.

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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: 8/12-8/18

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Nothing much to add so perhaps time to check back into Friday Night Lights season 2 on Netflix…

Monday

  • CMA Music Festival (ABC, 8pm) – Little Big Town hosts highlights of the fest.
  • The Real Housewives of Miami (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Can the group get together?
  • Hotel Impossible (Trav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Anthony has his work cut out for him.

Tuesday

  • The Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 8pm) Season Premiere – What are the chances the girls will irritate each other in Miami?
  • Amish Mafia/Tickle/Porter Ridge (Disc, 9/10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – More reality with the Amish continuing, a Moonshiners spinoff and colorful characters in Indiana.
  • Face Off/Heroes of Cosplay (Syfy, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Rookies meet returning competitors and then a look at some fans who convention in costume.

Wednesday

  • Duck Dynasty (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Surprise wedding.

Thursday

  • Owner’s Manual/The Pitch (AMC, 10/11pm) Series/Season Premieres – Two guys build things and one uses the manual and then the ad competition returns. 
  • Polyamory (Show, 11pm) Season Premiere – Married and dating.

Friday

  • Ghost Adventures (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Looking for ghosts.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Kristen Chenoweth’s assistant needs a gown.

Saturday

  •  Gymnastics (NBC, 8pm) – U.S. championships.

Sunday

  • The Great Food Truck Race (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Competing from one spot to another, I’d rather not know the behind the scenes of my food trucks.
  • Oprah’s Next Chapter (OWN, 9pm) – LiLo.

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/5-8/11

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Monday

  • T.I. & Tiny/Marrying the Game (VH1, 9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – Personal lives go on. 

Tuesday

  • Holmes Makes it Right (DIY, 8pm) Series Premieres – Contractor fixes people’s problems.
  • Hot Listings Miami (Sty, 9pm) Series Premiere – Miami properties.
  • Barter Kings (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Getting another item.
  • Hard Knocks (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – The Cincinnati Bengals.
  • The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Ax Men spin-off.

Wednesday

  • L&O: UK/Broadchurch (BBCA, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – More law and order from across the pond and then local police investigate a crime in what is a highly touted miniseries. 
  • Million Dollar Listing (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Closing another deal.

Thursday

  • Panic 9-1-1 (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Calling for emergencies.

Friday

  • Strike Back (Cin, 10pm) Season Premiere – Soldier drama.
  • What Not to Wear (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Three friends need some styling help.
  • The White Queen (Starz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Based on best-selling books let the politics and romance begin.

Saturday

  • Hell on Wheels (AMC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Railroading onward. 

Sunday

  • Teen Choice (Fox, 8pm) – Lucy Hale and Darren Criss host. 
  • Eat, Drink, Love (Brav, 9pm) Series Premiere – Personal lives of a few folks involved in cheffing and whatnot.
  • Bad Ink (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Bad body art gets corrected. 
  • Cutthroat Kitchen (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Cooking?
  • Low Winter Sun/Talking Bad (AMC, 10/11pm) Series Premieres – Reprising the role of this UK miniseries, cop drama, then much like Talking Dead folks chat about each ep of Breaking Bad.

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