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new and noteworthy tv: 1/14-1/20

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Of course my daytimes book up right when the Australian Open gets going…

Monday

  • Australian Open (ESPN2, various) – Happy tennis down under.
  • The Carrie Diaries (CW, 8pm) Series Premiere – If I ignore the Sex and the City and Carrie Bradshaw references I am inclined to have hope for an 80s girl origin story.
  • Continuum/Being Human/Lost Girl (Syfy, 8/9pm) Series/Season Premieres – I’m less inclined to be interested in terrorists that escape their execution in 2077 by traveling back in time, but find both the return of the ghost, the vampire, the werewolf, and then the succubus to be good if not somewhat campy fun.
  • Extreme Smuggling/Shipwreck Men (Disc, 8/9pm) Series Premieres – Smuggling techniques and maritime salvage.

Tuesday

  • The Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 8pm) Season Premiere – New bad girls invade Atlanta.
  • Pioneers of Television (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Ryan Seacrest hosts starting with a look at funny women.
  • Face Off (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Competing makeup artists.
  • Real Husbands of Hollywood/Second Generation Wayans (BET, 10:30pm) Series Premieres – Semi scripted ‘reality’ husbands and then Damien Dante and Craig Wayans give their take on funny.

Wednesday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – I won’t do it, I won’t watch, I’m out.
  • Ghost Mine (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Really, a ghost show focusing on mines?
  • Workaholics/Kroll Show (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – The guys try to be funy and then Nick Kroll from The League takes on all kinds of characters in this new sketch show.

Thursday

  • Anger Management/Archer (Fx, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Charlie’s back and then a comedic animated spy business is back.
  • Bellator MMA Live (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – Pat Curran and Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire fight.
  • King of the Nerds (TBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who’s going to be top nerd?
  • Legit/Totally Biased w. Kamau Bell (Fx, 10:30/11pm) Series/Season Premieres – Series following a crass comedian and then comedian and then comedic insights.

Friday

  • Best Week Ever (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – What’s going on this week?
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – More Bill.

Saturday

  • A Idiot Abroad/Stuff You Should Know (Sci, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – More travel mocking and then a new mockumentary series.
  • Ripper Street/Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (BBCA, 9/10:15pm) Series Premiere – Old London murders and new dangerous creatures.

Sunday

  • Kourtney & Kim Take Miami/Chasing the Saturdays (E!, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Girls I don’t care about followed by a girl band I don’t care about.

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new and noteworthy tv: 1/7-1/13

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Post holidays, we’re getting back in business…

Monday

  • The Bachelor (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Sean meets the women.
  • Antiques Roadshow (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – A million dollar discovery is made.
  • Love & Hip Hop/Black Ink Crew (VH1, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – Relationships and a new tattoo crew.
  • Switched at Birth (ABCF, 8pm) Season Premiere – The daughters of these not related families continue their drama.
  • Deception (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Police officer investigates the death of a childhood friend, looks Revenge-ish and will probably be dumb but worth a shot.
  • The Staircase (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – Found dead at the bottom of the staircase, did the husband do it?
  • Trouble Next Door (Own, 10pm) Season Premiere – Series documenting families in crisis.

Tuesday

  • Cougar Town (TBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – It’s back, don’t forget to change your season pass to TBS to catch this gang, their wining, and their whining.
  • Justified (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Season pass already set.
  • Africa (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s about Africa?
  • Frontline (PBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – Starting with Michelle Rhee as chancellor of DC public schools.
  • The Joe Schmo Show (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – More fake reality show.
  • America’s Supernanny (Life, 10pm) Season Premiere – Getting control of the kids.
  • Snookie & JWoww (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can’t wait for parenthood.
  • The Burn with Jeff Ross (Com, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – More guests.
  • Scoring the Deal (HGTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Real estate wheelings and dealings.

Wednesday

  • Stars in Danger: The High Dive (Fox, 8pm) – Celebrities learn how to flip it, you know, without the splash.
  • People’s Choice Awards (CBS, 9pm) – What do the people know anyhow?
  • Property Brothers (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Twin real estaters help folks fix ’em up.
  • Washington Heights (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – In case there are more ‘real’ people you want to get to know.
  • Barter Kings (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bartering snakes.

Thursday

  • Critic’s Choice Movie Awards (CW, 8pm) – I am mildly curious as to what the critics might say.
  • The Millionaire Matchmaker (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – More love to be found for the wealthy.
  • Kathy (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Guests Liza and Jane Lynch.
  • Rehab Addict (DIY, 10pm) Season Premiere – Home rehab that is.

Friday

  • Banshee (Cin, 10pm) Series Premiere – Ex-con and master thief assumes the identity of a sheriff, curious if I got Cinemax.
  • Out There (IFC, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Animated 15-year old’s misadventures.

Saturday

  • Miss America (ABC, 9pm) – Women walk the walk and talk the talk.
  • Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual (We, 9pm) Series Premiere – Unusual, uninteresting.
  • Staten Island Law (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – The reality of mediation.

Sunday

  • Australian Open (ESPN2, 3:30pm, and various) – First round!
  • Golden Globe Awards (NBC, 7/8pm) – Arrivals and then Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host.
  • Girls/Enlightened (HBO, 9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – Laura Dern and Lena Dunham return.
  • Shameless/House of Lies/Californication (Show, 9/10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – As do the people in these shows.
  • Pete Rose (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Pete’s getting married.

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/31-1/6

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Monday

  • Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (ABC, 8/10pm) – A tribute to Dick and then the countdown.
  • New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly (NBC, 10pm) – Counting down…
  • New Year’s Eve (Fox, 11pm) – Starting the count a bit later…

Tuesday

  • Rose Parade (Various, 8am) – The Tournament marches on.
  • Totally T-Boz/The Sisterhood (TLC, 8/9pm) Series Premieres – T-Boz goes solo and wives of preachers.
  • Dance Moms (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back to the routines.
  • Dual Survival (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Battling in Atacama Desert.
  • Hawaii Life (HGTV, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Hawaiian real estate.
  • Storage Wars New York (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Because we needed another Storage Wars.
  • Double Divas (Life, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Because bra fitting deserves an entire series.

Wednesday

  • Cousins on Call (HGTV, 8pm) Series Premiere – Cousin contractors build.
  • Nova (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Volcanic eruptions in Iceland.

Thursday

  • Buck Wild (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – A group of West Virginia friends. 
  • Lost and Found (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Reuniting items and people that were missing.
  • What Not to Wear (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – 1980s pop singer Tiffany looks for a new look.

Friday

  • Need to Know (PBS, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – What do I need to know?
  • True Justice (Reelz, 9pm) Season Premiere – What happens after the attack on the precinct.
  • Merlin (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Arthur’s Bane.
  • Portlandia (IFC, 10pm) Season Premiere – More random skits and whatnot.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I see lots of white.
  • Made in Milwaukee (DIY, 11pm) Series Premiere – Home transformations.

Saturday

  • Pit Boss/Pit Bulls & Parolees (AnPl, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – While the boss is away and then former prisoners help with the rescues.
  • Cesar Millan’s Leader of the Pack (NatGeo, 10pm) Series Premiere – Finding the right rescue.
  • NY ER (Health, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following some of the doctors and nurses on NY Med.

Sunday

  • Mob Wives/Making Mr Right (VH1, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Is someone targeting a wife and then matchmaking.
  • The Biggest Loser (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Jillian returns.
  • Downton Abbey (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – It continues at the abbey.
  • Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – The teams are picked.
  • Watch What Happens Live (Brav, 11pm) Season Premiere – Andy Cohen continues.

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/24-12/30

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Let’s hope you have some good family or some good videos to keep you entertained this week…

Monday

  • Disney Prep & Landing/Shrek the Halls (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Can’t get enough of these.

Tuesday

  • Holiday Log (KTVU, 6am) – Chestnuts roasting on the open fire…
  • Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC, 9am) – What else would Mickey and Minnie do?
  • Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (ABC, 8pm) – Will he give it back?
  • Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas (NBC, 10pm) – Sing it to me.

Wednesday

  • Kennedy Center Honors (CBS, 9pm) – Led Zeppelin among others are honored.

Thursday

  • Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Moving on to the next holiday.

Friday

  • Dreamworks Dragons/Ice Age (Fox, 8/8:30pm) – Other creatures celebrate the holidays.
  • American Masters (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a look at the Joffrey.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Joan Rivers brings a friend.
  • Teen Trouble (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Teens with behavioral issues.

Saturday

  • Heroes of Hell’s Highway (Disc, 8pm) Series Premiere – Clear explosive devices anyone?

Sunday

  • Machines of Glory (Disc, 6pm) Series Premiere – Competing to be king or queen of the construction site.

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/17-12/23

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Less new shows, more holiday filler…

Monday

  • Dreamworks Dragons/Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas/Happiness is a Warm Blanket (Fox, 8/8:30/9pm) – Ho and a ho.
  • Gossip Girl (CW, 8pm) Series Finale – I haven’t watched this for years but remember the start of their journey fondly.
  • 1600 Penn (NBC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – A preview of the humorous take on the family in the White House, at least one critic likes it.

Tuesday

  • A Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC, 8pm) – The meaning of Christmas.
  • It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (CW, 8pm) – Kermit tries to save the theater.

Wednesday

  • A Home for the Holidays with Rascal Flatts (CBS, 8pm) – Inspiration and singing.
  • Miss Universe Pageant (NBC, 8pm) – Women from around the world, you know not from around the universe.
  • Full Throttle Saloon/Black Gold (Tru, 9/10/11pm) Season Premieres – Work it.
  • Cheer Perfection (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another psychotic trainer and her disciples.

Thursday

  • A White House Christmas (NBC, 8pm) – First families share holiday cheer.
  • I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown!/CMA Country Christmas (ABC, 8/9pm) Rerun hangs with Snoopy and Spike then someone named Jennifer Nettles hosts holiday country style.
  • Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – More teens to jail.

Friday

  • Michael Buble/A White House Christmas (NBC, 8/9pm) – In case you missed this holiday fun.
  • Back to the Beginning with Christiane Amanpour (ABC, 9pm) – Origins of religions.
  • The Happy Elf/Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (CW, 8/9pm) – More holiday characters.

Saturday

  • Mr Magoo’s Christmas Carol/WWE Tribute to the Troops (NBC, 9pm) – Another take on the holidays.
  • Prep & Landing/A Chipmunk Christmas/CMA Country Christmas (ABC, 8/8:30/9pm) – Can’t get enough of holiday specials.

Sunday

  • Lost Treasure Hunters (AnPl, 11pm) Series Premiere – Adventurers adventure, first diamond mines.

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/10-12/16

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Two more weeks of holiday filler…

Monday

  • American Country Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth host.
  • Take It All/Michael Bublé Christmas Special (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another game show and then Bublé it up.
  • Diners, Drive-ins & Dives (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Guy makes some more stops.
  • Made in Chelsea (Style, 11pm) Season Premiere – Things in Chelsea.

Tuesday

  • Santa Claus in Comin’ to Town (ABC, 8pm) – The voice of Astaire tells it all.
  • A Muppets Christmas (CW, 9pm) – That reminds me I never did catch the latest Muppet movie.
  • Amish Mafia (Disc, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – The Amish enforce their own brand of justice.

Wednesday

  • Toddlers & Tiaras (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Whatever.
  • Barbara Walters (ABC, 9:30pm) – Ten ‘most fascinating.’
  • Shipping Wars (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – And they say people forget we’re at war.

Thursday

  • Impractical Jokers (Tru, 10pm) Series Premiere – I’m sure they all think it’s hilarious.

Friday

  • Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas (NBC, 8pm) – In case you missed Blake in all his cheer.
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Yes, Virginia / The Elf on the Shelf (CBS, 8/9/9:30pm) – Ho, ho, cheer.
  • Winter in Portlandia (IFC, 10:30pm) – The holidays wouldn’t be complete without.

Saturday

  • Winter Dew Tour (NBC, 11am, Sun 10am) – From Breckenridge, Colorado.
  • Cops (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Season twenty five.
  • Six Little McGhees (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Because we need more reality shows about multiple kids.

Sunday

  • The Bachelorette (ABC, 9pm) – Ashley and J.P.’s wedding.
  • VH1 Divas (VH1, 9pm) – Songstresses let loose.

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/3-12/9

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My internet is working again so at least I get OnDemand and Netflix Streaming again…

Monday

  • Blake’s Not So Family Christmas (NBC, 10pm) – Singing and foolin’.
  • Hotel Impossible (Trav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Beach resort.

Tuesday

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (CBS, 8/10pm) – Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight, and lingerie with tunes.
  • Storage Wars (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – Battle for stuff.
  • In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Laura helps couples connect.
  • NFL Road Tested (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Game prep.

Wednesday

  • The Grammy Nominations Concert Live (CBS, 10pm) – If you’re performing does that guarantee you a nomination?

Thursday

  • In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye (HBO, 9pm) – A look at the editorial team.
  • Mary Mary (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – Back to following this singing duo.
  • Unsupervised (Fx, 11:30pm) Season Premiere – More animated youngsters.

Friday

  • SNL Christmas (NBC, 8pm) – Ho ho ho, ha ha ha.
  • Restless (Sund, 9pm) Miniseries Premiere – Spy mom.
  • My Naked Secret (Health, 10pm) Season Premiere – Help for post preggers stomach muscles to start.

Saturday

  • American Giving Awards (NBC, 8pm) – Joel McHale hosts charity honors.
  • Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns/The Flight Before Christmas (CBS, 8/8:30/9pm) – Holiday fun.

Sunday

  • Disney Prep & Landing/Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice/Christmas with Holly (ABC, 8/8:30/9pm) – Holiday inspiration.
  • Ax Men/Bamazon (Hist, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – A new team captain and then Alabamers in the Amazon.
  • Sin City Rules (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think this is like housewives of Las Vegas, you know but maybe not all housewives

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/26-12/2

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No internet access is making this posting a bit of a challenge, good thing I’ve been meaning to read more…

Monday

  • Next Great Baker/Cake Boss (TLC, 9/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Cakes.
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Guest host Jenny McCarthy, where’s Ty?
  • Invention USA (Hist, 11pm) Season Premiere – Well the first ep is called “get the fork out of here,” intrigued?

Tuesday

  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Shrek the Halls (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Ho to the ho.
  • Rizzoli & Isles/Leverage (TNT, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Crimes good and bad.

Wednesday

  • Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC, 8pm) – Always rooting for Charlie.
  • Christmas In Rockefeller Center/SNL Christmas (NBC, 8/9pm) – Al and Savannah host then clasic holiday funnies.
  • The Hour (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere- What’s the real story, I kept meaning to watch season 1, any good?
  • Hot In Cleveland/Happily Divorced (TVL, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Classic, meaning slightly dated feeling, comedies.
  • Love You, Mean It (E!, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Whitney Cummings gets her own talker, for all you Whitney or 2 Broke Girls fans.

Thursday

  • Rocket City Rednecks/American Chainsaw (NGC, 9/9:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – Missiles and chainsaw sculptor.
  • Panic 9-1-1 (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Docudramas of emergency calls.

Friday

  • Next Stop for Charlie (Show, 12:30am) Season Premiere – Charlie escapes a Lebanese prison.
  • Haunted Encounters (Bio, 10pm) Series Premiere – In case some of these haunted locations haven’t been visited.

Saturday

  • Big Ten Football Championship (Fox, 7:30pm) – Go team!

Sunday

  • Be the Boss (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – From the makers of Undercover Boss comes regular guy competing to run his (or her) own franchise.
  • Miss You Much (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – What happened to those celebrities of yore not already in the headlines.
  • Shahs of Sunset (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – They’re back.

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/19-11/25

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Fortunately Thanksgiving allows for a light television week…

Monday

  • Marrying the Game (VH1, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Game gets married?

Tuesday

  • Get your shopping done for Thanksgiving.

Wednesday

  • A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (ABC, 8pm) – An unusual feast.
  • Restaurant: Impossible (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Keeping the family restaurant together.
  • Jim Rome on Showtime (Show, 10pm) Series Premiere – Apparently he’s a sports guy and he’s going to do a talker.

Thursday

  • Thanksgiving Day Parade/National Dog Show (NBC, 9am/noon) – Floats and doggies.
  • Punkin Chunkin (Sci, 8pm) – Huck it good.
  • Michael Jackson: Bad25 (ABC, 9:30pm) – The legacy of the album.
  • Along for the Bride (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – More bridal stuff.

Friday

  • Happiness is a Warm Blanket (Fox, 8pm) – Can Linus part with his security blanket?
  • Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns/Hoops and Yoyo Ruin Christmas/It’s a Spongebob Christmas (CBS, 8-10pm) – Let the ho ho hoing begin.
  • Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer/The Happy Elf (CW, 8-10pm) – And a ho to the ho.

Saturday/Sunday

  • Time for some James Bond.

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/12-11/18

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It’s so easy to get behind on Sons and Walking Dead…

Monday

  • Made In Chelsea (Style, 8pm) Series Premiere – If you’ve tired of American socialites, these ones are English.
  • Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States (Show, 8pm) Miniseries Premiere – Ten part series on history in 20th century.
  • Teen Mom 2 (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – And then there’s this.

Tuesday

  • Little People, Big World/Extreme Couponing (TLC, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – A new little couple and may the discount be with you.
  • Mankind the Story of All of Us (Hist, 9pm) Miniseries Premiere – Another ten part history on more history.
  • Million Dollar Decorators (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – For the house I can’t afford…

Wednesday

  • Whitney (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Now that Animal Practice is out…

Thursday

  • Perhaps pick up my book.

Friday

  • ANTM (CW, 8/9pm) – The latest episode is followed by the always underwhelming behind the scenes.
  • We Will Always Love You (CBS, 10pm) – A tribute to Whitney.

Saturday

  • 24/7 (HBO, 11:15pm) Season Premiere – Pacquiao/Marquez.

Sunday

  • American Music Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Top forty after forty years.
  • Oprah’s Favorite Things (OWN, 8pm) – Military spouses get some bounty.

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