next week 11/9 & 11/16

A special bonus double new and noteworthy in the weeks ahead… procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • CSI-crossover (CBS, Mon, Wed, Thurs) – Laurence Fishburne follows a case across the country mixing the skills of Miama, Vegas, and NY.

Tuesday

  • Sesame Street (PBS, check local listings) Season Premiere – Will Big Bird move off of the street, will Elmo and Telly find Bo Pee’s cow, will… oh they’ll all be good.
  • e2 Design (Sund, 8pm) Series Premiere – First week is a look at green buildings in NY.
  • Table for 12 (TLC, 8/8:30pm) Season Premiere – Camping, drama camp and karate for the big family.
  • In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts (ABC, 10pm) – Interviews with country stars including Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, and Carrie Underwood.
  • Full Throttle Saloon (Tru, 10pm) Series Premiere – Watching a biker bar might not be the same without the cocktails, though you can always drink and watch.

Wednesday

  • CMA Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood host this year’s awards.
  • Ghost Hunters Academy (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – The ghost hunters take a gang of aspiring hunters.

Thursday

  • Science of the Movies (Sci, 8pm) Season Premiere – How do they do it?

Friday

  • 24/7 (HBO, 9:30pm) Season Finale – A special night and time for Pacquiao and Cotto.

Saturday

  • Super Dave’s Spike-tacular (Spike, 11pm) Series Premiere – Super Dave Osbourne starts off this ‘mockumentary’ in a mini with explosives.

Sunday

  • WWII in HD (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – A 10-part series with accounts from 12 people who served.
  • The Prisoner (AMC, 8/9pm) – A remake of the 60s series with Jim Caviezal and Ian McKellen.

Monday

  • Mystery Diagnosis (Health, 10pm) Season Premiere – I guess this is like health life House.
  • Chef Academy (Brav, 11pm) Series Premiere – A Brit, Jean-Christophe Novelli, is launching a new culinary academy in LA.

Tuesday

  • Merry Madagascar (NBC, 8pm) – Santa apparently puts down where the gang from this animated flick are.

Wednesday

  • ANTM (CW, 8/9pm) – America’s Next Tiny Model is revealed and the season finale is followed by a special ‘revealed’ episode.
  • In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts (ABC, 10pm) – Janet Jackson gets the spotlight treatment.

Thursday

  • Terror in Mumbai (HBO, 8pm) – An examination of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai with survivors, law-enforcement, and a gunman.
  • World Magic Awards (MNT, 8pm) – Robert Wagner and Jill St. John host.

Friday

  • Happily Ever Faster (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Life at a Las Vegas wedding chapel.

Saturday

  • Sit Down, Shut Up (Fox, 11:59pm) Series Finale – For those who are interested in this animated series that never quite caught on.

Sunday

  • Tough Love (VH1, 7:30pm) Season Premiere – Eight new women get the cold hard facts, or at least one guy’s theory, on why their love life isn’t all that.
  • American Music Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Awards, performances, and fancy outfits.
  • The Haunted (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at things like whether an office is being haunted by monkeys.
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next week 11/2

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

Monday

  • For the Love of Ray J/I Want to Work for Diddy (VH1, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – Are you really interested in people who be Diddy’s bitch or Ray J’s partner?

Tuesday

  • V (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – We’re kicking off the remake where the visitors arrive, it may start peacefully but something tells me there will be drama to be found.
  • By the People (HBO, 9pm) – A look at the election of Barack Obama from primaries on.
  • Kathy Griffin (Brav, 9pm) – Griffin does her stand-up bit.
  • Tabatha’s Salon Takeover (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – She’s taking over Chicago’s less than finest.

Wednesday

  • Most Daring (Tru, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – Professionals and amateurs get into terrible situations.
  • Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS, 9/9:30pm) Season Premiere – Curtis retires, Miranda goes missing…
  • Flowers Uncut with Jeff Leatham (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Floristry fun.

Thursday

  • The Real Housewives of Orange County (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – I have stayed away from ever watching an episode of the ‘real’ ladies in any local.

Friday

  • Ancients Behaving Badly (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – This stop Caligula.
  • Ghost Adventures (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Visiting a former mental asylum always has promise.

Saturday

  • Legend of the Seeker (Synd, 4pm) Season Premiere – I don’t know what this show is but Cordelia Charisma Carpenter is guest starring.
  • Cats 101 (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – Who knew there were so many kinds of cats.
  • Wanda Sykes Show (Fox, 11pm) Series Premiere – She makes me laugh when I’ve seen her elsewhere so curious to see her hang out in late night.

Sunday

  • Brothers/American Dad/Family Guy/Cleveland Show (Fox, 7-10pm) – Fox shakes up their lineup a bit tonight and includes three eps of Family Guy including the 8:30 presentation of Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy show which mixes animation and live action.
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next week 10/26

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

Monday

  • Cake Boss (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Who wouldn’t want to propose with a cake ring in a cake shop?

Tuesday

  • It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – This year the great pumpkin will come, plus some bonus cartoon, it also kicks Hank out of the Wed at 8 spot.
  • Hip Hop Awards (BET, 8pm) – Mike Epps hosts from Atlanta.
  • The Little Couple (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Will there be a baby?
  • Monica (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – More reality with R&B singer who is apparently working on her fifth album.
  • Scream 2009 (Spike, 10pm) – Quentin Tarantino is among those attending the sci-fi and fantasy awards show.
  • Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a look at elimination of sports programs from public schools.

Wednesday

  • World Series Game 1 (Fox, 7:30pm, check local listings for full series) – Best of 7?
  • Monsters vs. Aliens (NBC, 8pm) – Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space follows up on the movie.
  • Friday Night Lights (Dir, 9pm) Season Premiere – The season returns for another shot on DirectTV, the fans demand it, with re-airings on NBC in 2010.

Thursday

  • The League (FX, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Fantasy football brings dudes together for some funny, at least that’s the plan.

Friday

  • Halloween on Ice (Hall, 8pm) – Is it gonna be scary?

Saturday

  • Sports (ABC, NBC, Fox, various) – Catch Game 3 of the World Series or some college ball, and that’s without even hitting cable.

Sunday

  • Sex Rehab with Dr Drew (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Thank god my cable was cut off and I won’t be tempted to check out just one episode…
  • Styl’d (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Five aspiring stylists compete to style.
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next week 10/19

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

Monday

  • Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags (HBO, 9pm) – A doc special on the garment industry in NYC.

Tuesday

  • The Cosby Show (TVL, 3am) – Feeling nostalgic? Maybe it’s time to catch one of your favorite family’s first episodes (aka nothing new or noteworthy on Tuesday).

Wednesday

  • Lock ‘n Load (Show, 8pm) Series Premiere – Welcome to a gun shop near you by way of Colorado.
  • Living with Ed (PlGr, 9pm) Season Premiere – For a moment I thought talking horse, but no it’s Ed Begley Jr.

Thursday

  • American Chopper (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – They’re building a new bike, for Saginaw Chippewa tribe.
  • The Jeff Dunham Show (Com, 9pm) Series Premiere – Ventriloquism with multiple character dummies coming your way.
  • Ultimate Parkour Challenge (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – par·kour (pär-k??r’) n. A sport or athletic activity in which the participant seeks to move quickly and fluidly through an area, often an urban locale, by surmounting obstacles such as walls and railings and leaping across open spaces, as in a stairwell or between buildings.

Friday

  • Supernanny (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Problem children and bossy adults, pass.
  • White Collar (USA, 10pm) Series Premiere – Pretty charismatic Matt Bomer (Bryce Larkin from Chuck) is a con artist sprung from jail to help solve crimes, trouble will ensue.

Saturday

  • 24/7 (HBO, 10:15) Season Premiere – Starting with the behind the scenes of boxers Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto.

Sunday

  • Nature (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – An update on Cloud, a wild horse in Montana.
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next week 10/12

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

Monday

  • Little People, Big World (TLC, 8/8:30pm) Season Premiere – Back for farm and school whatnot.
  • Gone Too Far (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Well they decided to air this DJ AM series about drug abusers after his passing, I’ll pass.
  • Million Dollar Listing (Brav, 11pm) Season Premiere – Will the recession take this show down?

Tuesday

  • Hip Hop Honors (VH1, 9pm) – Tracy Morgan hosts the awards and celebrates the 25th anniversary of Def Jam Records.
  • Chopped (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Kumquats and croissants and grits oh my.
  • Independent Lens (PBS, 10pm/check local listings) Season Premiere – Starts off with a librarian and postal clerk who collect millions of dollars of art.

Wednesday

  • Mary Queen of Shops (BBCA, 9pm) Series Premiere – Sometimes you just need an expert to turn your retail business around.
  • Nip/Tuck (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – The recession is hitting everyone.

Thursday

  • 30 Rock (NBC, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – The gang is back to keep putting on the show.

Friday

  • Lobstermen (Disc, 8/9pm) Season Premiere – The men are getting more lobsters.
  • Ugly Betty (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – The magazine drama continues.

Saturday

  • Action Sports (NBC, Sat 10:30am; Sun 12pm, also on USA) – The Alli Dew Tour brings the Playstation Pro from Orlando.

Sunday

  • Monty Python: Almost the Truth (IFC, 9pm) – A six-part doc about the comedy troupe.
  • Storm Chasers (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – I bet there’ll be storms.
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next week 10/5

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

Monday

  • Sherri/Rita Rocks (Life, 7/7:30pm) Series/Season Premieres – Sherri Shepard of current View fame gets back into the sitcom game with a show based on her, then back to wife, mother and rocker Rita.
  • The Mo’Nique Show (BET, 11pm) Series Premiere – She hosts the latest late night talker.

Tuesday

  • Dirty Jobs/Ghost Lab (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Check out dirty jobs and then check out ghostly occurrences.
  • Dragon’s Den (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – More product pitching to millionaires.
  • Scare Tactics (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – As I understand it this is like a creepier, meaner version of candid camera.
  • Parking Wars (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – In case you didn’t get any parking tickets this week you can live vicariously through others.

Wednesday

  • Man Shops Globe (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – A buyer for Anthropologie scours for loot.
  • South Park/Secret Girlfriend (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – First the animated gang returns, and then characters treat ‘you’ the tv viewer as a character.

Thursday

  • Community (NBC, 8pm) – This show moves into its normal timeslot and The Office momentarily takes over an hour slot at 9.

Friday

  • I’m Alive (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – Reenactments of people being attacked by animals, and surviving.
  • Sanctuary (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Searching and secrets or something.

Saturday

  • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (CMT, 9pm) Season Premiere – 600 hopefuls compete.
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne among others on the opening chatfest.

Sunday

  • The Girls Next Door/Leave It To Lamas (E!, 10:30/11pm) Season/Series Premiere – Hef gets some new gals then Lorenzo and one of the Bachelorettes get to know you.
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next week 9/28

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

Monday

  • Lie to Me (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – Tim Roth returns to the show where telling if people are lying is the special gimmick.
  • Trauma (NBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – The pilot is filled with lots of big action but only time will tell if this paramedic drama can keep up the action and the drama.

Tuesday

  • Weird, True & Freaky/Lost Tapes (AnPl, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – Animal oddities.
  • The Hills/The City (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Those people that I don’t know who they are on the cover of weekly magazines are back.

Wednesday

  • Hank/The Middle (ABC, 8/8:30pm) Series Premieres – Big sitcom stars Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton give it another go as average Joes.
  • I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant/King of the Crown (TLC, 8/9pm) Season Premiere – There’s apparently a series worth of people who didn’t know they were pregnant and some dude helps pageant contestants.
  • Bank of Mom and Dad (Soap, 10pm) Series Premiere – The folks, and a financial consultant, help people get their money troubles in order.
  • Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Contestants new and old head to Thailand.

Thursday

  • Speeders Fight Back (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – For those who long to watch traffic court.
  • Private Practice (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – The Grey’s spinoff that made me refer to Grey’s as the serious one.

Friday

  • ‘Til Death (Fox, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Is this show really coming back?
  • Diettribe (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – Five gals get together with hope of doing a triathalon.
  • Stargate Universe (Syfy, 9pm) Series Premiere – Another branch of the series jumping through another stargate to somewhere else, interested?
  • Pay it Off (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – A game show to pay off debts, or fritter away.
  • Wedded to Perfection (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – And it’s a wedding…

Saturday

  • Superfetch/Dogs 101 (AnPl, 8/9pm) Series/Season Premiere – Advanced tricks like having your dog pay for your manicure, but for those who are looking for a little more basic dog info.
  • Celebrity Ghost Stories (Bio, 10pm) Series Premiere – Um, Joan Rivers and Scott Baio tell ghost encounters.

Sunday

  • America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7pm) Season Premiere – They’ll never run out of footage.
  • Three Rivers (CBS, 9pm) Series Premiere – This medical drama focuses on those working in organ donations.
  • My Monkey Baby (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – I don’t know why this hasn’t been a show before, a couple raises a monkey as their baby.
  • The Next Iron Chef (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – 10 more competitors compete.
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next week 9/21

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

Monday

  • Heroes (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – I just couldn’t take it anymore so I have no idea what they’re up to and I’d like to keep it that way.
  • House (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – I am not entirely sure why I still watch this show, every episode they almost kill someone until they save them and House is an ass, but now I just need to see if he’s an insane ass.
  • Dancing with the Stars/Castle (ABC, 8/10pm) Season Premiere – I don’t watch the dance but I am taken in by Fillion on Castle.
  • How I Met Your Mother/Accidentally on Purpose/Two and a Half Men/The Big Bang Theory/CSI: Miami (CBS, 8-11pm) Season/Series Premiere – Accidentally is supposed to be a stinker but Mother and Big Bang are pretty consistently funny, and I never watch Caruso on CSI.
  • Brick City (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – First of a five-part series on Newark NJ.
  • Misadventures (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – First Brazil and then Burma.

Tuesday

  • NCIS/NCIS: Los Angeles/The Good Wife (CBS, 8-11pm; GW repeats Sat 9pm) Season/Series Premieres – First the original which I’ve honestly never see, then LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell head up the latest spinoff, does this mean CSI: L&O: NCIS: Boston is next? But wait, Wife is supposed to be a great mix of drama and cases.
  • The Forgotten (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Christian Slater heads up volunteers helping to fight crime.
  • The Naughty Kitchen with Chef Blythe Beck (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – More reality fare on the menu as they follow a chef and her team.
  • Table for 12 (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – I think this is the one with more kids and no tabloid divorce.

Wednesday

  • The New Adventures of Old Christine/Gary Unmarried/Criminal Minds/CSI: NY (CBS, 8-11pm) Season Premieres – First some laughs and then some murder, not to give anything away.
  • Mercy/L&O: SVU (NBC, 8-10pm; Mercy repeats Sat 9pm) Series/Season Premiere – The lives of three nurses and then back to the special victims.
  • Modern Family/Cougar Town/Eastwick (ABC, 9-11pm; MF/CT repeat Fri 9pm) Series Premieres – With this chunk of new shows let’s hope for a winner, rumor has it Family is the best on this block.

Thursday

  • CSI/The Mentalist (CBS, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – I’ll pass on CSI but I do like Baker’s charms.
  • Flash Forward/Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 8/9pm; FF repeats Fri 8pm) Series/Season Premiere – First the blackout that is the premise for at least one season and then George is out and Izzie is in, except for the break Heigl takes to shoot her movie, would that be at the same time Mer is out maternity leave, damn me for still watching this show.

Friday

  • Brothers/Dollhouse (Fox, 8/9pm; Brothers repeats Sun 7pm) Series/Season Premiere – This new show isn’t supposed to be all that but tune in to see what the latest capers Echo and the crew get into.
  • Smallville (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – Clark continues.
  • Ghost Whisperer/Medium/Numb3rs (CBS, 8pm) Season Premieres – Don’t tune into the two visions shows but do tend to catch the crime math.
  • L&O (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – And the longest running drama series is back.

Saturday

  • 48 Hours Mystery (CBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – I’m not even sure why it’s 2 days.
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:30pm) Season Premiere – Megan Fox hosts with U2 in the musical guest spot.

Sunday

  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition/Desperate Housewives/Brothers & Sisters (ABC, 7/9/10pm) Season Premiere – Construction, soapy drama, whiny drama.
  • The Simpsons/The Cleveland Show/Family Guy/American Dad (Fox, 8pm) Season/Series Premiere – Animation all night long.
  • 60 Minutes/The Amazing Race/Cold Case (CBS, 7/8/10pm) Season Premieres –  News, racing, and an old crime set to old music.
  • Dexter/Californication (Show, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – I don’t get this channel but make someone else save Dexter for me, what will the season bring.
  • My Fair Wedding (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – Something about a wedding.

Repeat times noted for new series on traditional network channels, please always consult your current local listings.

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gleeThe shows are starting to roll out and although I don’t get advanced copies for review, the previews and critics have me interested in the following:

  • Community (NBC, 9/17) – Joel McHale from Talk Soup plays an ousted lawyer hitting community college with a misfit study group including Chevy Chase.
  • FlashForward (ABC, 9/24) – This year’s weird entry has folks black out and envision their future and then?
  • Glee (Fox, 9/9) – Yes, it’s funny but not a typical comedy and yes there’s singing but it’s not a typical musical, tune in.
  • The Good Wife (CBS, 9/22) – Julianna Margulies is back as the wife of a disgraced politician, Chris Noth, and has to start at the beginning with her law practice.
  • Modern Family (ABC, 9/23) – Three interlinking wacked out families includes the family that tries too hard, adopting gay parents, and an older rich dude with a hot young wife.
  • V (ABC, 11/3) – It’s a remake but supposedly picks up with alien intrigue with Elizabeth Mitchell, Scott Wolf, and Morena Baccarin among others.

And of course time will tell for these as well:

The Beautiful Life: TBL (CW, 9/16) – Life behind the scenes of models up and coming to has beens, good bad or just bad; The Cleveland Show (Fox, 9/27) – Family Guy character takes his family to his own show, if you liked the Family Guy;  Cougar Town (ABC, 9/23) Courtney Cox gives it another go as an ‘older’ divorced woman, early buzz isn’t great; Eastwick (ABC, 9/23) – Rebecca Romijn, Jaime Ray Newman, and Lindsay Price take on the roles of women discovering their powers, potential is rumored to not yet be realized; The Forgotten (ABC, 9/22) – Christian Slater joins the cast of folks finding lost folks, late replacement Slater and retooling of plot so we’ll see; Melrose Place (CW, 9/8) – Soapy over the top drama with characters new and old, meh; The Middle (ABC, 9/30) – Patricia Heaton is back with family in hard times, hard times are supposedly funny times; NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, 9/22) – Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J head up the new spin LA style, hipper than the old version means something; Three Rivers (CBS, 10/4) – That guy from that other vampire show Moonlight is one of the drs in the organ transplant unit, looks like a snore; Trauma (NBC, 9/28) – Lots of explosions and then maybe some EMT drama, explosions can’t be maintained and the drama’s not quite dramatic yet; Vampire Diaries (CW, 9/10) – They look into each other’s eyes longingly, if you’re looking for fluff.

And a few to pull out that have been labeled as losers:

Accidentally on Purpose (CBS, 9/21) – Jenna Elfman gets pregnant by a young one night stand; Brothers (Fox, 9/25) – Ex NFL star moves home after dad’s heart attack; Hank (ABC, 9/30) Kelsey Grammar is back as a family patriarch recently hitting harder times; Mercy (NBC, 9/23) – Another hospital drama from the nurse’s POV.

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next week 9/14

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

Monday

  • Lincoln Heights (ABCFam, 8pm) Season Premiere – One of the few shows I’ve never seen an episode of, probably won’t tune in now with expectations of tuning out.
  • One Tree Hill (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – I made it through the first season before I couldn’t take it anymore and sort of surprised it’s still on.
  • Gossip Girl (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – The gang is back with the high school drama transition to college, good thing Little J and that other brother will keep us in school uniform variations.
  • Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who wants more reality?
  • The Jay Leno Show (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – So is it the demise of television as we know it, or is it just Jay at a different time?

Tuesday

  • The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Heartwarming stories make it too hard for me to make fun, I like my reality a little cheesier.

Wednesday

  • Full Color Football (Show, 8pm) Series Premiere – I’m still stuck on black and white football.
  • The Beautiful Life (CW, 9pm) Series Premiere – With Mischa Barton fresh off her psychiatric hold, I mean wisdom tooth breakdown, will this show about models be bad enough to be good or just plain bad?
  • MysteryQuest (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Some sort of quest for a mystery.
  • The Ultimate Fighter (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – 16 fighters compete.

Thursday

  • Bones (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – What’s the future for Booth and Bones with the brain tumor removal induced amnesia, that’s actually a little soapier than this show normally goes, back to romantic tension and the case of the week.
  • SNL/Parks & Recreation/The Office/Community (NBC, 8/8:30/9/9:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – Weekend update Thursday kicks of this night of expected laughs, Parks & Rec still needs to find its footing but worth a watch, and then The Office shows that Jim and Pam together can still be funny, and newcomer Community introducing a washed up dude turned community college professor and his band of misfits tutor group including none other than Chevy Chase.
  • Survivor (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – This time it’s Samoa for more castaways, more plotting, more torches getting snuffed.
  • Extreme Cuisine (Food, 9pm) Series Premiere – Jeff Corwin heads off to Greece.
  • Fringe (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – I couldn’t quite get on board with this last season.
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – I don’t watch this show regularly and I ask myself why, first the gang tries their hand at the mortgage crisis.

Friday

  • Alma Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Eva Longoria Parker and George Lopez host.
  • Crash (Starz, 10pm) Season Premiere – Who gets Starz channel anyhow?

Saturday

  • Action Sports (NBC, Sat/Sun, 9/11am) – The Dew Tour has the Toyota Challenge hits Salt Lake City.

Sunday

  • Emmy Awards (CBS, 8pm) – I still don’t care but this year it’s hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – As I’m sure you’ve heard there’s a Seinfeld reunion coming.
  • Bored to Death (HBO, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Jason Schwartzman is a writer, no wait now he’s a detective.
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