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

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I feel like daylight savings has thrown me all out of whack…

Monday

  • Witness (HBO, 7:30pm) Series Premiere – Miniseries showing photojournalists.
  • American Pickers (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – First pick, a 1935 motorcycle.
  • The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills/Start-Ups (Brav, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Friendships take hits and entrepreneurs endeavor.
  • Dangerous Grounds (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Finding the perfect bean.
  • Jesse James (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Cycles and cars.

Tuesday

  • Election (Various) – Tune in to see the results.

Wednesday

  • Deals from The Darkside (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Titanic chairs, antique cuffs, and more.
  • Moonshiners (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – New law puts the guys on edge.
  • Top Chef/Lolwork (Brav, 10/11pm) Season/Series Premieres – Cooking and laugh publishers.

Thursday

  • Burn Notice (USA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Will the gang get out of Panama?
  • Dave’s Old Porn (Show, 11pm) Season Premiere – Like Mystery Science Theater for porn.

Friday

  • A night out.

Saturday

  • Redneck Island/Chainsaw Gang/Big Texas Heat (CMT, 9/10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Redneck competition, chainsaw art, and cops.
  • Wedding Band (TBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – A new comedy following guys who gig in their spare time.
  • Standup in Stilettos (TVG, 11pm) Season Premiere – Lady comics.

Sunday

  • The Britannia Awards (BBCA, 8pm) – Honoring entertainers.
  • Breaking Magic (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Revealing magic.
  • Finding Bigfoot (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – Follow the footprints.
  • Firefly (Sci, 10pm) – 10th anniversary.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/29-11/4

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Finally clearing enough new shows to get back to Walking Dead and Sons of Anarchy…

Monday

  • Pranked (MTV, 7:30pm) Season Premiere – Pranks.
  • Scare Tactics (Syfy, 7:30pm) Season Premiere – Pranks in a creepy way.
  • Love It or List It (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – What happens when the house you love isn’t spacious enough?

Tuesday

  • Total Blackout/Viral Video Showdown (Syfy, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – Challenges in the dark and competing videos.

Wednesday

  • It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Linus awaits.
  • The Real Exorcist (Life, 11pm) Series Premiere – Facing their demons.

Thursday

  • CMA Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Country it up.
  • GT Academy (Spike, 11:30pm) Series Premiere – Apparently GT stands for Gran Turismo, drivers compete.
  • Reality Show (Show, 11:30pm) Series Premiere – Comedic stylings bring a show about a failed producer taking a stab with reality.

Friday

  • Last Man Standing/Malibu Country (ABC, 8/8:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – It’s almost like the return of Tool Time and Reba.
  • Brides of Beverly Hills (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Starting with Hulk Hogan’s ex shopping for a wedding gown.

Saturday

  • Horse Racing (NBC, 5pm) – The Breeders’ Cup from Santa Anita.

Sunday

  • The Next Iron Chef (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Iron alums return.
  • The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Old and new wives.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/22-10/28

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The return of a few more comedies, now we just wait to see what gets canceled next…

Monday

  • Debate (6pm, various) – One more.
  • Totally Clueless (MTV, 7pm) Series Premiere – I really hate all hidden camera shows, so hidden camera game show is not calling to me.
  • Richard Hammond’s Crash Course (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – First stop Hollywood stuntman.

Tuesday

  • Secrets of the Dead (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Starting with real life Last Resort, or at least a guy who didn’t launch a nuclear torpedo.
  • Happy Endings/Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23  (ABC, 9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – This time slot is now officially overbooked assuming I am still bringing the laughs.

Wednesday

  • World Series Game 1 (Fox, 4:30pm) – Will the Giants be joining the Tigers?
  • The Houstons (Life, 9pm) Series Premiere – Whitney’s family carries on, on camera.

Thursday

  • Project Runway All Stars (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – Still seven behind on the current season.

Friday

  • Kitchen Nightmares (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – More Chef Ramsay.
  • Mockingbird Lane (NBC, 8pm) – The Munsters return in what I think is a pilot that didn’t get picked up.
  • Gold Rush/Jungle Gold (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Finding gold and more gold.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Bridesmaids argue.
  • Health Inspectors (Food, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Food poisoning your friends.

Saturday

  • The Haunting of (Bio, 10pm) Series Premiere – People share their haunted experiences.
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 11pm) Season Premiere – Schwarzenegger continues his publicity tour.

Sunday

  • Ice Loves CoCo (E!, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – I guess he still loves her.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/15-10/21

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Just Emily Owens left to go and then we can officially close the chapter on new fall shows… though of course I have some TiVo catching up to do.

Monday

  • My Shopping Addiction (Oxy, 11pm) Series Premiere – Losing your fortunate, borrowing money, how much can you shop?

Tuesday

  • Debate (Various, 6pm) – Let’s just hope that Obama doesn’t over caffeinate to make up for last time.
  • Emily Owens, M.D. (CW, 9pm) Series Premiere – Starting a new surgical internship.
  • Tia & Tamera/Chicagolicious (Style, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Choices about work and workin’ it with style in the windy city.
  • Covert Affairs (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – What sort of a fix will Annie be in?
  • Extreme Cheapskates (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Is this the way to make it in New York, and elsewhere?
  • Underemployed (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – More not quite adults give it a go.
  • Tattoo Nightmares (Spike, 11pm) Series Premiere – Tattoos of exes and worse can be saved.

Wednesday

  • Suburgatory (ABC, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – Back to Chatswin after a summer in New York.
  • American Horror Story (FX, 10pm) Season Premiere – The brilliance of a whole new story means I’m intrigued to tune back in, plus I’ve got money Adam Levine will be the first fresh death.
  • My Life is a Lifetime Movie (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Real life people with stories to tell, you know ridiculous stories that sound like a Lifetime Movie.

Thursday

  • Sweet Genius (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Make it work, with sweets.

Friday

  • Nikita (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – Is this show still on?
  • Home Strange Home (HGTV, 9pm) Series Premiere – Irregular houses.
  • Hunted (Cin, 10pm) Series Premiere – A private security agent returns to work after a hit is taken out on her.
  • Mystery Diners (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Is the head waiter dividing the tips fairly, this mystery will be solved!

Saturday

  • The Girl (HBO, 10pm) – The tale of Tippi and the birds, ok really of Tippi and Hitchcock.

Sunday

  • Night of Too Many Stars (Com, 8pm) – America comes together for autism programs.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/8-10/14

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Just a few more shows in our fall reveal…

Monday

  • 90210/Gossip Girl (CW, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – The post teens teen dramas continue.
  • Independent Lens (PBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – Chronicling three years in the lives of Wisconsin residents post plant closing.
  • The Mortified Sessions (Sund, 10pm) Season Premiere – Starting with Busy Philipps sharing embarrassing tales.

Tuesday

  • Iconoclasts (Sund, 8pm) Season Premiere – Starting with James Franco and Marina Abramovic discussing art and process.
  • Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition (Life, 9pm) Series Premiere – Dancers and judges announced and then compete for money and Joffrey Ballet scholarship.
  • Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog (CW, 9pm) – If you haven’t caught this Joss Whedon internet sensation with Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day do it now!
  • Ink Master (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – Tattoo challenges with losers just seems wrong.
  • Keyshia & Daniel (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – The latest celebrity couple shares their life.

Wednesday

  • Arrow (CW, 8pm) Series Premiere – Of the new CW shows this one has heard the most praise, but I’m not sure if that’s saying much, I’ll give it a shot.
  • Nature (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Siberian Tiger quest.
  • Chicago Fire (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – This is supposed to be a lesser Dick Wolf show but sometimes that’s just enough in a formulaic drama.
  • Duck Dynasty (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – More duck family activities.
  • Nashville (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Good buzz about this look into the country world focusing on Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere.

Thursday

  • Vice Presidential Election Debate (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, 6pm) – Can Biden do it?
  • The Vampire Diaries/Beauty and the Beast (CW, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – More vampires and then a hot looking dude somehow becomes the beast to Kristin Kreuk’s beauty, I like to watch at least one of all these dramas but they’re making it difficult.
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia/The League/Brand X with Russell Brand/Totally Biases with W. Kamau Bell (FX, 10/10:30/11/11:30pm) Season Premieres – Sunny and League make me laugh in a totally inappropriate way.
  • Little Shop of Gypsies (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Dress maker to gypsies and travelers.

Friday

  • Cursed (Bio, 10pm) Series Premiere – Misfortune follows objects.

Saturday

  • Too Cute! (AnPl, 8pm) Season Premiere – Fluffy puppies and baby goats.

Sunday

  • The Walking Dead/Talking Dead/Comic Book Men (AMC, 9/11/11:30pm) Season Premieres – Let the zombie hijinks continue, though I do find this show to scary tense to watch before bed, I’ve never quite gotten into the whole show of commentary about it.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/1-10/7

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I’m starting to narrow down the new picks…

Monday

  • IHeartRadio Music Festival (CW, 8pm) – Will Billie Joe Armstrong’s tantrum be aired?
  • Don’t Sleep (BET, 11pm) Series Premiere – Headlines with T.J. Holmes.

Tuesday

  • Hart of Dixie (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – Torn between a love and a lover, what will Zoe do?
  • Raising Hope (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – I typically almost like this misfit family show.
  • 30 for 30 (ESPN, 8pm) Season Premiere – Psychology of athletes.
  • Giuliana & Bill (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – I still don’t care.
  • Where are They Now (OWN, 10pm) Series premiere – Child stars Oprah-style.
  • Million Dollar Rooms (HGTV, 11pm) Season Premiere – Wine cellars, car garages, and more…

Wednesday

  • Presidential Debate (Fox/NBC/CBS/ABC/PBS, 9pm) – What do they have to say?
  • Supernatural (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – Aren’t those boys dead yet?
  • Couples Therapy (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – “Celebrity” couples try to fix their relationships.
  • Life After Top Chef (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Not a Top Chef watcher so probably not going to catch this.

Thursday

  • 30 Rock (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Liz and Jack are back.
  • Nor’Easter Men (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – More reality fishermen.
  • Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution (Com, 10pm) Season Premiere – Stand-up.
  • Jersey Shore (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – I guess when I heard this was canceled I thought it was already canceled.

Friday

  •  Back to the queue.

Saturday

  • See Dad Run (Nick, 9pm) Series Premiere – Scott Baio is back, do you need to know more?
  • Austin City Limits (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Radiohead kicks it off.
  • Bedlam (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Starts with seeing ghosts.
  • Parking Wars/Billy the Exterminator (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – Tickets and exterminations.

Sunday

  • America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7pm) Season Premiere – Still funny?
  • The Cleveland Show (Fox, 7:30pm) Season Premiere – Cleveland and his gang.
  • Big Rich Texas/Glam Fairy (Style, 8/9pm) Season Premiere – More big rich drama and a couple weddings.
  • Upstairs Downstairs (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another round.
  • Steel Magnolias (Life, 9pm) Series Premiere – A new take on the southern gal pals.

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