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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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new and noteworthy tv: 9/24-9/30

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Things are really rolling now and starting to get my first time slot triple bookings, thank goodness for OnDemand…

Monday

  • How I Met Your Mother/Partners/2 Broke Girls/Mike & Molly/Hawaii Five-0 (CBS, 8/8:30/9/9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – I’m sticking it out to find the mother though the series is uneven, and may give the broke girls one more shot but there’s not enough in our other comedies to keep me laughing or action in Hawaii to keep me tuned in.
  • Dancing With the Stars/Castle (ABC, 8/10pm) Season Premieres – More dancing and then the latest couple has finally gotten together.
  • Chrissy & Mr. Jones (VH1, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – The latest reality couple, spin-off from Love and Hip Hop.

Tuesday

  • New Girl/Ben and Kate/The Mindy Project (Fox, 8/8:30/9:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – What could pan out to be a funny lineup.
  • NCIS/NCIS: LA/Vegas (CBS, 8/9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Military investigations and then back to Vegas.
  • Private Practice (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Medical and personal drama returns.
  • Call Me Fitz/Less Than Kind (Dir, 9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – Am I missing out on anything without DirectTV?
  • Tosh.o/Brickleberry (Com, 10pm) Season/Series Premiers – Tosh shares and then the comic stylings of cartoon inept forest rangers.

Wednesday

  • Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Is there a new captain in the mix and do I care anymore?
  • Criminal Minds/CSI (CBS, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Crime it up.
  • The Middle/Modern Family/The Neighbors/Revenge (ABC, 8/9/9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Neighbors doesn’t look to bring much funny but I’ll give it a shot as I revisit some pretty funny fams but no cheesy comeuppance for me.
  • South Park/Key & Peele (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Cartoon kids and sketches.

Thursday

  • The Big Bang Theory/Two and a Half Men/Person of Interest/Elementary (CBS, 8/8:30/9/9:30/10) Season/Series Premieres – I kind of wish Big Bang had a better partner, and Person didn’t hook me, but then I’ll tune back with cautious optimism for the new Sherlock.
  • Last Resort/Grey’s Anatomy/Scandal (ABC, 8/9/10pm) Series/Season Premiere – Last Resort is getting some buzz and I did finally drop Grey’s, and Scandal…
  • SNL Weekend Update Thursday (NBC, 8pm) – More politics and funny.
  • Prank My Mom (Life, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Does pranking a mom seem like a good idea?

Friday

  • Kitchen Nightmares/Fringe (Fox, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Nightmares and weirdness.
  • CSI: NY/Made in Jersey/Blue Bloods (CBS, 8/9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – I’ll give the Jersey girl a shot.
  • Flea Market Flip (HGTV, 9pm) Series Premiere – Who can reinvent their finds for the biggest funds.

Saturday

  • 48 Hours (CBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – Killer justice.

Sunday

  • 60 Minutes/The Amazing Race/The Good Wife/The Mentalist (CBS, 7/8/9/10pm) Season Premieres – News, racing, and then the return of two of my fave dramas.
  • The Simpsons/Bob’s Burgers/Family Guy/American Dad (Fox, 8/8:30/9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – Cartoon it up.
  • Once Upon a Time/666 Park Avenue (ABC, 8/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Let the fairy tales continue and then the hotel creepiness begin, worth a shot.
  • Call the Midwife (PBS, 8pm) Series Premiere – Will this 1950s London midwife be the new PBS rage?
  • Making Monsters (Trav, 8pm) Season Premiere – Starting with Megadeth props.
  • Dexter/Homeland (Show, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Another season of cops, killers, and coverups and people with Showtime say good things about Homeland.
  • Destination Fear (Trav, 11pm) Series Premiere – Looking for the haunted.

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/17-9/23

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Had forgotten that my TiVo died so it’s a restart on season passes…

Monday

  • CMA Music Festival (ABC, 8pm) – Luke Bryan and Kimberly Perry host.
  • Bones/The Mob Doctor (Fox, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – Will Bones unhide from the FBI and will this new doc be able to keep her debt to the mob in check?
  • Revolution (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Definitely willing to give this post power world a shot.

Tuesday

  • 20/20: Best In TV (ABC, 9pm) – Fan-chosen tv faves.
  • Hot Set (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Hollywood production designers compete.

Wednesday

  • Survivor (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Philippines, including Facts of Life actress Lisa Whelchel.
  • Rake (Dir, 9pm) Season Premiere – Eight part legal series.
  • South Beach Tow /Operation Repo (Tru, 9:30/10pm) Season Premieres – Repossessions happen.
  • How Booze Built America (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Mike Rowe explores booze back in the day.
  • The Challenge (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Battle of the seasons.

Thursday

  • SNL: Primetime Election Special/Up All Night/The Office/Parks & Recreation (NBC, 8/8:30pm) Season Premieres – Bringing the new funny, and I’ll give the latest Office shakeup one more shot.
  • Tamar & Vince (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following the singer and producer.
  • Bling It On (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Over the top dressmaker designs.
  • Prom Queens (Life, 10:30pm) Series premiere – Don’t mess with Texas.

Friday

  • NCLR ALMA Awards (NBC, 8pm) – Eva Longoria and George Lopez host.
  • Haven (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Oddest events ever?
  • Secret Princes (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Actual princes pretend to be regular guys to meet a gal.

Saturday

  • Day of backlog?

Sunday

  • Emmys (ABC, 8pm) – Red carpet heats up as early as 4.
  • $24 in 24 (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – The food’s all within the budget.
  • Treme (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Back to 2007.
  • House Hunters Renovation (HGTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Starting with a little Cape Cod style.

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/10-9/16

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Labor Day is over and fall is in the air…

Monday

  • The Voice/The New Normal (NBC, 8/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Blind auditions and banter followed by cute new ‘family’ sitcom.
  • Basketball Wives LA (VH1, 8pm) Season Premiere – The wives are back.
  • Fall TV Preview (CBS, 8:30pm) – Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs of Two Broke Girls host the sharing of new CBS fare.
  • All On the Line (Sund, 9pm) Season Premiere – Joe Zee returns to lend more expertise to clothes and clothiers.
  • Hoarders (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – More horrors of stuff.

Tuesday

  • Parenthood (NBC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Following official return of Go On and new timeslot and new ep for New Normal the Bravermans and all their drama return.
  • Sons of Anarchy (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Trouble is brewing in Charming and I know I’d be too tense to watch an hour and a half premiere on a school night but so excited this is back.
  • Bomb Girls (Reelz, 10pm) Series Premiere – New drama following women at work during WWII, who gets Reelz?

Wednesday

  • The X Factor (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Check out Britney and Demi joining for a new season.
  • Damages (Dir, 9pm) Series Finale – How will the crazy end?
  • Cajun Pawn Stars/American Restoration (Hist, 9:30/10pm) Season Premieres – Pawning cajun style followed by restorations American style.
  • Guys with Kids (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Three dads don’t look to bring a ton of comedy.

Thursday

  • Glee (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – Almost intrigued to see them take the Rachel show on the road.
  • The Real Housewives of Miami (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Miami wives new and old.
  • Rock Center with Brian Williams (NBC, 10pm) Season Premiere – More newsiness.

Friday

  • Shark Tank/What Would You Do / 20/20 (ABC, 8/9/10pm) Season Premieres – New inventions, awkward situations and news stories.
  • The Ultimate Fighter (Fx, 9pm) Season Premiere – Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson.
  • Primetime Preview (NBC, 9:30pm) – Matthew Perry hosts a look at NBC’s new stuff.

Saturday

  • Bayou Billionaires/Redneck Rehab (CMT, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Spending money and getting back to country roots.
  • Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s (Own, 9pm) Season Premiere – New shop.
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:30pm) Season Premiere – Seth MacFarlane hosts.

Sunday

  • Rehab with Dr Drew/Behind the Music (VH1, 8/9pm) Series/Season Premieres – More struggles with addiction, this time it’s dubbed without the ‘celebrity’ angle which I can’t help it but I’ll watch,  followed by a look at Train.
  • Boardwalk Empire (HBO 9pm) Season Premiere – The season begins on New Year’s Eve.
  • Weeds (Show, 10pm) Series Finale – I lost this show seasons ago but it somehow wraps up.

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

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Labor Day signals the end of summer, and typically the start of nice weather in SF, perhaps a bit more tennis before we get serious about new tv…

Monday

  • US Open Tennis (CBS, 8am, T-Th ESPN2, F-Su CBS) – Enjoy Labor Day with a little tennis and then if you have to work perhaps skip the cable coverage during the week and tune back in starting with the men’s and women’s semis on Friday.
  • Switched at Birth (ABCFam, 8pm) Season Premiere – The gals go through another year of drama with their extended family.
  • American Chopper/Fast n’ Loud (Disc, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Senior and Junior collaborate and then let the car restoration continue.
  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Trav, 9pm) Season premiere – Sometimes the places that don’t take reservation are just plain weird.
  • Coma (A&E, 9pm) Miniseries Premiere – A remake of the ’78 thriller.
  • T.I & Tiny (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – Camping?
  • Girlfriend Confidential (Oxy, 11pm) Series Premiere – Eva from ANTM and some other gal pals hang in the big city.

Tuesday

  • Flipping Out (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Designer flips out while trying to flip a house.
  • Democratic National Convention (NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, 7pm T/W/Th) – It’s the Democrat’s turn.

Wednesday

  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – A serial killer’s revenge.
  • Sweat Equity (DIY, 10pm) Season Premiere – Converting a basement.

Thursday

  • 2012 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, 8pm) – Kevin Hart hosts.
  • Raising House (DIY, 9pm) Series Premiere – Starting with a rebuild.
  • Texas Car Wars (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Let the rivalries begin.
  • Living Abroad (HGTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Three American families living in Shanghai.

Friday

  • Stand Up to Cancer (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, 8pm) – Celebs perform, chat about, and take money for cancer.
  • Making the Team/Cheer (CMT, 9/11pm) Season/Series Premieres – Cowboy’s prelims and if you’re a diehard cheer fan…

Saturday

  • My Fair Wedding (WE, 9pm) Season Premiere – Medieval-themed wedding.
  • I Was Impaled (Health, 10pm) Series Premiere – Seriously a whole show on impalements?

Sunday

  • Long Island Medium/Breaking Amish (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Family and the hereafter and then I think there might need to be special protections about filming the Amish, I mean how can they know how terrible reality tv is and how much privacy they’re giving up?
  • Wallander (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – How long until his peace is interrupted by a mystery?

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