new and noteworthy tv: 4/30-5/6

Dabbling in a little more of On Demand recently added to TiVo, early learnings, don’t try shows like Idol that depend on serious fast forwarding…

Monday

  • The Pitch (AMC, 9pm) Series Premiere – After the preview the ad agencies return.
  • Ridiculousness/Money From Strangers (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – Beiber visits and then on the street pranks.
  • Bath Crashers (DIY, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Bath it up.

Tuesday

  • Hip Hop & the LA Riots (VH1, 9pm) – Reflections twenty years later.

Wednesday

  • The LA Complex (CW, 8pm) – In case you haven’t caught this fluffy new Canadian take on LA wannabes, I’ll definitely be checking out another episode.

Thursday

  • 65 Red Roses (OWN, 9pm) – Oprah’s latest heartfelt doc shares a woman’s support awaiting a transplant.

Friday

  • Goldfathers (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Gold panning.
  • In Plain Sight (USA, 10pm) Series Finale – Say goodbye to Mary and Marshall Marshall.

Saturday

  • Treasure Island (Syfy, 7pm) Mini-series Premiere – Treasure map.
  • The High Low Project/HGTV’s Great Rooms (HGTV, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Decorate it up.

Sunday

  • Giro d’Italia (NBC, 11am) – Let the racing begin.
  • Sherlock (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – More mysteries.

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new and noteworthy tv: 4/23-4/29

Do I care enough to catch up on American Idol and The Voice…

Monday

  • Top Gear (BBCA, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Italian supercar shootout.

Tuesday

  • Celebrities at Home/Million Dollar Rooms/White Room Challenge (HGTV, 8/8:30/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – Homes, rooms, decor.
  • The L.A. Complex (CW, 9pm) Series Premiere – I think this is a Canadian take on Melrose Place.
  • Yardcore (DIY, 9pm) Series Premiere – Outdoor restyling.

Wednesday

  • American Guns/Auction Kings (Disc, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Following firearms and auctions.
  • Total Blackout (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Contestants face their fears in the dark.

Thursday

  • Don’t Be Tardy for the Wedding (Brav, 9pm) Series Premiere – Real  Housewife gets married.
  • 7 Days of Sex/The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet (Life, 10/11pm) Series Premieres – Couples try to rekindle with sex and then Amanda chats with celebrities.

Friday

  • Whale Wars: Operation Bluefin (AnPl, 8pm) Series Premiere – More whale wars.

Saturday

  • Flipped Off (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Flipping houses in Houston.
  • Cloudstreet (Ova, 10pm) Mini-series Premiere – Another visit to another time.
  • The Graham Norton Show/The Thick of It/Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show (BBCA, 8/9/9:40pm) Season Premieres – Interviews and comedies.

Sunday

  • My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Gypsy and traveler community celebrations.

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new and noteworthy tv: 4/16-4/22

Spring has sprung I guess we can go outside…

Monday

  • Eureka (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another alt reality?
  • Eden’s World (Logo, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another sign of the apocalypse, seven year old former pageanteer coaches others.
  • Top Gear India/Richard Hammond’s Crash Course (BBCA, 8/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Britsh cars, big vehicles.

Tuesday

  • Mysteries at the Museum/Off Limits (Trav, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Museum mysteries and Alcatraz fun.

Wednesday

  • Park Secrets (Trav, 8pm) Series Premiere – Off the beaten park path.
  • Coast Guard Alaska (Weath, 9pm) Season Premiere – Rescues return.

Thursday

  • The Great American Manhunt (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Forensic experts track down targets.
  • Not Safe for Work (Tru, 9pm) Series Premiere – Clips.
  • Kathy (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Kathy Griffin talker.

Friday

  • The Singing Bee/Jennie Garth: Little Bit Country/Melissa & Tye (CMT, 8/9/9:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Sing it karaoke style, Jennie hits the country, and then we watch more reality people on reality shows.
  • The Ricky Gervais Show (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – They’re back with Karl.
  • The Dead Files (Trav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Lizzie Borden’s house.

Saturday

  • Cats 101 (AnPl, 8pm) Season Premiere – Meow.

Sunday

  • Fox’s 25th Anniversary Special (Fox, 8pm) – A look at some shows.
  • The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Whatevs.
  • Veep (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays the latest vice president and we get a look at her personal and professional life.

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new and noteworthy tv: 4/9-4/15

A little more reality, a little more…

Monday

  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations/Hotel Impossible (Trav, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – King cobras and then Kitchen Nightmares for hotels.
  • Mama’s Boys of the Bronx (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – The reality of grown mean living with a parent.
  • Meat Men (Food, 11pm) Series Premiere – The reality of meat purveyors.

Tuesday

  • Deadliest Catch (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Where to fish?
  • Big Easy Justice (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – Bounty hunters in New Orleans.
  • Dream Machines (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Making a fancy car.
  • Love for Sail (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Women look for love on a cruise liner.
  • Shannen Says (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Sadly she’s not quite the bad girl she once was, but for a look into the life of Shannen Doherty…

Wednesday

  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Do fraternity houses have ghosts?
  • Man v Food/Baggage Battles (Trav, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Eating 25 pulled pork sliders and bidding on left luggage?
  • Sold! (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – The reality of auctioning in the Ozarks.
  • Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 (ABC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Supposedly an amusing take on a bitch (that’s what the b—- stands for) and with James Van Der Beek playing himself worth tuning in.

Thursday

  • Sins and Secrets (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – Murder for hire.

Friday

  • Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Bad cuts, bad colors.

Saturday

  • Titanic (ABC, 8pm) Miniseries Premiere – We all know what happened but here’s another look.
  • Tanked (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – Shark tank installation.
  • 24/7 (HBO, 9:45pm) Season Premiere – Mayweather/Cotto.
  • Last Chance Driving School (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – The reality of bad driving students.

Sunday

  • Tough Love (vh1, 9pm) Season Premiere – The tough love hits New Orleans.
  • NYC 22 (CBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – A new batch of rookie cops, do I yet again start to like a show with Adam Goldberg.
  • Girls (HBO, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – The latest half hour dramedy these twenty-somethings might be worth a look.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 4/2-4/8

A few more midseason options to come…

Monday

  • Undercover Boss: Abroad (TLC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Because all the US bosses are getting recognized?
  • Yard Crashers (DIY, 9pm) Season Premiere – Yard transformations.

Tuesday

  • Foodography Cook, 6pm) Season Premiere – More about food.
  • Edge of War (Mil, 7pm) Series Premiere – A look at Hitler’s justifications.
  • No Kitchen Required (BBCA, 7pm) Series Premiere – Chef’s dropped into exotic locations.
  • Giuliana & Bill (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – We’ve hear about the breast cancer, if you want to see them go through it…
  • Dance Moms: Miami (Life, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Because we need another one of these.
  • Savage U (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Dan Savage travels to colleges across the country to talk about sex.

Wednesday

  • One Tree Hill (CW, 8pm) Series Finale – Is this show still on?
  • Best Friends Forever (NBC, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – What’s a newly divorced gal to do but move in with her bestie and her bf, let the laughs begin (hopefully).

Thursday

  • Truck Stop USA/Sand Masters (Trav, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Racecourses and sand sculptors.
  • Cold Blood (ID, 6pm) Season Premiere – Murder investigations.
  • Scandal (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Crisis management Shondra Rhimes style which means we can assume some soapy drama, worth a look.

Friday

  • Motives & Murders (ID, 7pm) Series Premiere – Murder investigations.
  • Python Hunters (NatGeo, 10pm) Season Premiere – Python hunting?

Saturday

  • Shark Men (NGC, 8pm) Season Premiere – A new science team.
  • Dear Genevieve (HGTV, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Redesign.

Sunday

  • Sunday Night Football (ESPN, 8pm) Season Premiere – Are you ready for some Football.
  • Nurse Jackie/The Big C/The Borgias (Show, 9/9:30/10pm) Season Premiere – These are back.
  • Wilson Phillips: Still Holding On (TVG, 9pm) Series Premiere – Weight loss and touring.
  • The Client List (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Jennifer Love Hewitt gets a job at a day spa with happy endings, I have to watch just one.
  • The Pitch (AMC, 11pm) Series Premiere – A reality series about ad agencies competing.

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new and noteworthy tv: 3/26-4/1

So if I add Idol back into the mix I have fewer slot avails…

Monday

  • Oprah’s Lifeclass (OWN, 8pm) Season Premiere – Iyanla joins Oprah for some chats.
  • Secret Life of the American Teenager/Make it or Break it (ABCFam, 8/9pm) Season Premiere – More teen drama.
  • Brooklyn 11223 (Oxy, 11pm) Series Debut – Join some 20 somethings for a little Brooklyn reality.

Tuesday

  • Caught in the Act (Nat Geo, 8pm) Series Premiere – Animal voyeurism.
  • Best Ink (Oxy, 10pm) Series Debut – Tattoo competitions, but who are the volunteer recipients?
  • 16 and Pregnant (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Pregnant cheerleader.

Wednesday

  • Auction Hunters (Spike, 9pm) Season Premiere – Getting stuff.
  • Whitechapel (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Murder in the workshop, BBC has been making me want to check out their series.

Thursday

  • The Decrypters (NGC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Forensic scientists investigate.
  • Mary Mary (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following real life gospel duo.
  • Punk’d/Pauly D Project (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Can’t make me watch prank shows or Jersey Shore’s Pauly D.
  • My Mom is Obsessed (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Plastic surgery much?

Friday

  • True Justice (Reelz, 9pm) Series Premiere – Steven Seagal goes undercover in Seattle, his character of course.
  • Magic City (Starz, 11pm) Series Premiere – Drama in a Miami Beach luxury hotel in the 50s.

Saturday

  • Sony Ericsson Open (CBS, 9:30am/Sun 10am) – Men’s and women’s final, tennis.
  • Beverly’s Full House (OWN, 7pm) Series Premiere – Beverly Sims opens her house to family.
  • Escape Routes (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Another road trip challenge show.
  • Kid’s Choice Awards (Nick, 8pm) – Will Smith hosts.
  • Wild Scene Investigation (Nat Geo, 10pm) Series Premiere – Aren’t there animal culprits?
  • Southern Nights (CMT, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Cast members from “Sweet Home Alabama” (which was maybe a dating series?) live together in a house.

Sunday

  • Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Blake and Reba host.
  • Great Expectations (PBS, 8pm) Miniseries Premiere – A look at Pip.
  • The Killing (AMC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Who killed Rosie Larsen, and will I regret another season?
  • Game of Thrones (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t actually know what this show is about but people like it.
  • Snapped (Oxy, 9pm) Season Premiere – A look at some crimes.
  • I Survived… Beyond and Back (Bio, 10pm) Season Premiere – These people actually flat lined.
  • Wicked Tuna (NatGeo, 10pm) Series Debut – Tuna crews.

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new and noteworthy tv: 3/19-3/25

Perhaps some good movies will start opening to keep me entertained…

Monday

  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Who goes home first the old person or the awkward athlete?
  • La La’s Full Court Life/Styled by June (VH1, 9/9:30pm) Season /Series Premieres – Family drama and celebrity stylists.
  • Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Kick flip it.

Tuesday

  • Hardcore Pawn (Tru, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – Trade it.
  • The Little Couple (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Adoption?

Wednesday

  • Bent (NBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Will Amanda Peet’s type A gal fall for her crazy contractor in this latest sitcom?
  • Duck Dynasty (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at a family and their duck hunting gear business.
  • House of Consignment (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – How to pick new staff.
  • Real Vice (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Reenactments of Miami crimes.

Thursday

  • Project Runway All Stars (Life, 9pm) Season Finale – I’m about six behind and am sure I will hear or read who wins.

Friday

  • My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Beauty pageants and wedding gowns.

Saturday

  • Ball Boys (ABC, 3pm) Series Premiere – Think sports memorabilia.

Sunday

  • Long Island Medium/Leave it to Niecy (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – What happens when your medium mom meets your boyfriend and getting your kids to know your new hubbie.
  • Luck (HBO, 9pm) Series Finale – One horse too many went down.
  • Mad Men (AMC, 9pm) Season Premiere – It’s back, though I have yet to begin this series.
  • Mythbusters (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Duct tape survival gets put to the test.

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new and noteworthy tv: 3/12-3/18

I’m finally making a dent in my backlog…

Monday

  • The Bachelor (ABC, 10pm) – After the final rose.
  • Navajo Cops (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Cops Indian reserve style.

Tuesday

  • Fashion Star (NBC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Jessica Simpson, John Varvatos, and Nicole Richie mentor the latest fashion designers, the new feature is you can buy the winning clothes.

Wednesday

  • South Park/Ugly Americans (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Animation amusement.
  • Monster Man (Syfy, 11pm) Series Premiere – Creating monsters is the family business.

Thursday

  • Community (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Ok so it’s sort of a midseason return but I am happy to have it back.
  • Missing (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Ashley Judd isn’t a CIA agent, she’s just a mom looking for her son! I’ve seen this preview a bunch and will tune in but have low hopes.
  • Behind the Music (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – But wait there are more stories to tell.
  • The First 48: Missing Persons (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – People are missing.
  • Sweet Genius (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Chocolaty treats.

Friday

  • Fairly Legal/In Plain Sight  (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – A couple of feisty gals return.
  • Four Weddings (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – And a hookah lounge.

Saturday

  • Tennis (ABC, Sat/Sun, 11am, ESPN2 earlier in the week) – ATP tennis from Indian Wells, Ca.

Sunday

  • Frozen Planet/Unchained Reaction (Disc, 8/10pm) Series Premieres – Artics and creating chain reaction contraptions.

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new and noteworthy tv: 3/5-3/11

Is it time to tune into Idol again?

Monday

  • Bachelor (ABC, 8pm) – Women tell all…
  • Love Broker (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another matchmaker reality show.

Tuesday

  • Breaking In (Fox, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – What happens when they sell the biz to Megan Mullally?
  • Decision 2012 (NBC, 8pm) – Returns and analysis of Super Tuesday.
  • American Digger (Spike, 11pm) Series Premiere – Excavation team.

Wednesday

  • Doomsday Bunkers (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Company that builds underground bunkers.
  • Million Dollar Listing New York (Brav 10pm) Series Premiere – A few real estaters sell some property.
  • My Crazy Obsession (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – More obsessions, too many cabbage patch kids?
  • Happily Divorced (TVL, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – The return of Fran.

Thursday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm) – Another one bites the dust.

Friday

  • Ghost Adventures (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Shanghai tunnels of Portland.
  • Comedy Bang! Bang! (IFC, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Experimental?

Saturday

  • Game Change (HBO, 9pm) – Does Julianne Moore do a better Palin than Tina Fey.

Sunday

  • Cupcake Wars (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – Happy anniversary Girl Scouts.
  • Bob’s Burger (Fox, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Taffy tour.
  • Coming Home (Life, 10pm) Season Premiere – Raiders reunion.
  • Restaurant Stakeout (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Hidden cameras try to uncover the root of the restaurant problems.
  • Shahs of Sunset (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Persian pals.

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new and noteworthy tv: 2/27-3/4

And the midseason shows keep trickling out…

Monday

  • The Haney Project (Golf, 8pm) Season Premiere – Adam Levine is apparently adding golf to his repertoire.

Tuesday

  • My Ride Rules (Speed, 10pm) Season Premiere – Car owners compete either with or for cars.

Wednesday

  • ANTM (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – Brits vs. Yanks, will it entertain like allstars?
  • Sons of Guns (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Modify an armored car.
  • Psych (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Fake psychic is back on the case.

Thursday

  • When Vacations Attack (Trav, 8pm) Season Premiere – Attack a vacation or be attacked by a vacation?
  • Awake (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Falling asleep leads to two different versions of life, one where his wife survives a car crash and one where his son does, what’s real and does it matter?

Friday

  • The Cat in the Hat-A-Thon (PBS, 8am) – The Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that!

Saturday

  • Deadly Sins (ID, 9pm) Series Premiere – Particularly sinful crimes?
  • Bizarre ER (Health, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bizarre.
  • Q’Viva! The Chosen (Fox, 8pm) Series Premiere – JLo and MarcA continue with their show together at least, a look at Latin musicians.
  • Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show (BBCA, 11:30pm) Series Premiere – Sketch comedy Brit style.

Sunday

  • Hollywood Girls Night Out (TVG, 8pm) Series Premiere – Celebrity ladies eat and chat.
  • Army Wives (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – Will the army base families disband?
  • Breakout Kings (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Criminals help catch criminals as only a cheesy show can show.
  • Las Vegas Jailhouse (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – What happens in vegas…
  • GCB (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – These good christian bitches starts with the return of one of their own to Dallas, this is talked about as Desperate Housewives-ish, worth a shot.
  • Stevie TV (VH1, 11pm) Series Premiere – Sketch comedy mash up.

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