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new and noteworthy tv: 3/21-3/27

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I really could start reading more with this lineup of new shows…

Monday

  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Kirstie Alley and Ralph Macchio are two of the people I’ve heard of.
  • American Pickers (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – Friends travel round looking for yard sales and whatnot.
  • Southern Fried Stings (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – Tracking down troublemakers.

Tuesday

  • Best in Film (ABC, 9pm) – The best film ever made?
  • Big Brian (Tru, 10pm) Series Premiere – An estate sale supervisor looks for good stuff.
  • The Fabulous Beekman Boys (PlGr, 10pm) Season Premiere – The gents return with their farm.
  • Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – One of the former Top Chef contestants does something in the kitchen.

Wednesday

  • Fact or Faked (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Haunted schmaunted.

Thursday

  • Hard Times of RJ Berger (MTV, 11pm) Season Premiere – Another season of… ok I don’t really know more than this show is about a well endowed but awkward teen.
  • John Oliver’s New York Stand-up (Com, 11:59pm) Season Premiere – I’d say that someone named John Oliver hosts Stand-up in New York.

Friday

  • Shark Tank (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Inventions with potential, and with mocking, return.

Saturday

  • NCAA Basketball (Various) – It looks like regional finals are on, but not entirely sure when final, finals are, good thing I didn’t join the pool.

Sunday

  • Mildred Pierce (HBO, 9pm) Mini-series Premiere – Kate Winslet plays the lead in this depression era adaptation.
  • Amazing Wedding Cakes (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – I don’t know that I’d really do a theme wedding cake…

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: 3/14-3/20

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Aside from some new reality there’s also tons of NCAA basketball which I figured sports enthusiasts knew where all the games were.

Monday

  • Wedding Wars/Beverly Hills Fabulous (VH1, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Couple compete and then spend time with a salon.
  • Meat & Potatoes (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at some all-American meat.

Tuesday

  • Roast of Donald Trump (Com, 10:30) – Let the hair jokes fly.
  • Four of a Kind (Life, 11pm) Series Premiere – Following 17 year old quadruplets.

Wednesday

  • Deathwish Movers (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Moving in Boston isn’t always easy.
  • Storage Wars (A&E, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Will winning be worth it?

Thursday

  • Blonde vs Bear (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – Bear protector tries to keep it less confrontational.
  • Manhunters (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – The fugitive task force kicks in.

Friday

  • Supernanny (ABC, 8pm) Series Finale – Before she hangs up her hat can she help one more family.

Saturday

  • The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (HBO, 10pm) – I know you are but what am I?

Sunday

  • Big Love (HBO, 9pm) Series Finale – Season one is in my queue.

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: 3/7-3/13

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The new TiVo is working out nicely, and with all the storage room I feel compelled to record more new stuff, bring me new stuff!

Monday

  • Too Fat for 15 (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – Something about kids losing weight…
  • Greek (ABCFam, 9pm) Series Finale – I actually enjoyed this slightly more upscale campy college show, though ending a season before half of the cast graduated and stuck around might have made more sense.
  • All About Aubrey (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Yet another show following yet another person I don’t care about.
  • Stargate Universe (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – The final season of this version of Stargate kicks off.

Tuesday

  • Southland (TNT, 10pm) Season Finale – I don’t normally list season finales but there’s nothing much else on tonight, except of course the return of Gwyneth on Glee, but really is that noteworthy?

Wednesday

  • Nothing Personal (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Because no category will remain uncovered in the look at crimes, crime for hire.
  • The Real World (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Vegas baby.

Thursday

  • Fierce Funny Women (Show, 8:30pm) – Let the ladies make you laugh with some women I’ve never heard of, yet I’m sure.

Friday

  • Fish Warrior (NGC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Not sure if the fish is the warrior or someone is a warrior for or against fish…

Saturday

  • Rascal Flatts (ABC, 9pm) – Natasha Bedingfield and Justin Beiber make guest appearances if they weren’t a big enough draw for you.

Sunday

  • Sister Wives (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – So did they ever pursue the criminal charges on these real life polygamists?

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new and noteworthy tv: 2/28-3/6

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The TiVo is hooked up! Though looks like nothing new to add here…

Monday

  • Anthony Bourdain (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – A visit to Haiti following the earthquake.
  • Bethenny Ever After (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – More of her.

Tuesday

  • Cuff Me If You Can (ID, 7pm) Series Premiere – A look at folks who avoided arrest.

Wednesday

  • I’m Alive (AnPl, 7pm) Season Premiere – I assume there’s a reason why folks might not have been alive.
  • Hoarding: Buried Alive (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – More piles, and piles, and piles of stuff.

Thursday

  • Ice Brigade (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following a team of ice sculptors.

Friday

  • NAACP Image Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Wayne Brady and Holly Robinson Peete host.
  • Beast Hunter (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Hunting for beasts.
  • American Loggers (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Logging in America.

Saturday

  • Bellator Fighting Championships (MTV2, 9pm) Season Premiere – I could look up what Bellator is…

Sunday

  • Taking on Tyson (AnPl, 7pm) Series Premiere – Tyson returns to his home neighborhood with a focus on pigeon racing.
  • America’s Next Great Restaurant/The Apprentice (NBC, 8/9pm) Series/Season Premieres – May the food be better than the concepts, and may the crazy ‘celebrities’ entertain.
  • Secret Millionaire (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – A millionaire works alongside others and then I believe gives some money.
  • Ruby (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – Ruby looks at her relationships.
  • Army Wives/Coming Home (Life, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Fictional army folks, then real life military come home.
  • Love & Hip Hop (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – More wives, these ones are in music.
  • Breakout Kings (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – A new series where US Marshalls hire convicts to help catch escapees.
  • The Real Housewives of Orange County (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – And more of them…

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new and noteworthy tv: 2/21-2/27

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Here’s hoping to win my Oscar pool…

Monday

  • BET Honors (BET, 9pm) – Gabrielle Union hosts the tribute.
  • Outrageous Kids Parties (TLC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – It’s bad enough to see adults living over the top.

Tuesday

  • American Treasures (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – An anthropologist and an archaeologist appraise treasures.
  • The Real Housewives of Miami (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Could there be more drama in Miami?

Wednesday

  • ANTM/Shedding for the Wedding (CW, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premiere – I am torn about another season of the models to be, but not torn at all about watching couples compete.
  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Could the hunters possibly not be done hunting?

Thursday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm) – The judges unveil the top 20 semifinalists.

Friday

  • DC Cupcakes (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – More attempts at spectacular cupcakes.

Saturday

  • Secrets from a Stylist/The Antonio Treatment (HGTV, 9/9:30pm) Series/Season Premiere – More styley room makeovers.
  • Independent Spirit Awards (IFC, 7pm) – Joel McHale hosts.

Sunday

  • The Academy Awards (ABC, 4/5:30pm) – Find out who will be the best dressed, and who will win best pic.

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new and noteworthy tv: 2/14-2/20

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Progress continues to be made to get my dvr content down… but still not quite TiVo ready.

Monday

  • Searching For… (OWN, 6pm) Series Premiere – Birth mother, blah, blah, blah…
  • Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (USA, 8pm, also showing Tuesday) – Who doesn’t dig a good dog show?
  • Mad Love (CBS, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Sarah Chalke and Jason Biggs lead another round of couples comedy, I keep watching until one of them sticks.

Tuesday

  • Jump City (G4, 8pm) Series Premiere – Parkour anyone?
  • Breaking Down the Bars/Our America with Lisa Ling (OWN, 6/7pm) Series Premieres – Following women behind bars and following Lisa Ling checking things out starting with faith healers.
  • Crimes Against Nature (NatGeo, 10pm) Series Premiere – Starting with illegal ivory.
  • Hardcore Pawn (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – More pawning.

Wednesday

  • Survivor/Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (CBS, 8/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – More surviving and another spin-off, this one has Forest Whitaker leading the hunt for creepy killers (I can barely take the original but will at least check out the first).
  • Approval Matrix (Brav, 11pm) Series Premiere – Chatting about pop culture and happenings hosted by Faith Salie.

Thursday

  • Sins and Secrets (ID, 7pm) Series Premiere – A look at how crime impacts a community.
  • Man vs. Wild/Out of the Wild (Disc, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Hasn’t Bear survived everything already, then more folks trekking from someplace to someplace.

Friday

  • The Injustice Files (ID, 6pm) Series Premiere – These cold cases go all the way back to the Civil War.

Saturday

  • Being Human (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t get BBC otherwise I’d be tempted to watch a bit of the original to see how it compares to the US version, I guess I could dvd the first one.

Sunday

  • The Amazing Race (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Another round of repeat participants, will they blow it again?
  • Secret Service Files (NGC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Like Cops but more secret, until now…
  • SNL Just Commercials/Backstage (NBC, 8/9pm) – Ads and then some behind the scenes.

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new and noteworthy tv: 2/7-2/13

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A few more mid season items to consider adding to your repertoire…

Monday

  • Lizard Lick Towing (Tru, 7pm) Series Premiere – Let’s follow a repo business.
  • The Unpoppables (TLC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Let’s follow a balloon decorating business.
  • Chicago Code (Fox, 9pm) Series Premiere – Chicago cop corruption, this one is actually reportedly good.
  • Top Gear (BBCA, 7pm) Season Premiere – Hosts race cars.

Tuesday

  • Only in America/Top Shot (Hist, 6/7pm) Series/Season Premiere – Larry the Cable Guy tours unique America and then the weapons competition starts again.
  • Traffic Light (Fox, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Another relationships sitcom, this one based on an Israeli version.
  • 1000 Ways to Die (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – A creepy look at deaths.
  • My Life as Liz (MTV, 11pm) Season Premiere – They’re following this Liz person to New York.

Wednesday

  • Friday Night Lights (DirTV, 9pm) Series Finale – I’m only wrapped with season one so who knows what those kids are up to.
  • Mr Sunshine (ABC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Matthew Perry rejoins the sitcom scene with Allison Janney and Andrea Anders.
  • Justified (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Raylan’s back, how long ’til he shoots someone?

Thursday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm) – We’re finally heading to Hollywood.

Friday

  • Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown/A Charlie Brown Valentine (ABC, 8pm) – Love is in the air.
  • Auction Packed (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – More auction stuff.

Saturday

  • Must Love Cats (AnPl, 8pm) Series Premiere – All things cat.
  • The Sunset Limited (HBO, 9pm) – Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars with Samuel L. Jackson in this adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy play.

Sunday

  • Fatal Attractions (AnPl, 7pm) Season Premiere – Tiger in the neighborhood.
  • The British Academy Film Awards (BBCA, 8pm) – The King’s Speech leads the nominations but who will win?
  • Grammy Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Eminem leads the nominations but who will win?

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new and noteworthy tv: 1/31-2/6

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Fortunately not much new going on this week which hopefully means I can clean off my dvr, we’ll see how the plan to switch back to TiVo goes.

Monday

  • Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – What if Rachel Ray wants a cake?
  • Shatner’s Raw Nerve (Bio, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Carol Burnett and then Marilu Henner join for Shit Shatner Says.

Tuesday

  • Seriously Funny Kids/One Born Every Minute (Life, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Heidi Klum expands her empire by engaging with kids for laughs then the latest docuseries looks at the maternity ward.

Wednesday

  • Human Target (Fox, 9pm) – The gang gets a new time slot, and I kind of like how this show has become more of an ensemble, more Guerrero is always good.

Thursday

  • Million Dollar Listing (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – There’s a new agent in town as they look at expensive digs.
  • Eagleheart (AdSw, 9pm) Series Premiere – If a show isn’t entertaining maybe a show about a show is.

Friday

  • Who Do You Think You Are (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Celebrities continue to look into their ancestry, and I continue to not care.
  • Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials (CBS, 9pm) – They spend a lot of money on these so you should watch them again.

Saturday

  • CMT Crossroads (CMT, 10pm) – Maybe a little background music with The Pretenders and Faith Hill.

Sunday

  • Puppy Bowl (AnPl, noon) – For those of you who would rather watch puppies frolic than dudes actually playing football.
  • Super Bowl (Fox, 3pm) – Go Team!
  • Glee (Fox, 7:30pm) – The special Super Bowl slot goes to… note this time is pst and may vary based on game play.
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new and noteworthy tv: 1/24-1/30

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I finally start feeling caught up on television and then the Australian Open comes along and fills up my dvr, good thing I’m skipping Idol’s early audition rounds…

Monday

  • 19 Kids & Counting (TLC, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Good gawd, is someone pregnant again?
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race (Logo, 10/11:30pm) Season Premiere – Campy fun as the ladies have a casting episode and then the competition begins.

Tuesday

  • State of the Union (Various, 6pm pst) – Let the cross party side sitting begin (though if all the Republicans and Democrats switch sides won’t they still be separated?).
  • Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best/A Stand Up Mother (WE, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – You’ve seen them together but this time Joan’s moving in, and then another comedic mother is followed in this latest reality look at life.

Wednesday

  • Sons of Guns/Desert Car Kings (Disc, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Gun restoration (among other things) and car restoration.
  • Clean House (Style, 10pm) Season Premiere – There’s messy and dirty and then there’s…
  • Face Off (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Special effects makeup artists compete.
  • Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew (VH1, 10pm) – Reunion!
  • The Traveler’s Guide to Life (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Hear folk’s momentous travel occasions.
  • Being Erica (Soap, 11pm) Season Premiere – She does some sort of time traveling therapy, soap-style.

Thursday

  • Archer (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cartoon spy business, funny-style.

Friday

  • Working Class (CMT, 8pm) Series Premiere – The country network is veering into sitcom territory bringing back Reba’s sidekick/nemesis as a plucky supermarket gal.

Saturday

  • Boomtown (PlGr, 7pm) Series Premiere – Reality series follows oil in a small town.
  • US Figure Skating Championships (NBC, 9pm) – Women’s championship.

Sunday

  • Australian Open (ESPN2, various) – The quarterfinals start on Monday with men’s and women’s finals technically hitting on Saturday and Sunday, but with the time change it starts midnight the night before, they reair but if I’m going to record it anyway.
  • Brick City (Sund, 8pm) Season Premiere – A look at Newark, NJ through the eyes of locals including the mayor.
  • SAG Awards (TBS/TNT, 8pm) – The Screen Actors Guild honors performances in film and television.
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new and noteworthy tv: 1/17-1/23

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And a little bit more mid-season coming your way…

Monday

  • Being Human (Syfy, 9pm) Series Premiere – A take on an imported show, this one a Vampire, a Ghost, and a Werewolf, maybe not as good as the original but I haven’t seen any so worth a shot.
  • Piers Morgan Tonight (CNN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Larry King has bequeathed his throne, and Oprah pops by for a chat.
  • Harry’s Law (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Kathy Bates is the latest lawyer in David E Kelley’s roster (McBeal, B Legal) sure to be filled with eccentrics.
  • Heavy (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following overweight folks trying to turn things around.
  • Skins (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – And another take on an import, now see what the crazy teens do in the US, again also maybe not supposed to be cast as well as the English but I’ll tune in.

Tuesday

  • Life Unexpected (CW, 8pm) Series Finale – Not sure this CW show ever quite caught on, and not just because the girl in high school looks more like her parents unrelated younger friend.
  • White Collar (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – I do enjoy a suave con man helping the FBI solve cases.

Wednesday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm, and Thursday) Season Premiere – Has Idol lost its magic? Will you tune in at least for a couple to see how the new kids work out? I’ll tune in until I can’t stand it any longer.
  • Hot in Cleveland/Retired at 35 (TVL, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – These shows are like 70s sitcoms reruns except original.

Thursday

  • Perfect Couples/Parks & Rec (NBC, 8:30/9:30pm) Series/Season Premiere – There’s a few of these new sitcoms with a few young couples, and time will tell if any of them can get over their predicted mediocre starts, and then of course the return of the quirky folks who are trying to keep their department together, joining the new all comedy lineup.
  • Masters of Survival (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – Multiple folks give multiple tips for surviving multiple locations.
  • Royal Pains/Fairly Legal (USA, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – The return of the vacation doctor and the start of lawyer turned mediator with that spunky chic who was the partner of the main guy on Life.

Friday

  • Onion News Network/Portlandia (IFC, 7/7:30pm) Series Premieres – Funny stories, funny skits.
  • Kitchen Nightmares (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Ramsay helps more restaurateurs.
  • Medium (CBS,8pm) Series Finale – I didn’t know this show was still on.
  • My Big Redneck Wedding (CMT, 9pm) Season Premiere – When you think wedding you think mudsledding.
  • Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (Starz, 10pm) Series Premiere – As the primary series takes a break (the main character sadly has cancer) they’re doing a quick prequel.

Saturday

  • A Idiot Abroad (Sci, 10pm) Series Premiere – Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant put their ‘idiot’ friend into travel situations.

Sunday

  • Kourtney & Kim Take New York/Holly’s World (E!, 10/10:40pm) Series/Season Premieres – This Kardashian show is somehow different from the other ones, and then some playboy bunny or playmate or someone does stuff.
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