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next week 10/19

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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next week 9/14

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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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next week 9/7

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

Monday

  • Durham County (ION, 10pm – repeats various) Series Premiere – This Canadian import follows a cop wanting to start over, something says it won’t be drama free.

Tuesday

  • 90210/Melrose Place (CW, 8/9pm – repeats Fri/Sun) Season/Series Premiere – Ok, I don’t even watch the new 90210, and I don’t think I stuck out with the originals until the end, but I’m recommending this night for nostalgia’s sake alone even if it doesn’t make it to a season pass.
  • Sons of Anarchy (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Ready to dive back in to SAMCRO’s internal and external drama as the bikers face some white supremacists.

Wednesday

  • Presidential Address (various, 5pm/pst) – Obama addresses a joint session of Congress, health-care anyone?
  • ANTM (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – I keep trying to stop watching this show but will tune in to this year’s crop of slightly shorter ‘top model’ wannabes let the makeover meltdowns commence.
  • So You Think You Can Dance (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – More dancers, more dancing.
  • Glee (Fox, 9pm – repeats Fri) Season Premiere – Let’s hope this series gets enough viewers to give this fun quirky show, someone aptly compared the tone to Election, enough time to find its legs.
  • Inside the NFL (Show, 9pm) Season Premiere – I’ll go out on a limb and say this show is football related.
  • Nostradamus (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – For a cheery look at Doomsday prophecies, is the next Hitler still on his way?
  • The Day Before (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – A four part documentary series that explores behind the scenes of a few fashion folks before a big runway show.
  • Destination Truth (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Some guys investigate some stuff to get some truth.

Thursday

  • Sunday Night Football (NBC, 5:30pm/pst) Season Premiere – Titans at Steelers, need I say more.
  • The Vampire Diaries (CW, 8pm – repeats Fri/Sun) Series Premiere – If you think this looks a little like Twilight Dawson’s Creek style you were right, creator Kevin Williamson brings us the latest vampire book adaptation, it might not be good but worth a look.
  • Destroyed in Seconds (Disc, 8pm) Season Premiere – Hurricanes, explosions…
  • Supernatural (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – The boys are back, well I assume they are, I didn’t make it past the first couple of episodes.
  • Behind the Music (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – First look, Lil Wayne in this relaunch series.

Friday

  • US Open (CBS, Fri/Sat/Sun, 9:30/9am/5pm/1pm/pst) – Following more ESPN2 coverage, the players hit the network, will it be Federer and Serena in the end?
  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Jamie Oliver, Ricky Gervais, and a cricketer.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Wedding dresses, wedding dress wearers, wedding dress sales people.
  • 20/20 (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Barbara Walters gets a Jackson to talk about Michael, La Toya it is.

Saturday

  • Cops/America’s Most Wanted (Fox, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Criminals new and old.
  • The Locator/Adoption Diaries (WE, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Give family up for adoption and find lost family…
  • Robin Hood (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – A return to Sherwood Forrest.
  • Heart of the City (BET, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – A documentary series focusing on issues facing black communities.

Sunday

  • Football Night in America (NBC, 4pm/pst) Season Premiere – Highlights and previews.
  • VMA Awards (MTV, 8/9/11:15pm) – It’s a night of VMAs with the opening act followed by Russell Brand hosting the awards themselves, filled with performances of course, followed by a post show.

Additional airings noted for pilot episodes (various other shows repeat) but schedules do update so please check your local listings.

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next week 8/24

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

Monday

  • Make it or Break it (ABCFam, 11am) – If you missed this new series, and not by choice, they’re doing a marathon leading up to the finale.
  • The Rachel Zoe Project (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Have to admit that I like fashion but I’d rather look at the outfits she puts together than hear her speak.

Tuesday

  • Frankie & Neffe (BET, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Mother and sister of Keyshia Cole try to make it on their own, sort of.
  • Saving Grace (TNT, 11pm) – For those of you who accidently had your tivos set to only save five episodes the first of season 3 starts in again.

Wednesday

  • Crash Course (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Dan Cortese and Orlando Jones host this latest reality competition, this one has pair driving.

Thursday

  • Marked (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – Exploring the history of the tattoo.
  • Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory/Bully Beatdown/Nitro Circus/Pranked (MTV, 9/9:30/10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Skate dudes, pros fight bullies, motor cross dudes, and pranks from the web.

Friday

  • CMT Comedy Stage Presents Terry Fator (CMT, 10pm) – Desperate for something to note, there is a comedian I’ve never heard of on a channel I’ve never watched, live from Las Vegas.

Saturday

  • Beach Volleyball (NBC, Sat/Sun, 11:30am) – The men bring it from Chicago on Saturday and the women return on Sunday.
  • The 25th Anniversary of Wrestlemania (NBC, 9pm) – Mickey Rourke makes a guest appearance as they look back on lots of wrestly goodness.
  • 24/7 (HBO, 10:15pm) Season Premiere – Marquez and Mayweather work it out.

Sunday

  • Fox Fall Preview (Fox, 4pm) – What will be the faves next season?
  • CW Fall 2009 Preview Special (CW, 6:30pm) – Laura Leighton and Thomas Callabro talk about all things fall including of course Melrose Place.
  • Daytime Emmy Awards (CW, 7/8pm) – First the stars arrive and then Vanessa Williams hosts the show with Sesame Street getting a lifetime achievement award.
  • NBC Primetime Preview (NBC, 8:30pm) – Can you say Leno at 10, I bet they can.
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next week 8/17

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

Monday

  • Glen Martin DDS (Nick, 8pm) Series Premiere – Animated Kevin Nealon takes his family cross country technology free style.
  • Top Gear (BBCA, 8pm) Season Premiere – Something about cars…
  • Hoarders (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – The latest in the issues examination.

Tuesday

  • Shaq vs (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Can Shaq compete in sports outside of basketball, we’ll see as he first takes to the football field.
  • The Universe (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – More looking into the, well the universe.
  • Flipping Out (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Remodeling, flipping, whatever.
  • The Jon Dore Television Show (IFC, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s a talk show or something.
  • Masters of Reception (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Putting on a wedding reception with cats and murals and who knows what else.
  • The Secret Lives of Women (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season stars with women who have children who have murdered.
  • House of Jazmin (MTV, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Wedding planners get busy in front of the cameras.

Wednesday

  • Bobb’e Says/Dude, What Would Happen (Cart, 8pm) Series Premiere – I don’t think I need to bother describing things on the Cartoon Network.
  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Not sure what happens when they catch them.
  • Top Chef (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – More chefs grab knives in Vegas.
  • Black Gold (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere

Thursday

  • Project Runway (Life, 8/10pm) Season Premiere – We’ll see how much the new network shakes things up as some of the past designers return for al all star challenge followed by the season premiere.
  • Models of the Runway (Life, 11pm) Series Premiere – A look at the ladies who work it in the lastest fashion challenges.

Friday

  • Jockeys (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – There’s no job reality can’t follow.
  • Making Over America with Trinny and Susannah (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – The original Brits of What Not to Wear kick it American style.

Saturday

  • Country Fried Home Videos/All Jacked Up (CMT, 8/8:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – Videos and then extreme sports.
  • Extreme Bodies (Disc, 9/10pm) Series Premiere – First tall, then short.

Sunday

  • Miss Universe Pageant (NBC, 9pm) – The ladies from all over the Universe challenge each other to a walking the runway competition.
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next week 8/10

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

Monday

  • Teen Choice Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, High School Musical… I am too old to enjoy this.
  • Lords of the Revolution (VH1, 8pm) Series Premiere – The 60s and 70s had a new series worth of icons to profile starting with Muhammad Ali.

Tuesday

  • Swords (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – Another take on reality shows following jobs, this time swordfish fishermen.
  • Daddy’s Girls (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – More family reality.
  • Primetime (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at the dude who you’ll see on Into the Pride starting Thursday.

Wednesday

  • Man vs. Wild (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Arctic Circle anyone?
  • Criss Angel: Mindfreak (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – I’m still not sure I’d want the word freak in the title of my show.
  • Dinner Impossible (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – This one’s called ‘Roller Derby Debacle.’
  • Hard Knocks Training Camp (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Checking in on training camp with the Cincinnati Bengals

Thursday

  • Into the Pride (AnPl, 8/9pm) Series Premiere – The dude with lions in Namibia that you could learn about Tuesday on Primetime.
  • American Loggers (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Freezing temperatures can throw a wrench into the system.

Friday

  • Neil Diamond (CBS, 8pm) – Hot August night…

Saturday

  • Alli Dew Tour (NBC, Sat/Sun, 1pm) – The action sports hit Portland for the Wendy’s Invitational.
  • Househusbands of Hollywood (FRC, 9pm) Series Premiere – So a couple of  ‘celebrities’ have husbands who are now making money for not making money I think.

Sunday

  • Kourtney & Khloe/Reality Hell (E!, 10/10:45pm) Series Premieres – More reality…
  • Mad Men (AMC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I may just start watching this series, time to dust of the netflix.
  • My Antonio (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Antonio Sabato Jr is the latest to attempt to pretend to find true love with a gaggle of girls.
  • P. Diddy’s Starmaker (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Fourteen aspiring competitors try to survive to be made into a star.
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