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new and noteworthy tv: 1/18-1/24

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Midseason is rolling right out… procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • Life Unexpected (CW, 9pm, repeats Wed 8pm) Series Premiere – Given up for adoption Lux returns to find her birth parents and witty and adorable interactions are reported to ensue.
  • American Pickers (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – Two friends travel cross country in search of collectibles, garage sales, yard sales, barns…
  • The Buried Life/My Life As Liz (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Series Premieres – The latest reality installments follow a group trying to make their dreams, and maybe those of others, come true and then a teenager from Texas trying to ‘find herself.’
  • Be Good Johnny Weir (Sund, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Is Weir as sparkly when he’s not performing as a figure skater, we shall soon see.

Tuesday

  • Millionaire Matchmaker (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – She tells you what she thinks but do any of the couples really work it out, maybe that’s not really the point.
  • White Collar (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cute criminal helping out the good guys is back.
  • Paranormal Cops (A&E, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – I’m not sure if anything paranormal actually gets cuffed.
  • Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Football concussions, a golfer who lost a let, and more.

Wednesday

  • Being Erica (Soap, 10pm) Season Premiere – So her therapist lets her time travel to change things?
  • Toddlers & Tiaras (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I don’t think this requires much explanation.

Thursday

  • The Deep End (ABC, 8pm, repeats Sat 9pm) Series Premiere – More soapy young lawyers, they’re pairing it and comparing it to Grey’s if that give you any idea of tone, worth a look.
  • Burn Notice (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Michael Weston, the MacGyver-y ex-spy is back in business.

Friday

  • Hope for Haiti (Various, 8pm) – A fundraiser for Haiti, please check local listings as many shows are rescheduled or postponed, Dollhouse series finale currently set for next Friday.
  • Caprica (Syfy, 9pm) Series Premiere – The Battlestar prequel may not require BSG watching but you can bet fans will be tuning in.
  • Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another nighttime talk show, who could ask for more.
  • Cribs (CMT, 10pm) Season Premiere – Stars pads.
  • Spartacus (Starz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Who gets Starz?

Saturday

  • SAG Awards (TNT/TBS, 8pm) – And the award goes to…

Sunday

  • Figure Skating Championships (NBC, Sat/Sun, 9pm) – Gearing up for Olympic hopes.
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new and noteworthy tv: 1/11-1/17

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The midseason shows are starting to come in, Idol alone would take up a chunk of time if I didn’t feel like I could skip most of the early auditions, how did I get sucked back in to that show again? Anyhow, procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Pizza, pork, and paprikash, need I say more?
  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Trav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Tony heads to Panama.
  • Fantasia For Real (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – If you’ve been wondering, what is Fantasia up to these days this is the show for you.

Tuesday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm, tues/wed) Season Premiere – We kick off the early rounds of night after night of auditions for those who just can’t get enough, and there will be some guest judges until Ellen takes her regular chair come Hollywood.
  • Southland (TNT, 10pm) – Remember that show that was canceled before they started airing the second season, well they’re starting it out from the beginning on cable, and will air at least all the produced episodes though no guarantees they’ll get anymore.
  • Blue Mountain State (Spike, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – It’s a new football comedy, maybe for those who get too upset watching Friday Night Lights.
  • Little Miss Perfect (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – Does the girl without an entourage stand a chance in this latest pageant?

Wednesday

  • Monsterquest (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – Monster Sharks!
  • High School Reunion (TVL, 10pm) Season Premiere – This season the class of ’89 brings 11 folks from Las Vegas to Hawaii.
  • Leverage (TNT, 10pm) Season Premiere – The team hits the runway to right another wrong, with some sort of con of course.
  • Solving History (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Apparently the host of this show’s name is Olly Steeds but I keep reading it as Oily.
  • Tosh.0 (Com, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Daniel Tosh puts ‘his indelible stamp on everything crazy the Web has to offer’.

Thursday

  • First 48/Manhunters (A&E, 9/10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Real life murders and fugitives.
  • Ace of Cakes (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Apparently there is a DIY show that some guys are visiting from to make a ‘man cave’ out of Duff’s basement, and there will still be some cakes.
  • Archer (FX, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Spy spoof animation.
  • Project Runway/Models of the Runway (Life, 10/11pm) Season Premieres – They’re back…
  • Watch What Happens (Brav, midnight) Season Premiere – I think if you tune in something will happen.

Friday

  • Critic’s Choice Movie Awards (VH1, 8:30/9pm) – First the arrivals and then Kristin Chenoweth hosts as the awards season moves along.
  • I Shouldn’t Be Alive (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – Creepy stories where people could have died but didn’t.
  • The Singing Bee (CMT, 9pm) Season Premiere – More karaoke singing competition.
  • Swamp Loggers (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Swamps, logging…

Saturday

  • Alli Winter Dew Tour (NBC, 10am sat, 12pm sun) – Winter action sports hit Snowbasin, Utah.
  • Pit Boss (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – I feel like making a little person/pit bull rescue joke would be un-pc…

Sunday

  • Golden Globe Awards (NBC, 7/8pm) – Ricky Gervais hosts this one for television and filmmakers from the Hollywood Foreign Press.
  • Human Target (Fox, 8pm) Series Premiere – Mark Valley puts himself between his clients and their deaths, based on a comic book, it moves to its regular timeslot on Wednesday.
  • Food Network Challenge (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – 4 barbecue teams need to master 4 kinds of meats.
  • 24 (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – That guy must be very good at his job to have survived all these days, or the show could be unbelievable, nah…
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new and noteworthy tv: 1/4 – 1/10

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Lots of things kicking back in this week but so little to watch. The procrastinator’s single pick is underlined, it’s like a Where’s Waldo.

Monday

  • Antiques Roadshow (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Find the antiques on the road.
  • The Bachelor (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – As I understand from the fans of this show, this is the boring guy who’s coming back, and he’s a pilot I guess.
  • Emeril Green (PlGr, 8pm) Season Premiere – Emeril goes to Vermont.
  • The Secret Life of the American Teenager/Make It Or Break It (ABCFam, 8/9pm) Season Premiere – First whiny teenagers then whiny teenagers who do gymnastics, though I have to admit I got a little hooked on MIOBI last season.
  • Conveyor Belt of Love (ABC, 10pm) – I thought this was a joke, thirty men are given a minute to impress women.
  • Blood, Sweat & Takeaways (PlGr, 10pm) Series Premiere – Six teens start by checking out the tuna industry.

Tuesday

  • The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – This show doesn’t take much of a breather, this round is couples, which means pairs, oh and there’s a fattest contestant ever.
  • Last Restaurant Standing (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Hopeful restaurateurs try to impress some chef.
  • Wild Recon (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – ‘Adventurer’ Donald Schultz tries to get ‘samples’ from deadly animals.
  • Howe & Howe Tech (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Follow this real life family owned engineering business.
  • Life After People (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – What would happen to stuff if people disappeared?
  • Maneaters (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – We’re starting with sharks!

Wednesday

  • Big Chef Takes on Little Chef (PlGr, 8pm) Series Premiere – Some established chef takes over some small English cafes, not as you may have thought a knife fight with a tall and short chef.
  • People’s Choice Awards (CBS, 9pm) – Queen Latifah is hosting the awards of the people, I don’t remember anyone asking me who I thought deserved an award.
  • Ghost Hunters International (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – This season starts with looking for nazi ghosts.
  • Conviction Kitchen (PlGr, 10pm) Series Premiere – Ex cons learn to cook.
  • Nip/Tuck (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – I’ve never seen this show but apparently the plastic surgeon pair are back.
  • Tailgate Takedown (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – USC vs. UCLA and Alabama vs. Florida, but the important question is whose food is better.

Thursday

  • Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – It’s the car-wreck show I just can’t look away from, Heidi Fleiss, Dennis Rodman, and Mackenzie Phillips is it good or bad that my cable is out?

Friday

  • Shark Tank (ABC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Wacky or dumb inventions with battles or boredom over their development.
  • What Not to Wear (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Start the season with making over a ballet dancer.
  • The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Food Network hosts talk hometown food.
  • Operation Wild (PlGr, 10pm) Series Premiere – First stop, lobster fishing.
  • John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show (Com, 11pm) Series Premiere – I guess this is stand-up comedians hosted by John Oliver.

Saturday

  • World’s Greenest Homes (PlGr, 6/6:30pm) Season Premiere – I wonder if any of these homes have a green decor.

Sunday

  • The Simpsons (Fox, 8/8:30pm) – What do they have in store for the 450th episode, stay tuned for Morgan Spurlock’s special.
  • Chuck (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – So Chuck is now downloaded with not just government secrets but much, much more, something tells me it will still be fun, the two hour return tonight is followed by tomorrow’s hour ep.
  • Battlestar Galactica (Syfy, 9pm) – The special ‘The Plan’ takes a look at the series from the cylon’s POV.
  • Big Love (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – The drama continues, ok I don’t watch this show and didn’t want to read the plot points but I hear it’s good.
  • Iron Chef America (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Morimoto vs. Marino!
  • Ax Men/Madhouse (Hist, 9pm) Season/Series Premieres – Logging and car racing!
  • Masterpiece (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Return to Cranford! Ok last exclamation point…
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new and noteworthy tv: 12/28-1/3

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New series, new season, or just a little something of note, here’s what you might (or might not) want to know about in the week to come. Not a lot of note but procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • Motor City Motors (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Detroit kicks off the latest reality series by trying to turn a Model T into a hot rod.

Tuesday

  • Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (ABC, 8pm) – A little claymation as you hear a little narration from Red Skelton.
  • Kennedy Center Honors (CBS, 9pm) – Springsteen honored among others and Barack says, “I’m the president, but he’s the Boss.”

Wednesday

  • Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Charlie and everyone else could use a good year.
  • The Real World (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Eight strangers start getting real, or whatever they do on this show, in DC.

Thursday

  • Twilight Zone (Syfy, 8:30am) – This marathon will take you through ’til 6am January 2nd.
  • Live From Lincoln Center (PBS, 8pm) – The New York Philharmonic provides an alternate to the rockers in this new year’s eve special.
  • Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest (ABC, 10pm) – The boys will be in Times Square while Fergie hosts from Vegas.
  • New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly (NBC, 10pm) – Also in Times Square, I wonder if he can see Ryan and Dick?
  • Billboard’s New Year’s Eve Live (Fox, 11pm) – And I wonder if hostess Carmen Electra will hang out with Fergie in Vegas?

Friday

  • Better Off Ted/Scrubs (ABC, 8:30/9pm) – Following the Rose Bowl we get a special night of these comedies.
  • Now on PBS (PBS, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – The season starts with a look at the road to recovery for bankers and businesses.
  • The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Australian Jamie travels the world in search of inspiration for ‘lackluster’ backyard designs.
  • Friday Night Alright (VH1, 11pm) Series Premiere – Starts with Pink performing in Australia.

Saturday

  • How Do I Look/What I Hate About Me (Style, 8pm) Season/Series Premiere – From style issues to looks at women’s top ten issues with  ‘expert’ advice.
  • Underdog to Wonderdog/It’s Me or the Dog (AnPl, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Starting the season with one problem dog and then handling a household’s nine dogs.
  • Demons (BBCA, 10pm) Series Premiere – More vampires…

Sunday

  • Frank the Entertainer… (VH1, 8pm) Series Premiere – The cheap version of the Bachelor where ladies move into Frank’s parent’s basement.
  • Durham County (Ion, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – The detective deals with another season of mystery as he tries to hold his family together.
  • Guiliana & Bill (Style, 9pm) Season Premiere – Is Guiliana having a baby, does anyone care?
  • Platinum Weddings (WE, 9/9:30pm) Season Premiere – Like weddings aren’t expensive enough, here’s a look at really expensive ones.
  • Secrets of Aspen (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another ‘reality’ look at ladies, this time singles in a ski-resort town.
  • Worst Cooks in America (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Culinary boot camp competition, sign me up, too bad I already cut my finger on a knife, darn, will have to sit this one out.
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new and noteworthy tv: 12/21-12/27

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Moving forward ‘next week’ posts are now being titled ‘new and noteworthy tv’ with the full date range. The content will still include things that are technically new -and/or- noteworthy and might not already be in your queue. And although the procrastinator doesn’t endorse everything, procrastinator picks will still be underlined just to give you a heads up on what might be worth a watch, which over the holidays probably won’t be much.

Monday

  • The Sing-Off (NBC, 8pm) – I’ve somehow found myself having watched this enough to know and actually care a little who wins this a cappella challenge.
  • I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Linus and Lucy’s brother rerun hangs with Snoopy and Spike.
  • Little Chocolatiers/World Chocolate Championship (TLC, 9/10pm) – Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate.

Tuesday

  • Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) – Where are the big fat losers now?
  • Carrie Underwood (Fox, 8pm) – We’re visiting her all-star holiday special again.
  • Melrose Place (CW, 9pm) – What I might be more intrigued by is the pilot of the original series but if you missed the first of this remake, and for some reason want to know these new kids from the start here’s your chance.
  • Christmas at the White House (ABC, 10pm) – The Oprah visit, will Obama still give himself a B+ when it airs again.

Wednesday

  • A Home for the Holidays (CBS, 8pm) – Faith Hill and others entertain and raise adoption awareness.
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas (ABC, 8pm) – Boris Karloff narrates again, and again.

Thursday

  • Prep & Landing (ABC, 8pm) – In case you missed the first few airings.
  • Raising the Bar (TNT, 8/9/10pm) – They’re running through them ’til they’re done.
  • The Vampire Diaries (CW, 8pm) – Already seen Twilight New Moon and want to see more longing glances from the undead, here’s your chance to return to the pilot and wonder what all the fuss is about.

Friday

  • ‘Til Death (Fox, 8-10pm) – It’s another mini marathon, at least it’s Christmas so you probably have better things to do.
  • SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (NBC, 8pm) – Skits new and old are coming to you one more time.

Saturday/Sunday

  • Plan for a crowded weekend at the theaters.
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next week 12/14

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

Monday

  • Jennifer Hudson: I’ll Be Home for Christmas (ABC, 8pm) – Singing, and, well I guess singing is enough.
  • The Sing-Off (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Nick Lachey hosts the battle of the a cappella singers, will four nights of this make up for no Glee?
  • Bank of Hollywood (E!, 10pm) Series Premiere – Looking for someone to bankroll their causes.

Tuesday

  • Golden Globe Nominations (NBC, 8am) – Let the competitions begin.
  • A Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC, 8pm) – Or just buy the soundtrack.
  • Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live (Fox, 9pm) – Cook along with Gordon, assuming you have the ingredients on hand.
  • Psychic Kids/Paranormal State (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Psychics and ghosts.

Wednesday

  • Prep & Landing (ABC, 8pm) – Still finding random things to fill the Hank slot.

Thursday

  • SNL: A Very Gilly Christmas (NBC, 8pm) – Hopefully mostly clips and very little Gilly.

Friday

  • Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns (CBS, 8pm) – The first is apparently from 1969 and the second from 1995, progress?

Saturday

  • Alli Winter Dew Tour (NBC, 12pm and Sun 1pm) – Coming to you from Breckenridge Colorado.
  • Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa/WWE Tribute to the Troops (NBC, 9pm) – Muppets again and then fighting to entertain the fighters.

Sunday

  • Kendra (E!, 9pm) Season Premiere – Moving to Indianapolis and preparing for baby.
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next week 12/7

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

Monday

  • Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special (Fox, 8pm) – It’s a variety show!
  • Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (ABC, 8pm) – He’s making a list…
  • The Closer (TNT, 9pm) Season Premiere – Brenda and Fritz are back, and here’s betting Brenda will get to the bottom of some new dead folks.
  • Men of a Certain Age (TNT, 10pm) Series Premiere – Ray Romano, Scott Bakula, and Andre Braugher star in this new character drama about men in mid-life, it’s getting pretty good buzz.

Tuesday

  • Charlie Brown Christmas/Prep & Landing (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Obama pushed this from last week.
  • Better Off Ted (ABC, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – The stuff they invent is wackier than the people who are involved in inventing it, funny enough just for the fake commercials.
  • Outer Space Astronauts (Syfy, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – It’s a sci fi sitcom, or are they syfy sitcoms now?
  • Teen Mom (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Real stories of four teenagers navigating parenting.

Wednesday

  • Shrek the Halls (ABC, 8pm) – You can share Shrek’s chaotic Christmas.
  • Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009 (ABC, 10pm) – They’re apparently sticking with the word ‘fascinating’.
  • Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… (Sund, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season starts with Bono and the Edge.

Thursday

  • Michael McDonald (PBS, 9pm) – This Christmas: A Soundstage Special Event.

Friday

  • Yes, Virginia (CBS, 8pm) – NPH lends his voice to this animated holiday special though I don’t think that’s enough to make me tune in.
  • Mobsters (Bio, 10pm) Season Premiere – This week is on the Westies Irish mob in NY.

Saturday

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/The Flight Before Christmas (CBS, 8/9pm) – Reindeer, reindeer & squirrels.
  • Video Game Awards (Spike, 8pm) – I’ll unpack my atari for the occasion.
  • Ghost Intervention (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Mediums check into haunted houses.

Sunday

  • The Jacksons (A&E, 9/10pm) Series Premiere – Really?
  • Christmas at the White House (ABC, 10pm) – Perhaps cutting back the decor budget could be put toward healthcare or jobs?
  • Keeping up with the Kardashians (E!, 10pm) Season Premiere – How many of those Kardashians are there anyhow?
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next week 11/30

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

Monday

  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Shrek the Halls (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Green things.
  • Intervention/Hoarders (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – The latest of the real folks with real issues.
  • Pawn Stars (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – What will folks pawn this season?

Tuesday

  • Presidential Address (Various, 8pm) – Getting out of Afghanistan?
  • Charlie Brown Christmas/Disney Prep & Landing (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – More holiday fun.
  • Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Let’s start with the best holiday dishes.
  • Scrubs (ABC, 9/9:30pm) Season Premiere – Though last season felt like the series finale they’re coming back for more, though this season they’re switching to med school and focusing on a new crew, rumor has it there’s still some funny.
  • Britain’s Missing Top Model (BBCA, 9pm) Series Premiere – I’m not sure this title is conveying what they want but it’s women with disabilities competing.
  • I’m Pregnant and… (Health, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – They start with a couple of pregnant ‘recovering’ heroin addicts.
  • Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (CBS, 10pm) – The Black Eyed Peas, Heidi Klum, and lingerie.
  • The Bad Girl’s Club (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Living together and…?

Wednesday

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (CBS, 8pm) – Will Rudolph save the day?
  • Christmas in Rockefeller Center (NBC, 8pm) – Jane Krakowski and Zachary Levi host.
  • The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! (CBS, 9pm) – LL Cool J hosts more Black Eyed Peas and others.
  • Dog the Bounty Hunter/Steven Seagal Lawman (A&E, 9/10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – First bounty then the martial artist takes us along on his job as Louisiana deputy sheriff.
  • Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura (Tru, 10pm) Series Premiere – I want Jesse to be the one to disprove mind control.
  • Launch My Line (Bravo, 11pm) Series Premiere – This might be kind of like Project Runway.

Thursday

  • Ace of Cakes (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – More cakes!
  • BBQ Pit Masters (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Teams compete for $40k in the Smokin’ in Mesquite BBQ Championship in Nevada.
  • Jersey Shore (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – More ‘real’ folks in a house.

Friday

  • Dreams Come True (ABC, 8pm) – A celebration of Disney animation.
  • Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (NBC, 8pm) – The muppets better take care of those letters to Santa.
  • Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (CW, 9pm) – You’d think Grandma would learn.
  • Monk (USA, 9pm) Series Finale – Something tells me he’ll wrap up his wife’s death.

Saturday

  • 1000 Ways to Die/Manswers (Spike, midnight/12:30am sun) – More important dude fun.

Sunday

  • I Survived… (Bio, 9pm) Season Premiere – I’m glad they survived but I really don’t want to hear the gruesome.
  • Alice (Syfy, 9pm & Mon 9pm) Miniseries – Gotta look forward to any revisionist of Alice in Wonderland.
  • Shatner’s Raw Nerve (Bio, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – First Rush Limbaugh then Regis Philbin.
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next week 11/23

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So for a slightly delayed look at what’s new and notable for the week

Monday

  • General Hospital (ABC, 3pm) – James Franco starts his guest stint as ‘Franco’…
  • Find My Family (ABC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – I’m assuming there is some looking for families.
  • Diners, Drive-ins & Dives (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Less stuffy foodies enjoy.

Tuesday

  • Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure (ABCFam, 7pm) – How uplifting.
  • How the Earth Was Made (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – Shouldn’t this show run Monday to Saturday and rest on Sunday?
  • Jon Dore Television Show (IFC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Should I know who Jon Dore is?
  • Dinner with the Band (IFC, 11pm) Series Premiere – Shouldn’t this be drinking with the band?

Wednesday

  • The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) – Where are they now?

Thursday

  • Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade (NBC, 9am) – Matt, Meredith, and Al host.
  • The National Dog Show (NBC, 12pm) – Doggies!
  • Road to Punkin Chunkin/Punkin Chunkin (Sci, 8/9pm) – Yes, they huck pumpkins.
  • Beyonce: I Am Yours (ABC, 9pm) – Who doesn’t need to see more of Beyonce and her tour?
  • NBC’s People of the Year (NBC, 9pm) – I’m on pins and needles wondering who they will name.
  • Paul McCartney (ABC, 10pm) – Good Evening New York.

Friday

  • Shameless (Sund, 8pm) Season Premiere – British comedy of the lowbrow variety I understand.

Saturday

  • Build it Bigger (Sci, 8pm) – Can Las Vegas get any bigger?

Sunday

  • 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (HBO, 8pm) – Folks pair up and perform, US, Mick Jagger, Black Eyed Peas… Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel… you get the picture.
  • Soul Train Awards (BET, 9pm) – Get your groove on.
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next week 11/9 & 11/16

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A special bonus double new and noteworthy in the weeks ahead… procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • CSI-crossover (CBS, Mon, Wed, Thurs) – Laurence Fishburne follows a case across the country mixing the skills of Miama, Vegas, and NY.

Tuesday

  • Sesame Street (PBS, check local listings) Season Premiere – Will Big Bird move off of the street, will Elmo and Telly find Bo Pee’s cow, will… oh they’ll all be good.
  • e2 Design (Sund, 8pm) Series Premiere – First week is a look at green buildings in NY.
  • Table for 12 (TLC, 8/8:30pm) Season Premiere – Camping, drama camp and karate for the big family.
  • In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts (ABC, 10pm) – Interviews with country stars including Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, and Carrie Underwood.
  • Full Throttle Saloon (Tru, 10pm) Series Premiere – Watching a biker bar might not be the same without the cocktails, though you can always drink and watch.

Wednesday

  • CMA Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood host this year’s awards.
  • Ghost Hunters Academy (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – The ghost hunters take a gang of aspiring hunters.

Thursday

  • Science of the Movies (Sci, 8pm) Season Premiere – How do they do it?

Friday

  • 24/7 (HBO, 9:30pm) Season Finale – A special night and time for Pacquiao and Cotto.

Saturday

  • Super Dave’s Spike-tacular (Spike, 11pm) Series Premiere – Super Dave Osbourne starts off this ‘mockumentary’ in a mini with explosives.

Sunday

  • WWII in HD (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – A 10-part series with accounts from 12 people who served.
  • The Prisoner (AMC, 8/9pm) – A remake of the 60s series with Jim Caviezal and Ian McKellen.

Monday

  • Mystery Diagnosis (Health, 10pm) Season Premiere – I guess this is like health life House.
  • Chef Academy (Brav, 11pm) Series Premiere – A Brit, Jean-Christophe Novelli, is launching a new culinary academy in LA.

Tuesday

  • Merry Madagascar (NBC, 8pm) – Santa apparently puts down where the gang from this animated flick are.

Wednesday

  • ANTM (CW, 8/9pm) – America’s Next Tiny Model is revealed and the season finale is followed by a special ‘revealed’ episode.
  • In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts (ABC, 10pm) – Janet Jackson gets the spotlight treatment.

Thursday

  • Terror in Mumbai (HBO, 8pm) – An examination of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai with survivors, law-enforcement, and a gunman.
  • World Magic Awards (MNT, 8pm) – Robert Wagner and Jill St. John host.

Friday

  • Happily Ever Faster (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Life at a Las Vegas wedding chapel.

Saturday

  • Sit Down, Shut Up (Fox, 11:59pm) Series Finale – For those who are interested in this animated series that never quite caught on.

Sunday

  • Tough Love (VH1, 7:30pm) Season Premiere – Eight new women get the cold hard facts, or at least one guy’s theory, on why their love life isn’t all that.
  • American Music Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Awards, performances, and fancy outfits.
  • The Haunted (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at things like whether an office is being haunted by monkeys.
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