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next week 7/20

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

Monday

  • Waking Up With Al (Weath, 3/6am) Series Premiere – Al Roker gets the limelight, well the crack of dawn weather limelight.
  • Torchwood (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t really follow this but apparently there is a preview at 8 for part 1 of the Children of the Earth series.
  • Dating in the Dark (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Blind dates usually don’t entail literally not being able to see, until now, though infrared cameras make it all watchable (this clearly has the right target following the Bachelorette – The Men Tell All).
  • The Tor Show (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Talking with celebrity guests.

Tuesday

  • Restorer Guy/The Real Estate Pros/Moving Up (TLC, 7/7:30/8pm) Series/Season Premiere – The filx it up, sell it, fix it up.
  • Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Gordon Ramsay is back berating kitchen staff.
  • Ruby & the Rockits (ABCFam, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – David Cassidy is back and he’s playing an 80’s heatthrob whose long lost daughter returns, and apparently his brother is also a Cassidy.
  • The Colony (Disc, 7pm) Series Premiere – Can these latest volunteers survive the wake of a fake disaster.

Wednesday

  • Toddlers & Tiaras (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Four-year-old, Texas pageant, why oh why.

Thursday

  • Wild Russia (AnPl, 8pm) Series Premiere – Simple enough, looking at the wild in Russia.
  • Samantha Who? (ABC, 8/8:30pm) Series Finale – It’s too bad this series won’t be back again but here’s a last chance for some laughs with Sam.

Friday

  • ATP Tennis (ESPN2, 1/10:30/12, Fri/Sat/Sun) – The US Open Series starts showing the quarters from Indianapolis.

Saturday

  • Action Sports (NBC, 1pm, Sat/Sun) – The Alli Dew Tour has the Skate Open coming from Boston.
  • Being Human (BBCA, 9pm) Series Premiere – A ghost, a werewolf, and a vampire live together, why do I feel like there should be a punch line somewhere in that.

Sunday

  • Tour de France (Vs, 4:30am) – The tour wraps up again in Paris, but who will be in yellow?
  • Easy Money (CW, 7pm) – Burning off eps of yet another canceled series.
  • Extreme Cuisine (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Jeff Corwin starts off eating weird stuff in Mexico.
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next week 7/13

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

Monday

  • Tour de France (Vs, 5:30am and various) – Stage 9 starts out our week in Saint-Gaudens, who will be in yellow?
  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Trav, 10pm) Season Premiere – The chef heads to Chile.

Tuesday

  • MLB All-Star Game (Fox, 8pm) – The stars, and I believe they mean baseball stars, play.
  • Miami Social (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Yet another reality show following folks.

Wednesday

  • Extreme Loggers (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Ice bridges and subarctic forests.
  • Leverage (TNT, 9pm) Season Premiere – Will Nate get the team back together to continue their Robin Hood type cons?
  • Dark Blue (TNT, 10pm) Series Premiere – Dylan McDermott is back and this time he’s an undercover cop.
  • Verminators (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Rodents and rats and bees, oh my, though I guess a rat is a rodent.
  • Michael & Michael Have Issues (Com, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – The Michaels, Ian Black and Showalter, sets them as characters who host a sketch comedy show.

Thursday

  • Joan of Arcadia (Syfy, 8am) – It’s not new but it was a fun series if you missed it the first time catch the marathon today starting with Joan meeting God.
  • Stoked (Cart, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – The animated cast of surfers work at a surf resort.

Friday

  • Catch It Keep It (Sci, 10pm) Series Premiere – Using science to win a game show.
  • Martin Lawrence Presents (Starz, 11pm) Season Premiere – It’s some stand-up.

Saturday

  • The Bill Engvall Show (TBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another season of another series with an average and immature hubby with a hotter than he wife.
  • Dirty Sexy Money (ABC, 10pm) – I remember really enjoying the cheese factor of this show, at least early on.

Sunday

  • Action Sports (NBC, 11am) – The boarders and bikers hit Costa Mesa for the Maloof Money Cup.
  • Labor Pains (ABCF, 8pm) – It’s just nice to hear Lindsey Lohan’s name in conjunction with something related to acting.
  • ESPYs (ESPN, 9pm) – Samuel L Jackson hosts the sporting awards.
  • AFI Life Achievement Award (TVL, 9pm) – The honoring of Michael Douglas.
  • Ace of Cakes (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Duff and the gang are back to baking, they look good but I wonder how they taste.
  • HGTV Design Star (HGTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Design star wannabes hit LA.
  • Most Popular (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Graham Norton hosts this game show where being popular now equals money.
  • Pawn Star$ (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – What industry don’t we have a reality insight into?
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next week 7/6

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Monday

  • Cycling (Vs, 5:30am and various) – The Tour de Lance continues, you can catch stage 3 and keep watching all week at almost all hours of the day with Phil, Paul, Bob and Craig taking us along for the ride. 
  • The Great Debate (VH1, 10pm) – A week long look at things like J.Lo vs Beyonce.

Tuesday

  • 10 Things I Hate About You (ABCFam, 8pm) Series Premiere – Based on the ’99 movie, the wannabe popular sister and the wannabe serious sister deal with school and boys and dear old dad.
  • The Great American Road Trip (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Families in challenges across America.
  • Warehouse 13 (SciFi, 9pm) Series Premiere – The latest collection of weird brings a new male female partner team, this time Secret Service, to a warehouse…
  • That’s Impossible (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Invisibility, yes or no?

Wednesday

  • Ghost Hunters International (SciFi, 9pm) Season Premiere – It’s like Ghost Hunters but it’s International.

Thursday

  • Big Brother (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – It’s back, season 11 of people trapped in a house.
  • LA Ink (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Returning from a book tour to a busy shop…

Friday

  • Eureka (SciFi, 9pm) Season Premiere – Silly but fun, will the fired sheriff stay away from this isolated town of genius’s their inventions and their calamitous disasters.

Saturday

  • Eli Stone (ABC, 10pm) Series Finale – I’ve been tivo’ing the return of this series but have yet to tune back in, as I recall I enjoyed it.

Sunday

  • Drop Dead Diva (Life, 9pm) Series Premiere – A dead model gets dropped into a ‘plus-size’ lawyer’s body, and I’m sure she’ll grow as a person.
  • I Survived… (Bio, 9pm) Season Premiere – I believe these are reenactments.
  • Entourage (HBO, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – The boys are back, I think I watched season one through netflix and it was funny then, season six who knows.
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next week 6/29

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

Monday

  • Dance Your Ass Off (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere– I think this is exactly what it sounds like.
  • Wimbledon Update (NBC, Mon-Fri, 11:35pm) – Stick around late night for a fun look from Mary Carillo and John MacEnroe.

Tuesday

  • Stager Invasion (TLC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Updating a country themed home…
  • Tiny & Toya (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – A sneak peek at their first episode, whoever they are and whatever that is.
  • Nova ScienceNow (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Sciency things like artificial diamonds and anthrax.
  • Primetime (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at caring for elderly parents.

Wednesday

  • Monsters Inside Me (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – A look at organisms, inside people, I just don’t want to know.

Thursday

  • There’s really nothing new or notable on, so perhaps roll into the three day weekend with a movie, perhaps Transformers, hmm, or those Netflix that are covered with dust, or those 14 episodes of Lost, or maybe just more Wimbledon.

Friday

  • Margaret Cho (Show, 11pm) – Cho does what she does in this latest special.

Saturday

  • Beach Volleyball (NBC, Sat/Sun, 1:30pm) – Check out the Men’s final from Brooklyn NY followed by the Women’s final on Sunday.
  • Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks (NBC, 9pm) – Natalie Morales and Tiki Barber host with musical guests Jewel and Rob Thomas among others.
  • Boston Pops Fireworks (CBS, 10pm) – Craig Ferguson hosts Neil Diamond performs with the Boston Pops.

Sunday

  • Wimbledon (NBC, Mon-Sun, various times) – Wrap up the last week of tennis with breakfast on the weekend for Women’s and Men’s finals  if you feel like getting up at 6am, I do so love tivo.
  • Ruby (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – Apparently there is a character names Ruby who is on a diet and goes to see Rascal Flatts.
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next week 6/22

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

Monday

  • Make It or Break It (ABCFam, 9pm) Series Premiere – Network keeps showing promos for the movie Stick It so I wouldn’t be the only one making the comparison, let’s hope it captures some of the wit.
  • History Detectives (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – What did Thomas Edison invent, a phone to talk to the dead?

Tuesday

  • Superstars (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Celebs and athletes compete.
  • America’s Got Talent (NBC, 9pm and Wed) Season Premiere – Probably won’t see Susan Boyle or Jerry Springer who is being replaced by Nick Cannon as host.
  • The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Chefs reminisce about food…
  • Better Off Ted (ABC, 9:30pm)  – Ted and Veronica and the gang are back to pick up the rest of the season in the weird work world.
  • The Cleaner (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Whoopi’s guesting but will she be the one who needs recovery?
  • College Hill (BET, 10pm) Season Premiere
  • NYC Prep (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Will a look at real life prep schools be as entertaining as Gossip Girl, or more so?
  • Primetime (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season kicks off with a look at teen pregnancy.

Wednesday

  • The Philanthropist (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – For some reason I’m not enthused about rich playboy as rebel for the people but I’ll check out Jesse L Martin and Neve Campbell who join lead James Purefoy.
  • The Real World (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Really they’re doing this in Cancun?

Thursday

  • Samantha Who?/In the Motherhood (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – They’re back for their remaining episodes as Sam dates Duran Duran’s John Taylor and the moms do something.
  • Penn & Teller: Bullshit (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere– It says they’re looking at orgasms.

Friday

  • Virtuality (Fox, 8pm) – I think this is a pilot for a series that didn’t see the light of day as a spaceship’s virtual reality system goes awry.

Saturday

  • Action Sports (NBC, 11am) – When did the Dew tour become the Alli Dew tour, regardless this weekend it’s in Chicago for the BMX Open.
  • Ellen’s Bigger Longer and Wider Show (TBS, 9pm)  – Ellen does variety one more time and is joined by Kanye West and David Blaine among others.

Sunday

  • Tour de France Preview (Vs, 4pm) – Sprints, mountains, time trials… but hopefully no doping drama.
  • BET Awards (BET, 5pm) – Jamie Foxx hosts the celebrations or entertainers.
  • HGTV Showdown (HGTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – This week’s it’s a battle of the backyards.
  • Hung (HBO, 10pm) Series Premiere – High school teacher turned man whore?
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next week 6/15

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Monday

  • DJ & the Fro (MTV, 5pm) Series Premiere – Are animated slackers watching viral videos more amusing than real life people doing the same?
  • Greek (ABCFam, 8pm) Season Finale – Cappie or Max? There’s really no question…
  • Run’s House (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – The family takes a Hawaiian vacation.

Tuesday

  • CMT Music Awards (CMT, 8pm) – Bill Engvall hosts this year’s awards show, tune in for Taylor Swift, and some other country artists.
  • Wedding Day (TNT, 8pm) Series Premiere – Real life weddings with no apparent twists.
  • The First 48 (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere
  • HawthoRNe (TNT, 9pm) Series Premiere – Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan make this medical drama worth tuning into at least once.
  • The Lazy Environmentalist (Sund, 9pm) Series Premiere – They show us it’s easy being green.
  • Saving Grace (TNT, 10pm) Season Premiere – More answers this season or just more questions as Grace goes to the purple door.
  • The Singing Bee (CMT, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Expectations may be a little higher as this follows the CMT Awards.

Wednesday

  • The Othersiders/Survive This (Cart, 8/8:30pm) Series Premiere – Paranormal investigations and survival skills.
  • Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Gordon Ramsay is back.
  • I Survived a Japanese Game Show (ABC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Really, this is back?
  • The Unusuals (ABC, 10pm) Series Finale – This quirky ensemble cop show deserved another season.

Thursday

  • NBA Basketball (ABC, 6pm) – Could it go to Game 7 with the Magic and the Lakers?

Friday

  • Jeffrey and Cole Casserole (Logo, 11pm) Series Premiere – Another sketch and look at viral videos, and this time with a gay old slant.

Saturday

  • Brainrush/Destroy Build Destroy (Cart, 8/8:30pm) Series Premieres – Trivia in rollercoaster conditions and then making something from the debris of what’s been destroyed.
  • Can You Duet (CMT, 8pm) Season Premiere – The open auditions begin.
  • Eli Stone (ABC, 10pm) – I don’t actually remember where we left off with Eli, his visions, and his law firm.

Sunday

  • Just for Laughs (ABC, 7pm) Season Premiere – More awkward setups for some chuckles.
  • Merlin (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – A look back when Merlin and the Prince were young and hot and magic was outlawed, Giles from Buffy is in this so I’ll give it a look.
  • Guys Choice (Spike, 10pm) – One thinks that guys make some sort of choice.
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next week 6/8

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

Monday

  • The Closer (TNT, 9pm) Season Premiere – I missed Kyra and her snacking, hopefully the team is all back together.
  • Raising the Bar (TNT, 10pm) Season Premiere – All I remember about this not great legal drama was that guy from Saved by the Bell had bad hear, which he has reportedly now cut.
  • Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Her standing on the D-list may sometimes be in question but she’s keeping up the reality show.
  • Weeds (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – And the pot dealing suburban continues.
  • Nurse Jackie (Show, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Edie Falco stars as an ER nurse with some issues and some edge.

Tuesday

  • Basketball (ABC) – Check your local listings for the continuation of the championship series of the NBA (Tues, Thurs, and Sun if needed).
  • Food Party/Wrong Door (IFC, 11:15/11:30pm) Series Premiere – First cooking with puppets and then british sketch comedy with cgi.

Wednesday

  • Top Chef Masters (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Actual chefs throw down some skills for charity not drama.

Thursday

  • Speeders (Tru, 8/8:30pm) Season Premiere – This looks like the one that’s like Cops but with speeders.
  • She’s Got the Look (TVLand, 9pm) Season Premiere – It’s like America’s Next Top Model for the oldsters, I mean for 35 plus.
  • Total Drama Action (Cart, 9pm) Season Premiere – I think some cartoon characters compete on a cartoon reality show, spinoff of Total Drama Island.
  • 16 & Pregnant (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Every week it focuses on a new teen in this look at
  • Raising Sextuplets (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – How many of these shows about couples with lots of kids do we have now?

Friday

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBCA, 8pm) Season Premiere – An interview chat show with… Jonathan Ross.
  • The MOM show (We, 10am) Series Premiere – It’s a chat show, focusing on moms, coming from Canada.

Saturday

  • Primal Grill (PBS, 5pm) Series Premiere – Let the grilling begin.
  • Pushing Daisies (ABC, 10pm) Series Finale – Sadly this series wrapping up.

Sunday

  • True Blood (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – Is there another killer on the loose?
  • Hammertime (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Oh yeah, the artist formerly known as MC Hammer has his own reality show.
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next week 6/1

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

Monday

  • I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Well the term celebrity is once again being loosely applied, with folks like Janice Dickinson, Sanjaya, and a lesser Baldwin, among others, will folks tune in to vote them off? 
  • Medium (NBC, 10pm) Season Finale – This is Medium’s last night on NBC but CBS has picked Allison up for another year of visions.
  • The Tonight Show (NBC, 11:35pm) – Conan takes the reins…

Tuesday

  • According to Jim (ABC, 8/8:30pm) Season Finale – I wasn’t sure this show was still on, though apparently this season is its last.
  • Earth 2100 (ABC, 9pm) – Bob Woodruff reports on where things could be going.
  • Inside the Obama White House (Tues/Wed, NBC, 9pm) – Brian Williams kicks it and shows us some dish.
  • Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 10pm) Season Finale – The negotiations continue with Benson and Stabler but regardless next year the show will go on.
  • Man vs. Wild (Disc, 10pm) – Will Ferrell joins for a real life adventure through the frosty wild, but reportedly does not drink his own urine.
  • Paris Hilton’s My New BFF (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – I guess last year’s winner isn’t her BFF anymore, maybe she is hanging with Nichole Ritchie.

Wednesday

  • Law & Order (NBC, 10pm) Season Finale – Are these stories still ripped from the headlines, if so watch out for charity folks.

Thursday

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live/NBA Countdown/Finals Game (ABC, 6pm) – We kick off the finals with some Kimmel and some basketball, Kimmel starts before in the East and after in the West.
  • Burn Notice (USA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Will Michael’s life improve now that the people who burned him are going to leave him alone, I doubt it, and catch up on the earlier shows marathon-style starting with the pilot Tues at 6am.
  • The Listener (NBC, 9/10pm) Series Premiere – If a paramedic can hear your thoughts would he be entertaining?
  • Royal Pains (USA, 10pm) Series Premiere – Brothers hit the Hamptons, one becomes a reluctant concierge Dr and the other is trying to make him less reluctant.
  • Tosh.0 (Com, 10pm) Series Premiere – Comedian Daniel Tosh riffs on crap you find on the web.

Friday

  • Privileged (CW, 8pm) – The show may not go on but you can watch season one again, or catch it for the first time.
  • Ghost Adventures (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Not so much ghostbusters as wananabe ghost recorders.
  • Whale Wars (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – Another season of folks in a boat trying to protect whales.

Saturday

  • Tennis (Fri, Sat, Sun, 7/6am) – Catch the French Open finals this weekend, following more weekday play, to see if Serena can take number 1 from Safina and if Roger can triumph over Nadal on his best surface.
  • Game Show Awards (GSN, 8pm) – Isn’t winning a game show award enough?

Sunday

  • Tony Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Neil Patrick Harris hosts this year’s best of Broadway.
  • Bridezillas/Amazing Wedding Cakes (WE, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – More real life wedding drama.
  • Gene Simmons Family Jewels (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – Can a girl get a simple sweet sixteen party on this reality drama.
  • Brooke Knows Best (VH1, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – This one is the daughter of Hulk Hogan.
  • Army Wives (Life, 10pm) Season Premiere – The ladies are back for another season of drama.
  • Kendra/Denise Richards (E!, 10/11pm) – More reality for the former playmate and the ‘actress’.
  • Z Rock/Ideal (IFC, 11/11:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – Clearly there need to be even more reality shows.
  • Next Food Network Star (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Who will be the next Martha Stewart, or at least the next whoever won last season.

* Times noted are PST.

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next week 5/25

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Monday

  • Intervention/Obsessed (A&E, 9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Returning real life interventions are followed by a look at folks with extreme anxiety disorders.
  • John & Kate Plus 8/Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Tabloid mags showing possible infidelity are bringing these folks that much more notoriety and then a little more reality as we follow a baker.
  • Here Come the Newlyweds (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Real life couples live in a house and compete in challenges as a pair is kicked out each week.
  • In Treatment (HBO, 10pm) Season Finale – How’s the therapy going?

Tuesday

  • Tv’s Funniest Phrases (NBC, 8pm) – I should use a clever catchphrase here…
  • Reaper (CW, 8pm) Season Finale – Well Reaper won’t be back next year so enjoy Sam’s final bout with the devil.
  • Hitched or Ditched (CW, 9pm) Series Premiere – Plan a wedding in a week, then decide whether you want to get married.
  • I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant (Health, 9pm) Series Premiere – This docuseries looks at a new case each week.
  • Mental (Fox, 9pm, repeats Friday) Series Premiere – This latest series about a rebellious guy brings us in with the new psychiatric director of a hospital.
  • Science of the Movies (Sci, 9pm) Series Premiere – A look at specific movie scenes.
  • The Little Couple (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Follow newlyweds who are under four feet tall.
  • Tori & Dean (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – More of the real Donna Martin and her hubby.
  • Beautiful People (Logo, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – UK dramedy following a show tunes loving kid.

Wednesday

  • George Strait (CBS, 8pm) – Some country folks honor this Artist of the Decade.
  • Wipeout (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – The game show where the people fall while competing on strange obstacles.
  • Dog the Bounty Hunter (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back to hunting fugitives.
  • The Goode Family (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – King of the Hill may not be coming back but here’s another animated series from its creator showing a politically correct family.
  • Your Worst Animal Nightmares (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – I have a lot of animal nightmares.
  • Tattoo Highway (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Take a ride on the tour bus tattoo parlor.
  • Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (TBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – Following Tyler Perry’s House of Payne we meet a new family.

Thursday

  • Scripps National Spelling Bee (ABC, 8pm) – Let the spelling begin, or continue, or finish…
  • Surfing (ESPN2, 10:30pm) – Billabong XXL Big Wave Challenge.

Friday

  • Un-Broke: What You Need to Know About Money (ABC, 9pm) – I’m going to say spend less, save more, still contribute to retirement…
  • What Not to Wear (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – The season kicks off with Blossom.

Saturday

  • French Open (Sat/Sun, NBC, 10:30am/noon) – Men’s and Women’s third and fourth rounds follow a week of ESPN2 coverage.  
  • Pushing Daisies (ABC, 10pm) – This delightful show was canceled but there were a couple more unaired eps.

Sunday

  • Ice Road Truckers (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – New routes, new truckers.
  • MTV Movie Awards (MTV, 9pm) – Andy Samberg hosts this year with lots of noms for Twilight and Slumdog.
  • Breaking Bad (AMC, 10pm) Season Finale – I’m behind so I don’t know what sort of mess Walt is into now.
  • $250,000 Challenge (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – A neighborhood competes in design challenges.
  • Jesse James is a Dead Man (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – This guy does action stuff that I suppose could kill him.
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next week 5/18

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

Monday

  • 24 (Fox, 8pm) Season Finale – A couple more hours in the 7th long day Jack’s had.
  • Gossip Girl/One Tree Hill (CW, 8/9pm) Season Finales – What will graduation bring to the latest crop of high schoolers on GG, let’s hope they don’t follow the path of fellow soapsters in Tree Hill.
  • How I Met Your Mother/2 1/2 Men/Rules of Engagement/CSI: Miami (CBS, 8:30pm) Season Finales – Starting with a special Rules at 8 we rap up the funny and the not so funny.
  • Bachelorette (ABC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Jillion is turning Bachelor misfortune into another shot at true love.
  • 4th & Long (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – Football players compete for a spot on the Dallas Cowboys.

Tuesday

  • NCIS/The Mentalist/Without a Trace (CBS, 8/9/10pm) Season Finales – A trip to Israel, a meet up with Red  John, and yet another vanished person.
  • 90210 (CW, 9pm) Season Finale – Is this the episode where Donna Martin graduates?
  • Dancing With the Stars (ABC, 9pm) Season Finale – I wasn’t sure anyone was surviving the injuries this season but the gymnast, the former cheerleader, or the guy who was hot in a movie will be crowned.
  • Glee (Fox, 9pm) Series Premiere – The creator of Nip/Tuck brings a taste of high school glee club misfits.

Wednesday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm) Season Finale – Who will it be Adam or Kris, and don’t miss the performances on Tuesday.
  • New Adventures of Old Christine/Gary Unmarried (CBS, 8/8:30pm) Season Finales  – How will Christine and Gary embarrass themselves this week?
  • Criminal Minds (CBS, 9/10pm) Season Finale – I think the gang goes after another psycho killer.

Thursday

  • So You Think You Can Dance (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Another crew in their boogie shoes.
  • Ugly Betty (ABC, 8pm) Season Finale – They put out another issue with more drama.
  • Crime 360 (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Looking at crime from every angle.
  • Southern Belles (Soap, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think this is like Real Housewives in the Kentucky.
  • Southland (NBC, 10pm) Season Finale – Looks like rookie cop and the rest of the crew will be back for another season of crime solving.

Friday

  • Good Morning America (ABC, 7am) – The concert series kicks off with Green Day.
  • Head Case/Party Down (Starz, 10/10:30pm) Season Finales – We always knew Seinfeld was a little nuts, and then more catering laughs.

Saturday

  • NBA Playoffs (ABC, 5:30) – I don’t even think this is the final two teams but what else do you have to watch.

Sunday

  • French Open (ESPN2, 9am) – Things are kicked off, another year for Nadal?
  • Diamonds (ABC, 9pm) – Miniseries kicks off a a look at the diamond trade from the Congo to the US.
  • The Tudors/State of the Union (Show, 9/9:30pm) Season Finales – King Henry keep slutting around and Tracy keeps mocking.
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