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next week 5/25

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

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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next week 5/11

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Monday

  • Big Bang Theory (CBS, 8pm) Season Finale – The gang is all getting ready to take 3 months off.
  • House (Fox, 8pm) Season Finale – I believe there will be a case and they will solve it at the end of the hour.
  • Charm School (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – This season they add contestants from other VH! shows as Ricki Lake steps in for Sharon Osborne in trying to class up the ladies.
  • Castle (ABC, 10pm) Season Finale – Castle solves a crime, and probably.

Tuesday

  • The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) Season Finale – I wish I knew this finale was three hours long before I agreed to go watch it with a friend.
  • Fringe (Fox, 9pm) Season Finale – Leonard Nimoy adds to his recent Star Trek public appearances with a guest as founder of Massive Dynamics.
  • The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Brav, 11pm) Series Premiere – The latest look at ladies of leisure.

Wednesday

  • America’s Next Top Model (CW, 8pm) Season Finale – Commercials and catwalk decide the latest model winner to drop into oblivion.
  • Lie to Me (Fox, 8pm) Season Finale – There’s lying and lie detecting.
  • Lost (ABC, 8/9pm) Season Finale – Highlights at 8 are followed by the two hour finale, I’m still 12 episodes behind so more to add to the tivo.
  • Rules of Engagement/New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS, 8/8:30pm) – Bumped by Barack last week, these two shows try out a new night.

Thursday

  • Bones/Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 8/9pm) Season Finale – Motley Crue joins the crew and then a chef wins.
  • Smallville/Supernatural (CW, 8/9pm) Season Finale – The guys fight the villains and demons.
  • My Name is Earl/Parks & Recreation/The Office/30 Rock (NBC, 8-10pm) Season Finale – The laughs ensue.
  • CSI/CSI: NY (CBS, 9/10pm) Season Finale – The crime scene gets investigated.
  • Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 9pm) Season Finale – Whose lives will change in the finale and will Izzie be back next season?

Friday

  • America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 8pm) Season Finale – Two hours of funny videos.
  • Don’t Tell the Bride (BBCA, 8pm) Series Premiere – The get money for a wedding but the groom has to plan it.
  • The Game (CW, 8pm) Season Finale – This show wraps up with a wedding or does it?
  • Ghost Whisperer/Flashpoint/Numb3rs (CBS, 8/9/10pm) Season Finale – Ghosts and crimes and crimes.
  • Prison Break (Fox, 8pm) Series Finale – Finally putting this show out of its misery.

Saturday

  • Primeval (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – A monstrous crocodile is loose.
  • Beverly Hills Groomer (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – We follow someone from Groomer Has It trying to make it.

Sunday

  • Extreme Makeover/Desperate Housewives (ABC, 7/9pm) Season Finale – Crazy enthusiasm and then just plain crazies.
  • Sit Down, Shut Up/The Simpsons/King of the Hill/Family Guy/American Dad (7, 8-10pm) Season Finales – The animation continues.
  • Survivor (CBS, 8/10pm) Season Finale – Two hour finale followed by the reunion show.
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC, 9pm) – This special shows the shorts.
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next week 5/4

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

Monday

  • Medium (NBC, 9/10pm) – A double dose of the Allison as she tries to move her psychic skills into the corporate world.
  • New York Goes to Work/Gotti’s Way (VH1, 10/10:30pm) Series/Season Premiere – More reality fare.

Tuesday

  • Better Off Ted (ABC, 8:30) Season Finale – Special night (following a special night for Scrubs) as they try to improve company morale.
  • Ice People (Sund, 10pm) – Shot over four months in Antarctica the team looks for signs of ancient life.

Wednesday

  • Scrubs (ABC, 8pm) Season Finale – Does this series have another life or is JD’s final episode the series finale as well?

Thursday

  • Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 9pm) – In the 100th episode we near Mer and Der’s wedding, who wants to guess what will go wrong.
  • The Fashion Show (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – What does Heidi say, one minute you’re in and the next you’re out, for those waiting patiently for that other design show, this might be worth a look.
  • Michael J Fox (ABC, 10pm) – In this special titled Adventures of an Incurable Optimist he visits optimists around the world and they also share a little science about the positive outlook.

Friday

  • Everybody Hates Chris (CW, 8pm) Season Finale – Will Chris have to repeat the 10th grade, is this show still on?
  • Dollhouse (Fox, 9pm) Season Finale – What is Alpha up to with Echo and what will Ballard do about it?

Saturday

  • NBA Countdown (ABC, 5pm/pst) – Leading into the playoffs followed by game 3 of the semis at 5:15.

Sunday

  • The Apprentice (NBC, 8pm) Season Finale – This finale is three hours long, yes three hours long, how much screen time does that equal for the Donald?
  • The Amazing Race/Cold Case/The Unit (CBS, 9/10pm) Season Finales – Races, and cases, and nuclear bombs, oh my.
  • Brothers & Sisters (ABC, 10pm) Season Finale – Something tells me the Walkers are still getting themselves into trouble.
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next week 4/27

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

Monday

  • Chuck (NBC, 8pm) Season Finale – Ellie’s wedding is the scene where it all comes down, without his head filled with info can Chuck save the day, and will he be back next year?
  • Pros vs. Joes (Spike, 11pm) Season Premiere – In this all-star premiere former NBA star takes on the Joes, and I don’t know what that means.

Tuesday

  • Dallas DNA (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at DNA testing on inmates post conviction.
  • Addicted to Plastic (Sund, 10pm) – This special is a look at the impact of plastic on our society, not in the plastic surgery sense, but in the environmental sense.

Wednesday

  • Rules of Engagement/New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS, 8/8:30pm) – They’re trying to line up the laughs as a special night and time.
  • Smith (DirTV, 10pm) – In case you missed the unaired episodes of this fun heist series they’re kicking off tonight.

Thursday

  • My Name is Earl/Parks&Recreation/The Office/30 Rock/Southland (NBC, 8-11pm) – Nothing much new or notable tonight except NBC seems to have crafted a palatable new Thursday night lineup, though the jury is still out on Parks&Rec.

Friday

  • Numb3rs (CBS, 10pm) – There’s always slim pickings on a Friday night (besides Dollhouse of course) but Don and Charlie offer up a little more family crime solving with math on this 100th episode.

Saturday

  • Not even a lot of good movie of the week options for a Saturday night so it looks like either catch up on tivo or maybe netflix Caprica on dvd.

Sunday

  • Cycling (Vs, 2pm) – This week’s cyclism Sunday brings us the Tour de Romandie.

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next week 4/20

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

Monday

  • Belly of the Beast (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – Some dude checks out military helicopters in this latest look at stuff.

Tuesday

  • Eco Trip/Carbon Cops (Sund, 9/9:30pm) Series Premieres – How do everyday things like chocolate impact the environment and how can you make your life more green.
  • Life After People (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Creepy or interesting to hypothesize what the earth would be like if people weren’t alive anymore.
  • The Phone (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think it’s like the Amazing Race but they get a call.
  • The Unusuals (ABC, 10pm) – Special night for these not quite usual detectives along with its regular Wed showing.

Wednesday

  • Lost (ABC, 9pm) – The latest Lost special tells the Story of the Oceanic 6, and again I am more than 6 episodes behind so tivo will keep running.

Thursday

  • Bones (Fox, 8pm) – They must have some extra eps as they blow through another two of bones, don’t miss Monday’s and its regular slot on tonight.

Friday

  • Wild Weddings (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – For those of you looking for a good wacky weddings show.

Saturday

  • I Want to Save Your Life (WE, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – It’s an intervention series.

Sunday

  • TV Land Awards (TVL, 8pm) – Doogie, I mean Barney, I mean Neil Patrick Harris hosts.
  • Daisy of Love (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – Brett may or may not have found his rock of love but his season two reject still hasn’t, so let the games begin.
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next week 4/13

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

Monday

  • Doing da Vinci (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – This reality show tries to create things from da Vinci sketches.
  • Confessions of a Superhero (Sund, 9pm) – If you’ve wondered what it’s like to dress up like a superhero on Hollywood Blvd, even if you haven’t, this documentary could be for you.
  • College Life (MTV, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – A self produced documentary of four freshmen starting in Wisconsin.

Tuesday

  • Deadliest Catch (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Captains and catches.
  • The Alaska Experiment (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – This reality show strands nine folks in Alaska and makes them get back to civilization.

Wednesday

  • Bones (Fox, 8pm) – Catch Bones and Booth on their special night, in addition to the regular Thursday slot.
  • Kathy Griffin: She’ll Cut a Bitch/Bravo’s A-List Awards (Brav, 9pm) – She’s made herself famous for being on the D list and continues to talk celeb smack and then does some hosting.
  • The Cougar (TVLand, 10pm) Series Premiere – The latest dating show tries to match a hot 40 year old with one of 20 young dudes.
  • Pitchmen (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Two guys known for their ‘as seen on tv’ commercials share their wisdom with wannabe inventors.

Thursday

  • Family Circle Cup (ESPN2, 1:30pm) – The ladies of tennis start their televised coverage with the round of 16 today and play though ’til Sunday’s final.

Friday

  • Prison Break (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – The boys are back for their final season of breaking in or breaking out or just breaking things.
  • Stranger Among Bears (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – Living with the bears…

Saturday

  • Grey Gardens (HBO, 8pm) – The original 1975 documentary about Jackie O’s eccentric cousins is made into a movie with Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore.
  • Kings (NBC, 8pm) – Less than stellar ratings may be what shifted this show to this new timeslot.
  • Nanny 911/World’s Strictest Parents (CMT, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – First they bring someone in to deal with unruly kids, then they send unruly kids off to someone else to deal with them.

Sunday

  • Miss USA Pageant (NBC, 7pm) – Another round of ladies in bikinis.
  • Sit Down, Shut Up (Fox, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Produced by folks from Arrested Development/The Simpsons, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Kristin Chenoweth and Will Forte do the voices for this animated high school faculty.
  • Law & Order: CI (USA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Jeff Goldblum joins the cast this season in major case.
  • Rock of Love (VH1, 9pm) – We’ll know who Bret has chosen and if you just didn’t quite get your fill you can catch all the ladies at the reunion ep.
  • In Plain Sight (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Mary’s back placing people in witness protection.
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next week 4/6

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

Monday

  • NCAA Championships (CBS, 6pm) – The title game is coming to you from Detroit.
  • Surviving Suburbia (ABC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Bob Saget is back in a sitcom and he’s bringing down the neighborhood.
  • The Hills (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – My having no interest in any of these people makes me feel old, but good about it.

Tuesday

  • It’s the Easter Beagle Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – It wouldn’t be a holiday without a Schultz special.
  • Rescue Me (FX, 10pm) Season Premiere – The guys are back with guest star Michael J. Fox.
  • Women Behind Bars (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – Profiles of ladies that, you guessed it, are behind bars.
  • The Stagers (HGTV, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – A trainee helps stage a loft.
  • The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo, 11pm) – Preview special of the latest crew of ladies.

Wednesday

  • Time Warp/MythBusters (Disc, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – First experiments with blades and volts and then a demolition derby special.
  • Night (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s animals, at night.
  • Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can you believe there have been 17 seasons of this? this one heads to New Zealand.
  • The Unusuals (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Amber Tamblyn transfers into homicide and meets the quirky detectives and cases.

Thursday

  • Parks & Recreation (NBC, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – We’ve been waiting to catch this new comedy from the creators of The Office with Amy Poehler dealing with bureaucracy, with special double eps of The Office before and after.
  • American Chopper (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – The season kicks off building a B-2 bomber bike.
  • Harper’s Island (CBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – This series set on an isolated island plans to kill off most of the cast before being pulled from the schedule.
  • Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (Com, 10pm) Series Premiere – This is being dubbed a ‘sword-and-sorcerer farce.’
  • Southland (NBC, 10pm, repeats Sat) Series Premiere – That kid from the OC is now from the right side of the tracks as he kicks off his first night on the streets of LA as a cop, from the creator of ER.

Friday

  • Myles of Style (HGTV, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – A master bedroom gets a modern touch.
  • Patton 360 (Hist, 9pm) Series Premiere – The history of Patton’s battles.

Saturday

  • Groomer Has It (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – I really thought I had no interest in a grooming competition show but reading about 12 folks grooming St Bernards makes me almost reconsider.
  • Most Outrageous (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – Animals can be funny, this ep it’s funny looking.

Sunday

  • Cycling (Vs, 2pm) – The guys take on the Paris Roubaix.
  • State of the Union (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – Tracy Ullman takes another stab a mockery.

*Times noted are PST, please always confirm your local listings.

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next week 3/30

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

Monday

  • Greek (ABCFam, 8pm) Season Premiere – They’re back from summer break in this fun college show.

Tuesday

  • Osbournes: Reloaded (Fox, 9:20pm) – When you think Osbournes, you think variety show, note the annoying start time following an annoying end time for American Idol.
  • Cupid (ABC, 10pm, repeats Sat) Series Premiere – I will try not to hold my love of the previous version against them but Bobby Cannavale is no Jeremy Piven, though I might be a sucker for good matchmaking.
  • My Boys (TBS, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Another round of amusement, I understand the guys have a mustache growing contest.
  • Pretty Wicked (Oxy, 11pm) Series Premiere – In another take on the usual reality, some pretty on the outside girls compete to become pretty on the inside.

Wednesday

  • I Get That A Lot (CBS, 8pm) – An April Fools special where celebrities take everyday jobs to ‘trick’ folks.
  • Rate My Space (HGTV, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Something about spaces, that are maybe rated…
  • The Ultimate Fighter (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – They’re scouting for the US vs UK teams.
  • Life on Mars (ABC, 10pm) Series Finale – Will Sam return to 2008 as this series goes off the air?
  • Reno 911 (Com, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Looks like some new officers join the force.

Thursday

  • ER (NBC, 8/9pm) Series Finale – First a look back at the 15 seasons and then a two hour wrap up.
  • Free Radio (VH1, 11pm) Season Premiere – Dimwitted intern is apparently still running the morning radio show.

Friday

  • Escape to Chimp Eden (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – Getting chimps integrated can be tricky.
  • Mistresses (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Things are still complicated.
  • Bang for Your Buck (HGTV, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Renovations with a lot of bang for the buck.
  • Unsellables (HGTV, 11:30pm) Season Premiere – Things like bad color can make a house look bad.

Saturday

  • Sony Ericsson Open (CBS, 9:30 am, Sun, 10am) – The men’s and women’s tennis finals follows a week of earlier rounds on CSNBA.

Sunday

  • Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom (AnPl, 7pm) Season Premiere – Doggies protecting tigers!
  • The 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Reba hosts and the country folks gather and sing.
  • Food Network Challenge (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – This four part ‘Last Cake Standing’ challenge will award some cash and glory.
  • In Treatment (HBO, 9/9:30pm) Season Premiere – Therapist and patients are back in business.
  • The Tudors (Show, 9pm) Season Premiere – Henry VIII takes his third bride.
  • My First Place (HGTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – The latest couple is paying for a wedding and a house…
  • River Monsters (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – Where does one go after piranhas?
  • Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices (HBO, 11pm) Series Premiere – Young poets compete.

* All times are PST, always check your local listings.

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next week 3/23

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

Monday

  • Roommates (ABCFam, 9pm) Series Premiere – A new roomie moves in to the NYC apartment to follow an old crush.
  • Sophie (ABCFam, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Is a ‘sucky year’ for this single mom talent manager funny, or not?
  • Table for 12 (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – For those who are a fan of John & Kate plus 8, these folks have upped the game to 2 plus 10.

Tuesday

  • Presidential Address (Mult Networks, 8pm) – Obama is back for more.
  • College Hill (BET, 7/7:30pm) Season Premiere – We’re back with these real life eight college kids in South Beach.
  • NCIS/The Mentalist (CBS, 9/10pm) – Special times for our crime fighters.

Wednesday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm) – Idol is shifting to a Wed/Thurs presentation to give Obama some space on Tues, this week Motown, go Adam!
  • Survivor (CBS, 8pm) – A special night and time to recap the first fifteen days.

Thursday

  • In the Motherhood (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Megan Mullally, Jessica St Clair, and Cheryl Hines are mothers making funny in this update of a web series followed by the return of Samantha Who? in a new time slot.

Friday

  • NCAA Basketball (CBS, 4pm) – In case you’ve missed it the NCAA playoffs are cooking, tonight you can catch some regional playoffs.

Saturday

  • Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards (Nick, 8pm) – Dwayne (no longer the Rock) Johnson hosts, and last I heard at least Chris Brown won’t be there.
  • World Figure Skating Championships (NBC, 9pm) – In case you’re getting geared up for next year’s Olympics or just like the spinning.

Sunday

  • The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (HBO, 8pm) Series Premiere – Jill Scotts plays the lead in this adaptation of the novel series set in Botswana, which I hear is delightful, the series that is.
  • Any Dream Will Do (BBCA, 8pm) Series Premiere – Who will win the lead in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
  • G4 Underground (G4, 9pm) Series Premiere – Getting the real dirt on amateur porn and real life costumed superheroes.
  • Little Dorrit (PBS, 9pm) – Kicking off the latest Masterpiece Miniseries in this Dickens presentation.

* Times noted are PST, always check your local listings.

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