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new and noteworthy tv: 2/8-2/14

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Well the Olympics are kicking off and as always I have to decide how much I want to watch and how much I can take. Noted below are NBC events but there’re plenty of cable selections like msnbc, CNBC, and USA if you want to catch more triumphs, defeats, and heartwarming stories from the cold.

Monday

  • Celebrity Fit Club (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – Kevin Federline is the latest of the crop of ‘celebrities’ trying to lose some lbs, though who is watching his kids?

Tuesday

  • Past Life (Fox, 9pm) Series Premiere – Starting here and then hitting regular timeslot on Thursday, I’m willing to give some creative license, but really how many people can help solve crimes from past lives?
  • Jay Leno Show (NBC, 10pm) – Scheduled to clock out of the 10pm hour.

Wednesday

  • Charlie Brown Valentine (ABC, 8pm) – Can’t argue with the classics.
  • Inside Nascar (Show, 10pm) Series Premiere – One can only assume this is like ‘Inside the NFL’.

Thursday

  • Survivor (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Returning competitors are categorized as Heroes and Villains when they hit Samoa for another round.

Friday

  • Olympics (NBC, 7:30pm) – The Opening Ceremonies kick things off in Vancouver with a dash of ski jumping qualifying rounds.
  • Famous Crime Scenes (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – Investigations into celebrity deaths, with reenactments and everything.

Saturday

  • Olympics (NBC, 2pm, 8pm) – Speed skating, ski jumping, biathlon, freestyle skiing, and alpine skiing.
  • Survivors (BBCA, 8pm) Series Premiere – Not to be confused with ‘Survivor’, this drama imagines a world where most are wiped out by a deadly virus.

Sunday

  • Olympics (NBC, 1pm, 7pm) – Speed skating, skiing, luge, biathlon, figure skating, freestyle skiing, alpine skiing.
  • The Amazing Race (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Eleven teams kick off the new season starting in LA.
  • Ruby (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – Highlights include a new therapist and the search for repressed memories as Ruby deals with her food addiction.
  • Tool Academy (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – Apparently men aren’t the only tools, this season adds two tool-ettes.
  • How to Make it in America (HBO, 10pm) Series Premiere – In this comedy you can see if these two Brooklyn entrepreneurs make it, prison loans and all.
  • Peak Season (VH1, 11:30pm) Series Premiere – Unscripted twenty somethings, woo hoo.
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new and noteworthy tv: 2/1-2/7

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A smattering of new things coming up this week, but what everyone is really focused on is Lost. Since they’ve tortured us with weirdness for the last five seasons… if I’ve come this far I’m going to finish it out even if I have to do it kicking and screaming. Oh and of course the Super Bowl, go team!

Monday

  • The BET Honors (BET, 9pm) – I think honors are sort of like awards…
  • Rupaul’s Drag Race (Logo, 9pm) Season Premiere – A new crop of ladies (?) compete.
  • Kell on Earth (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – And yet there are more ‘real’ people to follow around.
  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – Belle is apparently attending her book release party.
  • Ultimate Cake Off (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – This isn’t just any cake off, it’s the ultimate.

Tuesday

  • Nomination Announcement of the 82nd Academy Awards (ABC, 8:30am) – This year they’re nominating 10 for best pic, so get ready to hit the theaters.
  • Lost (ABC, 8/9pm) Special/Season Premiere – First they try to catch you up, that’s really only for the people who have been watching, if you haven’t been watching there is no catching up for the final season, then we see whether they answer any questions, smoke monster anyone?
  • 19 Kids & Counting (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – The Duggars continue to show off their brood.
  • The Michael Vick Project (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – Hmm, this is the guy who got arrested for dog fighting?

Wednesday

  • Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials (CBS, 8pm) – A little history on the real reason people watch the Super Bowl.
  • Shear Genius (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – This would be the reality competition show where they… cut hair!

Thursday

  • Important Things with Demetri Martin/The Sarah Silverman Program (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – I’m sure they both have important things to entertain with.

Friday

  • Smallville (CW, 8pm) – With no more Dollhouse to catch I suppose one could turn to back-to-back episodes, I’m sure Clark will save someone or something.

Saturday

  • Action Sports (NBC, 9am) – The Alli Winter Dew Tour brings the Toyota Championship from Mt. Snow, Vt.
  • AKC/Eukanuba National Championship (AnPl, 8pm) – Can’t wait ’til Westminster?

Sunday

  • Super Bowl (CBS, 3pm pst) – Saints vs. Colts and an ice cold beer.
  • Undercover Boss (CBS, 10pm) – Will the bosses learn a valuable lesson doing the jobs of their employees?
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new and noteworthy tv: 1/25-1/31

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Monday

  • Top Gear/Inbetweeners (BBCA, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Real life hosts race from London to Edinburgh then fictional teens entertain with school hijinks.
  • Damages (FX, 10pm) Season Premiere – Lawyerly drama.
  • Greek (ABCFam, 10pm) Season Premiere – What will the gang get up to this season?
  • State of the Union/La La Land (Show, 10/10:30/11pm) Season/Series Premiere – Tracy Ullman and Marc Wootten get their characters on.

Tuesday

  • 24/7 (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and his team prepare for the Daytona 500.

Wednesday

  • State of the Union (Various, 6pm pst) – Obama may offer hope, or change.
  • Psych (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Shawn tackles soldierly intrigue.

Thursday

  • Live for the Moment (CBS, 8pm) – Jeff Probst hosts something inspiring.
  • America’s Best Dance Crew/Taking the Stage (MTV, 10/11pm) Season Premiere – Crews and skillz dawg.

Friday

  • Dollhouse/Kitchen Nightmares (Fox, 8/9pm) Series Finale/Season Premiere – End of the world? End of a kitchen?

Saturday

  • Miss America/Four Weddings (TLC, 8/10pm) Special Presentation/Series Premiere – What more could there be to learn on the learning channel?

Sunday

  • Grammys (CBS, 8pm) – Music and awards and whatnot.
  • SNL Sports Extra (NBC, 9pm) – Sports for the rest of us.
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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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next week 10/26

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

Monday

  • Cake Boss (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Who wouldn’t want to propose with a cake ring in a cake shop?

Tuesday

  • It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – This year the great pumpkin will come, plus some bonus cartoon, it also kicks Hank out of the Wed at 8 spot.
  • Hip Hop Awards (BET, 8pm) – Mike Epps hosts from Atlanta.
  • The Little Couple (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Will there be a baby?
  • Monica (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – More reality with R&B singer who is apparently working on her fifth album.
  • Scream 2009 (Spike, 10pm) – Quentin Tarantino is among those attending the sci-fi and fantasy awards show.
  • Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a look at elimination of sports programs from public schools.

Wednesday

  • World Series Game 1 (Fox, 7:30pm, check local listings for full series) – Best of 7?
  • Monsters vs. Aliens (NBC, 8pm) – Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space follows up on the movie.
  • Friday Night Lights (Dir, 9pm) Season Premiere – The season returns for another shot on DirectTV, the fans demand it, with re-airings on NBC in 2010.

Thursday

  • The League (FX, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Fantasy football brings dudes together for some funny, at least that’s the plan.

Friday

  • Halloween on Ice (Hall, 8pm) – Is it gonna be scary?

Saturday

  • Sports (ABC, NBC, Fox, various) – Catch Game 3 of the World Series or some college ball, and that’s without even hitting cable.

Sunday

  • Sex Rehab with Dr Drew (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Thank god my cable was cut off and I won’t be tempted to check out just one episode…
  • Styl’d (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Five aspiring stylists compete to style.
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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 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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