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new and noteworthy tv: 5/30-6/5

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It looks like summer is here, if not in weather then in the start of summer series…

Monday

  • Basketball Wives/Single Ladies (VH1, 8pm) Season/Series Premieres – Real life wives and then a fictional take with a Sex & the City-esque hang with some gal pals.
  • Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Will the NASA cake fly?
  • Platinum Hit (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Kara DioGuardi and Jewel bring us the latest singing slant on folks who write their own.
  • Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (ABC 10pm) Series Premiere – Spending a year with one person instead of a couple weeks with a couple dozen contestants.

Tuesday

  • NBA Finals (ABC, 6pm) – Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks kick it off.
  • America’s Got Talent (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Another season of random talent.
  • Deception with Keith Barry (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – A ‘mentalist’ looks at the world of deception.
  • The Little Couple (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Fertility issues continue.
  • Love Handles (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – How could a mix of reality, couples, and weight issues be wrong?
  • Million Dollar Decorators (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Hmm, how far does a million dollars go?

Wednesday

  • Franklin & Bash/Men of a Certain Age (TNT, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premiere – Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer offer up another take on unconventional lawyering then more conventional guys.
  • Haunted Collector/Hollywood Treasure (Syfy, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – Not just places but things can be haunted and this guy takes a look, then a look at items more cinematic.
  • Man v. Food Nation/Sand Masters (Trav, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Food challenges hit the road and then sand castles get serious.
  • Sweat Equity (DIY, 9pm) Season Premiere – More home repair.
  • Love in the Wild (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Think Survivor as a dating show.
  • The World According to Paris (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – I am not even interested in Hilton in a trashy sort of way.

Thursday

  • The First 48: Missing Persons (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Spinoff of The First 48 follows missing persons.
  • Love Bites (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – I believe this is a summer burn off of a romance anthology that never quite made it into the schedule.
  • NY Ink (TLC, 10) Series Premiere – A Miami Ink guys starts up in NY.
  • Children’s Hospital (AdSw, 11:59pm) Season Premiere – This is one of those comedies that is so random I kept wanting to like it.

Friday

  • French Open (NBC, 11am) – The week on ESPN2 leads up to the men’s semis, with women’s final Saturday at 6am/pst and men’s final Sunday 6am finals.
  • Whale Wars (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – More anti-whaling action.

Saturday

  • NHL Stanley Cup Finals (NBC, 5pm) – Go hockey, Game 1 is Wed at 5pm/pst, games 3 & 4 head to Vs. and returns to NBC for 5 and on if needed.

Sunday

  • Food Network Challenge/The Next Food Network Star (Food, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – 80s cakes and then 15 new chef’s arrive to compete.
  • MTV Movie Awards (MTV, 9pm) – Jason Sudeikis hosts the one where they vote for things like ‘The Best Kiss.’
  • Ice Road Truckers (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – More ice, more trucking, more truckers.
  • Locked Up Abroad (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Crimes in foreign countries strikes me as a bad idea.
  • Finding Bigfoot (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – Do you think they find him?
  • Freaky Eaters (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I’m glad these people are getting help even if it is through exploitation tv.
  • The Glades (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – I found this fluffy detective out of his element in Florida series not necessarily great but enjoyable.
  • Mancations (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Man friendly getaways.
  • The Real L Word (Show, 10pm) Season Premiere – Reality show lesbian-style.
  • Teen Wolf (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – I can’t stop picturing Michael J Fox and Justin Bateman but this is a much more modern take on a high school werewolf.

new and noteworthy tv: 6/6 – 6/12

June 5th, 2011

Monday

  • Masterchef (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – A few kitchen dudes look for the next amateur ready to make it big time.
  • My Yard Goes to Disney/House Hunters on Vacation/HGTV’d (HGTV, 8/8:30/9pm) Series Premieres – Outdoor spaces Disneyfied, travelers visit homes before selecting one as a vacation stay, and surprise makeovers.
  • Switched at Birth (ABCFam, 9pm) Series Premiere – It reads like a Lifetime movie but this latest fictional look at the rare familial entanglements will keep going week after week, this family channel is often too trite but sometimes worth a look.
  • Unfaithful/The Dr Laura Berman Show (OWN, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – A look at infidelities and then a camera joins the dr’s radio show.
  • Behind Mansion Walls (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Why just look at murders when you can look at murders involving rich people.

Tuesday

  • White Collar/Covert Affairs (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Campy spy business back to back, I’m more enamored with the likable hustler than the newest addition to the CIA.
  • 19 Kids & Counting (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Please tell me these people aren’t still counting on more kids.
  • Love/Lust (Sund, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season starts out with a look at street foods.

Wednesday

  • CMT Music Awards (CMT, 8pm) – Country goodness.
  • Operation Repo (Tru, 9pm) Season Premiere – More repossessions.

Thursday

  • Nightmare Next Door (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – Crimes in your own neighborhood, depending on where you live.

Friday

  • My Babysitter’s a Vampire (Dis, 7pm) Series Premiere – Disney’s take on vampires in our midst.
  • FBI: Criminal Pursuit (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cops FBI-style.

Saturday

  • Color Splash (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – A tranquil bedroom update.

Sunday

  • The Tony Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Host Neil Patrick Harris has been teasing me with glorious reviews of broadway’s best, via twitter of course.
  • Bridezillas/Amsale Girls (WE, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – Difficult brides from bride and bridal store perspective.
  • Finding Sarah (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Folks like Dr Phil and Suzy Ormand help out Sarah Ferguson.
  • The Glee Project (Oxy, 9pm) Series Premiere – Real life Gleeks compete for a role on Glee, I’m mildly intrigued though don’t think I get this channel.
  • Swamp Wars (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – Beheaded pythons and gator killings.
  • Keeping Up With the Kardashians/Ice Loves Coco (E!, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Blah, blah, reality, blah, blah.
  • The Protector (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – This series introduces us to a divorced homicide detective’s work and home.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 4/4-4/10

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I’ve been letting my shows get a little backed up, though I have been making time for reruns of Veronica Mars and Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Netflix…

Monday

  • NCAA Men’s Championship (CBS, 9pm) – I think this might be the end.
  • Kidnapped by the Kids (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Workaholics spend some quality time with their kids.
  • Relapse (A&E, 9pm) Series Premiere – Like Addiction except they’re in relapse after detoxing.
  • Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory (MTV, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – The Beiber stops by.
  • WWE Tough Enough (USA, 11:05pm) Season Premiere – Steve Austin hosts a new crop of competitors.

Tuesday

  • Addicted to Food (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following folks trying to overcome food addiction for 42 days in a treatment facility.
  • Auction Hunters (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – More auctiony items.
  • Pregnant in Heels (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – So maternity concierge is a title, and you get to see what they do.

Wednesday

  • Extreme Couponing (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – I love a good coupon, I just don’t want to spend more time trying to save money than it would take me to actually earn it at a job.
  • Mythbusters (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Firearms, misdirection… what myths will they debunk or prove?
  • Breaking In (Fox, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – I always like high-tech security premise let’s see if Christian Slater and the kid from Reaper entertain.
  • Glamour Belles (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at a pageant dress shop, I didn’t realize there was such a thing, clearly I’m not watching the right reality.
  • Tori & Dean (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – I don’t know that it really counts as a new series when reality stars do yet another slant on their lives.
  • Workaholics (Com, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Apparently the title is supposed to be funny because it’s about pot head slackers.
  • Top Chef Masters (Brav, 11pm) Season Premiere – Curtis Stone is a new host and Ruth Reichl is a new judge.

Thursday

  • Police Women/Unleashed (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Police women and then a K-9 unit.
  • Bear Whisperer (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – A wild life specialist and of course bears.
  • Mounted in Alaska (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Taxidermy anyone?
  • America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – New crews compete.
  • The Real Housewives of NYC (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – I guess there’s a new one who is more normal, relatively speaking I assume.
  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl/Gigolos (Show, 10:30/11) Season/Series Premieres – The return of the series about a call girl and then real life paid male escorts.

Friday

  • The Singing Bee/CMT’s Next Superstar (CMT, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premieres – Competing with karaoke and then just country music.
  • Tiger Man of Africa (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at a tiger sanctuary.

Saturday

  • It’s Me or the Dog (AnPl, 8pm) Season Premiere – I wonder if the answer to that question is the dog.

Sunday

  • Human Planet (Disc, 8pm) Series Premiere – How people live in various regions.
  • Upstairs Downstairs (PBS, 9pm) Miniseries Premiere – A revamp of turn of the century London masters and servants.
  • The Judds (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Naomi and Wynonna do some stuff and you can watch them.
  • Shark Men (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Men who look for or look at sharks.
  • Khloe & Lamar/The Dance Scene (E!, 10/10:30pm) Series Premieres – The latest version of Kardashian reality and then dancers train with a choreographer for fancy dance jobs.
  • River Monsters (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – What river creature will they find in Papua New Guinea?

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 1/31-2/6

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Fortunately not much new going on this week which hopefully means I can clean off my dvr, we’ll see how the plan to switch back to TiVo goes.

Monday

  • Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – What if Rachel Ray wants a cake?
  • Shatner’s Raw Nerve (Bio, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Carol Burnett and then Marilu Henner join for Shit Shatner Says.

Tuesday

  • Seriously Funny Kids/One Born Every Minute (Life, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Heidi Klum expands her empire by engaging with kids for laughs then the latest docuseries looks at the maternity ward.

Wednesday

  • Human Target (Fox, 9pm) – The gang gets a new time slot, and I kind of like how this show has become more of an ensemble, more Guerrero is always good.

Thursday

  • Million Dollar Listing (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – There’s a new agent in town as they look at expensive digs.
  • Eagleheart (AdSw, 9pm) Series Premiere – If a show isn’t entertaining maybe a show about a show is.

Friday

  • Who Do You Think You Are (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Celebrities continue to look into their ancestry, and I continue to not care.
  • Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials (CBS, 9pm) – They spend a lot of money on these so you should watch them again.

Saturday

  • CMT Crossroads (CMT, 10pm) – Maybe a little background music with The Pretenders and Faith Hill.

Sunday

  • Puppy Bowl (AnPl, noon) – For those of you who would rather watch puppies frolic than dudes actually playing football.
  • Super Bowl (Fox, 3pm) – Go Team!
  • Glee (Fox, 7:30pm) – The special Super Bowl slot goes to… note this time is pst and may vary based on game play.
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new and noteworthy tv: 1/24-1/30

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I finally start feeling caught up on television and then the Australian Open comes along and fills up my dvr, good thing I’m skipping Idol’s early audition rounds…

Monday

  • 19 Kids & Counting (TLC, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Good gawd, is someone pregnant again?
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race (Logo, 10/11:30pm) Season Premiere – Campy fun as the ladies have a casting episode and then the competition begins.

Tuesday

  • State of the Union (Various, 6pm pst) – Let the cross party side sitting begin (though if all the Republicans and Democrats switch sides won’t they still be separated?).
  • Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best/A Stand Up Mother (WE, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – You’ve seen them together but this time Joan’s moving in, and then another comedic mother is followed in this latest reality look at life.

Wednesday

  • Sons of Guns/Desert Car Kings (Disc, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Gun restoration (among other things) and car restoration.
  • Clean House (Style, 10pm) Season Premiere – There’s messy and dirty and then there’s…
  • Face Off (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Special effects makeup artists compete.
  • Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew (VH1, 10pm) – Reunion!
  • The Traveler’s Guide to Life (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Hear folk’s momentous travel occasions.
  • Being Erica (Soap, 11pm) Season Premiere – She does some sort of time traveling therapy, soap-style.

Thursday

  • Archer (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cartoon spy business, funny-style.

Friday

  • Working Class (CMT, 8pm) Series Premiere – The country network is veering into sitcom territory bringing back Reba’s sidekick/nemesis as a plucky supermarket gal.

Saturday

  • Boomtown (PlGr, 7pm) Series Premiere – Reality series follows oil in a small town.
  • US Figure Skating Championships (NBC, 9pm) – Women’s championship.

Sunday

  • Australian Open (ESPN2, various) – The quarterfinals start on Monday with men’s and women’s finals technically hitting on Saturday and Sunday, but with the time change it starts midnight the night before, they reair but if I’m going to record it anyway.
  • Brick City (Sund, 8pm) Season Premiere – A look at Newark, NJ through the eyes of locals including the mayor.
  • SAG Awards (TBS/TNT, 8pm) – The Screen Actors Guild honors performances in film and television.
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new and noteworthy tv: 10/25-10/31

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Monday

  • In Treatment (HBO, 9/9:30pm) Season Premiere – The doctor is in.
  • Dead Set (IFC, 9pm) Series Premiere – If I understand this correctly the miniseries, airing each night this week, has zombies attacking Big Brother, I guess that’s one way to make it interesting.

Tuesday

  • Raising Hope (Fox, 9pm) – An hour of Hope is a bad sign for Running Wilde.
  • 16 & Pregnant (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – More pregnant teens.
  • Auction Kings (Disc, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Aren’t there already a few of these auction shows?
  • Dance Cam Slam (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Reality shows get cheaper with folks sending in dance moves from their own computers.

Wednesday

  • World Series (Fox, 4:30pm) – Go Giants.
  • Friday Night Lights (DirTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – The final season begins, and it’s a Wednesday, I’m just irritated that they stopped replaying this on ABC Family, I guess I’ll have to move to netflix as I’m only on season two.
  • I’ll Do Anything (BBCA, 9pm) Series Premiere – Folks compete to get on the big stage.
  • Hollywood Treasure (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s basically another auction show but for Hollywood memorabilia.

Thursday

  • It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm, and Fri) – ‘Tis the season.
  • Scared Shrekless (NBC, 8pm, and Sat) – Shrek leads the Halloween spirit and pushes Community to 8:30, though why we’re losing 30Rock for the night and not Outsourced is beyond me.
  • Police Women of Dallas (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – This season moves to Dallas to follow police women, I guess the title is pretty self explanatory.
  • Ancient Aliens (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – A look at places that have some mysterious history.
  • Fact or Faked (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – The truth behind mysterious images caught on camera.
  • The Fairy Jobmother (Life, 11pm) Series Premiere – A career specialist helps folks in need.

Friday

  • What Not To Wear (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – They’re back and starting with a makeover of Facts of Life’s Mindy Cohn.
  • Snow Men (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Folks open snowy roads, maybe for Ice Road Truckers.

Saturday

  • Monsters vs. Aliens (NBC, 8:30pm) – Now you will wonder is it a jack-o-lantern or is it an alien?
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Russell Howard and Charlotte Church guest.

Sunday

  • Outrageous Food (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Biggest burgers, hottest peppers, and more.
  • The Walking Dead (AMC, 10pm) Series Premiere – This new series explores a world taken over by zombies, I’m sensing a zombie theme week.

* Times noted are PST and schedule as always is subject to change.

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new and noteworthy tv: 10/11-10/17

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Monday

  • Guiliana & Bill (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – More oversharing.
  • Property Virgins (HGTV, 8pm) Season Premiere – Looking for starter homes.

Tuesday

  • Hip Hop Awards/Being Terry Kennedy (BET, 8/10pm) Series Premiere – Mike Epps hosts the hippity hop awards then Terry Kennedy skateboards and does biz.
  • Private Chefs (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – First stop, cooking for Lorenzo Lamas.
  • Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time (Com, 10pm) Series Premiere – Sketch comedy.
  • Parking Wars (A&E, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Parking drama continues.

Wednesday

  • Storm Chasers (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Always a storm somewhere.
  • What’s Eating You (E!, 10pm) Series Premiere – Next issue is eating disorders.

Thursday

  • The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Great, there’s another one.

Friday

  • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders/World’s Strictest Parents (CMT, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Cheering and rules and regulations.
  • Sanctuary (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Picking up with more adventure.
  • School Pride (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – This looks like Extreme Home makeover for schools.
  • Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – Glad Jesse is getting to the bottom of these.

Saturday

  • Dew Tour (NBC/USA, various) – The final stop in the action sports series.
  • Behind the Music/Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp/The Metal Show (VH1 Classic, 6/7/8pm) Season/Series Premiere – Music adjacent shows.

Sunday

  • Paranormal State/Psychic Kids (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Ghosts of all ages.
  • Luther (BBCA, 10pm) Series Premiere – Idris Elba takes on a detective role where he apparently might not always do things by the book.
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new and noteworthy tv: 9/6-9/12

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Summer’s not officially over but I’m starting to sense fall. Procrastinator picks are underlined.

Monday

  • CBS Fall Preview (CBS, 8:30) – Hawaii 5-0 and whatnot.
  • Hoarders (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – There is some serious possums running through the house, no place to move, calling child services hoarding in the previews.
  • Thintervention with Jackie Warner (Brav, 10:15pm) Series Premiere – Jackie Warner tries to get some folks thin.

Tuesday

  • 360 Sessions (IFC, 6pm) Series Premiere – David Gray guests on what I assume is a well rounded look at him.
  • Rehab (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – I think this show is actually a look at partying not rehab.
  • Sons of Anarchy (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can’t wait to see all the trouble they get into and out of, Jax and the gang’s struggles to do the right thing pull me in as much as the action.

Wednesday

  • ANTM (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – I just can’t stay away from this show, though I don’t seem to care about the girls and Tyra is unbearable, wait why do I watch this?
  • Hellcats (CW, 9pm, repeats Fri) Series Premiere – This looks like a cheesy Bring it On but I can’t resist checking out the cheese.
  • Inside the NFL (Show, 9pm) Season Premiere – I wanna say they look at the NFL.
  • Terriers (Fx, 10pm, repeats various) Series Premiere – One of the new shows that I’m genuinely interested in seeing, critics are saying good things and I dig Donal Logue, seeing him in an edgy, comic buddy, PI type show seems like a good fit.
  • Black Gold (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – The gang gets new management in this reality fare.
  • The Day Before (Sund, 10pm) Season Premiere – The season starts with a look at Diane von Furstenberg.

Thursday

  • The Vampire Diaries (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – I sampled this series last season but couldn’t get into the latest vampire brooding stares and small town goings on.
  • Sunday Night Football (NBC, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Also on Sunday.
  • Nikita (CW, 9pm, repeats Fri) Series Premiere – Not sure what to make of this latest take on Le Femme Nikita based on the previews but it’s getting enough good buzz, as is Maggie Q as our rogue assassin back for revenge.
  • Destination Truth/Beast Legends (Syfy, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Paranormal and then beasty investigations.
  • Watch What Happens (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – An interview show that kicks off with some of the ‘real’ housewives.

Friday

  • Stand Up to Cancer (Various, 8pm) – Celebrities and performers on this fundraiser.
  • Four Weddings (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Brides judge each other’s weddings to win a dream honeymoon.
  • Fashion Police (E!, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Joan Rivers dishes.
  • Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up (Starz, 11pm) Season Premiere – Martin brings in the comics.

Saturday

  • Cops/America’s Most Wanted (Fox, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Can you believe these shows have been on for 23 and 24 seasons respectively?
  • Dogs 101 (AnPl, 8pm) Season Premiere – More doggie info.

Sunday

  • US Open (CBS/ESPN2, various) – The Grand Slam concludes with the women’s final on Saturday and men’s Sunday.
  • MTV VMAs (MTV, 9pm) – Chelsea Handler hosts, let the Kanye West jokes end.
  • Over the Limit (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – It’s like Cops I think.
  • The World of Jenks (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Andrew Jenks is a filmmaker who follows strangers to show insight into their worlds.

Since scheduling come fall gets difficult and networks sometimes rerun pilots I’ll try to note repeat airings for new shows, all times are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/30-9/5

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Another week before anything really new comes out, good thing I have tennis to entertain me.

Monday

  • Diners, Drive-ins & Dives (Food, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Family joints and gas stations.

Tuesday

  • Presidential Address (MSNBC, 5pm) – Obama talks Iraq.

Wednesday

  • CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock (ABC, 8pm) – Tim McGraw hosts country stars rockin’.
  • Changing Lanes (BET, 8pm) Series Premiere – Vie for a spot on Nascar, or is it at Nascar?
  • Sci-Fi Science (Sci, 7pm) Season Premiere – Earth, the galaxy…

Thursday

  • Thursday Night College Football (ESPN, 8pm) Season Premiere – I think Saturday night college football also starts this week, but don’t quote me on my football scheduling knowledge.

Friday

  • Camp Rock 2 (Disney, 8pm) – The teenyboppers rock on.

Saturday

  • US Open (ESPN2/CBS, various) – Early rounds kick off on Monday with network coverage starting Saturday and Sunday, will there be enough healthy women to compete and could we see Nadal and Federer in the final?

Sunday

  • Jerseylicious/Mel B: It’s a Scary World (Style, 8/9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Omg, who cares?
  • Freaky Eaters (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Addicted to cheeseburgers or sugar or…
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new and noteworthy tv: 8/16-8/22

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Monday

  • Weeds/The Big C (Show, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – A couple ladies who find some funny and some drama in their tough situations.
  • Hardcore Pawn (Tru, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – How many pawn shop reality shows does this make?

Tuesday

  • Melissa & Joey (ABCFam, 8/8:30pm) Series Premiere – Our old school sitcom stars together at last, or again… well they’re together, it’s like Who’s the Boss.
  • Big Lake (Com, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – A new sitcom where big city failure comes back home to smalltown crazy.

Wednesday

  • Surviving the Cut (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Candidates for elite military schools.
  • She’s Got the Look (TVL, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – This is the modeling competition for ‘old’ women.

Thursday

  • Pitchmen (Disc, 6pm) Season Premiere – What will the inventors propose this season?
  • Extreme Cuisine with Jeff Corwin (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – Starting off in New Zealand with what can only assume are weird foods.
  • Nightline Prime (ABC, 10pm) – Start of a four part series on the brain.
  • You’re Wearing That?!? (WE, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Mother daughter makeover show.
  • WCG Ultimate Gamer (Syfy, 11pm) Season Premiere – Something about gamers…

Friday

  • Death Comes to Town (IFC, 7pm) – An eight part miniseries brought in by the comedic troupe Kids in the Hall.

Saturday

  • Persons Unknown (NBC, 8pm) – After watching tonight’s episode be sure the catch the next one online only before the two hour finale next week.

Sunday

  • Tennis (CBS, 9am) – The finals of the Western & Southern Masters in Cincinnati, following earlier coverage on ESPN2.
  • Delocated/Children’s Hospital (AdSw/Cart, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – These odd series return with made for tv episodes.
  • Swamp People (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – The latest reality follows folks in the swamp lands of Louisiana.
  • Family Style (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Siblings open an eatery in Carlsbad.
  • Keeping Up with the Kardashians/The Spin Crowd (E!, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – The Kardashians and then we follow the opening of a PR firm.
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new and noteworthy tv: 8/9-8/15

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Monday

  • Teen Choice Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Katy Perry hosts this latest surf board giveaway.
  • Bachelor Pad (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – All the smarmiest do a Big Brother-esque live in the same house and compete for money kind of thang.
  • Too Fat for 15 (Style, 8pm) Series Premiere – It’s like that Huge show but with real kids.
  • Wild Nights (NatGeo, 9pm) Series Premiere – Starting with New Orleans nocturnals.
  • Dating in the Dark (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can you build a real connection without seeing the other person, and when you see them will the connection break?

Tuesday

  • Flipping Out (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – More house flipping by some guy.
  • Swords (Disc, 6pm) Season Premiere – Hmm, I think this is swordfishing not swordfighting.
  • Hair Battle Spectacular (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another hair cutting competition, this one is extreme.
  • IT Crowd (IFC, 7:30pm) Season Premiere – Is work advancement worth it.

Wednesday

  • Man vs Wild (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – What’ll Bear get into and out of this season?
  • Hard Knocks (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – This season we start off with the NY Jets.
  • LA Ink (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – New tattoos, new people.

Thursday

  • American Chopper/BBQ Pit Masters (TLC, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Jr vs Sr and then pitmaster vs pitmaster.
  • Deadly Women (ID, 6pm) Season Premiere – Women who kill for revenge.

Friday

  • Perhaps a dvd to entertain, I might finish up Carnivale.

Saturday

  • Dew Tour (NBC/USA, sat/sun, 1pm/various) – The event also shown on USA continues the competition at this event and for the overall Dew cup.
  • Visa Championships (NBC, 8pm) – Let the gymnasts compete.
  • The Cupcake Girls (WE, 9/9:30pm) Series Premiere – The challenges of the cupcake business.

Sunday

  • The Great Food Truck Race (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – May the most sales win.
  • Lottery Changed My Life (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – What would you do if you won the lottery, looking at real life people who have.
  • Roast of David Hasselhoff (Com, 10pm) – So much fodder.
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