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new and noteworthy tv: 9/3-9/9

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Labor Day signals the end of summer, and typically the start of nice weather in SF, perhaps a bit more tennis before we get serious about new tv…

Monday

  • US Open Tennis (CBS, 8am, T-Th ESPN2, F-Su CBS) – Enjoy Labor Day with a little tennis and then if you have to work perhaps skip the cable coverage during the week and tune back in starting with the men’s and women’s semis on Friday.
  • Switched at Birth (ABCFam, 8pm) Season Premiere – The gals go through another year of drama with their extended family.
  • American Chopper/Fast n’ Loud (Disc, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Senior and Junior collaborate and then let the car restoration continue.
  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Trav, 9pm) Season premiere – Sometimes the places that don’t take reservation are just plain weird.
  • Coma (A&E, 9pm) Miniseries Premiere – A remake of the ’78 thriller.
  • T.I & Tiny (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – Camping?
  • Girlfriend Confidential (Oxy, 11pm) Series Premiere – Eva from ANTM and some other gal pals hang in the big city.

Tuesday

  • Flipping Out (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Designer flips out while trying to flip a house.
  • Democratic National Convention (NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, 7pm T/W/Th) – It’s the Democrat’s turn.

Wednesday

  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – A serial killer’s revenge.
  • Sweat Equity (DIY, 10pm) Season Premiere – Converting a basement.

Thursday

  • 2012 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, 8pm) – Kevin Hart hosts.
  • Raising House (DIY, 9pm) Series Premiere – Starting with a rebuild.
  • Texas Car Wars (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Let the rivalries begin.
  • Living Abroad (HGTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Three American families living in Shanghai.

Friday

  • Stand Up to Cancer (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, 8pm) – Celebs perform, chat about, and take money for cancer.
  • Making the Team/Cheer (CMT, 9/11pm) Season/Series Premieres – Cowboy’s prelims and if you’re a diehard cheer fan…

Saturday

  • My Fair Wedding (WE, 9pm) Season Premiere – Medieval-themed wedding.
  • I Was Impaled (Health, 10pm) Series Premiere – Seriously a whole show on impalements?

Sunday

  • Long Island Medium/Breaking Amish (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Family and the hereafter and then I think there might need to be special protections about filming the Amish, I mean how can they know how terrible reality tv is and how much privacy they’re giving up?
  • Wallander (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – How long until his peace is interrupted by a mystery?

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/27-9/2

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A little more time ’til fall hits so time for a bit more tennis…

Monday

  • US Open Tennis (ESPN2, 10am) – The US Open kicks off, plus preview and Arthur Ashe Kid’s Day Sunday on CBS.

Tuesday

  • The Republican National Convention (ABC, CBS, NBC, 7pm also Wed/Thurs) – Convening.
  • 19 Kids & Counting/Abby & Brittany (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Lots of kids and then 22 year old conjoined twins.
  • Property Virgins (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Property happens.
  • Addicted (Health, 10pm) Season Premiere – Combating addiction.

Wednesday

  • Buying and Selling (HGTV, 9pm) Series Premiere – Getting ready to buy and sell.
  • Restaurant Stakeout (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Struggling chef needs help.

Thursday

  • Gigolos (Show, 11pm) Season Premiere – They’re back.

Friday

  • Perhaps a little ANTM?

Saturday

  • Doctor Who (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere  – The Doctor’s next escapade.

Sunday

  • TV’s Most Dynamic Duos (ABC, 8/9pm) – Robin Roberts counts them down.
  • Million Dollar Contractor (DIY, 10pm) Season Premiere – Big restorations.

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/20-8/26

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A light week may mean more Netflix catch up and of course I’m on about page 500 of 650 on my book… Or you know I could go outside.

Monday

  • Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Prison fun for rebellious kids.
  • InBetweeners (MTV, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – I never caught the UK version of this comedy about high school awkwards, worth checking out.

Tuesday

  • Face Off (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Creature creation competition.

Wednesday

  • Dirty Jobs Down Under (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Mike Rowe goes down under.

Thursday

  • Repeats, reality, netflix?

Friday

  • America’s Next Top Model (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – Fierce Fridays begin with a new crop of judges and a college crew of wannabes, I will at least check out the new talent.
  • Bering Sea Gold/Yukon Men (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Hunting for gold and then hunting in Alaska.
  • Say Yes to the Dress/I Found the Gown (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Wedding dress fun.

Saturday

  • US Open Series (CBS, 9:30am, during week at ESPN2) – Men’s finals at Winston-Salem Open.
  • Wrestlemania (NBC, 9pm) – Rock vs. Cena.

Sunday

  • A day of rest.

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new and noteworthy tv: 7/2-7/8

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Still wrapping some sports, but taking it a little bit light for the American holiday week…

Monday

  • Four Houses (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Decorating times four.
  • Web Therapy (Show, 11pm) Season Premiere – Lisa Kudrow returns as the therapist most in need of therapy.

Tuesday

  • Michael Wood’s Story of England (PBS, 8pm) Series Premiere – History.
  • Haunted Highway (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Paranormal roads.

Wednesday

  • A Capitol Fourth (PBS, 8pm) – Host Tom Bergeron brings music and fireworks.
  • Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular (NBC, 9pm) – Regis hosts with performers and fireworks.
  • America’s Lost Treasures (NatGeo, 9pm) Series Premiere – Treasure, historical style.
  • Boston Pops Spectacular (CBS, 10pm) – Orchestra and fireworks.

Thursday

  • Breakfast at Wimbledon (ESPN, 4am) – Recover from the fourth with a little preshow the the Wimbledon action.

Friday

  • And recover from the fifth maybe by going out.

Saturday

  • Tour de France (NBC, 5am) – Stages 7 & 8 hit the network for a little weekend viewing, otherwise catch one of the many showings on NBCSN.
  • Wimbledon Highlights (ABC, 1pm, Sat & Sun) – Randomly the Wimbledon finals for both men and women are noted as “highlights” on ABC so keep the recording set for ESPN at 6am for what should be the full events.
  • Dog Whisperer (NatGeo, 8pm) Season Premiere – Cesar begins his final season of dog (or owner) interventions.
  • The Walking Dead (AMC, 8:30am) – Catch up from the beginning starting on Saturday or just the TiVo lost second half of season two starting Sunday at 11:30am.

Sunday

  • Big Ang (VH1, 9pm) Series Premiere – A mob wife gets her own show.

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new and noteworthy tv: 6/25-7/1

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Starting the sporting portion of our summer schedule…

Monday

  • Wimbledon (ESPN2, 3:30am) – The fortnight of tennis begins!
  • Tour de France Preview (NBCSN, 8am, and various) – Who’s who and who to watch at this year’s tour.
  • Olympic Trials (NBC, 8pm, ongoing + NBCSN) – Swimming! The trials are starting and the focus on the pool begins as we get a look at the times Lochte and Phelps will be throwing down, other trials are taking place on cable including Track & Field, Diving, and Gymnastics.
  • Mobster Confessions (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – Mobster tales.
  • Hollywood Exes (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – Stop the madness, if you stop watching these shows they will go away.

Tuesday

  • Craft Wars (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Tori Spelling hosts this competition of crafting.
  • Retired at 35 (TVL, 10pm) Season Premiere – Has this dude been unemployed for a year?

Wednesday

  • Final Witness (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think this is a combo of investigating and reenacting crimes.
  • The Real World (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Apparently they haven’t run out of people or places to be real.

Thursday

  • Wipeout (ABC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Nerdy dudes vs. hot dudettes.
  • Anger Management/Louie/Brand X with Russell Brand (FX, 9/10/10:30pm) Series/Season Premieres – A new start for Charlie and Russell and another bad day for Louie.
  • Trip Flip (Trav, 9pm) Series Premiere – Excursions.
  • Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Anne finds someone to turn restaurants around.
  • Awkward (MTV, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Welcome back another season of romance and public humiliation as only high school can bring.

Friday

  • Chasing UFOs (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – A skeptic, a believer, and an undecided go chasing lights…
  • XIII (Reelz, 9pm) Series Premiere – A secret agent looks for his true identity, I’m thinking Bourne-esque, might be worth a look.

Saturday

  • Tour de France (NBCSN, 5am) – The boys are hitting the road for the first stage in the tour, get your dvrs cleared off!
  • X Games (ABC, 10am, various and ESPN/2) – The games kick it off on Thursday hitting network on the weekend for another crop of crazy runs and hopefully only minor injuries.
  • ER Nights (Health, 10pm) Series Premiere – Night time medical visits.

Sunday

  • Queen & Country (PBS, 8pm) Series Premiere – Starting with a look at the guards of the queen.
  • Weeds/Episodes (Show, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Kicking off the final season of Weeds, do I move on past season three? and another season of Joey.

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new and noteworthy tv: 6/4-6/10

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Tomorrow will be a week without TiVo, and thusly cable, but with the expected arrival tomorrow I can figure out what I’ve been missing, fortunately I think with the start of summer not much…

Monday

  • Hell’s Kitchen/Masterchef (Fox, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – It’s the Gordon Ramsay channel.
  • Real Housewives of NYC (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Housewives.
  • Push Girls (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – Reality hits the wheelchair set.
  • Cajun Pawn Stars (Hist, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Cajun pawning.

Tuesday

  • Pretty Little Liars/Jane by Design (ABCFam, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – More campy and fashiony drama.
  • Love in the Wild (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Singles in the jungle.
  • Dance Moms (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – Child torture?
  • Rizzoli & Isles/Franklin & Bash (TNT, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Not the best of the procedural shows but mindless drama with decent casts.
  • Kendra On Top (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Is it worth stating my irritation of reality stars getting more reality shows?
  • Storage Wars (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – What’s in your unit?

Wednesday

  • CMT Music Awards /My Big Redneck Vacation (CMT, 8/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Country singers and odd vacations.
  • Adam Richman’s Best Sandwich in America (Trav, 9pm) Series Premiere – I do like a good sandwich.
  • Haunted Collector (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Checking out the haunted.
  • Million Dollar Listing (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Isn’t everything in LA over a million?
  • Property Brothers (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Checking out a new pad.
  • Royal Pains /Necessary Roughness (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – More fluffy formulas, Hamptons doc and sports shrink.
  • Fast n’ Loud (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Vintage auto restorations.
  • Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (Sci, 10pm) Season Premiere – Sciency questions.

Thursday

  • Take Me Out/The Choice (Fox, 8/9pm) Series Premieres – Women pick men who pick women, followed by a dating use for the Voice chairs, pass.
  • Saving Hope (NBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Dr in a coma roams the halls?
  • Selling London (HGTV, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Property for you.
  • Cajun Justice (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Just put Cajun in front of any existing show.

Friday

  • Lives on Fire (OWN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Following female firefighters.
  • Comedy Bang! Bang!/Bunk (IFC, 10/10:30pm) Series Premieres – Late night talking and gaming.

Saturday

  • Million Dollar Neighborhood/Real Life: The Musical (OWN, 9pm) Series Premieres – Learning how to save a million and saying things musical style.
  • Redneck Island (CMT, 10pm) Series Premiere – You can also do a redneck slant on anything, like Survivor.

Sunday

  • French Open (NBC, 6am) – Wrapping up the clay court action.
  • Tony Awards (CBS, 8pm) – NPH hosts.
  • Mob Wives Chicago (VH1, 8pm) Series Premiere – They go where the mob is.
  • True Blood (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – No I don’t watch this because I don’t get HBO, I know.
  • Untamed Americas (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Wildlife.
  • Bridezillas (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bride action.
  • Our America with Lisa Ling (OWN, 10pm) Season Premiere – Child beauty pageants, they can’t be good right?
  • Storage Hunters (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – What’s in your unit (déjà vu)?

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new and noteworthy tv: 5/28-6/3

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And here I thought listings would start quieting down, a few summer series to check out…

Monday

  • French Open (ESPN2, Various) – Week one of play gets going, will Nadal crush another?
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO, 9pm) – Word is good for this dramatic look at Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman as these writers.
  • Cake Boss/Extreme Couponing (TLC, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Cakes and coupons.
  • Gene Simmons Family Jewels/Monster In-Laws (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Gene and his family and family in-law dynamics.
  • Hatfields & McCoys (Hist, 9pm) Mini-series Premiere – Family rivalries drama.
  • Single Ladies (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – A little cast swap but assume the ladies will still bring the same flavor of drama.

Tuesday

  • The Catalina (CW, 8pm) Series Premiere – A look at the goings on at a real South Beach hotel.
  • HGTV Design Star (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Twelve designers design.
  • Roadtrip with G. Garvin (Cook, 9pm) Series Premiere – Visiting eateries.
  • What Not to Wear/Big Brooklyn Style (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Stacy and Clinton return and then we visit a plus-size clothing store in Brooklyn.
  • Tosh.0/Workaholics (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – The boys are back.

Wednesday

  • Dogs in the City (CBS, 8pm) Series Premiere – Dog trainer Justin Silver visits some dogs.
  • Melissa & Joey (ABCF, 8pm) Season Premiere – Who’s the Boss-esque update is back.

Thursday

  • Breaking Pointe (CW, 8pm) Series Premiere – The world of ballet reality-style.
  • Final Offer (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – A more selective bidding on big ticket items.
  • LA Hair (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Celebrity stylist.
  • Mountain Men (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Outdoorsmen live off the wilderness.

Friday

  • Whale Wars/Louisiana Lockdown (AnPl, 6/7pm) Season/Series Premiere – Whaling and prison.
  • Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia (Cook, 10pm) Series Premiere – On the hunt for tasty treats.
  • My Yard Goes Disney/House Hunters on Vacation (HGTV, 8/8:30pm) Season Premieres – Disney themed yards has a whole show? and you know vacation houses.

Saturday

  • The Glee Project (Oxy, 7pm) – The casting special heads into the show that I actually enjoyed for it’s focus on casting of a specific show and not just talent, I won’t hold lackluster performances by winners on last season’s Glee against them.
  • It’s Me or the Dog (AnPl, 7pm) Season Premiere – Dogs gone wild.
  • Easy Chinese (Cook, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Chinese food made easy.
  • Iyanla, Fix My Life (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Iyanla and Oprah patched it up now you can see her work again.

Sunday

  • Adele Live in London/Miss USA Pageant (NBC, 8/9pm) – Specials.
  • Secret Millionaire/Extreme Makeover Weightloss (ABC, 8pm) – Rich people pop by to visit poor people and focus on weightloss.
  • Drop Dead Diva (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – Ridiculous premise made cute, with the merging of lives of the model drops into a lawyer’s body.
  • Empire Girls (Style, 9pm) Series Premiere – More reality of reality stars.
  • The Glades/Longmire (A&E, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – The return of the detective that I almost find entertaining and a look at Wyoming lawman based on the book series with intriguing enough cast to tune in.
  • Ice Road Truckers (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – I think there’s ice, roads, and trucks.
  • MTV Movie Awards (MTV, 9pm) – Its own brand of movie awards.
  • Are You Normal, America? (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Oprah’s look at what’s normal.
  • Call of the Wildman (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – He’s looking into nature.
  • Head Games (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Delving into the human brain.

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new and noteworthy tv: 3/26-4/1

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So if I add Idol back into the mix I have fewer slot avails…

Monday

  • Oprah’s Lifeclass (OWN, 8pm) Season Premiere – Iyanla joins Oprah for some chats.
  • Secret Life of the American Teenager/Make it or Break it (ABCFam, 8/9pm) Season Premiere – More teen drama.
  • Brooklyn 11223 (Oxy, 11pm) Series Debut – Join some 20 somethings for a little Brooklyn reality.

Tuesday

  • Caught in the Act (Nat Geo, 8pm) Series Premiere – Animal voyeurism.
  • Best Ink (Oxy, 10pm) Series Debut – Tattoo competitions, but who are the volunteer recipients?
  • 16 and Pregnant (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Pregnant cheerleader.

Wednesday

  • Auction Hunters (Spike, 9pm) Season Premiere – Getting stuff.
  • Whitechapel (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Murder in the workshop, BBC has been making me want to check out their series.

Thursday

  • The Decrypters (NGC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Forensic scientists investigate.
  • Mary Mary (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following real life gospel duo.
  • Punk’d/Pauly D Project (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Can’t make me watch prank shows or Jersey Shore’s Pauly D.
  • My Mom is Obsessed (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Plastic surgery much?

Friday

  • True Justice (Reelz, 9pm) Series Premiere – Steven Seagal goes undercover in Seattle, his character of course.
  • Magic City (Starz, 11pm) Series Premiere – Drama in a Miami Beach luxury hotel in the 50s.

Saturday

  • Sony Ericsson Open (CBS, 9:30am/Sun 10am) – Men’s and women’s final, tennis.
  • Beverly’s Full House (OWN, 7pm) Series Premiere – Beverly Sims opens her house to family.
  • Escape Routes (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Another road trip challenge show.
  • Kid’s Choice Awards (Nick, 8pm) – Will Smith hosts.
  • Wild Scene Investigation (Nat Geo, 10pm) Series Premiere – Aren’t there animal culprits?
  • Southern Nights (CMT, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Cast members from “Sweet Home Alabama” (which was maybe a dating series?) live together in a house.

Sunday

  • Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Blake and Reba host.
  • Great Expectations (PBS, 8pm) Miniseries Premiere – A look at Pip.
  • The Killing (AMC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Who killed Rosie Larsen, and will I regret another season?
  • Game of Thrones (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t actually know what this show is about but people like it.
  • Snapped (Oxy, 9pm) Season Premiere – A look at some crimes.
  • I Survived… Beyond and Back (Bio, 10pm) Season Premiere – These people actually flat lined.
  • Wicked Tuna (NatGeo, 10pm) Series Debut – Tuna crews.

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new and noteworthy tv: 3/12-3/18

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I’m finally making a dent in my backlog…

Monday

  • The Bachelor (ABC, 10pm) – After the final rose.
  • Navajo Cops (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Cops Indian reserve style.

Tuesday

  • Fashion Star (NBC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Jessica Simpson, John Varvatos, and Nicole Richie mentor the latest fashion designers, the new feature is you can buy the winning clothes.

Wednesday

  • South Park/Ugly Americans (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Animation amusement.
  • Monster Man (Syfy, 11pm) Series Premiere – Creating monsters is the family business.

Thursday

  • Community (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Ok so it’s sort of a midseason return but I am happy to have it back.
  • Missing (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Ashley Judd isn’t a CIA agent, she’s just a mom looking for her son! I’ve seen this preview a bunch and will tune in but have low hopes.
  • Behind the Music (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – But wait there are more stories to tell.
  • The First 48: Missing Persons (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – People are missing.
  • Sweet Genius (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Chocolaty treats.

Friday

  • Fairly Legal/In Plain Sight  (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – A couple of feisty gals return.
  • Four Weddings (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – And a hookah lounge.

Saturday

  • Tennis (ABC, Sat/Sun, 11am, ESPN2 earlier in the week) – ATP tennis from Indian Wells, Ca.

Sunday

  • Frozen Planet/Unchained Reaction (Disc, 8/10pm) Series Premieres – Artics and creating chain reaction contraptions.

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new and noteworthy tv: 1/23-1/29

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I still haven’t figured out the Australian Open coverage but I’m glad I have TiVo…

Monday

  • The Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – I’m not totally clear on whether this premise entails trying to make the girls less bad or not.
  • Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (Trav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Starting out with a trip to the Twin Cities.
  • Cake Boss (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cakes and the boss.

Tuesday

  • State of the Union (Various, 9pm) – What’s up USA?
  • All Star Dealers (Disc, 8pm) Series Premiere – Not just stuff, famous person’s stuff.
  • My First Place (HGTV, 8pm) Season Premiere – House hunting.
  • Joan & Melissa (WE, 9pm) Season Premiere – More plastic surgery?

Wednesday

  • Dark Minds (ID, 7pm) Series Premiere – An author, a profiler, and a killer reexamine crimes.
  • Touch (Fox, 9pm) Series Premiere – Keifer is back, this time can his son predict the future?
  • The Challenge (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Real World and Road Rules peeps are back at it.

Thursday

  • Winter X Games (ESPN, 6pm, and ESPN2/ABC various times) – Wintertime in Aspen, Colorado.
  • Fat Chef (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at folks in the food industry trying to work on their weight.
  • Russell Simmons Presents (Com, 10pm) Season Premiere – Standup and be funny.
  • Inside Comedy (Show, 11pm) Series Premiere – A chat with comedians.

Friday

  • Chuck (NBC, 8/9pm) Series Finale – Sad to see Chuck’s final mission.
  • Spartacus (Starz, 10pm) Season Premiere – Fighting harder than ever.

Saturday

  • Australian Open (ESPN2, 12am, Sun 12am) – The women’s and men’s finals cap off a week of coverage.
  • UFC (Fox, 8pm) – Evans vs. Davis.

Sunday

  • Luck (HBO, 9pm) Series Premiere – Horse racing and Dustin Hoffman, I’m intrigued.

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