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new and noteworthy tv: 1/16-1/22

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Enough good tv starting that I may not get sucked into the Australian Open…

Monday

  • Australian Open (ESPN2, ongoing/various) – The play continues.
  • The Revolution (ABC, 2pm) Series Premiere – Lifestyle experts transform.
  • Alcatraz (Fox, 8pm) Series Premiere – Always willing to give JJ Abrams shows a shot, a mix of cops and supernatural, and a reason to see Hurley again on another island.
  • Betty White’s 90th Birthday/Betty White’s Off Their Rockers (NBC, 8/9:30pm) Series Premiere – Everybody toasts Betty and then seniors play pranks what could be more hilarious.
  • Being Human/Lost Girl (Syfy, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – More irregular folks and the new/lost girl is a succubus.

Tuesday

  • Remodeled (CW, 9pm) Series Premiere – More businesses get makeovers, this time modeling agencies.
  • Ink Master (Spike, 10pm) Series Premiere – Nobody wants to be tattooed by the losers in this competition.
  • Justified (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Raylan I missed you.
  • Ragin’ Cajuns (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Shrimp fishing, or should i say fishin’.
  • Southland (TNT, 10pm) Season Premiere – This cop show tends to not disappoint and this seasn’s guests include Lucy Liu.
  • White Collar (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Who will betray who?

Wednesday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm, and Thurs/Sun) Season Premiere – I keep saying I’m out, but depending on scheduling…
  • Mistresses (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Relationship problems?
  • Royal Pains (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – More doctoring.

Thursday

  • Archer/Unsupervised (Fx, 10pm) Season/Series Premiere – The return of the animated government agency followed by high school misfits.

Friday

  • Shark Tank (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Get your inventions ready.
  • On Freddie Roach (HBO, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – A look at boxing trainer and Parkinson patient.
  • Swanderosa (CMT, 10pm) Series Premiere – The Swan family hosts events on their Texas estate.

Saturday

  • Drew Peterson: Untouchable (Life, 8pm) – I’m only including this because people are talking about how awesomely gross Rob Lowe is in it.
  • Bayou Billionaires/My Redneck Vacation (CMT, 9/9:30pm) Series Premieres – More people out of their elements, with new money or new vacay locals.
  • Idiot Abroad (Sci, 10pm) Season Premiere – More torturing of Karl.
  • Scorned (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Investigating crimes where love has gone awry.

Sunday

  • Prime Suspect (NBC, 9pm) – In case you were following the changing time slots on the remaining eps.

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/12-9/18

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And so it begins… For new fall network series I’ll try to denote repeats of pilots, personally I’m a little overbooked until I rule stuff out so it’s nice to have some scheduling options.

Monday

  • Tennis (CBS, 1pm) – The rain delay is scheduled to kick men’s finals ’til Monday.
  • Monday Night Football (ESPN, 7pm) Season Premiere – Patriots at Dolphins.
  • Kate Plus 8 (TLC, 9pm) Series Finale – Please tell me I won’t have to hear anything else about her.
  • The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – All-American tastings.
  • Extreme Couponing (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – How much money can they save?
  • Showhouse Showdown (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Which of the identical rooms has the best design?

Tuesday

  • Rise Up (ESPN, 7pm) Series Premiere – Communities come together to rebuild community sports facilities.
  • 90210/Ringer (CW, 8/9pm – Ringer replays 9/16 8pm, 9/19 9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Never got on board with new 90210 but might get on board with the new Sarah Michelle Geller as twin playing a twin with perhaps some twists and drama.
  • Parenthood (NBC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I need to remind myself what kind of trouble they were into last season.
  • I Hate My Bath (DIY, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – I assume this is like I Hate My Kitchen…

Wednesday

  • Survivor (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Welcome to Samoa.
  • H8R/ANTM (CW, 8/9pm) Series/Season Premiere – So passing on confronting folks who hate celebrities but can’t resist at least the first all stars models edition.
  • Operation Repo/Hulk Hogan’s MCW (Tru, 9/10:00pm) Season/Series Premieres – Repossessions and  then Micro Championship Wrestling
  • Up All Night/Free Agents (NBC, 10/10:30pm – replays 9/15 8:30/9:30pm, 9/17 9/9:30pm) Series Premieres – The first could be funny while the second is supposed to stink.

Thursday

  • The Vampire Diaries/The Secret Circle (CW, 9/10pm – SS replays 9/16 9pm) Season/Series Premiere – Vampires and then witches, which I will check out, might be dumb but it’s got that cute girl from Life Unexpected.
  • Angels Among Us (CMT, 9pm) Series Premiere – Real life divine intervention?
  • It’s Always Sunny/Archer (Fx, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – All kinds of wrong funny, and then perhaps I’ll check out at least one ep of the animated series.
  • LA Ink (TLC, 10pm) Series Finale – Another reality person I’d be ok with not hearing any more about.

Friday

  • NCLR Alma Awards (NBC, 8pm) – Eva Longoria and George Lopez host.
  • 20/20 (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Newsy.
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – No HBO for me.

Saturday

  • Confronting (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – I’m sure it’s all emotional and stuff to confront people.

Sunday

  • Emmys (Fox, 8pm) – Jane Lynch hosts.
  • Shake it Up (Dis, 8pm) Season Premiere – Characters on a scripted show audition for a reality show?

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new and noteworthy tv: 9/5-9/11

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One more week ’til fall really starts rolling out so until then, tennis and the return of SAMCRO!

Monday

  • The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Honestly tragic this season as they deal with, and probably don’t deal with, the suicide an estranged husband.
  • Interiors, Inc. (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Nashville designers for some strange reason start with Idol contestant Danny Gokey’s breakfast nook.
  • Swamp Loggers (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Feuds and pig roastin’.

Tuesday

  • For Rent (HGTV, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Ready to move out of the dorm room?
  • Frontier Force (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Cops, Montana deputy style.
  • The Rachel Zoe Project (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – More clothes, personalities, and catch phrases… this pick up mid pregnancy.
  • Sons of Anarchy (FX, 10pm) Season Premiere – Oh yeah, apparently this is a return to its roots season.

Wednesday

  • Animal Cops/Saved (AnPl, 8pm) Season/Series Premiere – Cops, SPCA style then pets offer comfort.
  • Inside the NFL (Show, 9pm) Season Premiere – Kick it off.
  • Rescue Me (FX, 10pm) Series Finale – Time to move on.
  • Paranormal Witness (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Personal encounters with the paranormal.

Thursday

  • CBS Fall Preview (CBS, 8:30pm) – Big Bang Theory cast takes us through the new offerings.
  • Sunday Night Football (NBC, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Are you ready for some football?

Friday

  • US Open (Various) – The CBS coverage takes over from ESPN2 today with Women’s semis and moving into the weekend of finals.
  • Unleashed by Garo (Sund, 9pm) Series Premiere – This fashion designer does some styly makeovers.

Saturday

  • Dew Tour (NBC, 1/1:30, sat/sun) – First the countdown and then the Toyota Challenge Salt Lake City event starting at 1:30.
  • Cops (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Can’t go wrong with the original.
  • Bad Dog (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – What will these dogs get into?
  • Dina’s Party (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – New Jersey Housewife throws some extravagant parties.

Sunday

  • Entourage (HBO, 10:30pm) Series Finale – Did I hear someone already talking about an Entourage movie?

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/29-9/4

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Time to decide how much tennis to TiVo…

Monday

  • Basketball Wives LA (VH1, 8pm) Series Premiere – Because we need another show about wives.
  • Crave (Food, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – Starting with a look for the ultimate slice.
  • American Chopper/Carfellas (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Bikes, cars…
  • Design on a Dime (HGTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Consider a bold palette.
  • Ridiculousness/Death Valley/Cuff’d (MTV, 10/10:30/11pm) Series Premieres – Internet videos, LAPD’s Undead Task Force, and teen arrests.

Tuesday

  • Big Sexy (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – A reality show about some gals who show how awesome it is to be plus sized.
  • Chopped (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Past winners return to compete.
  • Quirky (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think this is like one of those other shows where people invent things.

Wednesday

  • Dark Matters (Sci, 10pm) Series Premiere – Unusual science research?

Thursday

  • I’m Pregnant and… (Health, 10pm) Season Premiere – The ‘…and’ refers to some irregular scenario like my husband wants to become a woman.

Friday

  • Man, Woman, Wild (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Lost at sea…

Saturday

  • US Open Tennis (Various) – The CBS coverage picks up today with 3rd round, and ESPN2 has the earlier and other ongoing coverage.
  • I Faked My Own Death (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – I guess enough people have done it enough for a series.

Sunday

  • Masterpiece: Inspector Lewis (PBS, 9pm) – More inspecting…
  • All American Handyman (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – I can only assume this man is handy.
  • Border Wars (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – What do they confiscate…
  • Dinosaur Revolution (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – Evolution or revolution in this new animated series.
  • The Good Wife (CBS, 9:30pm) – A look back at the first couple seasons to catch folks up to date, not sure how compelling the special is but the show definitely is.
  • Las Vegas Jailhouse (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – Jailhouse rock…

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/22-8/28

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My Tivo is down to 5%, ready for some fall tv to kick in…

Monday

  • La La’s Full Court Life/The TO Show (VH1, 9/9:30pm) Season Premieres – It’s a basketball wife story and a football star with ACL issues story.
  • Top Gear (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Apparently one doesn’t need to be a gearhead to appreciate this look at the fancies.
  • Lizard Lick Towing/Bear Swamp (Tru, 9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Repoing of vehicles and other things aren’t always easy.

Tuesday

  •  Ludo Bites America (Sund, 9pm) Season Finale – These pop up chefs make their final stop in Redondo Beach, where will their culinary skills land.

Wednesday

  • Buried Treasure (Fox, 8pm) Series Premiere – It’s like taking Antiques Roadshow on the road.
  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Apparently there are either a lot of ghosts or these hunters aren’t that successful.
  • Happy Endings (ABC, 9:30pm) – An unaired episode of these
  • Confessions: Animal Hoarding (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – If you thought hoarding was depressing…
  • Top Chef Just Desserts (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bake ’til you drop.

Thursday

  • Rising (Disc, 8pm) Series Premiere – A look at the rebuilding of ground zero.

Friday

  • Rat Busters NYC (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – I think ‘rat’ means rat.

Saturday

  • Doctor Who (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back to the time travel for the doctor.
  • 24/7 (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Mayweather and Ortiz train for their bout.

Sunday

  • Tennis (CBS, 9/10:30) – Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day is followed by the official preview of the US Open starting on Monday.
  • Madden NFL (NBC, 7pm) – Celebrities and NFL greats take on a little flag football.
  • MTV Music Video Awards (MTV, 9pm) – Another year another…
  • I Just Want My Pants Back (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – Post collegiate Brooklyn hipsters try to entertain in this latest series.

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

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We’re all just waiting it out until September when the fall series start to hit, but until then there is still always something new.

Monday

  • Bachelor Pad (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – This is the one where the castoffs hook up.
  • Tia & Tamara (Style, 9pm) Series Premiere – I was wondering why there weren’t more reality series that followed random celebrities like the former stars of ‘Sister, Sister’.
  • Donna Decorates Dallas (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Starts with a master bedroom makeover.
  • Sugar High (Food, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Duff from ‘Ace of Cakes’ travels to other sweet shops.

Tuesday

  • Auction Kings/Dirty Money (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Sell collectibles, transform collectibles.
  • Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t know, one of these Gordon Ramsay shows.
  • I Escaped/Big Law (ID, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Escape from prison and then someone called Butterbean becomes a deputy somewhere.
  • Top Shot (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – Expert marksmen compete.

Wednesday

  • Primetime Nightline: Celebrity Secrets (ABC, 10pm) – No one really cares about this but there’s nothing really new today.

Thursday

  • Russian Dolls (Life, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – More annoying reality women, these ones are of Russian heritage.

Friday

  • Karaoke Battle USA (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – For all the people that people like Simon said sound like they’re singing karaoke.
  • Strike Back (Cin, 10pm) Series Premiere – It’s time to follow some terrorist fighters.

Saturday

  • Action Sports (Sat/Sun, NBC, 1:30pm) – The Dew Tour hits Portland.
  • Wrestlemania (NBC, 9pm) – The Rock hosts, is he still going by the Rock but maybe only at wrestling events?

Sunday

  • Tennis (ESPN2, various) – The US Open series hits Toronto with the Rogers Cup.
  • I.Am.First/CMA Music Festival (ABC, 7pm) – Science and math and tunes followed by tunes of the country variety.
  • In the Flow with Affion Crockett (Fox, 9pm) Series Premiere – Sketch comedy with some guy whose name spelling I checked a couple times.
  • The Great Food Truck Race (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cooking competition on wheels.
  • Unusual Suspects (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – An old crime solved.

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/1-8/7

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Always something new, though even I don’t watch most of it…

Monday

  • The Bachelorette (ABC, 8/10pm) Season Finale – For the one person I know still watching this, don’t forget to stay tuned for After the Rose.
  • The Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 9pm) Season Premiere – More wackjobs.
  • The High Low Project (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Doing the high end on a low end budget, first stop a dining room makeover.

Tuesday

  • Take the Money and Run (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Keep the $100k hidden and win it, but finders keepers.
  • Billy the Exterminator (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – Things look bad for another season of unwanted guests.
  • Born to Dance (BET, 10pm) Series Premiere – So you think you can… find another dance show?
  • Picker Sisters (Life, 10pm) Series Premiere – Two of the gals from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition find house stuff.

Wednesday

  • Scream if You Know the Answer/Truck Stop, Missouri (Trav, 7/10pm) Series Premieres – Trivia on a roller coaster and then hanging with a truck stop.
  • 10 Grand in Your Hand (DIY, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Showing folks how to save major bucks on renovations.

Thursday

  • Jersey Shore (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Italian style Jersey.

Friday

  • Friends with Benefits (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Not to be confused with the current flick, twenty-somethings date and whatnot.
  • Extraordinary Acts of Courage (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Real life heroic acts.
  • Four Weddings (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Let the weddings commence.
  • Whisker Wars (IFC, 11pm) Series Premiere – Um, I’m tempted to see how the hell there is a reality show about “Beard Team USA”, I believe they grow their beards, and compete.

Saturday

  • The Swell Life (OWN, 12pm) Series Premiere – The series kicks off a marathon day following a surfer and his family who run a surf school and a nonprofit for autistic kids.
  • Curb Appeal (HGTV, 8pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a 70s house getting a makeover.
  • Home Takeover with Simon & Tomas (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – A design duo does some makeovers.

Sunday

  • Tennis (ESPN2, various) – The US Open series continues, ATP and WTA.
  • Ty’s Great British Adventure (ABC, 8pm) – Think Extreme Home Makeover, or at least Ty, taking it on the road.
  • Teen Choice (Fox, 8pm) – Can’t wait to hear what awards Twilight wins! (too bad there is no sarcasm font)
  • Curiosity (Disc, 8pm) Series Premiere – Exploring creation… science, religion?
  • Hillbilly Handfishin’ (AnPl, 10pm) Series Premiere – I could not catch them with my hands as well as not catching them with a pole.

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new and noteworthy tv: 7/18-7/24

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I will be almost as relieved as the riders when the Tour de France is complete…

Monday

  • Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – I don’t do cooking shows much and I don’t love the yelling.
  • Giuliana & Bill (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – More people I don’t care about.
  • Degrassi (Teen, 9pm) Season Premiere – In its 11th season I wonder how old these kids are now.
  • Selling LA (HGTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Firms dealing with fancy LA properties.

Tuesday

  • It’s Worth What? (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Cedric the Entertainer hosts this game show challenge to guess the value of items.
  • Ludo Bites America (Sund, 9pm) Series Premiere – Let’s see how a French guy fares traveling the US helping struggling restaurateurs.
  • Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bryant looks at sports or sports people or something.
  • True Grime (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Clean up is nothing compared to crime scene clean up.
  • Awkward (MTV, 11pm) Series Premiere – The latest teen dramedy about a high school gal who starts the series off getting in the spotlight for the wrong reasons.
  • Web Therapy (Show, 11pm) Series Premiere – Kudrow’s web series gets some additions as it makes its first appearance here, with wacky sessions with lots of guest stars.

Wednesday

  • Hollywood Hi-Tech (DIY, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Hmm, I think the premise is celebrities get impressive electronics and we get jealous.
  • Deadliest Warrior (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – Washington vs Bonaparte.
  • South Beach Tow (Tru, 10pm) Series Premiere – A family that tows together…
  • Storage Wars (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Once you win the stuff I learned you have to figure out how to make money off of it.

Thursday

  • Plain Jane (CW, 9pm) – For some reason they are rerunning this kind of sweet makeover dating show.

Friday

  • Tour de France (VS, various) – Today’s stage heads to Alpe-d’Huez, getting that much closer to Sunday’s final stage to Paris Champs-Elysees.
  • US Open Series: Atlanta (ESPN2, Fri-Sun, various) – The US Open tennis series kicks off.

Saturday

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (ABC, 8pm) – In case you want to ready yourself for the final flick with a rewatch of the first one.

Sunday

  • Same Name (CBS, 9pm) Series Premiere – If your name were David Hasselhoff… I think it’s like Wife Swap
  • Family Renovation (DIY, 9pm) Season Premiere – A couple starts renovation on their home.
  • I Do Over (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Wish your wedding had been better?
  • Top Gear (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – More gear.
  • Entourage (HBO, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – The final season begins and I’m sure these guys have changed significantly.

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new and noteworthy tv: 6/27-7/3

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Now comes the time of year when I decide how much tennis and cycling is too much…

Monday

  • Weeds/The Big C (Show, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – I’m only on season 2 of Weeds and can’t believe they’ve got this many season’s worth and have yet to try out the Laura Linney’s character has cancer show.

Tuesday

  • I Kid With Brad Garrett (TLC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Hanging with kids trying to be funny.

Wednesday

  • Melissa & Joey/State of Georgia (ABCFam, 8/8:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Former sitcom star Raven-Symoné joins former sitcom stars for a night of formulaic sitcoms.
  • Royal Pains/Necessary Roughness (USA, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – New gal shrinking football players joins doctors on the fluffy formulaic network, some of which is fun.
  • Love in the Wild (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Bachelor Pad meets Survivor?
  • Behind the Music (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – Missy Elliott shares her stuff.

Thursday

  • Wicked Attraction (ID, 9pm) Season Premiere – And you thought your ex was crazy…
  • Extreme Chef (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Unmarked can goods, cooking on a car engine… is takeout really that bad?
  • Ugly Americans (Com, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Something about a succubus on this animated series of not your everyday beings.

Friday

  • Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures (Nick, 8pm) Series Premiere – Two bros search for surf and whatnot in this new comedy series.

Saturday

  • Tour de France (Vs, 5am, NBC, 11am, and various) – The tour kicks off as does hours upon hours of coverage.

Sunday

  • Wimbledon (NBC, 6am, and various) – The fortnight of tennis coverage wraps up with the Women’s and Men’s finals.

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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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