Premieres and Notables July 23- July 29

Monday, 7/23

Saving Grace; TNT. 9 pm CST. Series premiere.
Holly Hunter stars as a recklessly-living cop who sees an angel while on her cases. I've heard the show's supposed to be decent.

And if the laughs have been too few and far between this summer, my favorite show of last season, How I Met Your Mother, has two great repeats on CBS at 7 pm & 8:30. The first repeat finds Lily moving in with Barney, so they can poses as spouses to scare away his one-night-stands the next morning. Great moments in this episode. The second finds Marshal hitting the dating scene again.


Tuesday, 7/24

Damages; FX. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
There are two shows that critics have been saying are must-see this summer. The first began last week (Mad Men); the second is this Glenn Close-starring legal drama.


Wednesday, 7/25

Hot Ghetto Mess; BET. 9:30. Series Premiere.
BET is quickly gaining ground on CMT for number of new series that premiere every week, but this one about black pop culture stars The Chappelle Show's Charlie Murphy. If I had the channel, I'd tune in. The single bit he did on Chappelle about his "feud" with Rick James should go down in history as one of the funniest moments of television.

S.O.B. (Socially Offensive Behavior); BET. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
Punk'd with average people, hosted by D.L. Hughley (see what cancelling Studio 60 did to some people?).

My World; Golf. 9:30. Series Premiere.
This show answers the question on everyones' minds: what do pro golfers do with their time off the courses?


Thursday, 4/26

Who Wants to Be a Superhero?; Sci Fi. 8 pm. Season Premiere.
Season two of the reality contest begins. It's hokey, goofy, cornball-- but it has a lot of heart. If you're tired of people backstabbing, lying, and sleeping around to get ahead on reality shows, this one is for you. Get past the cheesiness and see that there are still people out there that honestly believe in truth, justice, and the American way.

Welcome to the Parker; Bravo. 10 pm. Series premiere.
Reality show about a high-class Palm Springs hotel.

Mind Control With Derren Brown; Sci Fi. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
A mentalist makes people do things they normally wouldn't. Okay... so Sci Fi gets it wrong more than it gets it right...

Dallas SWAT: A&E. 9 pm. Season Premiere.
The third season begins.


Sunday, 7/29

Design Star; HGTV. 8 pm. Season Premiere.

And on Entourage (HBO, 9 pm), Ari suffers one of his biggest humiliations in life when he has to enroll his son in a public school (the private school his daughter went to refused to allow his son to enroll-- because of Ari's behavior).