Sunday, November 22, 2009

Premieres and Notables; November 23-29, 2009

Monday, 11/23

Surviving the Holidays With Lewis Black; History.  7 pm CST. Special.
Low-key comic, Lewis Black, gives helpful tips (along with a little history lesson) on making it through the next month's worth of holiday madness.

Battlestar Galactica's Katie Sackhoff shows up on The Big Bang Theory (CBS; 8:30 pm CST).


Tuesday, 11/24

V (ABC; 7 pm CST). Mid-Season Finale.
TV's biggest hit of the year takes a nap for the next few months (returning in March); but not before giving us a killer cliffhanger (what I expect, anyway).

How the Earth Was Made; History.  8 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Taking a look at how the Grand Canyon was formed.

Dancing With the Stars (ABC; 8:01 CST).  Season Finale.

Dinner With the Band; IFC. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Chef Sam Mason hosts dinner parties for indie bands in New York.


Friday, 11/27

Shameless; Sundance. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Monk (USA; 8 pm) airs the first part of its 2-part series finale, which focuses on Monk finally solving Trudy's murder.

The Foo Fighters get their turn on Storytellers (VH1; 10 pm).  I'm not much of a fan, but I do think Dave Grohl's pretty funny, so it should be a lively show.


Sunday, 11/29

The 26th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert; HBO.  7 pm CST. Special.
Four hours of music by past presenters and inductees such as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Aretha Franklin, Simon & Garfunkel, U2, Metallica, Mick Jagger, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, The Black Eyed Peas, Smokey Robinson, and Sting. 
And, as these shows often do, the performers mix-and-match and jam with each other.
If this sounds cool, just think of what the actual 25th anniversary (in 2011) celebration will be like...
[That's a little math joke, people.  The first inductees to the Hall was in 1986...]

Stormchasers (Discovery; 9 pm). Season Finale.

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