Saturday, November 28, 2009

Premieres and Notables; November 30- December 6, 2009

Monday, 11/30

Shrek the Halls; ABC. 7:30 pm CST. Special.
A repeat of last year's Holiday special.

Intervention; A&E. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Hoarders; A&E. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
I'm still waiting for my call for them to film my Fortress of Solitude ("mancave").


Tuesday, 12/1

Prep & Landing; ABC.  7:30 pm. Special.
Sarah Chalke and Dave Foley voice the lead characters, who are elves who make sure Santa gets the job done on the 25th.  ABC has been promoting this one, hard.  I also think Pixar had a hand in it (can't say for sure, or how much), so that, alone, will have me tuning in.

Scrubs; ABC. 8 & 8:30 pm. 9th Season Premiere.
After a great series finale last spring, we get "Scrubs 2.0" with many familiar faces alongside a bunch of new ones as Drs. Turk and Cox teach medicine to a number of new recruits.

Britain's Missing Top Model; BBC America. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Unconventional models compete to be featured in a fashion magazine.

Sherri  (Lifetime; 9 pm CST).  Season Finale.

Sons of Anarchy (FX; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Wednesday, 12/2

Bank of Mom & Dad (SOAPNet; 9 pm CST).  Season Finale.

Steven Seagal Lawman; A&E.  9 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Steven Seagal chronicles his career as a real-life Louisiana sheriff's deputy.
I can't wait until Entertainment Tonight breaks the story that he snapped a perp's neck.

Top Chef Las Vegas (Bravo; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Launch My Line; Bravo. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Bravo tries to re-catch lightning in a bottle with another attempt to replace Project Runway.


Friday, 12/4

Monk (USA; 8 pm) Series Finale.
Monk gets the break he needs to solve his wife's murder.


Saturday, 12/5

The Ultimate Fighter: The Heavyweights (Spike; 8 pm CST).  Season Finale.


Sunday, 12/6

Amazing Race (CBS; 7 pm). Season Finale.

Alice; Syfy. 8 pm CST. 2-part mini-series.
A "reimagining" of Alice in Wonderland in the vein that last year's Tin Man retold The Wizard of Oz.

Shatner's Raw Nerve; Bio. 9 pm CST.  2nd Season Premiere.

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.