Premieres and Notables; January 25-31, 2010

Monday, 1/25

Team Umizoomi; Nickelodeon. 10:30 am CST. Series Premiere.
Three young superheroes use math to solve their problems.
And since it's on Nick, I'm sure there will be plenty of poop and booger jokes, so don't think it's gonna all be about learnin' and stuff...

The Inbetweeners; BBC America. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
New student Will and three unsocial buddies try to navigate high school.

Damages; FX. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Greek; 9:01 pm CSt. Winter Return.

Tracey Ullman's State of the Union; Showtime. 9:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

La La Land; Showtime. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Brit Mark Wootton plays three people, Ali G Show-style.


Tuesday, 1/26

Kitchen Nightmares; FOX. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

24/7 Jimmie Johnson: Race to Daytons; HBO. 9 pm CST. Mini-series.
Four weeks of  following Johnson, his crew, and his family as they all prepare for Daytona.


Wednesday, 1/27

Psych; USA. 9 pm CST. Winter Return.
With guest-star, WWE superstar John Cena.

Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... (Sundance; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
...The second part of his talk (and jam) with Bruce Springsteen.


Thursday, 1/28

Live For The Moment; CBS. 7 pm CST. Special.
Jeff Propst finally uses some of that Survivor clout he's picked up and makes a special close to his heart.  He and Roger (a father and husband with ALS) work on a "bucket list" meant to inspire us to get out and enjoy life.


Saturday, 1/30

Seducing Cindy; FOX Reality. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Cindy Margolis needs a reality dating show?
Or, more likely, Cindy Margolis needs some sort of publicity.


Sunday, 1/31

Camp Woodward; Fuel. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Durham County (Ion; 9 pm CST).  Season Finale.

Little Chocolatiers; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Little people run a chocolate shop.
We get it! We get it!  Little people can do the same things average-size people can.  I don't need to see yet another TV show about it because I already knew that fact!
It seems the morons that run the networks are the only ones who haven't picked up on that.
You know, after a certain point, it feels like exploitation...