Premieres and Notables: July 11-17 3, 2011

Monday, 7/11

Adventure Time; Cartoon Network. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Eureka; Syfy. 7 pm CST. Mid-season Premiere.

The Closer; TNT. 8 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.
The final season begins...

HGTV Design Star; HGTV. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Alphas; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
David Strathairn leads a group of extra-powered people as they fight crime.

Surprise Homecoming; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Billy Ray Cyrus hosts this show that reunites people with their military family members who had been serving overseas.


Tuesday, 7/12

It's Worth What? NBC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Food(ography); Cooking. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

How the States Got Their Shapes (History; 9 pm CST.) Season Finale.


Wednesday, 7/13

Damages; DirecTV. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Rescue me; FX. 9 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.
The final eps begin tonight.

Roseanne's Nuts; Lifetime. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Roseanne Barr moves to Hawaii, takes up a macadamia farm, and invites camera crews to film it.

The Franchise: A Season With the San Francisco Giants; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Dance Mom; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Who the [Bleep] Did I Marry? Investigation Discovery. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

I Married a Mobster; Investigation Discovery. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Thursday, 7/14

Sweet Home Alabama; CMT. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A woman from Alabama has ten city boys and ten country boys to choose from in this dating competition.

Texas Women; CMT. 9 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Four Texas women's lives are chronicled in this reality series.

The Green Room With Paul Provenza; Showtime. 10 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 7/15

Friday Night Lights (NBC; 7 pm CST). Series Finale (on NBC).
If you missed The End on DirecTV earlier this year-- or just want to experience it all again-- here it is.

PrankStars; Disney Channel. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
It's Punk'd for the Disney crowd.

Haven; Syfy. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Saturday, 7/16

Pit Boss; Animal Planet. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 7/17

Big Rich Texas; Style. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Five pairs of mothers and daughters are followed in this reality series.

Breaking Bad; AMC. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Bar Rescue; Spike. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A bar consultant tries to help bar owners get their clientele drinking again.