Monday, 1/3
The Bachelor; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Pretty Little Liars; ABC Family. 7 pm CST. Mid-season return.
The Closer (TNT; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Greek; ABC Family. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.
The Larry Sanders Show begins its non-premium channel run on IFC tonight at 10 pm CST.
(I still don't get IFC in my area. Thanks, Charter Communications!)
If you get IFC, check it out. It's a classic.
Tuesday, 1/4
V; ABC. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
This time with Jane Bader, the original ('80s) reptilian bitch, along for the ride.
The Biggest Loser; NBC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Live to Dance; CBS. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Yet another dance competition.
But this one's got Paula Abdul...
Southland; TNT. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.
Wednesday, 1/5
Are We There Yet? TBS. 9 and 9:30 pm CST. Series Return.
Thursday, 1/6
Winter Wipeout; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Ace of Cakes; Food Network. 9 pm CST. 10th (and Final) Season Premiere.
Friday, 1/7
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cartoon Network; 7:30 pm CST) tells a story involving Savage Opress, brother of Darth Maul.
Merlin; Syfy. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.
Saturday, 1/8
Hungry Girl; Cooking Channel. 3 pm CST. Series Premiere.
It's Me or the Dog; Animal Planet. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Sunday, 1/9
Bob's Burgers; Fox. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Fox throws another animated show on its Sunday line-up.
The Cape; NBC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
NBC airs the first two episodes of this series tonight-- and then repeats them tomorrow in its normal timeslot.
A man who is framed for murder dons a super-hero identity inspired by his son's favorite comic book character.
NBC has been hyping this one heavily-- but then they hyped, and soon forgot, The Event this season as well.
Let's hope they don't screw this show up too with moronic scheduling...
Californication; Showtime. 8 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.
I'm almost afraid to see what perverse situations Hank-- and especially Runkel-- get into this year.
Episodes; Showtime. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Matt LeBlanc plays an exaggerated version of himself in this new series about a hot British writing couple (the lady played by one of my BBC America-favorites: Tamsin Greig) who are lured to America to make a U.S. version of their big U.K. hit series. And, as what usually happens in American TV, the remake gets dumbed-down and changed-- and the show ends up being very little like the original.
Shameless; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Oddly enough: a remake of a British series.
Hopefully, they keep the changing and dumbing-down to a minimum here.
It does star William H.Macy, so the show has something going for it already...
