The Monday Primetime Line-Up

Posted: August 22, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Primetime Line-Up | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

With so many shows on TV, it’s hard to keep track. Here’s what’s on tonight:

8 Bachelor Pad (ABC)
Basketball Wives (1-Hour Special, VH1) – The 2nd and final part of the season-ending specials airs tonight.
Eureka (Syfy)
Hell’s Kitchen (2 Hours, FOX) – The network is debuting 2 back-to-back new episodes.
NFL Monday Night Football Preseason: Chicago at NY Giants (ESPN)
The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family)

9 American Ninja Warrior (Special Night, NBC) – Part of a lot of reality burn-off tonight, NBC will air a 2-hour season finale of the 3rd season.
American Pickers (History)
Bad Girls Club (Oxygen)
The Closer (TNT)
Degrassi: The Next Generation (Teennick) – The teen drama continues to air Monday through Thursday in week 6.
Hoarders (A&E)
LaLa’s Full Court Life (Season Premiere, VH1)
The Lying Game (ABC Family) – Despite the same author for the source material as the network’s hit “Pretty Little Liars” and a nice post-“Secret Life” time slot, this intriguing new teen soap debuted well below the almost-certain-to-be-cancelled “Nine Lives of Chloe King.”
Millionaire Matchmaker (Bravo)
Tia & Tamera (Style)
Top Gear (Season Premiere, BBC America)
Warehouse 13 (Syfy)

9:30 The T.O. Show (Season Premiere, VH1)

10 Alphas (Syfy) – Guest Star Alert: Fanboy fave Summer Glau (“Firefly,” “The Cape”) guest stars.
Hair Battle Spectacular (Oxygen)
Intervention (A&E)
Most Eligible Dallas (Bravo)
Rizzoli & Isles (TNT) – It seems someone is keen on reliving the Salem witch trials in this new episode.
Surprise Homecoming (Season Finale, TLC)
Weeds (Showtime)

10:30 The Big C (Showtime) – Parker Posey finally arrives on the scene as a woman who meets Adam in a support chat room.

11 The Protector (Lifetime) – It isn’t a good sign for a new series to get pushed to an 11pm time slot.

The TCA Breakdown: Showtime, The CW

Posted: August 4, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Fall TV Preview, The CW | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Here are a few tidbits from Showtime and The CW‘s Television Critics Association sessions:

Mark your calendars: Kristen Bell will return to TV on January 8 on Showtime’s “House of Lies,” along with new seasons of “Shameless” and “Californication.” [TVGuide]

Scoop on many of Showtime’s returning series, and an “explanation” for “United States of Tara”‘s cancellation. [The Futon Critic]

Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of The CW’s “Ringer,” will return to her roots on “All My Children” before the series ends its run on ABC. However, she will not be playing her original role of Kendall on the soap. [eOnline]

The CW is looking for a new superhero show to replace “Smallville,” comedies, and procedurals. [The Hollywood Reporter]

“Supernatural” is most likely not ending this season, and neither is “Weeds. [Inside TV, Zap2It]

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The Monday Primetime Line-Up

Posted: July 18, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Primetime Line-Up | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

8 The Bachelorette (2 Hours, ABC)
Eureka (Syfy)
Giuliana & Bill (Season Premiere, Style) – More hijinks for the Rancics as the married couple’s docuseries continues.
The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family)

9 The Closer (TNT)
Degrassi: The Next Generation (1-Hour Season Premiere, Teennick) – This series, which feels like it’s in its 20th season, continues last summer’s telenovela-style schedule of new episodes Monday through Thursday.
Hell’s Kitchen (Season Premiere, FOX)
Single Ladies (VH1)
Switched At Birth (ABC Family) – This sleeper hit edges closer to its summer finale as Bay gets more and more invested in finding her father.
Warehouse 13 (Syfy)

10 Alphas (Syfy)
Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (ABC)
Rizzoli & Isles (TNT)
Teen Wolf (MTV) – The show, which was just renewed for 2nd season, will hopefully give us some answers about Derek (Tyler Hoechlin) tonight.
Weeds (Showtime)

10:30 The Big C (Showtime) – From the looks of the episode preview, it looks like Hugh Dancy begins his guest stint tonight.

The Monday Primetime Line-Up

Posted: July 11, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Primetime Line-Up | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

8 The Bachelorette (2 Hours, ABC)
Eureka (Season Premiere, Syfy)
The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family)

9 The Closer (Season Premiere, TNT) – The final stretch of this series begins before Brenda Leigh says goodbye next summer.
Single Ladies (VH1) – Queen Latifah guest stars.
Warehouse 13 (Season Premiere, Syfy)

10 Alphas (90-minute Series Premiere, Syfy) – A new superhero series begins, but these might not be the kinds of superpowers you’re used to.
Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (ABC)
Law & Order: LA (Series Finale, NBC)
Rizzoli & Isles (Season Premiere, TNT) – The ladies are back for a second season.
Teen Wolf (MTV) – Color me pleasantly surprised for what has been a great summer counterpart to the CW’s popular “The Vampire Diaries.”
Weeds (Showtime)

10:30 The Big C (Showtime)