The TV Addict 

MERLIN (8PM NBC, 7PM CTV in Canada)
Arthur slays a unicorn, which if Harry Potter taught us anything, probably means really bad news for Camelot.

ARMY WIVES (10PM Lifetime)
Claudio Joy and Denise escort a former Gilmore Girl senator’s widow (Kelly Bishop) to a groundbreaking ceremony on the base.

MAD MEN (10PM AMC)
In what gets our vote for most misleading episode logline of the week comes courtesy of MAD MEN’s third season premiere: Sal accompanies Don on a business trip to Baltimore, where both men succumb to the powers of persuasive seduction. Trust us, totally not what you’re thinking! Click here for our full review.

ADDITIONAL TV ADDICTIONS:
TRUE BLOOD (9PM HBO)
HUNG (10PM HBO)
ENTOURAGE (10:30PM HBO)

In these trying times, ARMY WIVES may be the perfect primetime soap for viewers looking to find a world where things make sense despite the fact that the one we live in often doesn’t. For the men and women who live on the active army base at fictional Fort Marshall, South Carolina, there are well-established rules in place and consequences must be paid by those who don’t abide by them.

It’s an oddly comforting place to be given the pervasive “anything-goes” culture that surrounds us.

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