Friday marks the (long-awaited in my house!) season premieres of Monk & Psych on USA starting at 9/8c. Click here for some casting info on both shows! Hector Elizondo is joining the cast this season as Monk’s new shrink, since the untimely death of Stanley Kamel. Also, Brad Garrett is guesting on tonight’s episode. Meanwhile, on Psych, Cybill Shepherd is going to be playing Shawn’s mom!
Also on tonight:
- *Season Premiere* - Monk - USA @ 9/8c
- *Season Premiere* - Psych - USA @ 10/9c
- *New* - Ashley Paige: Bikini or Bust - TLC @ 10/9c & 10:30/9:30c (2 New Episodes)
- *New* - Country Fried Home Videos - CMT @ 9/8c
- *New* - Dance Machine - ABC @ 8/7c
- *New* - Degrassi: The Next Generation - The N @ 8/7c
- *New* - Doctor Who - SciFi @ 9/8c
- *New* - Duel - ABC @ 9/8c
- *New* - Flashpoint - CBS @ 10/9c
- *New* - Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation - Animal Planet @ 8:30/7:30c
- *New* - Stargate: Atlantis - SciFi @ 10/9c
- *New* - What Not To Wear - TLC @ 9/8c
Thursday marks the series premiere of The Gong Show with Dave Attell on Comedy Central at 10/9c. Dave Attell and Comedy Central are bringing back the original and best comedy variety show, The Gong Show! It will consist of eight to ten unusual, absurd, bizarre, twisted, unique and hilarious acts that will be judged by a panel of three revolving celebrity judge. Stars will be made. Feelings will be hurt.
Following that is the series premiere of Reality Bites Back on Comedy Central at 10:30/9:30c. If competitive reality television is your bag, you can’t miss this latest twist on the genre. Ten comedians enter, one comedian leaves with a fat cash prize to stave off their side gigs, if only for a little while. Michael Ian Black serves as ringmaster for this circus of the stand-ups with parodies of American Gladiators, The Amazing Race, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? and more of your elimination show favorites. Contestants on the show include a son of hippies, “Sheen” from Jimmy Neutron and “Ashy Larry.” Culled from the ranks of seasoned comedy veterans and up-and-comers across America, these stand-ups will do anything for cash and glory. No stunt or psychological game is too humiliating for these comic warriors. How much physical and mental abuse can they take beyond what it takes to make it as a stand-up comedian?
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Wednesday marks the series premiere of Family Foreman on TV Land at 10/9c. In this six episode series, TV Land gives viewers an intimate look at George Foreman, the former heavyweight boxing champ who reinvented himself as a successful businessman and pitchman. Viewers will get a rare glimpse into his home life as a minister and father to ten children, five of whom are also named George Edward Foreman.
It’s also the season finales of Celebrity Circus on NBC at 10/9c & Chopper Challenge on CMT at 8:30/7:30c.
Finally, it’s the season premieres of Project Runway on Bravo at 9/8c, Dog the Bounty Hunter on A&E at 9/8c, followed by a 2nd new episode at 9:30/8:30c & Run’s House on MTV at 10/9c, followed by a 2nd new episode at 10:30/9:30c.
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Tuesday marks the series premiere of four shows. First up on A&E is The Cleaner at 10/9c. It follows Benjamin Bratt as William Banks, a recovering addict who helps others get clean by any means necessary as he struggles to maintain his own rocky personal life. William works with an eclectic team. Swenton is a wily smart aleck who is great undercover and always jealous of Akani, the beautiful, manipulative, and mysterious woman who always seems to get the best assignments and might just have a romantic past with William. Darnell is the newest member of William’s crew. Darnell is deeply indebted to William for helping his younger brother get clean, but he must balance his deep religious convictions with the kind of work required as part of William’s team. Together with this eclectic group, William works week-in and week-out to bring addicts of all kinds to the point where they are ready and willing to get help and begin the difficult process of getting clean. With every success and every failure, William wrestles with his own demons through an unusual relationship with God. He’s a man caught between an unwavering commitment to his work, deep love for his family, and the ghosts of his own addictions. Bad for his personal life, perhaps, but these are the tensions that make William the one you want helping a troubled loved one, the one you trust to do whatever is necessary, the man you want by your side in your darkest hour. In the face of tragedy and addiction, William Banks will risk everything to be The Cleaner.
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Monday marks is the season premieres of three shows. First up is my personal favorite of the three and one of my all-time favorites, The Closer on TNT at 10/9c. Kyra Sedgewick is simply A-MA-ZING in this role of Brenda Lee Johnson. Following that is the season premiere of Saving Grace at 10/9c. Also premiering tonight is Top Gear on BBC America at 8/7c. Tonight’s guest is James Nesbitt.
Also on tonight:
- *Season Premiere* - Saving Grace - TNT @ 10/9
- *Season Premiere* - The Closer - TNT @ 9/8
- *Season Premiere* - Top Gear - BBC America @ 8/7c
- *New* - American Gladiators - NBC @ 8/7c
- *New* - Charlie Jade - SciFi @ 3AM/2AMc (Monday night/Tuesday morning)
- *New* - Intervention - A&E @ 9/8c
- *New* - Jon & Kate Plus 8 - TLC @ 9/8c
- *New* - Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods - MTV @ 10/9c
- *New* - Nashville Star - NBC @ 9/8c
- *New* - Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal - A&E @ 10/9c
- *New* - Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Showtime @ 10:30/9:30c
- *New* - The Middleman - ABC Family @ 10/9c
- *New* - The Mole - ABC @ 9/8c & 10/9c (1-Hour Special & 1-Hour New Episode)
- *New* - Verminators - Discovery @ 10/9c
- *New* - Weeds - Showtime @ 10/9c
Sunday marks the season finale of Your Place or Mine? on TLC at 12PM/11AMc, but due to the move of when it has been airing, I’d say it’s likely to be a series finale, not season. It’s also the season premiere of Big Brother on CBS at 8/7c. There is a wide age-range this season, according to the news release I saw the other day. Should be interesting, assuming you’re a fan of the show.
Tonight also marks the first installment of HBO’s Generation Kill. The seven part series tells the intimate tale of young Marines whose unit is part of the first wave of the American military assault on Baghdad. The drama is based on the nonfiction book by Evan Wright, who serves as co-writer and consultant. It stars Billy Lush (The Black Donnellys) & Owain Yeoman (Kitchen Confidential & the upcoming The Mentalist) among others,
If you are an Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical & The Suite Life of Zach & Cody) fan, check out the ABC Family movie, Picture This at 8/7c. It is a coming-of-age comedy about an unpopular high school senior - with an overprotective father - who gets a date to the biggest party of the year with the school’s most sought after guy, only to find herself grounded on the appointed day. So, she enlists her friends and a video phone to outsmart her dad - as well as her date’s ex-girlfriend. Kevin Pollack stars as the father.
Finally, it’s the series premiere of Brooke Knows Best on VH1 at 10/9c. Brooke Hogan, the 19 year old aspiring pop star who wasn’t allowed to date or be alone with a boy due to her strict controlling dad Hulk, is embarking on a whole new world with no rules but her own. She’s moving out and renting an apartment in Miami. She’s beginning an adult life with many new responsibilities, temptations, and opportunities as she tries to build a career as singer.
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Friday marks the series premiere of Ashley Paige: Bikini or Bust on TLC at 10/9c followed by a 2nd new episode at 10:30/9:30c. The docu-series goes inside the life of Ashley Paige, a renowned bathing suit designer who had it all magazine covers, A-list celebrities wearing her bikinis, a brand-new store in Los Angeles … in short, a promising career in the fashion world. But, just as quickly as she became an overnight sensation, she hit rock bottom. Currently, Ashley can barely make rent, let alone successfully run her business. But that’s all about to change as she embarks on a journey to take all of her potential and turn it into success.
The one I’m really looking forward to most is the series premiere of Flashpoint on CBS at 10/9c. This emotional journey into the tough, risk-filled lives of a group of cops in the SRU (inspired by Toronto’s Emergency Task Force) is about a unit that rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, climbs the sides of buildings and talks down suicidal teens. As they race against the clock to determine what brought these people to their respective breaking points, members of this highly skilled team use their training in negotiating, profiling and getting inside the suspect’s head to diffuse the situation to try to save lives. It stars Enrico Colantoni (Keith Mars on Veronica Mars)
It’s also the season premiere of Stargate: Atlantis on SciFi at 10/9c and the return of Degrassi: The Next Generation on The N at 8/7c.
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Thursday marks the series premiere of Greatest American Dog on CBS at 8/7c. Extraordinary teams of dogs and owners across the nation will compete for the title of Greatest American Dog. Owners and their pets - from “pageant dogs” to those simply trained at home - will live together and compete against each other in games that put the owners’ ability to train their dogs to the test. The winning team will walk away with a $250,000 cash prize. It is hosted by Jarod Miller. If you haven’t seen him before, he hosts some show on Animal Planet, I think and he does animal segments on Rachael Ray’s talk show. He’s hysterical and very fun to watch. 
It’s also the series premiere of Dragons’ Den on BBC America at 9/8c. This competition series gives would-be entrepreneurs a chance of a lifetime and these are the most crucial three minutes of their life - to pitch their ideas to five self-made millionaires, aka the Dragons, who have the connections and the cash to make their business plan a reality. The Den is open for business and these multi-millionaire investors are ready to back the best ideas and innovations with hundreds of thousands of their own cash.
Finally, it’s the series premiere of The Works on the History Channel at 10/9c. Daniel H. Wilson puts complex subjects such as steel, motorcycles and power tools under the microscope revealing their history and unseen secrets and finds enough fascinating “did you know” facts that would make the most knowledgeable of history buffs scratch his head. My husband is gonna love this show! heh
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Wednesday marks the season finales of She’s Got the Look on TV Land (it was recently renewed for a 2nd season, so yay to its fans!) and The Real World on MTV, both at 10/9c. It’s also the season premiere of Scare Tactics on SciFi at 10/9c, followed by a 2nd new episode at 10:30/9:30c.
Also on tonight:
- *Season Finale* - She’s Got the Look - TV Land @ 10/9c
- *Season Finale* - The Real World - MTV @ 10/9c
- *Season Premiere* - Scare Tactics - SciFi @ 10/9c & 10:30/9:30c (2 New Episodes Including Season Premiere)
- *Special* - Koppel: People’s Republic of Capitalism - Joined at the Hip - Discovery @ 10/9c (1-Hour Special)
- *New* - Black Gold - TruTV @ 10/9c
- *New* - Celebrity Circus - NBC @ 10/9c
- *New* - Chopper Challenge - CMT @ 8:30/7:30c
- *New* - Ghost Hunters International - SciFi @ 9/8c (Summer Premiere)
- *New* - Mind of Mencia - Comedy Central @ 10:30/9:30c
- *New* - Shear Genius - Bravo @ 10/9c
- *New* - So You Think You Can Dance? - FOX @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
- *New* - The Baby Borrowers - NBC @ 9/8c
- *New* - Tyler Perry’s House of Payne - TBS @ 10/9c & 10:30/9:30c (2 New Episodes)
Monday marks the 2-hour season finale of The Bachelor followed by the 1-hour After the Rose Special on ABC starting at 8/7c. Who will DeAnna choose? Jason or Jesse? And since ABC cancelled next week’s “Engagement Party” episode, does it mean the engagement is off?
Tonight is also a new episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 on TLC at 9/8c. Tonight’s episode is a celebration for the sextuplet’s 4th birthday!
Also on tonight:
- *Season Finale* - The Bachelorette - ABC @ 8/7c & 10/9c (2-Hour Season Finale & 1-Hour After the Final Rose Special)
- *New* - American Gladiators - NBC @ 8/7c
- *New* - Charlie Jade - SciFi @ 3AM/2AMc (Monday night/Tuesday morning)
- *New* - Intervention - A&E @ 9/8c
- *New* - Jon & Kate Plus 8 - TLC @ 9/8c
- *New* - Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods - MTV @ 10/9c
- *New* - Nashville Star - NBC @ 9/8c
- *New* - Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal - A&E @ 10/9c
- *New* - Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Showtime @ 10:30/9:30c
- *New* - The Middleman - ABC Family @ 10/9c
- *New* - Verminators - Discovery @ 10/9c
- *New* - Weeds - Showtime @ 10/9c
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