Welcome to a new week for This Week on TV! This is a packed week full of premieres and finales, so let’s get to it!
SUNDAY
Sunday is all about the 2 hour series premiere of Drive on FOX at 8/7c. A select group of people from around the country are coerced or invited to compete in a highly-secretive, cross-county road race with a rumored prize of $32 million. Those competing include: Alex Tully (played by the wonderful Nathan Fillion, Captain Mal Reynolds on Firefly & Caleb on Buffy the Vampire Slayer), whose wife has been kidnapped and who has become convinced that competing in The Race will lead to her whereabouts; Wendy Patrakas (played by Melanie Lynskey, Rose on Two and a Half Men), a new mother fleeing from her husband, Richard; Rob Laird, a soldier just back from fighting in Iraq, and his wife Ellie; Winston Salazar (played by Kevin Alejandro, Santos on Ugly Betty), a convict who has been mysteriously let out of jail, and his newly discovered half-brother Sean; Hurricane Katrina survivors Ivy, Leigh and Susan (played by Michael Hyatt, Angela Blake on The West Wing & Brianna Barksdale on The Wire; father and daughter team John and Violet; and mysterious stowaway Corinna Wiles (played by Kristin Lehman, who played the genetically engineered beauty on the short-lived Century City). The Race Liaison, Mr. Bright, meets the participants in the Florida Keys and gives them instructions on the first leg of their trip in the series premiere. Nathan Fillion is reason enough alone to watch this show! Check it out!
Also on tonight:
- *Special* – I Love New York: Reunion Show – VH1 @ 9/8c
- *Season Finale* – Paradise City – E! @ 10:30/9:30c
- *Season Finale* – The Dresden Files – SciFi @ 10/9c
- *Series Premiere* – Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School – VH1 @ 10/9c – (90 Minutes)
- *Series Premiere* – The Springer Hustle – VH1 @ 11:30/10:30c
- *Season Premiere* – Footballers’ Wives – BBC America @ 10/9c
- *New* – 7th Heaven – CW @ 8/7c
- *New* – Blood Ties – Lifetime @ 10/9c
- *New* – Brothers & Sisters – ABC @ 10:01/9:01c
- *New* – Cold Case – CBS @ 9/8c
- *New* – Desperate Housewives – ABC @ 9/8c
- *New* – Entourage – HBO @ 10/9c
- *New* – Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels – A&E @ 9/8c
- *New* – Mind of Mencia – Comedy Central @ 10/9c
- *New* – Reno 911 – Comedy Central @ 10:30/9:30c
- *New* – Sons of Hollywood – A&E @ 10/9c
- *New* – The Amazing Race – CBS @ 8/7c
- *New* – The Apprentice: Los Angeles – NBC @ 10/9c
- *New* – The Girls Next Door – E! @ 10/9c
- *New* – The Sopranos – HBO @ 9/8c
- *New* – The Tudors – Showtime @ 10/9c
- *New* – Without a Trace – CBS @ 10/9c
- America’s Next Top Model – CW @ 9/8c
- Deal or No Deal – NBC @ 9/8c
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – ABC @ 8/7c