Monday, January 19th, 2009
Best Bets
New House (FOX, 7pm)
New Gossip Girl (CW, 7pm)
New The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 7pm)
New Good Eats (Food Network, 7pm and 2am)
New How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 7:30pm)
New Kyle XY (ABC Family, 8pm)
New Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel, 9pm, 10pm, 1am)
Sarah Chalke, Kevin McKidd, Seal on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 11:37pm)
News & Notes
House moves to Monday nights at 7pm as of tonight. The various shifts in the FOX primetime schedule are to make room for a new season of American Idol. 24 moves into its regular timeslot as well tonight. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is moving to Friday nights; the next new episode is scheduled to air on February 13th.
Chuck and Heroes will return to the NBC Monday night lineup with new episodes on February 2nd.
The Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day is on The Sopranos – The Complete Series
for $150. As usual with these deals, it’s good today only, while supplies last.
Daytime
“Oprah in Washington D.C.: The Inaugural Celebration” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
Primetime Grid
| Mon | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Bachelor | True Beauty | ||||
| CBS | Big Bang Theory | How I Met Your Mother | Two and a Half Men | Worst Week | CSI: Miami | |
| NBC | Superstars of Dance | Momma’s Boys Season finale | ||||
| FOX | House New timeslot | 24 | Local Programming | |||
| CW | Gossip Girl | One Tree Hill | Local Programming | |||
| ABC Fam | Secret Life of American Teenager | Kyle XY Also on Tue | Secret Life of American Teenager also at 11pm | |||
Primetime
House (FOX, 7pm) and his team take on the case of a man with such severe chronic pain that he tries to kill himself in this new episode. House relates to the guy, for obvious reasons. Lori Petty continues her guest stint on the show.
Which students will gain early admission to Yale? I guess we find out in tonight’s new episode of Gossip Girl (CW, 7pm). Serena bonds with a new teacher, but the teacher doesn’t give Blair the grade she thinks she deserves. Chuck goes after his uncle. And Nate and Vanessa go to the opera.
Sheldon develops an algorithm for making friends on a new episode of The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 7pm).
Alton Brown enlightens us about ginger in a new episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 7pm and 2am).
A new Antiques Roadshow from Palm Springs, California (PBS, check your local listings).
Ricky’s father arrives in town and he has a plan for his son and the baby in this new episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family, 7pm, 9pm, 11pm).
New episodes of Property Virgins (HGTV, 7pm and 11pm) and Dear Genevieve (HGTV, 7:30pm and 11:30pm).
NBA action on TNT. ESPN has men’s college basketball.
A blizzard shuts down the city, but the gang tries to not let that hamper their plans and rituals in this new episode of How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 7:30pm).
“Lobsterman and Beekeeper” are the jobs on a new Will Work For Food (Food Network, 7:30pm and 2:30am).
Kyle is worried about Amanda following a psychic’s prediction in this new episode of Kyle XY (ABC Family, 8pm; also on Tuesday at 11pm).
Alan thinks he’s the father of the child that Judith is expecting and Jake is in a bad mood on a new Two and a Half Men (CBS, 8pm).
Jack Bauer, the President, and the FBI “race against time in an effort to thwart terrorists” in this new episode of 24 (FOX, 8pm). Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
New Dr. G: Medical Examiner (Discovery Health Channel, 8pm and midnight).
New Jon & Kate Plus 8 (TLC, 8pm and 11pm).
A rebroadcast of We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (HBO, 8:30pm). You can find out more about the special and how to see it on the HBO webpage about the event.
Bourdain visits Washington, D.C. in a new episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel, 9pm, 10pm, 1am).
Bear is in the Yukon in this new episode of Man vs. Wild (Discovery, 9pm and 1am).
Rebroadcast of the season premiere of The Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Showtime, 9pm).
A murder occurs during a horse race on a new CSI: Miami (CBS, 9pm). Josh Hopkins is among the guest stars.
Rebroadcast of the series premiere of United States of Tara (Showtime, 9:30pm).
Late Night
Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief for Al Jazeera Abderrahim Foukara on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
Frank Rich on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).
Jennifer Aniston, a Top Ten List by Jim Carrey, Broken Social Scene on a rerun of The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Jimmy Fallon, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Lee Ann Womack on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).
Sarah Chalke (of Scrubs), Kevin McKidd (of Grey’s Anatomy, Journeyman, Rome), Seal on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 11:37pm).
Teri Hatcher, Aries Spears, Q-Tip on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:37pm).
Kathy Griffin, Sally Hawkins, Mike Birbiglia on a rerun of Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).
Unwritten Law on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).
