Monday, May 18th, 2009
Best Bets
Season finale of Gossip Girl (CW, 7pm)
New Good Eats (Food Network, 7pm and 2am)
Season finale of How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 7:30pm)
Season finale of Two and a Half Men (CBS, 8pm)
New Medium (NBC, 9pm)
News & Notes
FOX announced the schedules for Fall 2009 and Winter 2010 today; I’ve updated my Fall 2009 Schedule Grid to cover all that. NBC & ABC will announce their fall schedules tomorrow, CBS makes their announcement on Wednesday, and the CW will make their announcement on Thursday. As I’ve done since 1999, I’ll be updating the schedule grid as the announcements are made.
The Amazon Deal of the Day (in ye olde Gold Box) is on Bones: Seasons 1-3
Daytime
A new installment of “Oprah’s Search for the World’s Most Talented Kids” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
Primetime Grid
| Mon | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars | The Bachelorette Season premiere | ||||
| CBS | Rules of Engagement | How I Met Your Mother Season finale | Two and a Half Men Season finale | Rules of Engagement Season finale | CSI: Miami Season finale | |
| NBC | Deal or No Deal | Deal or No Deal | Medium | |||
| FOX | 24 Season finale | Local Programming | ||||
| CW | Gossip Girl Season finale | One Tree Hill Season finale | Local Programming | |||
| ABC Fam | Greek also at 11pm | My Fake Fiance | ||||
Primetime
I kinda loved the season finale of Gossip Girl (CW, 7pm) when I had a chance to screen it a week ago. If you’re a fan of the show, you’ll probably enjoy it. I already can’t wait for next season! (Yes, the show will be back.)
Alton Brown covers the “American Classic” spaghetti with meat sauce on a new episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 7pm and 2am).
There’s a new episode of Antiques Roadshow (PBS, check your local listings) from Hartford, CT.
Another very very long day comes to an end for Jack Bauer in the two-hour season finale of 24 (FOX, 7pm). Jack’s next long day will start on January 17th, 2010 as the show will be back for yet another season. How many days like that can a guy have?
No The Big Bang Theory tonight as the show had its season finale last week; instead we get a new episode of Rules of Engagement (CBS, 7pm). Does anyone actually watch that show? The times I’ve tried it, I couldn’t stand it.
New episode of Property Virgins (HGTV, 7pm and 11pm).
Marshall tries to lure Ted to the roof for a surprise 31st birthday party on the season finale of How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 7:30pm).
Charlie begins questioning his current relationship when Mia returns to town in the season finale of Two and a Half Men (CBS, 8pm). And Judith goes into labor.
New episodes of Table for 12 (TLC, 8pm and 11pm, 8:30pm and 11:30pm).
Anjelica Huston returns for a new episode of Medium (NBC, 9pm). Balthazar Getty and Rumer Willis also guest star.
New Ax Men (History Channel, 9pm, 10pm and 1am).
Lives are in danger and Horatio tries to save someone on the season finale of CSI: Miami (CBS, 9pm).
Late Night
Sarah Fisher on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
Meghan McCain on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).
Ben Stiller, White Rabbits on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Cameron Diaz, Kirk Fox, Blink 182 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC, 10:35pm).
Justin Long, Lawrence Block on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 11:35pm).
Simon Baker (of The Mentalist), Carla Gugino, Method Man & Redman on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:35pm).
Dane Cook, 6-year-old genius Pranav Veera, Franz Ferdinand on a rerun of Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).
Tom Lennon, Crystal Antlers on a rerun of Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).
