Monday, September 14th, 2009
Best Bets
Season premiere of Gossip Girl (CW, 8pm)
Season finale of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel, 9pm, 10pm, 1am)
News & Notes
TBS has ordered another season of My Boys. Yay! There’ll be nine episodes in the fourth season.
Daytime
This week is the last week for Guiding Light (CBS, check your local listings). It’s difficult to conceive of daytime TV without the Bauer, Spaulding, Lewis, and Cooper families.
Series and season premieres of a lot of syndicated daytime shows today. Check your local listings to find out about all of them.
Danny DeVito, Dave Salmoni and animals on The Bonnie Hunt Show (syndicated, check your local listings).
Part one of a two-part interview with Whitney Houston on the season premiere of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
Primetime Grid
| Mon | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Dreamgirls | |||||
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother Rerun | How I Met Your Mother Rerun | Two and a Half Men Rerun | Big Bang Theory Rerun | CSI: Miami Rerun | |
| NBC | America’s Got Talent | The Jay Leno Show Series premiere | ||||
| FOX | House Rerun | Local Programming | ||||
| CW | One Tree Hill Season premiere | Gossip Girl Season premiere | Local Programming | |||
| ABC Fam | Lincoln Heights Season premiere, also at 11pm | Greek also at 11pm on Tue | America’s Funniest Home Videos Rerun | |||
Primetime
Monday Night Football: Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots (ESPN, 6pm). Followed by another game: Chargers at Raiders (ESPN, 9:30pm).
The police suspect foul play in the death of Charles’ stepfather, Tay is rushed to the hospital, and Eddie and Jenn face financial difficulties on the season premiere of Lincoln Heights (ABC Family, 7pm and 11pm; also next Monday at 6pm).
New episode of Desperate Landscapes (DIY, 7pm and 11pm).
New episode of Property Virgins (HGTV, 7pm and 11pm).
Seth MacFarlane and the voice cast of Family Guy on a new episode of Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo, 7pm and 1am; also on Sunday at 7am).
A “shocking accusation” threatens Nathan’s career, Brooke gets ready to launch a fashion line, and Haley gets an unexpected visitor on the season premiere of One Tree Hill (CW, 7pm).
New Top Gear (BBC America, 7pm, 10pm, midnight).
Season premiere of Gossip Girl (CW, 8pm). At long last Chuck & Blair may be together, at least that’s how things were at the end of last season . . . we’ll see how things go now. Serena returns from Europe with a secret, of course. Rufus, Jenny, and Dan try to adjust to a new lifestyle. And, well, I just can’t wait to see how everybody is doing. I’ve missed this show.
Three Iraq veterans struggle with addictions caused by combat stress on a new Intervention (A&E, 8pm and midnight).
Another airing of the latest episode of Army Wives (Lifetime, 8pm). Pamela gets answers about Chase’s whereabouts; Denise begins EMT training; Jeremy is involved in a bombing; Roxy makes a decision. The next new episode will debut on Sunday at 9pm and 11pm; then air again at 8pm next Monday).
New episode of Yard Crashers (DIY, 8pm and midnight).
New Jon & Kate Plus 8 (TLC, 8pm and 11pm).
Favorite freezer foods on a new Unwrapped (Food Network, 8pm and 11pm).
A look at gang violence in Oakland, California on Gang Wars: Oakland I (Discovery Channel, 8pm and 11pm).
New episode of King of Dirt (DIY, 8:30pm and 12:30am).
Jerry Seinfeld; Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West perform on the series premiere of The Jay Leno Show (NBC, 9pm).
Tony visits Sardinia on the season finale of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel, 9pm, 10pm, 1am).
Three master cake decorators create five-foot tall cakes on a new Ultimate Cake Off (TLC, 9pm and midnight).
Polyamory is the topic on a new 77 True Live (MTV, 9pm and 11pm; also on Tuesday at 9am).
Roman death machines including the Human Press, teh Crank Wheel, and the Tree Tearer on a new Machines of Malice (Discovery Channel, 9pm and midnight).
Eddie Griffin’s Mom moves in with him in the series premiere of Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke (VH1, 9pm and 10:30pm). This is a new reality show. Eddie needs help from his Mom to say “no” to the many folks who make demands on him and also to curtail his partying. Or something like that. He has eight kids and five ex-wives to deal with, plus an extended entourage. You can find out more on the website for the show.
Taylor tries to help Rachel after she’s the victim of another tabloid attack; Rachel models for Marie Claire on a new episode of The Rachel Zoe Project (Bravo, 9pm, 10pm).
A couple faces foreclosure on two houses as a result of hoarding; a woman is forced to clean up her life or risk losing her boyfriend on a new Hoarders (A&E, 9pm and 1am).
Officers investigate reports of an illegal dog fight, a terrified dog is rescued from beneath a trailer on a new Animal Cops Phoenix (Animal Planet, 9pm, midnight, 4am).
New episode of Indoors Out (DIY, 9:30pm and 1:30am).
Late Night
LeBron James on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
Cory Booker on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).
Adam Sandler, Cage the Elephant on a rerun of The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Charlize Theron, stuntman Steven Ho, Dave Matthews Band on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 10:35pm).
Juliette Lewis, Alex O’Loughlin on a rerun of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 11:37pm).
Sen. John McCain, Miranda Cosgrove, Rufus Wainwright on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:37pm).
Alison Brie, Brian Deegan, Franz Ferdinand on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).
Gerard Butler, Nate Berkus, Maxwell on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).
Allie Porter said,
September 14th, 2009 at 4:59pm
Wow, GL finale week already. Thanks for the tip, I fired up the Tivo for this final week. Lots of memories!