ABC has the series premiere of Women’s Murder Club and the season premiere of Men in Trees. Over on cable, Lifetime has the season premiere of Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead, the series premiere of America’s Psychic Challenge and in late night, the season premiere of Blood Ties.
You will find a replay of this week’s episode of Bionic Woman, “Sisterhood,” on Sci Fi tonight.
Prime Picks
Deal or No Deal (NBC): New. A woman from Texas takes a shot at a million dollars. Well, it is better than anything else in the first hour of primetime tonight.
Friday Night Lights (NBC): New. It is the first day of school and Saracen is seeing things slip away from him. Meanwhile, Smash is being praised by just about everyone. Tami is finding life as a new mother quite challenging. Can’t wait to see how the deal with all that happened in last week’s episode.
Numb3rs (CBS): New. A car that careens into a coffee shop and kills people, looks to be an accident. But, Charlie and the rest figure out that it wasn’t.
Solid Selections
Ghost Whisperer (CBS): New. Miranda helps an Iraq war veteran.
Women’s Murder Club (ABC): Series Premiere. A new member of the club is welcomed, as crime of passion is investigated. Looking forward to seeing what this show is like. Based on the novels of James Patterson.
Men in Trees (ABC): Season Premiere. It is finally back tonight, as Marin visits a guru, Patrick sees how competitive Annie can be and an artic cyclone hits the mountain trail.
Cable Choices
Good Eats (Food Network): Repeat. Alton whips up some tasty salads. Plays again later.
Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food Network): Repeat. Get “Totally Fried.” Plays again later.
Flash Gordon (Sci Fi): New. Aura uses a deadly love potion on Flash and pits him against Barin, who she is supposed to marry. Plays again later. Look for another Razor flashback during the episode. Watch the first Razor flashback from last week.
Stargate Atlantis (Sci Fi): New. Ronan and the Atlantis team help a group of Satedans go up against the Wraith. Plays again later.
Other Options
- Las Vegas (NBC): New. Cooper gets a beauty pageant for the hotel, but things don’t go all that well. Sam thinks she has seen a murder, but can’t get Danny to believe her.
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA): Repeat. The season premiere episode, “Amends,” replays.
- Monk (USA): Repeat. The “Mr. Monk and the Rapper” episode replays.
- Paula’s Party (Food Network): New. Joe Pantoliano and Amy Sedaris join Paula in the kitchen. Plays again later.
- What Not to Wear (TLC): New. A 31-year-old woman gets remodeled. Plays again later. Twelve past episodes replay leading up to it.
Sports Notes
- ESPN has Friday Night College Football with Hawaii at San Jose State.
- ESPN2 has NASCAR racing with the Busch Series: Dollar General 300.
- FOX has Game 1 of the American League Championship Series with the Cleveland Indians at the Boston Red Sox.
- TBS has Game 2 of the National League Championship Series with the Colorado Rockies at the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Late Night
- Blood Ties (Lifetime): Season Premiere. The spirit of a former cop buddy of Vicki’s comes to her for help in finding who killed him. Read Review. Get this episode right now at iTunes at no charge.
- House (USA): Repeat. “The Right Stuff” episode where House starts interviewing for new team members by putting them in groups and making it a competition replays.
TV Marathons
Bravo has 11 episodes of Six Feet Under.
Hallmark Channel has six hours of Murder, She Wrote tonight.
Oxygen has 12 episodes of Tori & Dean: Inn Love early.
TLC has 13 episodes of What Not to Wear.