In other TV news, CBS has renewed The Big Bang Theory and announced that episodes of new comedy, The Captain, will take its place after How I Met Your Mother in the new year and The New Adventures of Old Christine will return, as well, and take over the Rules of Engagement timeslot after Two and a Half Men. Also, next year ABC will be premiering Dance War in the Dancing With the Stars timeslot, NBC will be playing American Gladiators in the Chuck timeslot, Deal or No Deal in the Heroes slot, and Medium in place of Journeyman, and FOX will have the return of Prison Break and the premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Well, Monday nights in January don’t look that bad, although the NBC lineup will have seriously deteriorated from what we have enjoyed this fall. RSS and eMail subscribers should keep a lookout, as a Printable Midseason TV Schedule, with all this info and more, is in the works and should be available soon.
Prime Picks
How I Met Your Mother (CBS): New. That gang doesn’t think that Ted should date his doctor or that Barney should date the waitress at their favorite bar.
Aliens in America (The CW): New. Franny thinks that the family needs to start going back to church.
Samantha Who? (ABC): New. Sam is risking her new potential relationship with Kevin by moving things along too fast for him.
Notes From the Underbelly (ABC): New. Lauren wants her little sister to move to town after she comes for a visit and a job interview.
Journeyman (NBC): New. The news of big layoffs at the paper hits on Christmas Eve and Dan ends up journeying back to the paper’s holiday party to fix something. Meanwhile, Katie is trying to deal with resent traumatic experiences and Dan finds out something about Livia. While NBC hasn’t yet renewed the show, which the TVaholic hopes they do, they have scheduled the remaining completed episodes to air. Tonight is the 10th episode, episode 11 will air next Monday and the 12th, and hopefully not final, episode will air on Wednesday, January 19th. It was written to serve as a finale that would answer some questions, but it will leave many more for future episodes. Come on NBC; continue this show like you did with Chuck and Life. This is one journey that should continue. What do you think about Journeyman? Would you like to see it continue after the strike?
Solid Selections
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown! (ABC): Repeat. Lucy and Linus’ little brother, ReRun, turns to Snoopy and Spike for some Christmas fun.
K-Ville (FOX): New. The squad gets a call about a high-profile shop and it leads to Boulet and Cobb having to test the limits of their trust of each other.
CSI: Miami (CBS): New. The team is on the hunt for a rare and illegal machine gun that was used to mow down a trio of gun smugglers, before it can be used again.
Cable Choices
Good Eats (Food Network): Repeat. Alton makes some holiday fruitcake. Plays again later.
The Secret Life Of … (Food Network): Repeat. Find out the history of cheesecake. Plays again later.
The Closer (TNT): Repeat. The season three premiere, “Homewrecker,” replays.
Saving Grace (TNT): New. When a concerned citizen shoots a robber at a drive-in, the unit investigates. Plays again later and then again late night tomorrow.
Other Options
- October Road (ABC): New. Owen and Allison are trying to figure out how to split time with the kids over the holidays. Phil’s parents come for a visit.
Sports Notes
- ESPN has Monday Night Football with the New Orleans Saints at the Atlanta Falcons.
- NBA TV has the Miami Heat at the Phoenix Suns.
- Versus has NHL action.
TV Marathons
A&E has six episodes of CSI: Miami that play twice for a total of 12 hours.
Oxygen has 14 episodes of The Bad Girls Club early.
Sci Fi has eight episodes of Threshold early.
