News & Notes
Over on cable, Food Network has the first season finale of Chefs vs. City, Starz has the second season premiere of Crash, and Syfy has the third season finale of Eureka.
In later night, Comedy Central has a Mitch Fatel Is Magical comedy special.
Premiering next Friday, CBS has Ghost Whisperer, Medium and Numb3rs, The CW has Smallville, FOX has Brothers and Dollhouse, and NBC has Law & Order.
Prime Picks
Eureka (Syfy): Repeat. Last Friday’s episode, “Have an Ice Day,” replays. The third season finale follows.
Eureka (Syfy): Season Finale. Zoe is prepping for college. Tess gets an offer for a great job in Australia. There is a magnetic disturbance hovering over the town. Plays again later. Last week’s episode, “Have an Ice Day,” replays right before.
Psych (USA): New. Every girlfriend a guy has seems to end up in mortal danger and he wants Shawn and Gus to help him end the curse he believes is behind these occurrences. Plays again later.
Solid Selections
Smallville (The CW): Repeat. Last season’s finale episode, “Doomsday,” replays. The new season begins next week.
Monk (USA): New. Natalie thinks that a critic that didn’t like her daughter’s play is behind a murder that happened at the same time as the play. Plays again later.
Warehouse 13 (Syfy): Repeat. In “Nevermore” from Tuesday night, Myka’s father is in danger after coming in contact with an artifact. Guest stars Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica).
Other Options
- The Beautiful Life: TBL (The CW): Repeat. The “Pilot” episode from Wednesday night replays. Plays again on Sunday night. Not that it should be watched, but if you want to see how bad it is for yourself, you have two more chances.
- Glee (FOX): Repeat. “Acafellas” from Wednesday night replays.
- Numb3rs (CBS): Repeat. Last season’s finale episode, “Angels and Devils,” replays. The new season begins next week.
Sports Notes
- ESPN has college football action with Boise State at Fresno State.
- ESPN2 has Friday Night Fights.
Late Night
- Sons of Anarchy (FX): Repeat. This past Tuesday’s episode, “Small Tears,” replays. Runs 62 minutes.
TV Marathons
Bravo has five hours of Project Runway episodes.
Spike has eight hours of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes.
Syfy has eight episodes of Invasion early.
USA has six episodes of Monk early.
I couldn’t believe how bad :TBL was! Still not loving Glee as much as these die-hard fans–it’s entertaining–just not amazing.
The Vampire Diaries is another horrible one–gave it a second shot last night, but I think that’s it–may not even wait for the third strike.
However, I was pleasantly surprised and pleased with last night’s sneak peek of Avatar–reminded me of The Venture Bros. Will be adding that to my schedule in January.
Yes I agree on the Glee comment. I want to like it more than I actually do. Jane Lynch is inspired and the show is decent, just not great.
Kyle, Could TBL have put anymore overused storylines into one episode, cause it was pretty bad and terribly predictable.
As for The Vampire Diaries, I don’t think it’s “horrible.” But, it’s not great either.
As for Glee, I’m not loving it like so many seem to be. It is good and at times close to great, but the musical numbers lose it for me, they just seem so fake. If really bad lip-syncing is what they are going for, then they’re doing a fine job.
sprspndx, Jane Lynch’s Sue is the only consistent reason to watch. They sure give her some great lines and she pretty much knocks them out of the park every time.