News & Notes
Over on cable, Animal Planet has a Bear Whisperer special, Discovery Health has a Dr. Oz’s Ultimate Top 20 special, Syfy has an eight episode Chuck season two marathon, and VH1 has the third season premiere of Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew.
Shows that will be back with new episodes next Thursday are Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice on ABC, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Mentalist on CBS, Bones and Fringe on FOX, and the two-hour comedy block on NBC.
Shows premiering next Thursday are the seventh season of Project Runway on Lifetime and the new animated spy comedy
Prime Picks
The Vampire Diaries (The CW): Repeat. Episode nine, “History Repeating,” replays with the fall finale episode, “The Turning Point,” replaying next week and new episodes resuming the following week on January 21st.
Fringe (FOX): Repeat. The fall finale episode, “Grey Matters,” from December replays to get you ready for the return of new episodes next week.
The Mentalist (CBS): Repeat. In “Red Menace” from earlier this season, the team is investigating a motorcycle gang in association with the murder of an attorney.
Other Option
- Iron Chef America (Food Network): Repeat. The two-hour “Super Chef Battle” from Sunday night replays.
Sports Notes
- ABC has the Citi BCS Championship with Alabama vs. Texas.
- ESPN2 has a college basketball game.
- NBA TV has the Charlotte Bobcats at the New York Knicks.
TV Marathons
A&E has six episodes of First 48.
Bravo has seven episodes of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Discovery Channel has five episodes of FBI Files.
MTV has five episodes of Made.
Oxygen has 26 episodes of Snapped.
Spike has nine hours of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Syfy has eight episodes of Scariest Places on Earth early and later eight episodes of Chuck.
VH1 has the five-part 100 Most Shocking Music Moments.
WE has five episodes of Rich Bride, Poor Bride early.
