Tonight on the Tube: Vampire Diaries, Fringe & Burn Notice

News & Notes

Tonight, ABC has a new The Deep End and the rest of the night is repeats, CBS has a Live for the Moment special and the rest of the night is repeats, and the NBC comedy block is in repeats.

Over on cable, MTV has the fifth season premiere of Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew and VH1 has a VH1 Storytellers: John Mayer special.

In late night, MTV has the second season premiere of Take the Stage.

Next week, Comedy Central has new seasons of Important Things With Demetri Martin and The Sarah Silverman Program premiering.

Giveaways: Enter to win a White Collar prize pack that includes a cashmere scarf, flask, and t-shirt and a Burn Notice prize pack that includes DVDs, a logo flashlight, and t-shirt.

Prime Picks

The Vampire Diaries (The CW): New. Damon and Stefan are attempting to figure out who the new vampire in town is and also attend a school dance with Elena.

Fringe (FOX): New. A group of wedding guests all suffocate from the inside out, so the team sets out to discover how this took place.

Burn Notice (USA): New. Michael is on the hunt for a child predator in an urban barrio. Plays again later. Last week’s episode, “A Dark Road,” replays earlier in the evening.

Solid Selections

Bones (FOX): New. Booth and Brennan investigate when a skeleton is found in a ditch at a Civil War battleground. Booth’s brother is back from his trip.

Supernatural (The CW): New. Teen creates a spell and ends up swapping bodies with Sam.

The Mentalist (CBS): Repeat. In “Black Gold and Red Blood” from earlier this season, Jane helps solve a case from jail after being arrested.

Other Option

• Ace of Cakes (Food Network): New. Duff helps a firefighter create a fun way to propose and also designs a dessert buffet for a company celebrating Christmas in July. A repeat episode follows. Both play again later.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has college basketball action followed by Winter X Games coverage.
• ESPN2 has tripleheader college basketball action.
• TNT has doubleheader NBA action with the Boston Celtics at the Orlando Magic followed by the Dallas Mavericks at the Phoenix Suns.

Late Night

• Caprica (Syfy): Repeat. Last Friday’s series premiere episode, “Pilot,” replays. Runs two hours. Also replays earlier in the day.
• Psych (USA): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “You Can’t Handle This Episode,” replays.
• White Collar (USA): Repeat. This past Tuesday’s episode, “Bad Judgment,” replays.

TV Marathons

A&E has five episodes of First 48.
Bravo has nine episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Discovery Channel has six episodes of A Haunting.
Oxygen has 18 episodes of Snapped.
Spike has nine hours of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Syfy has six episodes of Jeremiah early.