News & Notes
On cable tonight, Animal Planet has the first fall season premeire of Fatal Attractions, Discovery Channel has the third season premiere of Swamp Loggers, Nat Geo has the seventh season premiere of Dog Whisperer, and TeenNick has the series premiere of Gigantic.
Sanctuary season three premieres next Friday, Oct. 15th.
Prime Picks
Smallville (The CW): New. Kara is back with a message for Clark from Jor El. Lois goes after a crusading shock jock railing against heroes like Green Arrow.
No Ordinary Family (ABC): Repeat. This past Tuesday’s series premiere episode, “No Ordinary Marriage,” replays.
Blue Bloods (CBS): New. Someone with diplomatic immunity is accused of rape.
Solid Selections
House (FOX): Repeat. “Lockdown” from last season replays.
CSI: NY (CBS): New. A married couple is found beaten. A woman identifies her son as the killer, but then a witness comes forward.
Haven (Syfy): Season Finale. Audrey deals with a revelation about herself, all while dealing with a mysterious criminal that is back in town. Plays again later. The show has been picked up for a second season, which will begin filming next spring and play next summer.
Other Options
- The Good Guys (FOX): New. Jack and Dan go after some identity thieves that are forging documents for some Mexican drug runners.
- Law & Order: UK (BBC America): New. The death of a boy found at a rail station is investigated. Plays again later. The series premiere episode, “Care,” replays following.
- Medium (CBS): New. Ariel is having visions of young woman that’s missing. Allison has concerns about her boss.
- Meat & Potatoes (Food Network): New. It’s “Steakhouse Wars.” Plays again later.
- Modern Family (ABC): Repeat. This past Wednesday’s episode, “Earthquake,” replays.
- Supernatural (The CW): New. Sam and Dean go to Castiel for help investigating after some cops seemed to have been killed by Egyptian plagues.
Sports Notes
- ESPN has college football action with Connecticut at Rutgers.
- TBS has doubleheader MLB Playoffs action with the Cincinnati Reds at the Philadelphia Phillies followed by the Atlanta Braves at the San Francisco Giants.
Late Night
- Caprica (Syfy): Repeat. This past Tuesday’s S1.5 premiere episode, “Unvanquished,” replays.
- House (USA): Repeat. The “Selfish” episode from a couple weeks ago on FOX replays.
- Sons of Anarchy (FX): Repeat. This past Tuesday’s episode, “Turning and Turning,” replays.
TV Marathons
History has six episodes of Gangland that play twice.
Oxygen has 10 episodes of Roseanne.
USA has nine episodes of House early followed by six episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Good to see Laura Vandervoort back on the show as Kara. I kind of missed her when she left after season 7. That costume she was wearing was about as close as you can get to Supergirl’s costume without it actually being the costume.