Tonight on the Tube: House, Lie to Me & Castle

News & Notes

On cable tonight, Cartoon Network has the second season premiere of Adventure Time With Finn and Jake, HGTV has the ninth season premiere of Property Virgins, History has the second season finale of American Pickers, ID has the series premiere of Hardcover Mysteries, Lifetime has the TV movie premiere of Surviving Ophelia, Nat Geo Wild has the second season finale of Expedition Wild With Casey Anderson, Style has the third season premiere of Giuliana & Bill, and Sundance has the miniseries premiere of Carlos.

I will be attending the Syfy Digital Press Tour event today, which includes Q&A panels with @allisonscag and @neilgrayston of Warehouse 13 and Eureka, @AmandaTapping and @RobinDunne of Sanctuary, cast of upcoming Being Human, Caprica producers, and more. Follow me on Twitter @theTVaholic and hashtag #syfytour to keep up with the day’s events and suggest questions.

Prime Picks

House (FOX): New. House and his team treat a woman brought into the hospital with uncontrollable vomiting.

Lie to Me (FOX): New. Lightman finds out something to help a mother and daughter while trying to help a wrongly accused man.

Castle (ABC): New. Castle has some fun tossing out some wild theories after a student is killed with a 200 year old bullet. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 59 minutes.

Solid Selections

Chuck (NBC): New. Chuck and Sarah work on their communication while accompanying Devon and Ellie on a trip to Costa Gravas. Casey finds out something about Morgan that disturbs him.

The Event (NBC): New. A mysterious biological outbreak is dealt with. Vicky awaits further instructions. Vicky’s secret life is discovered by Agent Collier.

Hawaii Five-0 (CBS): New. An escaped convict takes a couple hostage. McGarrett’s sister is visiting.

Other Options

• The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network): New. Food Network personalities talk about their favorite “Nutty” dishes. A repeat episode follows. Both play again later.
• The Big C (Showtime): New. ???.
• Gossip Girl (The CW): New. A terrible rumor involving Serena gets started. Blair gets challenged by an unknown student for an assistant job with a powerful business woman.
• How I Met Your Mother (CBS): New. The gang is giving Robin a hard time about not being a real New Yorker, so she sets out to prove them wrong.
• Rules of Engagement (CBS): New. Audrey is trying to be more spontaneous. Russell tries to help Timmy get over his fear of flying.
• Two and a Half Men (CBS): New. Lyndsey and her son move into Charlie‘s place after their place burns down. Runs 31 minutes.
• Unwrapped (Food Network): New. See how some of your favorite cookies are made. A repeat episode plays right before. Both play again later.

Sports Note

• ESPN has Monday Night Football action with the Minnesota Vikings at the
  New York Jets.

Late Night

• Caprica (Syfy): Repeat. Last Tuesday’s S1.5 premiere episode, “Unvanquished,” replays.
• Mad Men (AMC): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “Blowing Smoke,” replays.

TV Marathons

USA has 15 episodes of NCIS.
WE has seven episodes of Amazing Wedding Cakes early and later 10 episodes of The Golden Girls.