News & Notes

Tonight, CBS has the series finale of Medium and FOX has the third season premiere of Kitchen Nightmares followed by Fringe on its new night.

Over on cable, CMT has the fourth season premiere of My Big Redneck Wedding, IFC has the series premieres of Onion News Network and Portlandia, and Starz has the series premiere of Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.

In late night, Comedy Central has the 15th season premiere of Comedy Central Presents: …

Prime Picks

Medium (CBS): Series Finale. Allison and Joe embark on new careers that will change the Dubois family forever. Will you be sorry to see this one go?

Fringe (FOX): New. The team attempts to fix a mistake and works with an observer to do so. Walter makes a new friend.

Merlin (Syfy): New. Merlin comes across a secret chamber and accidentally lets a goblin loose. Plays again later.

Other Options

• Glory Daze (TBS): Repeat. This past Tuesday’s first season finale episode, “Some Like it Hot Tub,” replays.
• Law & Order: UK (BBC America): New. A girl is found dead. Last week’s second season premiere episode, “Broken,” replays right after.
• Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (Starz): Series Premiere. This is a prequel to Spartacus: Blood & Sand, which I hear is basically soft-core porn with some gladiators fighting throw in. The previous series actually turned out to be pretty good after an over the top premiere, so maybe this will be the same. Plays again later.

Sports Note

• ESPN has doubleheader NBA action with the New York Knicks at the San Antonio Spurs followed by the Los Angeles Lakers at the Denver Nuggets.

Late Night

• Being Human (Syfy): Repeat. This past Monday’s series premiere episode, “There Goes the Neighborhood,” replays.
• Lights Out (FX): Repeat. This past Tuesday’s episode, “Cakewalk,” replays.

TV Marathons

A&E has eight episodes of Criminal Minds.
Bravo has six episodes of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover early.
Spike TV has five episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Syfy has eight episodes of Level 9 early.
USA has 10 episodes of House, M.D. today and five episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation tonight.

What looks good to you tonight? I hope you’ll be tuning into Fringe.