News & Notes
Over on cable, Cooking Channel has the series premiere of Chuck’s Week Off, History has the series premiere of Vietnam in HD, and TLC has a 19 Kids & Counting special and the third season premiere of Quints By Surprise.
Listen to the latest TV times Three Podcast: Ep.111, “A Look at Some of Your Favorite Returning Shows for Fall 2011.” This week @memles was back with @mytakeontv and I to take a look at some returning shows for Fall TV 2011, some Awkward. talk, and some cancellation and renewal news.
Prime Picks
NCIS (CBS): New. A military plane that was carrying caskets crashes and the team finds some problems with the DNA samples collected.
New Girl (FOX): New. Cece tells Jess that Nick has feelings for her and Schmidt tries to get with Cece. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 30 minutes.
Raising Hope (FOX): New. Jimmy doesn’t like a 13-year-old that is showing interest in Sabrina. Maw Maw swallows a gold tooth and Burt and Virginia have to deal with it. Starts a minutes after the half hour and runs 29 minutes.
Sons of Anarchy (FX): New. Jax and Tara get a look at what life outside the club is could be like. Plays twice and again later. This is an absolutely fabulous episode. I don’t want to spoil it, so won’t say anymore. FX extended the season to 14 episodes, so the season finale will now be on Tuesday, December 6th.
Solid Selections
Glee (FOX): New. Artie is preparing for the school’s performance of West Side Story. Runs 61 minutes.
Ringer (The CW): New. Everyone gets some upsetting news. Juliet continues to get closer to her teacher.
Covert Affairs (USA Network): New. Annie attempts to get the wife of a money launderer to be a CIA assest. Plays again later. Last week’s episode, “The Wake-Up Bomb,” replays earlier this morning.
Other Options
- Flashpoint (ION): New. A widow starts a chain reaction campaign to kill members of the families of the people that held her husband captive. A repeat episode follows. Both play again later.
- NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): New. The team is looking for some missing hazardous materials in Mexico.
- Parenthood (NBC): New. Amber offers to let her father stay with her and gets a first hand look at what her mother had to deal with. Crosby is dealing with the idea of another man being in Jabbar’s life.
Sports Note
- ESPN2 has college football action with Northern Illinois at Bowling Green.
Late Night
- Psych (USA Network): Repeat. Last Wednesday’s episode, “The Amazing Psych-Man & Tap Man, Issue No. 2,” replays.
TV Marathons
A&E has 10 episodes of Storage Wars tonight.
Oxygen has 15 episodes of Roseanne.
Spike TV has six episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation followed by 11 episodes of Auction Hunters.
TNT has five episodes of Bones tonight.
USA Network has 14 episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
