This Week on TV (8/17-8/23)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Bravo, Cable, Top Chef

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MONDAY (8/17)

• Top Gear (BBC, 8pm):  Season premiere. “The season opens on the Isle of Man, where the hosts tests the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, the BMW M6 and the Porsche 911 Carrera S.” They had me at “Isle of Man.”
• Dating in the Dark (ABC, 9pm):  “Contestants search through their dates’ cars, hoping to find personality clues about one another.” Crushed Cheerios in the backseat or hair fibers in the trunk means it’s time to walk away.
• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel, 10pm):  “The host visits Bangkok to experience the local customs and cuisine.” One night in Bangkok and be full of oysters… (Sorry, couldn’t help it.)
• Hoarders (A&E, 10pm):  Series premiere. “A series profiling people with compulsive-hoarding disorder. In the opener: a woman who hoards food in two freezers and four refrigerators.” She was just stocking up for the 2012 block party.

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TV on DVD: July 14, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, HBO, MTV, NBC, TNT-HD, ER, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Collection 4)
• Bewitched (Season 8)
• The Color of Magic
• ER (Season 11)
• Grey Gardens
• Ironside (Best Of) (Season 1)
• Joe Schmo 2 (Season 2)
• Leverage (Season 1)
• Mad Men (Season 2)
• Peyton Place (Part 2)
• Shark Week: The Great Bites Collection

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TV on DVD: January 6, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Cable, CBS, NBC, Showtime

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Collection 3)
• Battlestar Galactica (Season 4)
• Duckman (Seasons 3 & 4)
• Eon Kid (Season 1, Vol. 2)
• Frisky Dingo (Season 2)
• Hell Girl (Season 1)
• Laredo (Season 2, Part 2)
• Mannix (Season 2)
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Season 1)
• Transformers Animated (Season 2)
• Tripping the Rift (Season 3)
• The Tudors (Season 2)
• The Waltons (Season 8)

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This Week on TV (1/5-1/11)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Talk Shows, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, MTV, NBC, The CW, Grey's Anatomy, Nip/Tuck, Scrubs

(You can view TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule here.)

MONDAY 1/5)
Other Premieres: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel), Antiques Roadshow (PBS), DietTribe (Lifetime), Superstars of Dance (NBC/Monday premiere),

• The Bachelor (ABC, 8pm):  Season 13 premiere. “Single dad Jason Mesnick searches for a mate among 25 young women. In a new wrinkle, the bachelorettes get to vote for a competitor they’d like to see leave, but Jason has the final say.” Maybe the kid should have the final say. After all, he’s the one who’ll eventually call her “evil stepmom.”
• Gossip Girl (CW, 8pm):  “Blair tries to get accepted into a distinguished ladies club and Jenny returns to school.” Just to clarify - Blair is hoping join a ladies club, not the gentlemen’s kind.
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family, 8pm):  Series return. “After Amy hears that she needs to find a job, she and Ben decide to get married.” Unfortunately, she later realizes that she still needs to find a job.
• True Beauty (ABC, 10pm):  Series premiere. “Beginning an eight-episode elimination contest in which 10 gorgeous people face challenges to determine the most beautiful—and inner beauty counts as much as physical attractiveness—while they live together in an LA mansion.” Welcome to the future of the Miss America pageant.

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This Week on TV (12/29-1/4)

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MONDAY 12/29)

• Seven Deadly Sins (History, 9pm):  “The sin of lust is examined in the opener of a seven-part series exploring the seven capital vices, including their origin in religious teaching and history’s worst perpetrators.” In case you needed some help thinking of a good resolution.
• Bromance (MTV, 9pm):  Series premiere. “Brody Jenner is introduced to nine guys who will be competing to be part of his entourage.” Finding someone less annoying than Spencer Pratt shouldn’t be too hard.
• The City (MTV, 10pm)::  Series premiere. “Whitney Port arrives in New York City and begins working for iconic fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg.” And by “working,” we mean she’ll be giving Diane free publicity.
• 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (VH1, 10pm):  “A five-part countdown of the Top 100 hard rock songs begins.” On VH1, Daughtry is considered hard rock.

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This Week on TV (9/1-9/7)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Daytime, Food & Home, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Talk Shows, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, HBO, MTV, NBC, The CW, TNT-HD, America's Next Top Model, Entourage, Prison Break

(You can view TV Envy’s Fall Television Programming Schedule here.)

MONDAY (9/1)
Labor Day Marathons: The Closer (TNT), Beverly Hills, 90210 (SOAPnet), Scrubs (TV Land), Dirty Jobs (Discovery), My Wife and Kids (ABC Family), Star Trek: The Next Generation (Sci Fi), House of Payne (TBS), CSI (Spike TV), Anthony Bourdain (Travel), That ‘70s Show (FX)

• Gossip Girl (CW, 8pm):  Season 2 premiere. “Summer in the Hamptons winds down as Serena and Nate carry on a cover-up scheme to make others think they’re dating.” A few choice pics sent to Gossip Girl should do the trick.
• Prison Break (FOX, 8pm):  Season 4 premiere. “Michael is in LA looking to even the score with Gretchen for Sara’s death.” I think Gretchen should really apologize for all of last season.
• One Tree Hill (CW, 9pm):  Season 6 premiere. “Lucas’ chosen lady meets him at the airport, while Dan’s accident proves life-threatening.” Sorry. So not caring who Chad Michael Murray picks these days.
• Raising the Bar (TNT, 10pm):  Series premiere. “Idealistic public defender Jerry Kellerman (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) fights for a man he’s sure is innocent, but holding a court is a judge who loathes Kellerman.” Gosselaar’s new hair has been generating some passionate opinions.

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TV on DVD: August 19, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, On Demand/PPV, Showtime, House

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

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TV on DVD: August 5, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, NBC, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available today.

• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Collection 3)
• Ben 10 (Season 4)
• Code Monkeys (Season 1)
• Doctor Who: Black Orchid (Episode 121)
• Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (25th Anniversary Edition)
• Doctor Who: The Time Meddler (Episode 17)
• Family Ties (Season 4)
• Foyle’s War (Set 5)
• Get Smart (Season 1)
• Hotel Babylon (Season 2)
• Lonesome Dove
• Masters of Science Fiction (Complete Series)

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TV on DVD: February 5, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, ABC, Cable, CBS, NBC, Syndication, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• Anthony Bourdain (Collection 2)
• Beauty & The Beast (Final Season)
• Comic Relief: The Greatest…and the Latest
• Dirty Jobs (Collection 2)
• The DL Chronicles (Season 1)
• Fullmetal Alchemist (Season 2, Part 1)
• Go Diego Go: Diego’s Magical Missions
• Ironside (Season 1, Vol. 1)
• Jerry Springer: Undressed, Unleashed and Uncensored (Vol. 1-3)
• McLeod’s Daughters (Season 5)
• My Favorite Martian (Season 3)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection (Volume 10.2)
• Perfect Strangers (Seasons 1 & 2)

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This Week on TV (1/7-1/13)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Award Shows, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Late Night, Mini Series, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, Talk Shows, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, NBC, Syndication, The CW, Daily Show, The, Medium, My Name Is Earl

(Reminder: You can view the whole Revamped TV Programming Schedule here.)

MONDAY (1/7)

• The View (ABC, check local listings):  Elisabeth Hasselbeck returns from maternity leave.  I’d gladly sacrifice her to the union gods for an end to the writers’ strike.
• Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann (ABC, 8pm):  Here’s our chance to see if the DWTS judges can actually teach what they preach.
• American Gladiators (NBC, 8pm):  “In the men’s competition, an engineer takes on a radiation-control technician.”  The year of the nerd has now officially spilled over into 2008.
• Medium (NBC, 10pm):  Season four premiere.  “Allison has creepy visions of a boy being kidnapped from a toy store.”  I never did trust that Geoffrey Giraffe.
• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel, 10pm):  Anthony travels to Singapore for his latest season premiere.  I don’t like traveling with crusty people, but I love watching them venture on TV.
• The Daily Show/The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 11:30pm):  Tonight Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will crank out their versions of a writer-less show.  God love ‘em for trying.

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