Sunday, January 11, 2009

TV Premieres: What to Watch 1/11 - 1/17

Week 2 of the Winter 2009 TV Season is upon us with plenty of new and returning shows to keep your DVRs busy.  This week will be another busy one with "24" returning, Kyle XY, American Idol, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights and several other premieres.  Read on for all of the details.

Note:  The complete guide to the Winter 2009 TV Premieres with a free, downloadable guide is here.  The PDF downloads have been updated and an additional by-title sorted listing was added as well.

24 Season 7 Screen-shot
                             Jack from "24" is Back!

Season Premieres For this Week:
  • 24 (8pm Sunday on Fox - Available in HD) - Season 7 premiere starts tonight and continues to its regular timeslot on Monday.  One of my favorites on television.
  • The Apprentice (9pm Sunday on NBC - Available in HD) Season 8 of The Apprentice begins with another Celebrity Edition. Correction: 2-hour episodes begin on Sunday, March 1 at 9 pm/ET.
  • Tool Academy (9pm Sunday on VH1) New Reality TV Show
  • Kyle XY (9pm Monday on ABC Family – Available in HD) Season 3 Premieres
  • American Idol (8pm Tuesday on FOX) - Season 8 of one of the most popular reality TV shows.
  • America's Best Dance Crew (10:00pm Thursday on MTV) - Season 3 Premiere.
  • Sober House (10pm Thursday on VH1 – Available in HD) - Series Premiere - yes, another reality show
  • The Beast (10pm Thursday on A&E) - Series Premiere of what looks to be a dreadfully bad reality program
  • Treasure Quest (10pm on Discovery – Available in HD) - Series Premiere
  • Battlestar Galactica (10pm Friday on SciFi– Available in HD) - Season 4 part 2 begins
  • Friday Night Lights (3pm Friday on NBC – Available in HD) - Season 3 begins for most of us (this season actually was aired on Satellite only last year, but most will be seeing it for the first time on network TV)
  • Solitary (9pm Saturday on Fox Real) - Season 3 Premiere
  • The United States of Tara (10pm Saturday on Showtime) - Series Premiere
NOTE: Times are EST

Sunday 01/11/2009

24 (8pm on Fox - Available in HD) - Season 7 premiere  
Dateline (8pm on NBC - Available in HD)
The Apprentice (9pm on NBC - Available in HD) Season 8 of The Apprentice begins - another Celebrity Edition.  Correction: he 2-hour episodes begin on Sunday, March 1 at 9 pm/ET.
Tool Academy (9pm on VH1) New Reality TV Show   

Monday 01/12/2009

24 (part 2 of episode continued from Sunday) (8pm on FOX – Available in HD)  
Big Bang Theory (8pm on CBS)  
How I Met Your Mother (8:30pm on CBS – Available in HD)  
Kyle XY (9pm on ABC Family – Available in HD) Season 3 Premieres
Two and a Half Men (9pm on  CBS – Available in HD)
Samantha Who? (9:30pm on ABC – Available in HD)  Correction: Begins next Monday

Worst Week (9:30pm on CBS)  
CSI: Miami (10pm on CBS – Available in HD)


Tuesday 01/13/2009

American Idol (8pm on Fox – Available in HD) - Season 8 Premieres and be on way too many nights a week starting with this Tuesday.
 

Wednesday 01/14/2009

Lost (repeat of last season's finale)    
The New Adventures of Old Christine (8pm on CBS – Available in HD)  
Gary Unmarried (8:30pm on CBS – Available in HD)
Criminal Minds (8:30pm on CBS - Available in HD)   
CSI: New York (9:30pm on CBS – Available in HD) 

Thursday 01/15/2009

Bones (8pm on FOX – Available in HD)  
Smallville (8pm on CW – Available in HD)  
CSI (9:00pm on CBS – Available in HD)  
Kitchen Nightmares (9pm on FOX – Available in HD)  
Supernatural (9pm on CW – Available in HD)  
America's Best Dance Crew (10:00pm on MTV) - Season 3 Premiere  
Eleventh Hour (10pm on CBS – Available in HD)  
Sober House (10pm on VH1 – Available in HD) - Series Premiere - yes, another reality show
The Beast (10pm on A&E) - Series Premiere
Treasure Quest (10pm on Discovery – Available in HD) - Series Premiere

Friday 01/16/2009

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader (8pm on FOX)  
Don't Forget the Lyrics! (9pm on FOX)
Battlestar Galactica (10pm on SciFi– Available in HD) - Season 4 part 2 begins.  This will be the final 10 episodes of the series - ever.
Friday Night Lights (3pm on NBC – Available in HD) - Season 3 begins for most of us (this season actually was aired on Satellite only last year, but most will be seeing it for the first time on network TV). NOTE:  For those of you recording Friday Night Lights with a DVR or HTPC, be sure and set it to record all shows - not just new shows since season 3 was aired already on DirectTV.

Saturday 01/17/2009

Holes in the Wall (7pm on FOX – Available in HD)  airs on Sunday, 1/17

The Simpsons (8pm on FOX – Available in HD)
King of the Hill (8:30pm on FOX – Available in HD)  
Family Guy (9pm on FOX – Available in HD)  
Solitary (9pm on Fox Real) - Season 3 Premiere
The United States of Tara (10 on Showtime) - Season 1 Premiere

That’s it for this week.  Stay tuned for many more premieres including Lost, the Closer, Lie to Me, Hell's Kitchen and more which you’ll find on GeekTonic this coming Sunday morning and each week on Sundays.