TV Premieres: What to Watch 1/4 - 1/10

The holidays are over and the TV networks are back to business.  This week will be a busy one for TV watchers with a bunch of new premieres and returning shows.  You'll note that most of the new premieres are reality tv shows - a very bad but common trend.

Note:  The complete guide to the Winter 2009 TV Premieres with a free, downloadable guide is here

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Season Premieres For this Week:

• Confession of a Teen Idol - Reality TV
• Superstars of Dance - Reality TV
• Rock of Love with Bret Michaels -Reality TV
• Superstars of Dance - Reality TV
• Secret Life of the American Teenager - Series Premiere
• Homeland Security - New Reality Series
  
• The Bachelor - Season 13 Premiere - Reality TV
• True Beauty - Reality TV Series Premiere
• Nip/Tuck - Season 5 (part 2) Premiere
• 13: Fear is Real - Series Premiere
• Tyler Perry's House of Payne - Season 3 Premiere
• Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - Series Premiere
• Damages - Season 2 Premiere
• The Real World - Season 21 Premiere - Reality TV

NOTE: Times are EST

Sunday 01/04/2009

America's Funniest Home Videos (7pm on Fox - Available in HD)
Confession of a Teen Idol (8pm on VH1 - Available in HD) New Reality TV Show
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (8pm on ABC - Available in HD)
Superstars of Dance (8pm on NBC - Available in HD) New Reality TV Show
Cold Case (9pm on CBS - Available in HD)
Desperate Housewives (9pm on ABC - Available in HD)
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels (9pm on VH1) - Season 3 Premiere
Brothers and Sisters (10pm on ABC - Available in HD)
The Unit (10pm on CBS - Available in HD)  

 

Monday 01/05/2009

Gossip Girl (8pm on CW – Available in HD)
Secret Life of the American Teenager (8pm on ABC Family) - Series Premiere
The Bachelor (8pm on ABC – Available in HD) - Season 13 Premiere
One Tree Hill (9pm on CW  – Available in HD)
True Beauty (10pm on  ABC – Available in HD) - Another new Reality TV Show Series Premiere

Tuesday 01/06/2009

90210 (8pm on CW – Available in HD)
According to Jim (8pm on ABC – Available in HD)
Homeland Security (8pm on ABC – Available in HD)- New Reality Series produced with the full cooperation of several agencies of the Department of Homeland Security.  So I'm betting this one will be a bit different than the other reality shows.
NCIS (8pm on CBS – Available in HD)
The Biggest Loser: Couples (8pm on NBC – Available in HD)
Privileged (9pm on CW – Available in HD)
Scrubs (9pm on ABC – Available in HD)
The Mentalist (9pm on CBS – Available in HD)
Law & Order: SVU (10pm on NBC – Available in HD)
Nip/Tuck (10pm on FX – Available in HD) - Season 5 (part 2) Premiere
 

Wednesday 01/07/2009

13: Fear is Real (8pm on CW – Available in HD) - Series Premiere
Knight Rider (8pm on NBC – Available in HD) 
Ghost Hunters International (9pm on SciFi – Available in HD)
Tyler Perry's House of Payne (9pm on TBS – Available in HD) - Season 3 Premiere
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (10pm on TBS - Available in HD) - Series Premiere
Damages (10pm on FX – Available in HD) - Season 2 Premiere
Law & Order (10pm on NBC – Available in HD)
The Real World (10pm on MTV) - Season 21 Premiere
   

Thursday 01/08/2009

My Name is Earl (8pm on NBC – Available in HD)
Ugly Betty (8pm on ABC – Available in HD)
Kath & Kim (8:30pm on NBC – Available in HD)
Grey's Anatomy (9pm on ABC – Available in HD)
The Office (9pm on NBC – Available in HD)
30 Rock (9:30pm on NBC – Available in HD)
ER (10pm on NBC – Available in HD)
Private Practice (10pm on ABC – Available in HD)
   

Friday 01/09/2009

Everybody Hates Chris (8pm on CW – Available in HD)
Ghost Whisperer (8pm on CBS – Available in HD)
Howie Do It (8pm on NBC – Available in HD) - Series Premiere
Wife Swap (8pm on ABC – Available in HD)
The Game (8:30pm on CW – Available in HD)
Flashpoint (9pm on CBS – Available in HD) Season 2 Premiere
Monk (9pm on USA – Available in HD) Season 7 (part 2) Premiere
My Big Redneck Wedding (9pm on CMT – Available in HD)
Supernanny (9pm on ABC – Available in HD)
Numb3rs (10pm on CBS – Available in HD)
Psych (10pm on USA – Available in HD) Season 3 (part 2) Premiere
 

Saturday 01/10/2009

No new premieres
 
That’s it for this week.  Stay tuned for many more premieres including 24, The Apprentice, Kyle XY, American Idol, Battlestar Galactica and more which you’ll find on GeekTonic this coming Sunday morning and each week on Sundays.