Week 6 of the Winter 2009 TV Season is here. This week brings us the long awaited Dollhouse, the return of Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles and the latest edition of Survivor among others. Read on for all of the details.
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Dollhouse Premieres on Fox Friday Night
Season Premieres For this Week:
- Oragutan Island (7PM Sunday on Animal Planet)
- Nitro Circus (7pm Sunday on MTV)
- XIII (9pm Sunday on NBC - Available in HD) - Miniseries on NBC
- The Collegehumor Show (9:30pm on MTV)
- Rob Dydrek's Fantasy Factor - (10pm on MTV)
- How's Your News? - (10:30pm on MTV)
- Dark Days in Monkey City (10pm on Animal Planet)
- Important Things with Demetri Martin (10:30pm on Comedy Central)
- Survivor: Tocantins (8pm on CBS - Available in HD)
- Millionaire Matchmaker (10pm on Bravo)
- Aaron Stone - (7:30pm on Disney)
- Dollhouse (9pm on Fox - Available in HD) - The long anticipated premiere of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse series. Eliza Dushku plays a woman who has her personality reprogrammed by a secret organization. I've heard the premiere isn't as strong as had been expected, but the show gets better as the season goes on. I've posted a video preview of this show at the top of this post.
- Before You Say I Do (9pm on Hallmark) - A sappy Hallmark Movie Special
- Splinter (9pm on Sci-Fi) - A non-sappy made-for-TV Sci-Fi movie
Dollhouse Preview #1
The Dollhouse/Terminator "Grindhouse" Promo
Premieres and Returning Shows For this Week:
NOTE: All Times are Listed for EST
Sunday 02/08/2009
The Grammys (8pm Sunday on CBS - Available in HD)
Oragutan Island (7PM Sunday on Animal Planet) - This series starts out with a 1-hour special and follows Lone Droscher-Niesen as she & her team race against time to save & protect the oragutans.
Nitro Circus (7pm Sunday on MTV) - A reality TV series returns to MTV with stupid stunts.
XIII (9pm Sunday on NBC - Available in HD) - Miniseries on NBC where an amnesiac (Stephen Dorff) faces accusations of assassinating the first female U.S. president.
The Collegehumor Show (9:30pm on MTV)
Rob Dydrek's Fantasy Factor - (10pm on MTV)
How's Your News? - (10:30pm on MTV)
Monday 02/09/2009
American Experience (9 pm on PBS) - PBS offers us the best-selling book, Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer in a TV version. This is a documentary timed to coincide with Lincoln’s birthday.
Tuesday 02/10/2009
Dark Days in Monkey City (10pm on Animal Planet) - An animated series on Animal Planet which by itself is a unique happening. This series is set in Sri Lanka's deserted city of Polonnaruwa, once ruled by Buddhist and Hindu kings, but now overrun with gray langurs, toque macaques and hardened gangs and troops trying to survive.
Wednesday 02/11/2009
Important Things with Demetri Martin (10:30pm on Comedy Central) - Comic Demetri Martin offers his comedic perspective on a different topic each week.
Thursday 02/12/2009
Survivor: Tocantins (8pm on CBS - Available in HD) - Believe it or not its time for another Survivor. This one is set in the interior of Brazil for 39 days.
House of Cards (7pm on CNBC) - A 2-hour special documentary that questions the concept that the housing/foreclosure crisis was caused by naive homeowners not reading the fine print.
Millionaire Matchmaker (10pm on Bravo) - Here we have another reality series and wouldn't you know they figured out another way to get rich guys and attractive women on another reality TV show.
Friday 02/13/2009
Aaron Stone - (7:30pm on DisneyXD "formerly known as Toon Disney") A new "sci-fi" show on Disney. It says 7:30pm but it will be re-run so many times you could pretty much find this episode at any time on all of the Disney channels.
Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles (8pm on Fox - Available in HD) - Terminator returns from its holiday hiatus.
Dollhouse (9pm on Fox - Available in HD) - The long anticipated premiere of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse series. Eliza Dushku plays a woman who has her personality reprogrammed by a secret organization. I've heard the premiere isn't as strong as had been expected, but the show gets better as the season goes on. I've posted a video preview of this show at the top of this post.
Saturday 02/14/2009
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (8pm on ABC) - Thanks to Charlie Brown we can be assured our kids will understand the crazy holiday we call Valentines day.
Before You Say I Do (9pm on Hallmark) - David Sutcliffe plays a man who travels back in time to change his girlfriends negative outlook on marriage. Sounds like the perfect antidote for the girl who's stuck at home because her boyfriend/husband didn't take her out for dinner on Valentines day ;)
Splinter (9pm on Sci-Fi) - Thanks to the Sci-Fi channel, we guys have something anti-valentines day we can watch Saturday night...
That’s it for this week. Stay tuned for many more premieres including Reaper, Kings and more which you’ll find on GeekTonic this coming Sunday morning and each week on Sundays.
