TV Premieres, Finales & Specials This Week 08/29/2010

Each week GeekTonic covers the TV scene with a complete listing of premieres, finales and specials for the week.  This week is full of summer season finales as we head for Labor Day Weekend.  Which means the Fall TV season (and the GeekTonic TV Season Guide is almost here – more on that at the end of this post.
Check out the complete list of finales, premieres & specials below.

 
                      Changing Lanes premieres on BET Wednesday

The complete weeks listing after the jump...




NOTE: All Times are Listed for EST – TV schedules subject to change

Sunday, August 29

ABC 2010 Red Carpet Premiere Event - Laugh On (5:30pm on ABC) – ABC highlights their returning and new Comedy TV Series for the Fall TV season
62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Red Carpet Special (7pm on NBC – Available in HD)
62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (8pm on NBC – Available in HD) – Jimmy Fallon hosts

Drop Dead Diva (9pm on Lifetime) – Season 2 finale
Last Day of the Dinosaurs (9pm on Discovery – Available in HD) – Special documentary that reviews the end of the dinosaurs on earth
Bad Universe (10pm on Discovery) – New documentary series
Amazing Wedding Cakes (10pm on WE) – Season 3 premiere

Monday, August 30

Huge (9pm on ABC Family – Available in HD) – Season 1 finale
Quints by Surprise (10pm on TLC – Available in HD) – Season premiere
Dance Your A… Off (10pm on Oxygen) – Part 2 of the Season finale
Warren the Ape (10:30pm on MTV) – Season finale

Tuesday, August 31

Warren Buffett: The Modern Midas (8pm on National Geographic) – A special Documentary about Warren Buffett
Make it or Break It (9pm on ABC Family – Available in HD) – Season 2 finale
Shaq VS (9:16pm on ABC – Available in HD) – Season 2 finale
Trey Songz: My Moment (10pm on BET) – Series finale
Chopped Champions (10pm on Food – Available in HD) – A new Food contest series
Rescue Me (10pm on FX – Available in HD) – Season 6 finale
Primetime: Crime (10:16pm on ABC – Available in HD) – Season premiere

Wednesday, September 1

Changing Lanes (8pm on BET) – New auto racing docu-series on BET.  Ludarcis hosts as NASCAR looks for the next minority and femail car drivers.  Winner gets a spot on Max Siegel’s NASCAR Revolution Racing Team.
CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock (8pm on ABC – Available in HD) – Brad Paisley & Carry Underwood along with scores of others perform
Campus PD (8pm on G4) – Season 2 premiere
Most Shocking (9pm on TruTV) – Season premiere
Plain Jane (9pm on CW – Available in HD) – Season 1 finale
Sci Fi Science (10pm on Science – Available in HD) – Season premiere as Dr. Michio Kaku comes up with plans for construction of Earth 2.0

Thursday, September 2

College Football Begins for many teams.  Check local listings for times & airing info
The CW4Kids Toonzai Friday Fall Preview! (5pm on CW) – CW highlights their returning and new Kids TV Series for the Fall TV season
Futurama (10pm on Comedy) – Season 6 finale

Friday, September 3

The CW 2010 Fall Preview Special (5:30pm on CW) - CW highlights their returning and new primetime TV Series for the Fall TV season

Saturday, September 4

More College Football
Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon (Saturday & Sunday)
America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back (9pm on Fox) – Season 24 finale
The NBC Primetime Preview Show (3pm on NBC – Available in HD) – NBC highlights their returning and new TV Series for the Fall TV season

Sunday, September 5

Jerseylicious (8pm on Style) – Season premiere
All American Handyman (9pm on HGTV – Available in HD) – A new home & garden series where 20 handymen must build something that showcases their creativity & skill.
Leverage (9pm on TNT – Available in HD) – Season 3 finale
Freaky Eaters (10pm on TLC – Available in HD) – A new reality series.  We begin with an episode about a 34 year old diabetic in need of help to save him from his addiction to cheeseburgers.

Monday, September 6

Curious George (8am on PBS – Available in HD) – Season premiere
Little People, Big World (8pm on TLC – Available in HD) – Season 7 premiere
Hoarders (8pm on A&E – Available in HD) – Season 3 premiere
The Secret Life of the American Teenager (8pm on ABC Family – Available in HD) – Season 3 finale
Regular Show (8:15pm on Toon) – A new animated/comedy series for cartoon network.  Two groundskeepers at a park do anything they can to avoid doing their job and instead entertain themselves.
MAD (8:30m on Toon) – A new animated/comedy series for cartoon network based on content from “Mad Magazine.”
CBS Fall Preview (8:30pm on CBS) – CBS highlights their returning and new TV Series for the Fall TV season
History Detectives (9pm on PBS – Available in HD) – Season 8 finale
The Lion Ranger (9pm on National Geographic Wild) – A new documentary/nature series.  Animal behaviorist, Kevin Richardson cares for lions in South Africa.
Thintervention With Jackie Warner (10pm on Bravo – Available in HD) – A new reality series where Jackie Warner of the “Work Out” fame helps people work on weight issues.
Aftermath with William Shatner (10pm on Biography – Available in HD) – Season finalee
Obsessed (11pm on A&E – Available in HD) – Season finale
TMZ (11:30pm Syndicated) – Season premiere

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The GeekTonic Fall 2010 TV Season Guide is ready and will be published on GeekTonic this week.  I’ll do the traditional guide as I have in the past plus a review of the new series premiering this year with a short synopsis of each to help you choose which ones to add to your DVR Favorites.  Stay tuned!