The new episodes and premieres are in full effect this week. Gird your loins…
As always, check your local listings to verify times.
Monday, Jan. 16th
• 7:30pm – Adventure Time [Cartoon Ntwrk] (Animated)
New episodes begin -yay!
• 8pm – Alcatraz [FOX] (Season Premiere)
It’s JJ Abrams produced. You are obliged to watch. Plus it’s got Jorge Garcia (Hurley!!) and Sam Neill (‘Jurassic Park’).
• 8pm – Regular Show [Cartoon Ntwrk] (Animated)
• 9pm – Being Human [Syfy] (Season Premiere)
It’s a good one. I have a non-spoiler preview/review up at Seat42f. Repeats at 11pm.
• 10pm – Castle [ABC]
Castle good friend the Mayor is implicated in a murder.
• 10pm – Lost Girl [Syfy] (Season Premiere)
If you aren’t in Canada or haven’t already used *ahem* alternate means to watch this series, you’re in luck. A young woman learns of her supernatural heritage while having to protect an innocent. Repeats at 12am.
• 10pm – Hawaii Five-0 [CBS] (Mid-Season Premiere)
Chin Ho tells Steve some shocking news while Danny must help his ex-wife when she goes into labor.
• 11pm – Conan [TBS]
Kate Beckinsale and Stephen Merchant appear.
• 12:35am – Late Night With Jimmy Fallon [NBC]
Liam Neeson stops in to promote ‘The Grey’, in which he fights hordes of wolves in the frozen wilderness with Wolverine claws made of broken, tiny alcohol bottles.
• 12:37am – Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson [CBS]
Lucy Liu and Kevin Sorbo stop by for a chat.
Tuesday, Jan. 17th
• 6:30pm – X-Play [G4]
• 7pm – Attack of the Show [G4]
• 8pm – From Hell [IFC] (Movie With Commercials)
Johnny Depp searches for Jack the Ripper in this comic adaptation.
• 9pm – New Girl [FOX] (Mid-Season Premiere)
Jess takes charge when Schmidt’s 29th birthday plans fall apart.
• 10pm – White Collar [USA] (Mid-Season Premiere)
Peter and Neal work to rescue Elizabeth who’s been kidnapped.
• 10pm – Justified [FX] (Season Premiere)
Neal McDonough (‘Captain America’, ‘Minority Report’) joins the cast as a Detroit mobster. Yay Neal!
• 11:35pm – Late Show With David Letterman [CBS]
Ricky Gervais.
• 11:35pm – Tonight Show With Jay Leno [NBC]
Sam Worthington promotes ‘Man On A Ledge’ but will probably mention ‘Wrath Of The Titans’ too.
Wednesday, Jan. 17th
• 6:30pm – X-Play [G4]
Ah yes, the 2011 Golden Mullet Awards. Be prepared for a parade of the worst of last year’s games.
• 7pm – Attack of the Show [G4]
• 9pm – Ghost Hunters [Syfy]
• 10pm – Face Off [Syfy]
Three words: waterproof creature makeup. Hell yes.
• 11:35pm -Late Show With David Letterman [CBS]
Michael Fassbender. Because yes.
• 12am – Jimmy Kimmel Live [ABC]
Will Arnett appears to talk about ‘Up All Night’ and will most likely talk about ‘Arrested Development’ too.
Thursday, Jan. 18th
• 6:30pm – X-Play [G4]
• 7pm – Attack of the Show [G4]
• 8pm – The Vampire Diaries [CW]
Bonnie is reunited with her mother while Klaus tries to regain control of his family’s coffins.
• 8pm – 30 Rock [NBC]
Tracy’s offensive rant leaks on the internet while Jack judges Liz’s secret boyfriend (James Marsden – the ‘X-Men’ flicks).
• 8pm – Alien [IFC] (Movie With Commercials)
• 8:30pm – Parks and Recreation [NBC]
• 9pm – The Secret Circle [CW]
Jake and Cassie investigate her father’s death so she can avoid the same fate.
• 9pm – The Finder [FOX]
Lance Sweets crosses over as Wlater helps find evidence that can save a prison on death row.
• 9pm – Person of Interest [CBS]
Carter meets Reese. Jim Cavieziel still sounds like Batman.
• 9:30pm – Up All Night [NBC]
Megan Mullally guest stars as a rival talk show host.
• 10pm – Archer [FX] (Season Premiere)
Burt Reynolds guest-voices himself. And he’s dating Archer’s mom.
• 11pm – Conan [TBS]
‘Haywire’ star Gina Carano, who’ll hopefully brings about a new wave of legit kickass female action heroes.
• 12:35am – Late Night With Jimmy Fallon [NBC]
Ewan McGregor!
Friday, Jan. 20th
• 7pm – Attack of the Show [G4]
• 8pm – Chuck [NBC]
The penultimate episode. *sniff sniff* Chuch and Sarah battle Nicholas Quinn on a bullet train while the Intersect threatens Sarah’s life.
• 8pm – Star Wars: The Clone Wars [Cartoon Ntwrk] (Animated)
Obi-Wan goes undercover in a prison and must work with bounty hunter Cad Bane to escape.
• 8:30pm – Generator Rex [Cartoon Ntwrk] (Animated)
Rex and Noah transport and EVO that can mess with Rex’s powers.
• 9pm – Fringe [FOX]
While Peter is Over There, the alt-Fringe team battle a new enemy.
• 9pm – Grimm [NBC]
Titled “Of Mouse and Man,” a gruesome homicide is connected to a man’s troubled childhood. I’m guessing this is a “Three Blind Mice” riff.
• 10pm – Merlin [Syfy]
It’s Arthur’s birthday and someone’s trying to kill him – worst present ever. Repeats at midnight.
• 11pm – Blade the Anime [G4] (Anime, Dubbed)
Blade teams up with a detective when they learn a vamp is working with cops.
• 11pm – Being Human [Syfy] (Repeat)
In case you missed it earlier in the week.
• 11:30pm – Wolverine the Anime [G4] (Anime, Dubbed)
A mysterious woman rescues Logan from a trap.
Saturday, Jan. 21st
• 9am-8pm – Ninja Warrior Marathon [G4]
• 7pm – Wyvern [Syfy] (Movie With Commercials)
A dragon attacks an Alaskan town.
• 8pm – The Prestige [IFC] (Movie With Commercials)
• 9pm – The Fades [BBC America]
Neil plans a battle against the Fades while Paul learns of his role in the oncoming fight.
• 9pm – Snow Beast [Syfy] (Movie With Commercials, Premiere)
John Schneider (‘Dukes of Hazzard’, ‘Smallville’) stars as the lead of a research team stalked by a mysterious predator in the Canadian wilderness.
• 11pm – Would You Rather? With Graham Norton [BBC America]
• 11pm – Alcatraz [FOX] (Repeat)
In case you missed the premiere earlier this week.
• 12am – Bleach [Cartoon Ntwrk] (Anime, Dubbed)
• Hulu Spotlight: The Secrets of Isis
The 70s series that spun-off from the Captain Marvel live-action show, a high school teacher discovers an amulet that let’s her channel the powers of the goddess Isis. It’s good times.
Sunday, Jan. 22nd
• 2:30pm – Ghost Rider [FX] (Movie With Commercials)
• 5pm – Underworld: Evolution [FX] (Movie With Commercials)
• 7pm – Tekken [G4] (Movie With Commercials)
Based on the video game. I haven’t seen it yet but, hey, why not.
• 8pm -Once Upon A Time [ABC]
Mary Margaret and David (aka Snow White and Prince Charming) get the spotlight in both the “real world” and fairy tale land.
• 8pm – Secrets of the Manor House [PBS]
For those of you obsessed with Downton Abbey, you’d be interested in this special that looks at the history of the rich and the servant class in Britain from the Edwardian age through World War II.
• 8pm – Murders in the Rue Morgue [Turner Classic Movies] (Movie, Black & White)
Bela Lugosi plays a mad doctor wreaking havoc in Paris. From 1932.
• 9pm – Masterpiece Classic [PBS]
‘Downton Abbey’ episode 3!
• 9:15pm – The Black Cat [Turner Classic Movies] (Movie, Black & White)
Boris Karloff vs Bela Lugosi as a cultist and mad scientist respectively in this 1934 horror flick.
• 10pm – Masterpiece Mystery! [PBS] (Repeat)
More Cumberbatch goodness in ‘Sherlock: The Blind Banker.’
• 10:30pm – Island of Lost Souls [Turner Classic Movies] (Movie, Black & White)
Charles Laughton plays a doctor experimenting with splicing people with animals in this classic H.G. Wells adaptation.
