WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: AMERICAN IDOL (8PM FOX, CTV in Canada) Returning for its eight season, the reality TV juggernaut promises big changes. Will new judge Kara DioGuardi be enough to stem the rating slide? Will this be the season that Simon and Ryan Paula finally acknowledge all that pent up sexual tension? Will Randy have [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: THE BIG BANG THEORY (8PM CBS, CTV in Canada) Wolowitz is a lean, mean love machine… if only in his own mind. But when Penny tries to burst his bubble, it’s gonna cause problems for everyone… including a slew of battle bots! 24 (8PM FOX, Global in Canada) We get another two [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (11:30PM NBC, Global in Canada) With Neil Patrick Harris hosting, you just know tonight’s installment is going to be (all together now) Legen… wait for it…dary. NEW & NOTABLE: MR. & MRS. SMITH (8PM FX) Probably not Jennifer Ansiton’s favorite movie. CONFESSIONS OF A TEEN IDOL (9PM VH1) The [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: LIPSTICK JUNGLE (9PM NBC, CityTV in Canada) Yes, this show is still on and Yes, we watch it. Deal with it. FLASHPOINT (9PM CBS, CTV in Canada) The team deals with a most unusual situation when a kidnapper makes off with a billionaire’s wife. Seems the kidnapper doesn’t want money… he wants a [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: UGLY BETTY (8PM ABC, CityTV in Canada) Just when you thought this show couldn’t get any gayer (in a good way), along comes Broadway diva Bernadette Peters as an editor our heroine is desperate to impress. Need more? How about Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray as Betty’s counterpart at Elle magazine? And we’ll throw [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: DAMAGES (10PM FX) Finally! The show we’ve been waiting for returns with William Hurt as Glenn Close’s latest client. We love this twisty thriller so much that we’ll even forgive them for having Regis & Kelly in a cameo. NEW & NOTABLE: SCRUBS (8PM ABC) Poor PUSHING DAISIES. It gets bumped to [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 90210 (9PM CW, 8PM GlobalTV in Canada) Kelly shares a secret with Brenda. Trust me, that’s the only thing that will be interesting in this episode unless you care about all those too-thin, self-absorbed teens running around town. Wake me up when more original cast members come on board. SCRUBS (9PM ABC) [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: GOSSIP GIRL (8PM CW) Blair attempts to join a prestigious ladies club, which you just know ain’t gonna go well. Meanwhile, Jenny returns to school and prepares to take on some of the snobbier girls. Let the games begin! NEW & NOTABLE: SUPERSTARS OF DANCE (8PM NBC) On the off chance that [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: LIPSTICK JUNGLE (8PM NBC) A tip for all current and future showrunners: A sure sign that your network bosses no longer care about your show is when they dump air brand new episode during New Year’s Week. (For further evidence supporting our theory, see Tuesday’s barely watched new episode of ELI STONE) [...]

NEW & NOTABLE: KNIGHT RIDER (8PM NBC) The good news: There’s something new on tonight! The bad: It’s this. Given how many people we know who’ve gotten sick of late, it’s somewhat appropriate that in tonight’s episode a Y2K-like bug infects our favorite talking car. And by “favorite” we mean “by default ’cause it’s the [...]