WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: PASSWORD (8PM CBS) Why? Because Jeff Garlin and Chelsea Hander guest. TRUE BLOOD (9PM HBO) TWILIGHT for adults kicks off its second season tonight with the citizens of Bon Temps worried about another murderer on the loose, Sookie worried about the presence of Bill’s teen protégé Jessica, and this TV Addict worried [...]

NEW & NOTABLE: FRIDAY NIGHT WITH JONATHAN ROSS (8PM BBC America) The popular British talk show makes its BBC America debut with two guests with whom Americans will be intimately familiar with. Native son Hugh Laurie (Yes, he’s British!) and wannabe Londoner Dustin Hoffman (Or, at least according to his most recent film Last Chance [...]

NEW & NOTABLE: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (9PM FOX) In the first results show of the season, America crushes the dreams of two of the Top 20 dancers. BURN NOTICE (9PM USA) Bad News: A detective discovers Michael’s secret stash of explosives. Good News: Said detective is played by Terminator: Salvation’s Moon Bloodgood. [...]

Since the major networks have all but given up on attracting eyeballs between the months of June and August (see: tonight’s schedule which includes back-to-back episodes of WIPEOUT, 2-hours of I’M A CELEBRITY… GET ME OUT OF HERE and a slew of repeats on the CW and CBS), this TV Addict is left with little [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: GREEK (8PM ABC Family) If BEVERLY HILLS 90210′s Emily Valentine taught us anything, it’s that “homecoming week float competition” and “heats up” should never be used in the same sentence. We’re just sayin’ WEEDS (10PM Showtime) Picking up where season four left-off, a now knocked up Nancy Botwin continues to make life-altering [...]

NEW & NOTABLE: SMILE PINKI (7PM HBO) Proving it’s not TV, it’s HBO is far more than a simple marketing slogan comes this uplifting Oscar®-winning doc that highlights two wide-eyed protagonists born with cleft lips in one of the poorest regions of rural India and follows them on a journey from isolation to acceptance. CHOWDER [...]

INSIDE THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE (9PM NBC) Not exactly THE WEST WING re-boot we were hoping for, but pretty cool nonetheless as Brian Williams takes viewers behind-the-scenes of a day in the life at President Barack Obama’s White House. ABC NEWS SPECIAL: EARTH 2100 (9PM ABC) Watch Bob Woodruff explore the serious and devastating effects [...]

The pickin’s are slim tonight, folks, but here’s what might be called the “least offensive” offerings of the night. Except THE BACHELORETTE, which is included ’cause, heck, some people are just that desperate for new programming. WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN (11:35PM NBC) An honest to goodness funny white guy at [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS (9PM MTV) Also known as More Twilight Videos, with MTV, the network that used to have something to do with music and videos (crazy, right?) continuing to sell its soul for the desirable demos and viewers that will inexplicably sink their teeth into anything Vampire. INTO THE STORM [...]

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 2009 SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE (8PM ABC) Among those definitely smarter than a fifth grader are a record 293 future leaders of America spellers aged 9 to 15 compete who will compete in the 82nd annual event in Washington, D.C. NEW & NOTABLE: THE OPRAH EFFECT (9PM CNBC) An exploration of Oprah [...]