What's on tonight: Thursday the 1st.

SEASON PREMIERES:
ABC: Private Practice at 10p

TiVo SEASON PASS:
Bravo: Real Housewives of Atlanta at 10p; Watch What Happens Live at 12a
NBC: SNL Weekend Update at 8p; Parks and Recreation at 8:30p; The Office at 9p; Community at 9:30p

MY BROTHER'S PICK:
CBS: Survivor: Samoa at 8p

MY BEST FRIEND'S PICKS:
ABC: Grey's Anatomy at 9p
CW: Vampire Diaries at 8p; Supernatural at 9p

What's on tonight: Wednesday the 30th.

SEASON PREMIERES:
ABC: Hank at 8p; The Middle at 8:30p
TLC: I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant at 8p; King of the Crown at 9p
BET: First In at 10p
MTV: The Real World / Road Rules Challenge at 10p
SOAPnet: Bank of Mom and Dad at 10p

TiVo SEASON PASS:
CW: America's Next Top Model at 8p
Bravo: Top Chef Las Vegas at 10p

GIVING ANOTHER SHOT:
ABC: Cougar Town at 9:30p, Eastwick at 10p
FOX: Glee at 9p

Tonight: The Hills // The City

I haven't watched MTV in a very long time, and tuning in on a Tuesday night feels odd. I'm a little thrown off; My juicy nights have always been on Mondays, easing me into the week from the weekend. But alright, MTV. Tuesday night it is. I'll see if I can adjust. (I've got 90210 to start things off with, so I guess it's still pretty juicy.)

The Hills

It's hard to believe that this show is still on. They've told us again and again that it was done and over, but here I am watching yet another season premiere.

In the opening scene, we've got Audrina, Lo, and Stephanie discussing (the yet to be seen ex-Laguna Beach lead) Kristin Cavallari. "Is she going to be our friend now?" they ask after describing Kristin's long resume of catfights. Oh, we all hope so. This show won't be any good without her.

After a lot of build up and forced confrontation, we've got a girly brawl at a pool party within only the first 8 minutes of the premiere. "It's on Bitch" Kristin warns Audrina (who also entered herself shamelessly into the drama.) I hate this girl already. Nice set up MTV. You got me.

From "Every single girlfriend needs to worry about their boyfriend" to "How can one person turn all of our lives upside down?", most of the episode is spent expressing uneasy feelings surrounding the new narrator. Kristin is the talk of the town, and it's no wonder. That girl seems to crave trouble as much as I crave bad TV.

Cut to Heidi and Spencer doing who knows what. (Why again do we care about them?) They, too, are aware that the [Bitch is Back.] "She's a real deal female player if I've ever seen one." (Oh right, that's what we keep 'em around for. Spencer's one-liners. The best one this week: "My way or the lame way.") And he's right, Kristin has already involved herself in a love triangle that most of the other girls are not happy about at all. I find it awkward that she and Justin spend all of their moments together talking about Audrina and how she might feel about them dating. Someone suggests that they're dating out of spite. Hm. You think?

I have to hand it to MTV. I think they've pretty much mastered the perfectly crafted "reality show" drama. The episode ends with Justin and Kristin chatting about how they will break in Kristin's bed.

Trashy girl. I miss Lauren. Even though she was stuffy and dull, at least she had some class.

The City

The guilty pleasure of watching this show is vastly different than watching The Hills. There isn't really a character I love in The Hills; I pretty much just watch to have some sort of ridiculous show to hate to love. The City, however, I do adore Whitney Port. She is a sweetheart, and I can't help but love seeing her side of things. I also love that this show is in New York City. Now that I've been to NY, it's even more exciting to see the sights again.

Even if the critics think its boring, I enjoy this show. Maybe this season will be a little crazier. We've got Roxy and Olivia to cause some problems. [Olivia taking her mic off mid-fight, and Roxy pushing Whitney's boundaries.] I'm sure there's more to come.

Oh, and is it wrong of me to want to see Olivia break down and cry? Something about her is just not natural. I'd like her open up a bit further this season.

Last Night: Gossip Girl "The Lost Boy"

Last night's Gossip Girl was by far the best of the season. (The competition really isn't that high though, so it's more like: Last night's Gossip Girl was finally a good one.)

Georgina and Dan together is strange, but it works. I like that Serena has stuck around and miraculously become happy again - happy enough to accept that Dan is with (or not with) Georgina. And I love that S knows Georgina's ways and is suggesting that G will fall in love with Dan so quickly. There's always something weird and creepy about Georgina, but at least they're keeping her consistent in her awkwardness.

I LOVE the Chuck + Blair's sexual tension laced conflict throughout this episode. You know how much I love them together, but their relationship really couldn't stay perfect forever. This was just enough conflict, and just enough playfulness. And side note: Chuck has been a really rather impressive boyfriend these past couple of weeks. He better not make a wrong turn. I'll be so upset, and so will B.

I loved most of the dialogue this week. Something about it was more clever and witty than usual. There was a much more dramatic approach. They stopped trying to make it feel every day / real and took it up a notch. They might as well; these college freshman are not regular college freshman. What a great episode. It was upscale, and yet fun. And the characters were exaggerating themselves just enough - almost like they were making fun of themselves. Love it.

"Putting his own happiness above mine!? What kind of boyfriend does that? How is that a healthy relationship!?"-- Blair Waldorf freak out.

What's on tonight: Tuesday the 29th.

SEASON PREMIERES:
MTV: The Hills at 10p; The City at 10:30p
Animal Planet: Weird, True and Freaky at 9p; Lost Tapes at 10p

TiVo SEASON PASS:
CW: 90210 at 8p
Bravo: Flipping Out at 10p

GIVING ANOTHER SHOT (* I was told I should.)
CW: Melrose Place at 9p

News News News: Goodbye TBL

Per the Cynopsis: "The CW took its new fall series The Beautiful Life off the schedule after two airings, and production on the Ashton Kutcher-produced series has also stopped in New York. The last airing of The Beautiful Life on September 23 delivered a 0.5 A18-49 rating and 1 million total viewers. The CW will replace the series with repeat episodes of Melrose Place in the Wednesday 9p time period starting this week."

Sad news for Mischa, but good news for us. That show was not even good (bad) TV. That was just bad.

What's on tonight: Monday the 28th.

SEASON PREMIERES:
MTV: Disaster Date at 6p
FOX: Lie to Me at 9p
NBC: Trauma at 9p

TiVo SEASON PASS:
CW: Gossip Girl at 9p
Bravo: The Rachel Zoe Project at 10p

Tonight: Mad Men

Tonight's episode of Mad Men was pretty amazing. I absolutely love and appreciate the new living room decor. I love the decorator. I love the dilemma of the decorator. I love the end of this episode and that big ugly chaise lounge chair.

I also loved the way this episode skipped around, bits of information in the beginning, slowly revealing the whole story. What a great show. I also appreciate excellent writing. Mad Men has it.

I'm not sure why but I especially loved this scene:

School Teacher: you're all the same, the drinking, the philandering...

Don Draper: do you want me to leave you alone, just say so.

School Teacher: it's hard because this happens a lot.

Don Draper: nothing's happening. we're just talking.

School Teacher: okay.

Don Draper:and where i come from, school teachers especially used to say you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover

School Teacher: so you're different huh?

Don Draper: is that impossible?

School Teacher: you're all wearing the same shirt.

Tonight: Desperate Housewives

I've never, ever liked Desperate Housewives. Something about the creepy narrator, and the literally desperate women, I just didn't understand what the fuss was all about. I also, however, had never watched it from the start of a season. Tonight I accidentally tuned in for the season premiere, and they got me. The drama with the teenage daughter alone was enough to keep me interested. (I don't know why I love teenage drama so much. Probably because I never had any of my own in high school.) The whole wedding bit with Teri Hatcher's character was somewhat annoying - who's that lady in the red dress and what's her deal? Don't like her. She can stop being a pain. I didn't exactly fall in love with the show, and set my season pass or anything, but I think I might baby step my way into it. Just like I did with 90210. Ha. Bad shows. Bad shows. Bad shows. Hence the name of this blog. Have a good night!

What's on tonight: Sunday the 27th.

SEASON PREMIERES:
ABC: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition at 8p; Desperate Housewives at 9p; Brothers & Sisters at 10p
CBS: The Amazing Race at 8p; Cold Case at 10p
FOX: The Simpsons at 8p; The Cleveland Show at 8:3op; Family Guy at 9p; American Dad at 10p
Showtime: Dexter at 9p; Californication at 10p

TiVo SEASON PASS:
AMC: Mad Men at 10p