TV Premieres and Finales airing Nov. 8-14, 2009

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posts a list of all the premieres and finales (and all the guest stars, see separate blog) coming up on TV next week.
   And here are the shows beginning and ending the week of Nov 8.
   If one was missed, the network did not issue a press release about it. But feel free to add it in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere. 

BEGINNINGS
••“Legend of the Seeker,” 4 p.m. on KOCB-34 (second-season premiere).
••“The Time I …,” 6:55 p.m. Sunday on Disney (series premiere).
••“Lopez Tonight,” 10 p.m. Monday on TBS (series premiere)(pictured at right).
••“Full Throttle Saloon,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on truTV (series premiere).
••“Secrets of the Dead,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on OETA-13 (ninth-season premiere).
••“Ghost Hunters Academy,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on Syfy (series premiere).
••“True Jackson, VP,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Nickelodeon (second-season premiere).

ENDINGS
••“Bored to Death,” 8:30 p.m. Sunday on HBO (first-season finale).
••“Mad Men,” 9 p.m. Sunday on AMC (third-season finale).
••“Lincoln Heights,” 7 p.m. Monday on ABC Family (fourth-season finale).

NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)


TV Premieres (no Finales) airing Nov. 1-7, 2009

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   Friday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the premieres and finales (and all the guest stars, see separate blog) coming up on TV next week.
   And here are the shows beginning (none are ending) the week of Nov. 1.
   If one was missed, the network did not issue a press release about it. But feel free to add it in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
 
BEGINNINGS
••“Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew,” 9 p.m. Sunday on VH1 (series premiere).
••“Styl’d,” 9 p.m. Sunday on MTV (series premiere).
••“For the Love of Ray J,” 8 p.m. Monday on VH1 (second-season premiere).
••“I Want to Work for Diddy,” 9 p.m. Monday on VH1 (second-season premiere).
••“V,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on ABC (series premiere).
••“Tabatha’s Salon Takeover,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on Bravo (second-season premiere).
••“Flowers Uncut,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on TLC (series premiere).
••“Cold Blood,” 9 p.m. Thursday on Investigation Discovery (second-season premiere).
••“The Real Housewives of Orange County,” 9 p.m. Thursday on Bravo (fifth-season premiere).
••“Fanboy and Chum Chum,” 8 p.m. Friday on Nickelodeon (series premiere).
••“Live From Abbey Road,” 10 p.m. Friday on Sundance (third-season premiere).
••“Handy Manny,” 7:30 a.m. Saturday on Disney (third-season premiere).
••“Til Debt Do Us Part,” 9 p.m. Saturday on CNBC (series premiere).
••“The Wanda Sykes Show,” 10 p.m. Saturday on Fox (series premiere).


TV Premieres and Finales airing Oct. 11-17, 2009

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   Friday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the premieres and finales (and all the guest stars, see separate blog) coming up on TV next week.
   And here are the shows beginning and ending the week of Oct. 11-17.
   If one was missed, the network did not issue a press release about it. But feel free to add it in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
 
BEGINNINGS
••“Girls Next Door,” 9:30 p.m. Sunday on E! (sixth-season premiere).
••“Leave it to Lamas,” 10 p.m. Sunday on E! (series premiere).
••“The Newlywed Game,” 5 p.m. Monday on GSN (second-season premiere).
••“Catch 21,” 5:30 p.m. Monday on GSN (third-season premiere).
••“Little People, Big World,” 7 p.m. Monday on TLC (fifth-season premiere).
••“Gone Too Far,” 9 p.m. Monday on MTV (series premiere.
••“Million Dollar Listing,” 10 p.m. Monday on Bravo (third-season premiere).
••“Frontline,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on OETA-13 (28th-season premiere).
••“Nature, Inc.,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on Planet Green (series premiere).
••“Mary Queen of Shops,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on BBC America (series premiere).
••“Nip/Tuck,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on FX (sixth-season premiere).
••“30 Rock,” 8:30 p.m. Thursday on NBC (fourth-season premiere).
••“Ugly Betty,” 7 p.m. Friday on ABC (fourth-season premiere).
••“Bartender Wars,” 9:30 p.m. Friday on Fine Living Network (series premiere).
••“Live at Gotham,” 10 p.m. Friday on Comedy Central (fourth-season premiere).
••“Head Games,” 8 p.m. Saturday on Science Channel (series premiere).

ENDINGS
••“Drop Dead Diva,” 8 p.m. Sunday on Lifetime (first-season finale).
••“Army Wives,” 9 p.m. Sunday on Lifetime (third-season finale).
••“The Rachel Zoe Project,” 9 p.m. Monday on Bravo (second-season finale).
••“Hell’s Kitchen,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on Fox (sixth-season finale).
••“Bully Beatdown,” 8:30 p.m. Thursday on MTV (second-season finale).
••“Nitro Circus,” 9 p.m. Thursday on MTV (second-season finale).
••“Pranked,” 9:30 p.m. Thursday on MTV (first-season finale).
••“Psych,” 9 p.m. Friday on USA Network (summer finale).

NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)

Pictured above:


TV Premieres and Finales airing Sept. 27-Oct. 3

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Friday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the premieres and finales (and all the guest stars, see separate blog) coming up on TV next week.
   And here are the shows beginning and ending the week of Sept. 27.
   If one was missed, the network did not issue a press release about it. But feel free to add it in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
 
BEGINNINGS
••“Washington Watch With Roland Martin,” 10 a.m. Sunday on TV One (series premiere).
••“Amanpour,” 1 p.m. Sunday on CNN (series premiere).
••“Mario’s Green House,” 5 p.m. Sunday on TV One (series premiere).
••“60 Minutes,” 6 p.m. Sunday on CBS (42nd-season premiere).
••“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” 6 p.m. Sunday on ABC (seventh-season premiere).
••“The Amazing Race,” 7 p.m. Sunday on CBS (15th-season premiere).
••“Firsthand,” 7 p.m. Sunday on Fuel TV (11th-season premiere).
••“The Simpsons,” 7 p.m. Sunday on Fox (21st-season premiere).
••“The Adventures of Danny & the Dingo,” 7:30 p.m. Sunday on Fuel TV (second-season premiere).
••“The Cleveland Show,” 7:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox (series premiere).
••“Desperate Housewives,” 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC (sixth-season premiere).
••“Dexter,” 8 p.m. Sunday on Showtime (fourth-season premiere).
••“Family Guy,” 8 p.m. Sunday on Fox.
••“American Dad,” 8:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox (fifth-season premiere).
••“Californication,” 9 p.m. Sunday on Showtime (third-season premiere).
••“Cold Case,” 9 p.m. Sunday on CBS (seventh-season premiere).
••“My Fair Wedding With David Tutera,” 9 p.m. Sunday on WEtv (second-season premiere).
••“Brothers & Sisters,” 9 p.m. Sunday on ABC (fourth-season premiere).
••“Brainsurge,” 3:30 p.m. Monday on Nickelodeon (series premiere).
••“Lie to Me,” 8 p.m. Monday on Fox (second-season premiere).
••“The Joy Behar Show,” 8 p.m. Monday on HLN (series premiere).
••“Trauma,” 8 p.m. Monday on NBC (series premiere).
••“Executive Vision,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on CNBC (series premiere).
••“Weird, True & Freaky,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on Animal Planet (second-season premiere).
••“The Hills,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on MTV (fifth season resumes)
••“Lost Tapes,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on Animal Planet (second-season premiere).
••“The City,” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on MTV (first season resumes)
••“Hank,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on ABC (series premiere).
••“The Middle,” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on ABC (series premiere).
••“Bank of Mom and Dad,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on SoapNet (series premiere).
••“First In,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on BET (series premiere).
••“The Shift,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on Investigation Discovery (second-season premiere).
••“Real World-Road Rules: The Ruins,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on MTV (18th-season premiere).
••“Private Practice,” 9 p.m. Thursday on ABC (third-season premiere).
••“Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” 7 p.m. Friday on Cartoon Network (second-season premiere).
••“WWE Friday Night SmackDown,” 7 p.m. Friday on My Network TV (10th-season premiere).
••“Til Death,” 7:30 p.m. Friday on Fox (fourth-season premiere).
••“Diet Tribe,” 8 p.m. Friday on Lifetime (second-season premiere).
••“Stargate Universe,” 8 p.m. Friday on Syfy (series premiere).
••“Ultimate Sportsman’s Lodge,” 8 p.m. Friday on DIY (series premiere).
••“Kitchen Nightmares,” 9 p.m. Friday on DIY (second-season premiere).
••“Wedded to Perfection,” 9 p.m. Friday on TLC (series premiere).
••“Bartender Wars,” 9:30 p.m. Friday on FLN (series premiere).
••“Superfetch,” 7 p.m. Saturday on Animal Planet (series premiere).
••“Dogs 101,” 8 p.m. Saturday on Animal Planet (second-season premiere).
••“Celebrity Ghost Stories,” 9 p.m. Saturday on BIO Channel (series premiere).

ENDINGS
••“Chopped,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on Food Network (first-season finale).
••“Country Fried Home Videos,” 8 p.m. Friday on CMT (season finale).
••“Jockeys,” 8 p.m. Friday on Animal Planet (second-season finale).
••“All Jacked Up,” 9 p.m. Friday on CMT (season finale).

NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)

Pictured above: STARGATE UNIVERSE cast, from left, Jamil Walker Smith as Msgt. Ronald Greer, Alaina Huffman as Msgt. Tamara Johansen, Louis Ferreira as Col. Everett Young, Ming-Na as Camile Wray, Robert Carlyle as Dr. Nicholas Rush, Brian J Smith as Lt. Matthew Scott, Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong, David Blue as Eli Wallace, Lou Diamond Phillips as Col. Telford — Syfy Photo: Art Streiber — Syfy Photo: Art Streiber


TV Premieres and Finales airing Sept. 13-19, 2009

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Mischa Barton on "The Beautiful Life: TBL" (The CW Photo)

   Friday is when The Oklahoman
posts a list of all the premieres and finales (and all the guest stars, see separate blog) coming up on TV next week.
   And here are the shows beginning and ending the week of Sept. 13.
   If one was missed, the network did not issue a press release about it. But feel free to add it in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
 
BEGINNINGS
••“Mega Beasts,” 8 p.m. Sunday on Discovery (series premiere).
••“Design Inc.,” 11 a.m. Monday on FLN (third-season premiere). 
••“The Dr. Oz Show,” 11 a.m. Monday on KOCO-5 (series premiere).
••“Martha Speaks,” 1 p.m. Monday on OETA-13 (second-season premiere).
••“The Martha Stewart Show,” 2 p.m. Monday on KSBI-52 (fifth-season premiere).
••“Dr. Phil,” 3 p.m. Monday on KOCO-5 (eighth-season premiere).
••“Have Fork Will Travel,” 4 p.m. Monday on FLN (series premiere).
••“The Oprah Winfrey Show,” 4 p.m. Monday on KOCO-5 (24th-season premiere).
••“Monday Night Football,” 6 p.m. Monday on ESPN (40th-season premiere).
••“Wheel of Fortune,” 6:30 p.m. Monday on KOCO-5 (27th-season premiere).
••“Lincoln Heights,” 7 p.m. Monday on ABC Family (fourth-season premiere).
••“One Tree Hill,” 7 p.m. Monday on CW (seventh-season premiere).
••“Gossip Girl,” 8 p.m. Monday on CW (third-season premiere).
••“Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke,” 9 p.m. Monday on VH1 (series premiere).
••“The Jay Leno Show,” 9 p.m. Monday on NBC (series premiere).
••“The Biggest Loser,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on NBC (eighth-season premiere).
••“The Beautiful Life: TBL,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on CW (series premiere).
••“60 Minutes on WE,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on WEtv (series premiere).
••“The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on SPIKE (season premiere).
••“Bones,” 7 p.m. Thursday on Fox (fifth-season premiere).
••“Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday,” 7 p.m. Thursday on NBC (series premiere).
••“Survivor: Samoa,” 7 p.m. Thursday on CBS (19th-season premiere).
••“Parks and Recreation,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday on NBC (second-season premiere).
••“Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin,” 8 p.m. Thursday on Food Network (series premiere).
••“Fringe,” 8 p.m. Thursday on Fox (second-season premiere).
••“The Office,” 8 p.m. Thursday on NBC (sixth-season premiere).
••“Community,” 8:31 p.m. Thursday on NBC (series premiere).
••“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” 9 p.m. Thursday on FX (fifth-season premiere).
••“The Troop,” 7 p.m. Friday on Nickelodeon (series premiere).
••“Crash,” 9 p.m. Friday on Starz (second-season premiere).
••“Busytown Mysteries,” 8 a.m. Saturday on CBS (series premiere).
••“Rollbots,” 8 a.m. Saturday on CW (series premiere).
••“Noonbory & the Super 7,” 8:30 a.m. Saturday on CBS (series premiere).

ENDINGS
••“King of the Hill,” 7 p.m. Sunday on Fox (series finale).
••“There Goes the Neighborhood,” 7:59 p.m. Sunday on CBS (first-season finale).
••“True Blood,” 8 p.m. Sunday on HBO (second-season finale).
••“Amazing Wedding Cakes,” 9 p.m. Sunday on WEtv (second-season finale).
••“HGTV Design Star,” 9 p.m. Sunday on HGTV (fourth-season finale).
••“Hung,” 9 p.m. on Sunday HBO (first-season finale).
••“More to Love,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on Fox (first-season finale).
••“Big Brother,” 8:01 p.m. Tuesday on CBS (11th-season finale).
••“Shaq VS,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on ABC (first-season finale).
••“The Cleaner,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on A&E (second-season finale).
••“Masters of Reception,” 9 p.m. Tuesday at TLC (first-season finale).
••“America’s Got Talent,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on NBC (fourth-season finale).
••“Truth Be Told,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on TLC (first-season finale).
••“Dark Blue,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on TNT (first-season finale).
••“Guiding Light,” 2 p.m. Friday on CBS (series finale).
••“Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” 7 p.m. Friday on Fox (third-season finale).

NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)


TV Premieres and Finales airing Sept. 6-12, 2009

MELROSE PLACEFriday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the premieres and finales (and all the guest stars, see separate blog) coming up on TV next week.
   And here are the shows beginning and ending the week of Sept. 6.
   If one was missed, the network did not issue a press release about it. But feel free to add it in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
 
BEGINNINGS
••“Dinosaur Train,” 7 a.m. Monday on OETA-13 (series premiere).
••“Judge Jeanine Pirro,” 9 a.m. Monday on KOKH-25 (second-season premiere).
••“Judge Mathis,” 11 a.m. Monday on KOKH-25 (11th-season premiere).
••“The People’s Court,” noon Monday on KOKH-25 (13th-season premiere).
••“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” noon Monday on KOCB-34 (eighth-season premiere).
••“The Doctors,” 3 p.m. Monday on KWTV-9 (second-season premiere).
••“The Tyra Banks Show,” 4 p.m. Monday on CW (fifth-season premiere).
••“Durham County,” 9 p.m. Monday on ION (series premiere).
••“The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” 9 a.m. Tuesday on KOCO-5 (seventh-season premiere).
••“Curious George,” 7 a.m. Tuesday on OETA-13 (fourth-season premiere).
••“The View,” 10 a.m. Tuesday on KOCO-5 (13th-season premiere).
••“90210,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on CW (second-season premiere).
••“Melrose Place,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on CW (series premiere).
••“Sons of Anarchy,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on FX (second-season premiere).
••“America’s Next Top Model,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on CW (13th-season premiere).
••“So You Think You Can Dance,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on Fox (sixth-season premiere).
••“Glee,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on Fox (series premiere).
••“Nostradamus Effect,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on History (series premiere).
••“Destination Truth,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on Syfy (third-season premiere).
••“The Vampire Diaries,” 7 p.m. Thursday on CW (series premiere).
••“Supernatural,” 8 p.m. Thursday on CW (sixth-season premiere).
••“Say Yes to the Dress,” 8 p.m. Friday on TLC (fourth-season premiere).
••“20/20,” 9 p.m. Friday on ABC (31st-season premiere).
••“Cops,” 7 p.m. Saturday on Fox (22nd-season premiere).
••“America’s Most Wanted,” 8 p.m. Saturday on Fox (23rd-season premiere).
••“The Locator,” 8 p.m. Saturday on WEtv (third-season premiere).
••“Robin Hood,” 8 p.m. Saturday on BBC America (third-season premiere).
••“Adoption Diaries,” 9 p.m. Saturday on WEtv (series premiere).

ENDINGS
••“Ruby,” 7 p.m. Sunday on Style Network (second-season finale).
••“The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” 7 p.m. Monday on ABC Family (mid-season finale).
••“Solved,” 8 p.m. Monday on Investigation Discovery (second-season finale).
••“Leverage,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on TNT (summer finale).
••“Real World: Cancun,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on MTV (season finale).

NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)

Pictured above: “Melrose Place” cast (The CW Photo)


TV Premieres, Finales, Marathons airing Aug. 30-Sept. 5

117204_D_323Friday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the premieres and finales (and all the guest stars, see separate blog) coming up on TV next week.
   And here are the shows beginning and ending the week of Aug. 30.
   If one was missed, the network did not issue a press release about it. But feel free to add it in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
 
BEGINNINGS
••“Viva El Sueno (Live the Dream),” 7 p.m. Sunday on Univision (series premiere).
••“Greek,” 8 p.m. Monday on ABC Family (third-season premiere).
••“Tool Academy,” 9:30 p.m. Monday on VH1 (second-season premiere).
••“Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on Travel (series premiere).
••“Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on truTV (second-season premiere). 
••“Surviving Disaster,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on Spike (series premiere).

ENDINGS
••“Dance Your Ass Off,” 9 p.m. Monday on Oxygen (first-season finale).
••“Nova ScienceNOW,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on OETA-13 (fourth-season finale).
••“Gordon Ramsay’s F Word,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on BBC America (fourth-season finale).
••“American Loggers,” 8 p.m. Thursday on Discovery (first-season finale).

MARATHONS
••“Monk,” 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday on USA Network.
••“Eureka,” 7 a.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday on Syfy.
••“House,” 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday on USA Network.

NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)

Pictured above: ABC Family’s “GREEK” stars Dilshad Vadsaria as “Rebecca,” Amber Stevens as “Ashleigh,” and Spencer Grammer as “Casey.” (ABC FAMILY/CRAIG SJODIN)


TV Premieres and Finales airing Aug. 23-29

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   Friday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the premieres and finales (and all the guest stars, see separate blog) coming up on TV next week.
   And here are the shows beginning and ending the week of Aug. 23.
   If one was missed, the network did not issue a press release about it. But feel free to add it in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
 
BEGINNINGS
••“What Would Brian Boitano Make?” Noon Sunday on Food Network (series premiere).
••“Where is Warehouse Mouse?” 7:25 a.m. Monday on Disney (series premiere).
••“The Fresh Beat Band,” 11 a.m. Monday on Nickelodeon (series premiere).
••“Out of Egypt,” 8 p.m. Monday on Discovery (series premiere).
••“The $ports Take,” 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on Versus (series premiere).
••“The Rachel Zoe Project,” 9 p.m. Monday on Bravo (second-season premiere).
••“Crash Course,” 8:02 p.m. Wednesday on ABC (series premiere).
••“Marked,” 8 p.m. Thursday on History (series premiere).
••“Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory,” 8 p.m. Thursday on MTV (second-season premiere).
••“Bully Beatdown,” 8:30 p.m. Thursday on MTV (second-season premiere).
••“Nitro Circus,” 9 p.m. Thursday on MTV (second-season premiere).
••“Pranked,” 9:30 p.m. Thursday on MTV (series premiere).
••“Mayweather/Marquez 24/7,” 9:15 p.m. Saturday on HBO (season premiere).

ENDINGS
••“Great American Road Trip,” 7 p.m. Monday on NBC (series finale).
••“The Closer,” 8 p.m. Monday on TNT (summer finale).
••“Dating in the Dark,” 8 p.m. Monday on ABC (first-season finale).
••“Make It or Break It,” 8 p.m. Monday on ABC Family (mid-season finale).
••“Raising the Bar,” 9 p.m. Monday on TNT (summer finale).
••“Nurse Jackie,” 9:30 p.m. Monday on Showtime (first-season finale).
••“The Cleaner,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on A&E (second-season finale).
••“Bad Girls,” 7:30 p.m. Wednedsay on Logo (seventh-season finale).
••“Royal Pains,” 9 p.m. Thursday on USA (first-season finale).

NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)

Pictured Above: THE FRESH BEAT BAND– Pictured: (l-r) Twist (in yellow, Jon Beavers), Kiki (on guitar, Yvette Gonzalez), Shout (orange sweater, Thomas Hobson), Marina (drums, Shayna Rose) in THE FRESH BEAT BAND on Nickelodeon (Photo: Randee St. Nicholas/Nickelodeon)


TV Premieres, Finales and Marathons airing Aug. 16-22

 117228_5869  Friday is when The Oklahoman
posts a list of all the premieres and finales (and all the guest stars, see separate blog) coming up on TV next week.
   And here are the shows beginning and ending the week of Aug. 16.
   If one was missed, the network did not issue a press release about it. But feel free to add it in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
 
BEGINNINGS
••“2 Months, $2 Million,” 8 p.m. Sunday on G4 (series premiere).
••“Kourtney and Kloe Take Miami,” 9 p.m. Sunday on E! (series premiere).
••“Mad Men,” 9 p.m. Sunday on AMC (third-season premiere).
••“My Antonio,” 9 p.m. Sunday on VH1 (series premiere).
••“Reality Hell,” 9:45 p.m. Sunday on E! (series premiere).
••“Glenn Martin, DDS,” 7 p.m. Monday on Nickelodeon (series premiere).
••“Top Gear,” 7 p.m. Monday on BBC America (seventh-season premiere).
••“Flipping Out,” 9 p.m. Monday on Bravo (third-season premiere).
••“Hoarders,” 9 p.m. Monday on A&E (series premiere).
••“Shaq Vs.,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on ABC (series premiere).
••“The Universe,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on History (fourth-season premiere).
••“Masters of Reception,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on TLC (series premiere).
••“Secret Lives of Women,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on WEtv (fifth-season premiere).
••“Bobb’e Says,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on Cartoon Network (series premiere).
••“Dude, What Would Happen,” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on Cartoon Network (series premiere).
••“Ghost Hunters,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on Syfy (fifth season resumes).
••“Top Chef: Las Vegas,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on Bravo (sixth-season premiere).
••“Black Gold,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on truTV (second-season premiere).
••“Blog Cabin,” 8 p.m. Thursday on DIY (third-season premiere).
••“Project Runway,” 9 p.m. Thursday on Lifetime (sixth-season premiere).
••“Models of the Runway,” 10 p.m. Thursday on Lifetime (series premiere).
••“Deadly Women,” 8 p.m. Friday on Investigation Discovery (third-season premiere).
••“Jockeys,” 9 p.m. Friday on Animal Planet (second-season premiere).
••“Making Over America With Trinny and Susannah,” 9 p.m. Friday on TLC (series premiere).
••“Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?” 5:25 a.m. Saturday on Disney (second-season premiere).
••“Ask Aida,” 8:30 a.m. Saturday on Food Network (third-season premiere).

ENDINGS
••“Cake Boss,” 9 p.m. Monday on TLC (first-season finale).
••“Miami Social,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on Bravo (first-season finale).
••“Top Chef Masters,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on Bravo (first-season finale).
••“Most Popular,” 9 p.m. Thursday on WEtv (first-season finale).

MARATHONS
••“Mad Men,” 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday on AMC.
••“One Tree Hill,” 7 a.m. to noon Sunday on SoapNet.
••“M*A*S*H,” 9 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Aug. 23 on TV Land.

NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)


TV Premieres and Finales airing Aug. 2-8, 2009

  

Tony Shalhoub: "Monk"

Tony Shalhoub as "Monk" (USA Network Photo)

 Friday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the premieres and finales (and all the guest stars, see separate blog) coming up on TV next week.
   And here are the shows beginning and ending the week of Aug. 2.
   If one was missed, the network did not issue a press release about it. But feel free to add it in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
 
BEGINNINGS
••“Megan Wants a Millionaire,” 8 p.m. Sunday on VH1 (series premiere).
••“Defying Gravity,” 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC (series premiere).
••“The Dan Patrick Show,” 8 a.m. Monday on DirecTV’s 101 Network (series premiere).
••“Ultimate Cake Off,” 9 p.m. Monday on TLC (series sneak peek).
••“Real Chance of Love 2: Back in the Saddle,” 8 p.m. Monday on VH1 (second-season premiere).
••“Forensics: You Decide,” 9 p.m. Monday on Investigation Discovery (series premiere).
••“Rock Solid,” 9 p.m. Monday on DIY (fifth-season premiere).
••“Indoors Out,” 9:30 p.m. Monday on DIY (third-season premiere).
••“Big Ideas for a Small Planet,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on Sundance (third-season premiere).
••“Addicted to Beauty,” 10 p.m. Tuesday on Oxygen (series premiere).
••“Giuliana & Bill,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on Style Network (series premiere).
••“House Crashers,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on DIY (series premiere).
••“How’d You Get So Rich?” 9 p.m. Wednesday on TV Land (series premiere).
••“Make My Day,” 9:30 p.m. Wednesday on TV Land (series premiere).
••“Police Women of Broward County,” 8 p.m. Thursday on TLC (series premiere).
••“Skins,” 8 p.m. Thursday on BBC America (second-season premiere).
••“The Suite Life on Deck,” 7:30 p.m. Friday on Disney (second-season premiere).
••“Monk,” 8 p.m. Friday on USA (eighth-season premiere).
••“Mr. Friday,” 8 p.m. Friday on FLN (series premiere).
••“Chefs vs. City,” 9 p.m. Friday on Food Network (series premiere).
••“Psych,” 9 p.m. Friday on USA (fourth-season premiere).

ENDINGS
••“The Next Food Network Star,” 8 p.m. Sunday on Food Network (fifth-season finale).
••“Gimme Sugar: Miami,” 9 p.m. Monday on Logo (second-season finale).
••“The Superstars,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on ABC (season finale).
••“The Little Couple,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on TLC (first-season finale).
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“Paris Hilton’s My New BFF,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on MTV (series finale).
••“So You Think You Can Dance,” 7 p.m. Thursday on Fox (fifth-season finale).
••“Burn Notice,” 8 p.m. Thursday on USA (third-season finale).
••“Surviving Suburbia,” 7 p.m. Friday on ABC (first-season finale).
••“The Goode Family,” 8:30 p.m. Friday on ABC (first-season finale).
••“Jeffery and Cole Casserole,” 10 p.m. Friday on Logo (first-season finale).
••“Can You Duet,” 8 p.m. Saturday on CMT (season finale).
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“Dirty Sexy Money,” 9 p.m. Saturday on ABC (series finale).

NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)