(ALL TIMES ET)
10 and 11PM | MTV
Teen Mom 2 – Here’s a little extra somethin’ Santa forgot to put under the tree: the gift of back-to-back new installments of Teen Mom 2.
8 and 9PM | WE
Texas Multi Mamas – Is this reality drama really just a thinly, er, not at all veiled knockoff of Real Housewives, with women who have multiples as the common denominator? Yes it is. Should you care? No. Is it awesome? Yes, it is. Especially when the smug Stephanie gets her much-anticipated boob job, but then has to spend her recovery time with her monster-in-law … #realitytvstarproblems.
8:30 and 10PM | A&E
Storage Wars – New episodes bookend the premiere of another new Wars (see below).
9PM | LIFETIME – 2ND SEASON PREMIERE
Dance Moms – She’s baaaaack. Lock up your children and their self-esteem.
9PM | A&E – SERIES PREMIERE
Shipping Wars – Yep, now shippers, those who specialize in the transport of various unusual and often delicate, items, are at Wars with each other. Storage locker auction bidders and specialty transporters, can’t we all just get along?
9PM | NGC
Taboo – An episode revolving around “odd couples,” including a woman whose boyfriend is three times her height, a gay man married to a woman and a three-way marriage that will make that Sister Wives gang look almost charming in comparison.
9PM | ABC
Celebrity Wife Swap – The wives of Dee “Twisted Sister” Snider and Flavor “Public Enemy” Flav swap households for a week. Hilarity and insanity of the completely expected variety ensue.
10PM | LIFETIME
24 Hour Catwalk – This new fashion competition series, with its quick challenges and mystery box of ingredients, is a lot like Chopped …
10PM | FOOD NETWORK
Chopped – … which does a far better, more compelling job of making the format work. And Geoffrey Zakarian rules!
10PM | NBC
Parenthood – Sarah considers having another child, You should consider catching up with this fine drama, if you haven’t yet, on Netflix.
Worth flipping to during commercials:
– Dr. Huizenga performs health assessments that shake up the contestants on The Biggest Loser (8PM, NBC);
– On NCIS (8PM, CBS), a female lieutenant is murdered, and her husband, a detective, keeps interrupting the investigation;
– Jada Khaled is kidnapped on NCIS: Los Angeles (9PM, CBS);
– Carrie digs into a college student’s death on Unforgettable (10PM, CBS);
– Robin Thicke and Tori Spelling visit Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens: Live (11PM, Bravo).
And the late-night line-up:
– Conan (11PM, TBS): Chelsea Handler;
– The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11PM, Comedy Central): Judge Andrew Napolitano;
– The Colbert Report (11:30PM, Comedy Central): Bill Moyers;
– The Late Show with David Letterman (11:35PM, CBS): Marv Albert and Kate Beckinsale;
– The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (11:35PM, NBC): Queen Latifah;
– Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05AM, ABC): Dermot Mulroney;
– Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35AM, NBC): Tina Fey;
– The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:37AM, CBS): Isaac Mizrahi;
– Last Call with Carson Daly (1:35AM, NBC): Roy Choi (REPEAT).
Charlie Sheen, Russell Brand and Louis C.K. are getting most of the attention, but I’m most excited that one of the best new shows of last TV season — Wilfred — returns for its second season on FX tonight (10PM ET). Season one of the series ended with a cliffhanger — had Ryan (Elijah Wood) […]