Tonight, CBS has a Strikeforce: Saturday Night Fights sports special.

Over on cable, Lifetime Movie Network has the TV movie premiere of Too Late to Say Goodbye.

In late night, FOX has the series premiere of The Wanda Sykes Show.

In syndication, the second season of Legend of the Seeker premieres this weekend. Find out when and where it’s playing in your area.

Prime Picks

Dexter (Showtime): Repeat. Last Sunday’s episode, “If I Had a Hammer,” replays, where Dexter is trying to stay ahead of the squad in tracking down the Trinity killer. Also replays earlier in the day.

Robin Hood (BBC America): New. Robin is rejected while attempting to make a deal with Isabella. Plays again later. Last week’s episode replays right before.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC): Repeat. The “Spooked” from earlier this season replays.

Solid Selections

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): Repeat. In “The Only Easy Day” from earlier this season, Sam isn’t pleased to learn what some of his fellow Navy SEALs are up to.

Law & Order (NBC): Repeat. The “Just a Girl in the World” episode from earlier this season replays.

Desserts Unwrapped (Food Network): Repeat. Marc Summers investigates how some of your favorite desserts are made. Plays again later.

Other Option

• Legend of the Seeker (Syndication): Season Premiere. Season two begins this weekend, but I have this listed here instead of in one of the above sections, cause it plays at many different times and places, depending on your area, over the next couple days. It’s definitely worth checking out though, especially if you watched last season. Find out when and where it’s playing in your area.

Sports Notes

• ABC has horse racing action with the Breeder’s Cup Championship followed by regional college football today and tonight has Saturday Night College Football.
• CBS has college football action with LSU at Alabama.
• ESPN has two college football games today with Florida State at Clemson capping off the night.
• ESPN2 has NASCAR racing with the Nationwide Series: O’Reilly Challenge followed by two college football games with Vanderbilt at Florida capping off the night.
• NBA TV has the Denver Nuggets at the Atlanta Hawks.
• NBC has college football action with Navy at Notre Dame.
• Versus has doubleheader college football action.

Late Night

• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX): Repeat. This past Thursday’s episode, “Paddy’s Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens,” replays.
• Saturday Night Live (NBC): New. Taylor Swift does double duty as both host and musical guest this week.
• The Wanda Sykes Show (FOX): Series premiere. The comedian and Barb from The New Adventures of Old Christine kicks off her new late night variety talk show.

TV Marathons

AMC has The Godfather, The Godfather, Part II, and The Godfather, Part III.
Discovery Channel has five episodes of Dirty Jobs tonight.
History has five episodes of The Universe.
Oxygen has 12 episodes of America’s Next Top Model.
TLC has five episodes of 48 Hours: Hard Evidence.
truTV has seven episodes of World’s Wildest Police Videos.
USA has seven episodes of NCIS.

• Printable Fall 2009 TV Schedule v1.06 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.11.2009 - Updated NBC Friday night lineup to reflect the cancellation of Southland.
• Printable Fall 2009 Cable TV Schedule v1.03 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.04.2009 - Added a few shows that are starting and removed a few shows that are ending.

On cable tonight, History has the series premiere of Ancients Behaving Badly, TLC has a couple of King of the Crown specials, Travel has the second fall season premiere of Ghost Adventures, and WE has the series premiere of Platinum Babies.

In late night, Comedy Central has a Greg Behrendt: That Guy From That Thing comedy special.

Prime Picks

Smallville (The CW): New. Jor-El is searching for Clark, while Zod is looking for Jor-El, and Clark is trying to get to Jor-El before Zod doe.

Stargate Universe (Syfy): New. Gen. O’Neil, guest star Richard Dean Anderson, wants the Destiny crew to try a dangerous plan that could get them back to Earth. Eli and Chloe visit home via the communication stones. Plays again later. Last week’s episode, “Water,” replays right before.

White Collar (USA): New. A mobster has had a valuable bible stolen from him and asks the FBI to help him track it down. Neal’s loyalties are tested. Plays again later. The first two episodes of the series replay earlier in the day.

Solid Selections

House (FOX): Repeat. In “Unfaithful” from last season, House takes the case of a priest who thinks he saw a bleeding Jesus on his doorstep.

Monk (USA): New. Monk goes camping with Lt. Disher to try and convince the remaining holdout on the reinstatement commission to change their mind. Plays again later.

Sanctuary (Syfy): New. Magnus finds herself in a future where the Sanctuary and most everything else has been destroyed, but she has no memory of how she got there or what is going on. Plays again later.

Other Options

• Numb3rs (CBS): New. A computer hacker tries to takeover some online black markets and gets himself in serious trouble. CBS has cut this season’s episode order down to 16 from 22.
• Medium (CBS): New. Alison rents an SUV that has a satellite radio that lets her listen to real conversations that people are having.

Sports Notes

• ESPN doubleheader NBA action with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the New York Knicks followed by the San Antonio Spurs at the Portland Trail Blazers.
• ESPN2 has Friday Night College Football with Boise State at Louisiana Tech.

Late Night

• Sons of Anarchy (FX): Repeat. This past Tuesday’s episode, “Fa Guan,” replays.

TV Marathons

Bravo has seven episodes of Project Runway.
Discovery Channel has five episodes of Deadliest Catch.
Oxygen has 20 episodes of Roseanne.
Syfy has eight episodes of Doctor Who early.

• Printable Fall 2009 TV Schedule v1.06 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.11.2009 - Updated NBC Friday night lineup to reflect the cancellation of Southland.
• Printable Fall 2009 Cable TV Schedule v1.03 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.04.2009 - Added a few shows that are starting and removed a few shows that are ending.

On cable tonight, Bravo has a The Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion special and the fifth season premiere of The Real Housewives of Orange County, History has the sixth season premiere of Gangland, ID has the second season premiere of Cold Blood, and VH1 has a Broke and Famous: Willie Ames special.

I’m scheduled to be on TV Talk with Shaun OMac today at about 4:00 p.m. PT. The show starts at 3:00 p.m. PT and runs two hours. You can listen live or find it at iTunes later on.

Prime Picks

FlashForward (ABC): New. They start looking into the Blue Hand club and any connection to the event. Aaron gets a visit from an Army buddy of his daughter.

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): New. The hospital is offered a donation by the parents of a patient of Arizona. Cristina is testing her boundaries. Runs 61 minutes.

The Mentalist (CBS): New. Jane gets arrested for spying and ends up helping the team solve a case from jail.

Solid Selections

The Vampire Diaries (The CW): New. Elena is trying to avoid Stefan. A really old friend of Stefan comes for a visit. Damon offers to help Sheriff Forbes.

Fringe (FOX): New. A connection to something from Broyles’ past is found while investigating what is causing people to turn into ash.

Private Practice (ABC): New. Violet is thinking of using shock treatment on a patient. Naomi deals with the idea of genetically designing babies. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 59 minutes.

Other Options

• 30 Rock (NBC): New. Liz and Pete try to rig things to get the result they want during the auditions. Jenna and Tracy set out to find their own new cast member.
• American Chopper (TLC): New. An electric chopper is built. Plays again later. Last week’s episode replays right before.
• Bones (FOX): New. A chicken farmer known for being an animal rights activist is found dead after it is known that he may have inherited a chicken factory.
• Community (NBC): New. The group tries to help Jeff after they learn that he is living in his car.
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): New. Two unrelated murders turnout to be connected.
• Iron Chef America (Food Network): Repeat. The “Morimoto vs. Virant” battle from this past Sunday replays. Plays again later.
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX): New. The gang is trying to create some products to build up the Paddy’s brand. Runs 31 minutes. Plays again later.
• The Office (NBC): New. Jim and Pam end up on a double date with Michael and Helena, guest star Linda Purl. Dwight is being too nice to everyone at the office.
• Supernatural (The CW): New. The Trickster sends Dean and Sam into another universe where they get stuck in different TV series. I don’t normally watch this show, but have heard really good things about this episode, plus given that it revolves around TV, I’ll be watching it this week.

Sports Note

• TNT has doubleheader NBA action with the Chicago Bulls at the Cleveland Cavaliers followed by the San Antonio Spurs at the Utah Jazz.

Late Night

• Sanctuary (Syfy): Repeat. Last Friday’s episode, “Hero,” replays.
• White Collar (USA): Repeat. Last Friday’s episode, “Threads,” replays.

TV Marathons

Bravo has 14 episodes of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
History has five episodes of Ancient Discoveries that play twice.
Oxygen has 10 episodes of Snapped.
Syfy has six episodes of Threshold early and later six episodes of Legend of the Seeker tonight.

• Printable Fall 2009 TV Schedule v1.06 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.11.2009 - Updated NBC Friday night lineup to reflect the cancellation of Southland.
• Printable Fall 2009 Cable TV Schedule v1.03 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.04.2009 - Added a few shows that are starting and removed a few shows that are ending.

On cable tonight, Discovery Health has a Strange Sex special, Syfy has the third season finale of Destination Truth, TBS has the fourth season premiere of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne special, TLC has the series premiere of Flowers Uncut With Jeff Leatham, and truTV has the sixth season premiere of Most Daring.

On Episode 49, “The Amazing Greek Castle Dollhouse Community,” of the TV times Three podcast, Amrie, Rae and I talk about some TV related news items and talk about the previous week in primetime.

Prime Picks

The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS): New. The most popular girl in school asks Ritchie to a dance.
Gary Unmarried (CBS): New. Gary is trying to do too much after getting the radio gig and trying to keep his painting business running as well.

Modern Family (ABC): New. Manny has begun fencing and the family shows their support.
Cougar Town (ABC): New. Jules goes out with an older man, just to do something out of the house for a night. Runs 31 minutes.

Eastwick (ABC): New. Joanna is dealing with having been taken and almost burnt alive. Kat thinks that Bun’s old friend may be able to help her. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 59 minutes.

Solid Selections

Hank (ABC): New. Hank’s mother-in-law comes for a visit.
The Middle (ABC): New. Axl breaks the front door and Mike makes him fix it.

Criminal Minds (CBS): New. The team is on the trail of a serial killer that keeps his victims’ eyes.

CSI: NY (CBS): New. A software company executive is found dead and the CSIs must learn about “food sploshing” to solve the case.

Other Options

• Dinner: Impossible (Food Network): New. Roberts cooks a special dinner for 250 twins. Plays again later.
• nip/tuck (FX): New. Christian is dealing with an angry patient. The way Matt is earning his money is found out by Sean and Christian. Runs 61 minutes. Plays twice.
• Throwdown With Bobby Flay (Food Network): New. Bobby takes on a “Country Captain” challenge. Repeat episode follows. Both play again later.
• The Vampire Diaries (The CW): Repeat. Last week’s episode, “Haunted,” replays.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has doubleheader NBA action with the Miami Heat at the Washington Wizards followed by the Dallas Mavericks at the New Orleans Hornets.
• FOX has Game 6 coverage of the MLB World Series.

Late Night

• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX): Repeat. Last Thursday’s episode, “The Gang Wrestles for the Troops,” replays.
• Stargate Universe (Syfy): Repeat. Last Friday’s episode, “Water,” replays.

TV Marathons

Bravo has eight episodes of Top Chef: Las Vegas.
Discovery Channel has six episodes of Wrecks to Riches.
Syfy has 11 episodes of Destination Truth.

• Printable Fall 2009 TV Schedule v1.06 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.11.2009 - Updated NBC Friday night lineup to reflect the cancellation of Southland.
• Printable Fall 2009 Cable TV Schedule v1.03 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.04.2009 - Added a few shows that are starting and removed a few shows that are ending.

Tonight, ABC has the series premiere of V.

Over on cable, Bravo has the second season premiere of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover and a Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel comedy special, HBO has a By the People: The Election of Barack Obama special, Planet Green has the first season finale of Planet Mechanics, Sundance has the third season finale of Big Ideas for a Small Planet, and truTV has the second season finale of Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel.

Prime Picks

V (ABC): Series Premiere. The Visitors arrive promising to help and calling for unity around the globe. The cast is outstanding and this series debut episode is great TV. There is a lot going on and a couple of nice twists along the way. As would be expected a quarter century later, the special effects are quite an improvement over the original V miniseries. Definitely one of my favorite new shows of the season. Can’t wait to see where they go from here.

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): New. A wealthy bachelor dies at a party and the team stumbles onto something bigger while investigating.

Sons of Anarchy (FX) New. Jax and Clay are still at each other and things blow up even bigger when problems arise with the adult film business. Plays twice and again later. This is an absolutely great episode that will leave you not wanting to wait for the next one, which turns out to be even better.

Solid Selections

NCIS (CBS): New. Gibbs has to wonder about his mentor when two mercenaries end up dead on Gibbs’ boat.

Melrose Place (The CW): New. Riley and Jonah get into it at a wedding she is helping him film. Ella has questions for Lauren after she finds an envelope of cash and some new clothes.

The Good Wife (CBS) New. Alicia accepts a conjugal visit with her husband to get information from him, since her new client was convicted while Peter was the state’s attorney.

Other Options

• 90210 (The CW): New. Gia and Navid are looking into school drug use and it leads them to Annie’s boyfriend. Naomi and Silver are worried about Adrianna and her possibly relapsing after recent events.
• Chopped (Food Network): New. Some unfamiliar ingredients are found troublesome. One contestant doesn’t care for the judges’ opinions. Plays again later.
• Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel): New. Mike recycles electronic waste. Plays again later. Last week’s episode replays right before.
• The Next Iron Chef (Food Network): Repeat. This past Sunday’s episode, “Pressure,” replays. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• ESPN2 has college football action with Bowling Green at Buffalo.
• NBA TV NBA action with the team that shall not be named at the Los Angeles Lakers.
• Versus has NHL action.

Late Night

• Greek (ABC Family): Repeat. Last night’s fall finale episode, “Friend or Foe?,” replays.
• Mad Men (AMC): Repeats. The last two episodes replay twice.
• nip/tuck (FX): Repeat. Last Wednesday’s episode, “Briggitte Reinholt,” replays.

TV Marathons

Bravo has six episodes of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover.
Discovery Channel has six episodes of A Haunting.
Oxygen has 19 episodes of Roseanne.
Syfy has eight episodes of the 1984 V TV series followed by a replay of the original V miniseries.
USA has 18 episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

• Printable Fall 2009 TV Schedule v1.06 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.11.2009 - Updated NBC Friday night lineup to reflect the cancellation of Southland.
• Printable Fall 2009 Cable TV Schedule v1.03 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.04.2009 - Added a few shows that are starting and removed a few shows that are ending.

On cable tonight, ABC Family has the third season fall finale of Greek, History has a Strange Rituals special, Science has the first season finale of Popular Science’s Future Of…, Showtime has a Poliwood special, TLC has the second season premiere of Cake Boss, and VH1 has the second season premieres of For the Love of Ray J and I Want to Work for Diddy.

Prime Picks

How I Met Your Mother (CBS): New. Barney being a know-it-all has got Robin annoyed with him. Marshal and Lily have relationship advice.
Accidentally On Purpose (CBS): New. Billy and Zach get into their first big fight.

Greek (ABC Family): Fall Finale. Rusty and Dale are getting into it over their projects. Casey and Ashleigh are attempting to raise ZBZ’s status with a musical dance number for a competition. Plays again late night tomorrow. If you like big musical dance numbers, then you’re going to like this episode. It has plenty of fun moments and a big musical dance number. Makes for a solid ending to the first half of what has been an outstanding season so far. The series returns with new episodes on January 25th and will follow new episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Make It or Break It.

Castle (ABC): New. A rock star on the come is found dead in what looks to be a scene from her recent video shoot. Starts two minutes after the hour and runs 58 minutes.

Solid Selections

One Tree Hill (The CW): New. Julian doesn’t feel he really fits in with the guys when they all go camping. Brooke and Haley have a girls’ night.

Two and a Half Men (CBS): New. Charlie sends Alan packing after he suggests that Chelsea think about a breast reduction. Runs 31 minutes.
The Big Bang Theory (CBS): New. Sheldon is teaching Leonard how to understand football. Starts a minute after the half hour and runs 29 minutes.

CSI: Miami (CBS): New. The team attempts to re-create what happened at a bachelor party to solve a murder.

Other Options

• Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food Network): New. Guy checks out some places that serve “Family Style.” A repeat episode follows. Both play again later.
• Good Eats (Food Network): New. Alton prepares some trout grown at a trout farm. A repeat episode follows. Both play again later.
• Gossip Girl (The CW): New. Olivia says something on The Jimmy Fallon Show and tries to keep Dan from hearing it. Blair tries to use a new friend to make Serena jealous.
• Lincoln Heights (ABC Family): New. Cassie gets invited by her aunt to spend her birthday in New York City. Plays again later.
• Rita Rocks (AMC): New. Two new episodes play. They play again next week before the next two new episodes.
• Trauma (NBC): New. Rabbit’s reaction to a patient comes as a surprise. NBC has decided to cancel this show, but intends to air the rest of the 13 episodes that were ordered.
• Unwrapped (Food Network): New. See how your favorite “Fresh Baked” foods are made. A repeat episode follows. Both play again later.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has Monday Night Football with the Atlanta Falcons at the New Orleans Saints.
• FOX has Game 5 coverage of the MLB World Series.

Late Night

• Mad Men (AMC): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “The Gypsy and the Hobo,” replays following a replay of the episode from the week before. Both play again later.
• Monk (USA): Repeat. Last Friday’s episode, “Mr. Monk and the Dog,” replays.
• White Collar (USA): Repeat. Last Friday’s episode, “Threads,” replays. Plays again later.

TV Marathons

Discovery Channel has six episodes of It Takes a Thief.
Oxygen has 14 episodes of Living Single.
Syfy has the first 11 episodes of the 1984 V TV series. The remaining eight episodes play tomorrow before the V miniseries plays again.
TLC has 10 episodes of Cake Boss.
Travel Channel has six episodes of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.
USA has eight episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

• Printable Fall 2009 TV Schedule v1.06 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.11.2009 - Updated NBC Friday night lineup to reflect the cancellation of Southland.
• Printable Fall 2009 Cable TV Schedule v1.03 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.04.2009 - Added a few shows that are starting and removed a few shows that are ending.

Over on cable, Discovery Channel has a Nostradamus Decoded special, MTV has the series premiere of Styl’d, Science has a Jack the Ripper: New Evidence special, and VH1 has the series premiere of Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew.

The second season of Legend of the Seeker premiere next weekend. Find out where it’s playing in your area.

Prime Picks

Food Network Challenge (Food Network): New. Four cake artists compete in “The Simpsons Mystery Cakes” competition. Yeardley Smith is a guest judge. Plays again later.

Dexter (Showtime): New. Dexter is trying to stay in front of the Trinity investigation. Plays again later. Last week’s episode replays right before.

Mad Men (AMC): New. Peggy begins to think about how she chooses men. Pete comes to a big decision. Runs 62 minutes. Plays twice and again later.

Solid Selections

The Amazing Race (CBS): New. Breakdowns happen and secrets are revealed.

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO): New. Larry is having a little trouble on the golf course. Runs 30 minutes. Plays again later.

Brothers & Sisters (ABC): New. Kitty is happy for a surprise visitor. Sarah needs to tell her kids about her new guy. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 59 minutes.

Other Options

• Californication (Showtime): New. Hank is having trouble with Becca, which messes up Karen’s visit. Runs 30 minutes. Plays again later.
• Cold Case (CBS): New. The squad is looking into the 1944 murder of a female Air Force pilot that flew non combat missions.
• Desperate Housewives (ABC): New. Bree is falling for Karl. Katherine still wants Mike. Runs 61 minutes.
• Iron Chef America (Food Network): New. Chef Paul Virant takes on Iron Chef Morimoto. Plays again later.
• The Next Iron Chef (Food Network): New. The remaining contestants compete to show they can perform under “Pressure.” Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• ABC has NASCAR racing with the Sprint Cup: Amp Energy 500.
• CBS has NFL action.
• ESPN has college football action with Marshall at Central Florida.
• FOX has NFL action and then Game 4 coverage of the MLB World Series.

Late Night

• Breaking Bad (AMC): Repeat. The season two episode, “Phoenix,” replays.
• House (USA): Repeat. The “Brave Heart” episode from a couple weeks ago on FOX replays, where a cop believes he will die at 40, just like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
• nip/tuck (FX): Repeat. Last Wednesday’s episode, “Briggitte Reinholt,” replays. Runs 61 minutes.
• Sons of Anarchy (FX): Repeat. Last Tuesday’s episode, “Potlatch,” replays.
• White Collar (USA): Repeat. Last Friday’s episode, “Threads,” replays.

TV Marathons

Cartoon Network has 12 episodes of Teen Titans.
CMT has the four-part, eight-hour Lonesome Dove miniseries.
MTV has 10 episodes of Nitro Circus tonight.
Oxygen has episodes of Snapped all day.
Spike has 13 hours of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes.
Syfy has five and a half hours of V followed by six hours of V: The Final Battle followed by V again.
TLC has 10 episodes of 48 Hours: Hard Evidence.
TNT has parts three through six of the six-part Into the West miniseries.
USA has five episodes of House tonight.

• Printable Fall 2009 TV Schedule v1.06 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.11.2009 - Updated NBC Friday night lineup to reflect the cancellation of Southland.
• Printable Fall 2009 Cable TV Schedule v1.03 (PDF) - Last Updated: 10.04.2009 - Added a few shows that are starting and removed a few shows that are ending.