House & Heroes look to be your best bets if you’re going to skip the opening kickoff. Also, Food Network has a new episode of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives which you can record and/or catch later.

8-9pm

1. Heroes (NBC) – 04×05 – Hysterical Blindness
2. House (FOX) – 06×05 – Instant Karma

8:30-11:30pm

1. Monday Night Football: New York Jets at Miami Dolphins (ESPN)

10-10:30pm

1. Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (Food Network) – 07×08 – Barbequed, Baked, and Brined

There are also MLB playoffs and NHL hockey on tonight as well.

8-9

1. Smallville (The CW) – 09×03 – Rabid
2. Ghost Whisperer (CBS) – 05×03 – Till Death Do Us Start

9-10

1. Stargate Universe (SyFy) – 01×03 – Air (3)
2. Dollhouse (FOX) – 02×02 – Belle Chose

10-11

1. Numb3rs (CBS) – 06×03 – 7 Men Out

Sports wise, you have a few MLB playoff games, Louisiana Tech vs. Nevada (college football) & the final game of the WNBA 2009 Finals featuring the hometown Indiana Fever vs. the Phoenix Mercury.  And if you’ve got the tube on earlier, catch the final live Indy Lights race of the year on Versus.

Here are my top picks for the evening:

8-9

1. Bones (FOX) – 05×04 – The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2. Flash Forward (ABC) – 01×03 – 137 Sekunden
3. Community (NBC) – 01×04 – Social Psychology (30 minutes)
4. The Vampire Diaries (The CW) – 01×05 – You’re Undead To Me

9-10

1. Fringe (FOX) – 02×04 – Momentum Deferred
2. Supernatural (The CW) – 05×05 – Fallen Idol
3. The Office (NBC) – 06×04 – Niagara (1) (30 minutes)
4. The Office (NBC) – 06×05 – Niagara (2) (30 minutes)

And don’t forget that we have Nebraska vs. Missouri on ESPN from 9:00PM-midnight (Eastern) and the inaugural UFL (United Football League) game on Versus from 9:00PM-12:30AM (Eastern) featuring California Redwoods (coached by Dennis Green) vs. Las Vegas Locomotives (coached by Jim Fassel).

8-9

1. Hank (ABC) – 01×02 – Yard Sale
2. The Middle (ABC) – 01×02 – The Cheerleader

9-10

1. MythBusters (Discovery Channel) – 07×12 – Knock Your Socks Off
2. Ghost Hunters (Syfy)- 05×16 – Glimmer Men
3. Modern Family (ABC) – 01×03 – Come Fly with Me
4. Nostradamus Effect (History Channel) – 01×05 – The Apocalypse Code
5. The Othersiders (Cartoon) – 01×12 – Glendora House – Some sort of kiddie ghost show, which I haven’t seen myself & won’t be doing so tonight either

10-11

1. Man v. Food (Travel) – 02×10 – Springfield
2. MysteryQuest (History Channel) – 01×04 – Atlantis
3. Destination Truth (Syfy) – 03×05 – Alien Mummies/Van Lake Monster

Also, game 4 of the WNBA finals is on ESPN2 tonight, which I only mention because the hometown Indiana Fever may get their first championship tonight.

Mike Rowe is back with Dirty Jobs and Tracy Morgan is back with a fresh episode of Scare Tactics as well as a Scare Tactics marathon airing all afternoon.

At 10pm we have The Forgotten, Bizarre World & the latest “ghost show”, Ghost Lab.

9-10

1. Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel) – 08×01 – Mattress Recycler
2. Scare Tactics (SyFy) – 03×14 – Basket Case

10-11

1. The Forgotten (ABC) – 01×03 – Football John
2. Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World (Travel) – 01×06 – Sulawesi
3. Ghost Lab (Discovery Channel) – 01×01 – Disturbing the Peace

Blu-Ray Movie Highlights

• A Charlie Brown Christmas – A classic everyone should own. I hope they cleaned it up a bit from the DVD version though.
• Horton Hears a Who! – The cartoon version.
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas – The cartoon version and another must own. Ditto on the cleaning up from the DVD.
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – Good movie & soundtrack, though I like the first one better.
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – Classic Christmas movie!
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994) – A remake that is just as good as the original. I still remember seeing this on in the theater.
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – And yet another classic. This is one you must buy before it goes back into the Disney Vault.
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory – Though not as good as Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, it’s a good movie that always creeped me out as a kid.
• Wolf
• Year One

Blu-Ray Television

• Bones: Season 4
  
• The Absolute Best of Ghost Hunters

Other Blu-Ray Releases

• Audition
• Celestial Railroad
• China Circus on Ice
• Contact
• Dinosaurs Alive!
• Ghost Ship
• Imagine That
• Kenny G: An Evening of Rhythm & Romance
• Kurt Cobain: About A Son
• Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
• My Life in Ruins
• Not Forgotten
• Offspring
• Paradox of the Andes
• Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
• Rob Thomas: Something to Be Tour- Live at Red Rocks
• Seventh Moon
• The Children
• The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
• The Number 23 – Creepy Jim Carrey movie. Not for the kids!
• The Thaw
• Trick ‘r Treat
• Wolf / Dracula / Frankenstein Trilogy

House & Heroes look to be your best bets if you’re going to skip the opening kickoff. Also, Food Network has a new episode of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives which you can record and/or catch later.

8-9pm

1. Heroes (NBC) – 04×04 – Acceptance
2. House (FOX) – 06×04 – The Tyrant

8:30-11:30pm

1. Monday Night Football: Green Bay at Minnesota (ESPN)

10-10:30pm

1. Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (Food Network) – 07×07 – You Can Say That Again

8-9

1. Smallville (The CW) – 09×02 – Metallo
2. Ghost Whisperer (CBS) – 05×02 – See No Evil

9-10

1. Stargate Universe (SyFy) – 01×01 – Air (1)
2. Dollhouse (FOX) – 02×02 – Instinct

10-11

1. Stargate Universe (SyFy) – 01×02 – Air (2)
2. Numb3rs (CBS) – 06×02 – Friendly Fire

NHL hockey was on live in the middle of the day, so you missed that.  The only football game on the list is Pittsburgh vs. Louisville on ESPN2.  The Tigers and White Sox are on ESPN if you want to catch some late season baseball.

Here are my top picks for the evening:

8-9

1. Bones (FOX) – 05×03 – The Plain in the Prodigy
2. Flash Forward (ABC) – 01×02 – White to Play
3. The Vampire Diaries (The CW) – 01×04 – Family Ties

9-10

1. Fringe (FOX) – 02×03 – Fracture
2. Supernatural (The CW) – 05×04 – The End
3. The Office (NBC) – 06×03 – The Promotion (30 minutes)
4. Community (NBC) – 01×03 – Introduction To Film (30 minutes)

And don’t forget that we have Colorado vs. West Virginia on ESPN from 7:30-10:30PM (Eastern) and the NHL season kicks off on Versus with a double header featuring Washington vs. Boston followed by San Jose vs. Colorado.

8-9

1. Hank (ABC) – 01×01 – Pilot
2. The Middle (ABC) – 01×01 – Pilot

9-10

1. Ghost Hunters (Syfy)- 05×15 – A Bat Out Of Hell – Meatloaf joins the team
2. Modern Family (ABC) – 01×02 – The Bicycle Thief – It seemed to get good reviews though I’ve not watched it
3. Nostradamus Effect (History Channel) – 01×04 – Hitler’s Blood Oath – Catch Ghost Hunters first & catch the rerun if you’re interested…but my guess is that it’ll be the same old story

10-11

1. Man v. Food (Travel) – 02×09 – Baseball – Hands down winner
2. MysteryQuest (History Channel) – 01×03 – Area 51 – Aliens!!!
3. Destination Truth (Syfy) – 03×04 – Ghosts of Chernobyl/Sal’awa – Catch it in a rerun

Blu-Ray Movie Highlights

• Labyrinth- I’m afraid that this may be more of David Bowie than most of us care to see
• Monsters vs. Aliens – A must have for kids and adults.
• Snakes on a Plane – Why?!?!?! Seriously?
• The Dark Crystal – Very strange from Jim Henson
• The Wizard of Oz – A Classic, buy it!

Blu-Ray Television

• How I Met Your Mother: Season Four
• The Unit: Season Four
• The Universe: Collector’s Edition Megaset
• The Universe: The Complete Season Three

Other Blu-Ray Releases

• Away We Go
• Billy Jack
• Burst Angel: Box Set & OVA
• Facing the Giants
• Fireproof
• Gala Concert: 300 Years of St. Petersburg
• Glenn Gould: Hereafter
• HD Moods: Trains
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• Lies & Illusions
• Management
• National Geographic Ultimate High Definition Collection
• Puccini: Edgar
• Romeo & Juliet
• Secrets of the Cross
• Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
• Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
• Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty
• The Girlfriend Experience
• The New York Ripper
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann
• UFC: Ultimate Knockouts 7
• Yellowstone: Battle for Life

10-11

1. The Forgotten (ABC) – 01×02 – Diamond Jane
2. Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World (Travel) – 01×05 – Germany

House & Heroes look to be your best bets if you’re going to skip the opening kickoff. Both of which I’m behind on and won’t be watching “live”.

8-9pm

1. Heroes (NBC) – 04×03 – Ink
2. House (FOX) – 06×03 – Epic Fail

8:30-11:30pm

1. Monday Night Football: Carolina Panthers at Dallas Cowboys (ESPN)

Brothers looks like it may be funny, but isn’t one I’d pick over Smallville.

I’m behind on my viewing of Dollhouse & Numb3rs, but will catch those at some point.

Ghost Whisperer is one that I watched the pilot and just never watched again, though I don’t recall why. But going on five seasons I’d say it has caught on.

Medium is not mentioned as I’ve never watched it, but it is now on CBS and paired with Ghost Whisperer which makes sense to me for the lead-in.

8-9

1. Smallville (The CW) – 09×01 – Savior
2. Brothers (FOX) – 01×01 – Pilot
3. Brothers (FOX) – 01×02 – House Rules-Anniversary
4. Ghost Whisperer (CBS) – 05×01 – Birthday Presence

9-10

1. Dollhouse (FOX) -  02×01 – Vows

10-11

1. Numb3rs (CBS) – 06×01 – Hangman

Here are my top picks for the evening:

8-9

1. Bones (FOX) – 05×02 – The Bond In The Boot
2. Flash Forward (ABC) – 01×01 – No More Good Days
3. The Vampire Diaries (The CW) – 01×03 – Friday Night Bites

9-10

1. Fringe (FOX) – 02×02 – Night of Desirable Objects
2. Supernatural (The CW) – 05×03 – Free to Be You and Me
3. The Office (NBC) – 06×02 – The Meeting (30 minutes)
4. Community (NBC) – 01×02 – Spanish 101 (30 minutes)

And don’t forget that we have Mississippi vs. South Carolina on ESPN from 7:30-10:30PM (Eastern)

Here are my top picks for the evening:

8-9

1. Bones (FOX)     05×01     Harbingers In The Fountain
2. The Vampire Diaries (The CW)     01×02     The Night Of The Comet

9-10

1. Fringe (FOX)     02×01     A New Day in the Old Town
2. Supernatural (The CW)     05×02     Good God, Y’All
3. The Office (NBC)     06×01     Gossip (30 minutes)
4. Community (NBC)     01×01     Pilot (30 minutes)

And don’t forget that we have Georgia Tech vs. Miami on ESPN from 7:30-10:30PM (Eastern)

According to WSBTV.com, “Five actresses and a cameraman from the CW show The Vampire Diaries were arrested and charged after police said the actresses were dangling off a Georgia overpass and flashing drivers.”

I’ve never heard of that specific publicity stunt before, so they do get points for creativity.  Now lets hope episode two is a little better than episode one was.  And ladies, keep your shirts on the next time you decide to “dangle” off of bridges.  We wouldn’t want anyone to get hurt.

That said, here’s the rundown of what I might be watching this fall.

Monday Nights

• 8pm: Monday Night Football (ESPN) – Football. Enough said.
• 8pm: Heroes (NBC) – I watched season one but lost track during the shortened season two. If I ever get caught up I’ll watch it.

Tuesday Nights

• 9pm: Scare Tactics (SciFi/SyFy) – Funny show, but not one I have to watch every week.
• 10pm: The Forgotten (ABC) – I might catch the pilot just to see.
• 10pm: Bizarre World (Travel) – Sounds interesting, but for some reason Comcast doesn’t offer the Travel Channel in HD which limits the chances that I’ll remember to watch it.

Wednesday Nights

• 9pm: MythBusters (Discovery) – You have to love MythBusters, but don’t necessarily watch it “live” as it’s on over and over again.
• 9pm: Ghost Hunters (SyFy) – Probably the best of the “ghost shows”, but it’s fine to record and watch later.
• 10pm: Eastwick (ABC) – I’m really unsure about this one, but am willing to at least watch the pilot.  [Update: Now that I see a commercial for Eastwick I'm thinking that's a no-go trashy show. No thanks. That leaves me with no Wednesday night network TV suggestions.]
• 10pm: Destination Truth (SyFy) – OK show & a good combo with Ghost Hunters, but not one I always watch all the way through. It could really be trimmed down to half-hour episodes IMO.
• 10pm: MysteryQuest (History) – New series which the commercials look interesting. Probably something to record and watch later or OnDemand (if they offer it).

Thursday Nights

• 8-9pm: Bones (Fox) – If I’m watching TV live, this will be what’s on.
• 8-9pm: The Vampire Diaries (CW) – Wasn’t impressed with the pilot, but we’ll see.
• 9-10pm: Fringe (Fox) – Interesting sci-fi show with plenty of humor. It’s no X-Files, but it’ll do. Normally I have to watch this one later.
• 9-10pm: Supernatural (CW) – Speaking of the X-Files, this is where many people from that writing/producing crew wound up. Not one for the kids (and neither is Fringe), and one that I’ll have to watch later the majority of the time.
• 9-9:30pm: The Office (NBC) – Normally pretty funny & one that I own the previous seasons.
• 9:30-10pm: 30 Rock (NBC) – Another one that’s normally pretty funny & one that I own the previous seasons.

Friday Nights

• 8-9pm: Smallville (CW) – Tied with Bones for my overall favorite that’s on TV right now. What’s not to love about Superman?
• 9-10pm: Stargate Universe (SyFy) – We’ll see if they can pull it off again.
• 9-10pm: Dollhouse (Fox) – I never finished watching Season 1 and was surprised that it was brought back.  It’s OK and I may get caught up if I have the time.
• 9-10pm: Ghost Adventures (Travel) – The most recent of the trifecta of “ghost shows” that I’ll watch on occasion (the other two being Ghost Hunters & Paranormal State). This one borders on the absurd with them “provoking” and supposedly finding things everywhere they look. Interesting nonetheless.
• 10-11pm: Numb3rs (CBS) – I really like this one, but just haven’t had a chance to watch it for the past few seasons.  I think it’s time to get the DVD’s and catch up.

Saturday Nights

• College Football (Various) – Again, it’s football.

Sunday Nights

• 8-11pm: NFL Football (NBC) – And more football!
• 8-8:30pm: The Simpsons (Fox) – A staple that I haven’t been able to watch many episodes of lately due to Football, then forgetting to turn on the TV Sunday night once football season is over (which isn’t a bad thing I suppose). Time to start recoding these again and skipping the commercials.

Midseason Shows (a.k.a. You may see them, you may not)

• Chuck (NBC) -  Our favorite geek is supposedly coming back midseason.
• Day One (NBC) – Sounds like a new twist on Jericho.
• Past Life (Fox) – Sounds interesting.

Gone For Good (a.k.a. Canceled TV Shows)

• Goode Family, The (ABC) – A summer series by Mike Judge (Beavis & Butt Head, King of the Hill & Office Space).  Your typical Judge humor focused on hippies this time.  I didn’t figure it would last (and ABC probably didn’t either by running it in the summer), but there are rumors flying that it may land somewhere else, which is always the case with cartoons.
• Harper’s Island (CBS) – An OK murder mystery series that went a few episodes too long this summer. I have no idea why anyone thought it’d be back though. The title’s too limiting for it to be an anthology series.
• King of the Hill (Fox) – See Simpsons above.  Funny show that will be missed.
• My Name is Earl (NBC) – This past seasons had many “really not right” moments, but overall it was funny.
• Pushing Daisies (ABC) – By far the best on the list of canceled shows. ABC should have their broadcasting license revoked for ditching this one.
• Reaper (CW) – Funny show that only stuck around two seasons because it was on the CW (the “major” networks would probably have pulled it a few episodes in). This will be in my home library soon.
• Stargate Atlantis (SyFy) – I watched the first two season and lost interest for some reason…like split seasons, not knowing when it was on & having a life.  It was OK, but wasn’t Stargate SG-1 by any stretch.
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox) – Season 1 is in my home library and I’ll add season 2 at some point. I’m not surprised to see it go, but thought Dollhouse would be shown the door first. (But of course Dollhouse is probably cheaper to produce than TSCC.)

So there you have it. My extensive list of TV shows (minus a few here and there of course).  Let me know what you think and feel free to leave a message for Blue Shotgun Radio at 317-565-4250.

The CW’s “Reaper” (2.5 million, 1.0/3) at 8 p.m. was the only broadcast show to air against Obama’s press conference and climbed 11% to hit a season high.

All I can say is, God Bless You CW & Reaper! Keep up the good fight.  Thanks to you I wasn’t even aware that The Obamanator was running off at the mouth again on multiple networks in prime-time.  This every-few-weeks prime-time press conference is starting to feel like “state TV”…go figure, right?

But luckily it sounds like the networks are starting to get pissed, and rightfully so.  As if advertising dollars and a consistent audience aren’t hard enough to come by, then you have a president who wants free air time (which tax payers should not foot the bill for either) to ramble on about who knows what.  The economy is crap and the jackals in Washington DC are up to no good.  We know that.  Stop wasting your time and ours stating the obvious.  Shut your mouth and actually do something that doesn’t screw up our economy even more.  And by all means, STOP doing your damnedest to rewrite the US Constitution and having a blatant disregard for what this country was founded on and what it’s supposed to stand for.  If that’s what you really want there are plenty of other countries you can live in that already have those sort of “changes” in place.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a fan of politics and in the past have not been one to talk openly about politics.  But Obama and his Posse of Goons who are running this country concern me a lot and I can’t be quiet (I’ll reserve most of my rantings for Blue Shotgun Radio).  There’s a reason to have checks and balances in place, which there are not.  I’m just hoping that we can last 2 years and hopefully get enough people in this coutry to wise up to what is going down so that we can “lame duck” him and then God willing get him out of office 2 years after that.