iCarly
iCarly
8/7c Nickelodeon
In recent weeks VMAs and Emmys have been given out, and now it's time for the iCarly Awards. It's the inaugural year for the event, in which Carly, Sam and Freddie plan to honor the top user-generated content on their Web show. The categories are a bit... unusual, and include "Most Inane Hula-Hooper" and "Best Male Acrobat with Lots of Hair." The only problem? Spencer didn't make enough statuettes, and now he must recruit some helpers (in the form of swimsuit models) to churn out some more.
Read on for previews of Saturday Night Live, Relic Hunter with Ian Grant, SuperFetch and Celebrity Ghost Stories.
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Smallville
Smallville
8/7c CW
Everyone's out to get the Red-Blue Blur, poor thing. So persecuted. So misunderstood. So under everyone's nose! Tonight, a collision with a truck mysteriously transforms John Corben (Brian Austin Green) into a man-machine with a living, beating Kryptonite heart and, of course, superhuman strength. Rather than using his new powers for good, John decides to work out his issues on the colorful blur that's on everyone's mind — including Lois, whom John kidnaps. We suspect there'll be a rescue attempt by Clark.
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Private Practice
Private Practice
10:01/9:01c ABC
All was hardly well when we left Oceanside Wellness in May: Violet lay dying after her disturbed patient Katie had literally cut the baby from her womb and made off with him. Season 3 begins tonight with Amy Brenneman still in the cast. As for Violet's suitors (Pete won, remember), check out the Pete-Sheldon body language during their hospital vigil. But don't expect any romantic developments involving Addison and Noah: She's too busy in the ER to have time for much else.
Read on for previews of Survivor: Samoa, Grey's Anatomy, Bones and Community.
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The Middle
The Middle
8:30/7:30c ABC
Originally developed — and shelved — for the 2006-07 TV season with Ricki Lake in the lead, this sitcom was finally given the green light when Patricia Heaton came on board. No offense to Ms. Lake, but with a two-time Emmy winner as the star, The Middle probably has a better shot at breaking out of the pack. The Everybody Loves Raymond vet plays a harried, married mother of three in a quirky Midwestern family that will no doubt be compared with the Malcolm in the Middle clan, but clever dysfunctional slapstick never goes out of style.
Read on for previews of Law & Order: SVU, Hank, Eastwick and Bank of Mom and Dad.
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The Hills
The Hills
10/9c MTV
Lauren Conrad may have left The Hills last May, but the drama has certainly stuck around — especially with Lauren's pre-Spencer nemesis, Kristin Cavallari, poised to take her place as series star. The Laguna Beach vixen is sure to stir up some trouble when she sets her sights on Audrina's ex, Justin, when the second half of Season 5 kicks off this evening.
Read on for previews of Dancing with the Stars, Melrose Place, Sons of Anarchy and The Joy Behar Show.
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Trauma
Trauma
9/8c NBC
If you're into high-octane medical dramas, NBC has a new entry that spotlights paramedics. Perhaps in an homage to ER, which did not shy away from this sort of thing, Trauma blasts onto the screen with a helicopter crash that has a long-lasting personal effect on the show's main cast, which includes Cliff Curtis and Derek Luke. Earnest performances and a glossy look should draw viewers to this pedigreed production, but the accident-of-the-week story lines might get old fast — even with all the pyrotechnics.
Read on for previews of The Big Bang Theory, Lie to Me, Heroes and Hoarders.
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The Amazing Race
Amazing Race 15
8/7c CBS
The Emmy-winning series, which last Sunday nabbed its seventh consecutive reality-competition trophy, launches its 15th season with 12 teams in Los Angeles. While that's one pair more than usual, only 11 duos will fly to Tokyo on the race's first leg. Why? One team is eliminated before leaving the starting line. Participants include two members of the Harlem Globetrotters, a man with Asperger's syndrome, a pair of professional poker players, gay brothers, and Miss America 2004, Erika Dunlap, who is half of the show's first interracial married couple.
Read on for previews of The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Desperate Housewives, Cleveland Show and Dexter.
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Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
11:29/10:29c NBC
Here's some Fox news: The laugher opens its 35th season with actress Megan Fox, hot off her man-eating performance in Jennifer's Body, as a first-time host. It's been an off-season of high drama. Divisive politics, rude public behavior and stormy debates over health-care reform ruled the day — so we can expect the SNL players to tap into all that with their usual keen observation and comedic zeal. Speaking of zeal, passionate Irish überband U2 rally the evening with performances. Bono and the boys are in the midst of their sprawling 360° Tour (and just recently played two sold-out shows at Giants Stadium), so they should be in tight form.
Read on for previews of Unlikely Animal Friends, Children of the Corn, My Neighbor's Secret and iCarly.
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Medium
Medium
9/8c CBS
The paranormal drama about creepy spirits, dark unknowns and a psychic soccer mom who sees dead people does some strange channeling: Canceled by NBC, the show now rematerializes on CBS, completing a ghostly night on the Eye network. (Ghost Whisperer precedes the show.) In the Season 6 opener, Allison struggles through the aftermath of her brain surgery and its potential lasting impact on her life. This also being a crime drama, there's some bad-guy intrigue: A TV-station owner enlists Devalos and Scanlon to probe the purported stalking of his station's sportscaster — who also happens to be his wife. Natalie Zea and Pruitt Taylor Vince guest star.
Read on for previews of Brothers, Dollhouse, The Prisoner, Law & Order, Ghost Whisperer.
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Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
9/8c ABC
Grey's fans have had all summer to deal with George's sudden death, but it just happened at Seattle Grace so things are in a state of shock as Season 6 begins. That's hardly a surprise, but staffers work through their grief in ways you might not immediately suspect. (TV fans with long memories might get a chuckle out of it.) But life goes on, and for Izzie, at least, that's good news. Mitch Pileggi returns as board chairman Larry Jennings. For the chief, this is not good news.
Read on for previews of FlashForward, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Mentalist, Fringe and The Office.
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