The Mentalist
The Mentalist
10/9c CBS
Viewers know that there's no love lost between Patrick Jane and new Red John case leader Sam Bosco. However, Jane and the team must put their feelings for Bosco aside when a woman is kidnapped and held for ransom. The circumstances of the crime require that the team must work with Bosco's group to find her.
Read on for previews of Grey's Anatomy, Project Runway, CSI and 30 Rock.
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Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
9/8c CBS
Gavin Rossdale is better known as a musician than an actor, but he gets to meld the two professions when he guest stars as a rock star in this episode. As the team tracks a serial killer, they make the connection that the murders seem to match up with the touring schedule of a goth rocker (Rossdale) that they suspect has become lost in his dark stage persona.
Read on for previews of the 43rd Annual CMA Awards, Return to Duty, Nip/Tuck and Glee.
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The Good Wife
The Good Wife
10/9c CBS
Alicia Florrick is a good wife, but that doesn't mean she is never attracted to other men. With her cheating husband in jail for corruption, who could blame her if she indulges in a little flirting? In this episode, Alicia becomes attracted to her handsome co-counsel (Chris Bowers) and his unorthodox approach to their case, which is defending the daughter of one of the firm's partners.
Read on for previews of Dancing with the Stars, Biggest Loser, World Series of Poker, So You Think You Can Dance and In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Bright Lights, Big Stars, All Access Nashville.
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House
House
8/7c Fox
House returns from his three-week baseball break, rested if not quite ready. (He doesn't have his medical license back yet.) He'll be at a medical conference on pharmacology with Cuddy and Wilson when his snoop, Lucas (Michael Weston), unexpectedly shows up. Back at the hospital, tonight's mystery disease has befallen a partying teenage girl whose appendages have swollen for no apparent reason. She also can't distinguish between fact and fiction.
Read on for previews of How I Met Your Mother, CSI: Miami, Lopez Tonight and How the Beatles Rocked the Krelmin.
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The Amazing Race
Amazing Race 15
8/7c CBS
One of the show's most daunting Roadblocks is revisited when the five remaining teams travel to Stockholm and encounter the game's first-ever Switchback. What's a "Switchback"? It requires teams to complete a task performed on a previous season. In this case, it's unrolling bales of hay to find a clue. Fans may recall in Season 6 that poor Lena Jensen unrolled 100 bales of hay over eight hours and never found a clue. Phil eventually came to the field and told her to stop because she had already been eliminated. Maybe these teams will have better luck.
Read on for previews of Sunday Night Football, Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, Bored to Death, Mad Men and Brothers & Sisters.
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The Wanda Sykes Show
Wanda Sykes Show
11/10c Fox
Stand-up comedian, sitcom sidekick, Emmy co-host... The list comprising Wanda Sykes' resume could go on, but here's the newest item she can add to it: talk-show host. Tonight marks the debut of this funny lady's foray into the talk-show arena, and naturally she's putting her own spin on things. Both regular panelists and celebrities will participate in a panel discussion that touches on current events and pop culture, and the show will also feature some field pieces and comedy segments.
Read on for previews of Saturday Night Live, Ann Rule's Too Late to Say Goodbye, John Fogerty: Live by Request and Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Stargate Universe
Stargate Universe
9/8c Syfy
The Stargate franchise was been very good to the man best known as MacGyver. General O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) makes contact again, and this time he wants the crew of the Destiny to consider a risky plan cooked up by IOA scientists that could return the unwitting space explorers to Earth. Meanwhile, Eli and Chloe use the communication stones to turn their homecoming into a happy hour.
Read on for previews of Smallville, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fanboy & Chum Chum and Monk.
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Vampire Diaries
Vampire Diaries
8/7c CW
Vicki's dead? Didn't see that one coming. And neither did she when Stefan staked her last week. More surprises are in store tonight when Stefan celebrates his 162nd birthday and one of his oldest friends, Lexi (Arielle Kebbel), arrives unexpectedly to show him a good time. Of course, she's also undead and is 350 years old herself. But she's still smoking hot and is passionate about being with Stefan. And she's not going to let any mere mortal, like Elena, stand in her way.
Read on for previews of FlashForward, The Office, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Real Housewives of Orange County.
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Top Chef
Top Chef All Stars Dinner
10/9c Bravo
Padma & Co. take a break this week, but fans of Top Chef will want to feast their eyes on this. An appetizing mix of winning chefs and fan-favorite contestants from past seasons return to dish out culinary fare and dish on memorable moments in a special hosted by Season 5 chef Fabio Viviani. The all-star cooks include Tiffani Faison, Harold Dieterle, Marcel Vigneron, Ilan Hall, Dale Levitski, Casey Thompson, Hung Huynh, Richard Blais, Lisa Fernandes, Carla Hall and Stefan Richter.
Read on for previews of Bill Cosby: The Mark Twin Prize 2009, New Adventures of Old Christine, Law & Order: SVU and Nip/Tuck.
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V
V
8/7c ABC
Fans of the 1983 miniseries about extraterrestrials who visit Earth under false pretenses can fondly recall hero Marc Singer, hottie-baddie Jane Badler and a pre-Freddy Krueger Robert Englund paying his dues. So what does the reboot have going for it? Genre vet Morena Baccarin (Firefly; Stargate SG-1) takes the pretty-villain role whilst Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) and Joel Gretsch (The 4400) develop a case of scrutiny for the alien visitors.
Read on for previews of Biggest Loser, By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, NCIS and Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel.
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