Eric Roberts
Crash
10/9c Starz!
The second season gets underway with a compelling and involving episode that introduces new characters and catches up with some from Season 1. Front and center is the riveting Dennis Hopper as former entertainment mogul Ben Cendars, who's back in L.A. after months in rehab. He's on a driven mission to find out who killed his youngest daughter. Among the new faces, Eric Roberts stands out as visionary tycoon Seth Blanchard, who's bound and determined to bring an NFL franchise to the city.
Read on for previews of Guiding Light, the 2009 ALMA Awards, Eureka, Monk and Dog Whisperer.
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Psych
Psych
10/9c USA
A birthday celebration at a cop bar takes an ugly turn for the gang when, instead of ducking away from an out-of-control piñata basher, the partygoers must instead seek cover from a barrage of bullets. The shooting appears to be a robbery, but Shawn thinks that someone was actually targeting Lassiter. The case may not be a piece of cake to solve, though, as the guys come up with a pretty hefty list of suspects.
Read on for previews of Eureka, JAY-Z: Live From Madison Square Garden: Answer the Call, 20/20 and Hotel Ground Zero.
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Monk
Monk
9/8c USA
Adrian Monk: detective, neat freak... hit man? That's the role Monk attempts to don after an FBI agent asks him to assume the identity of a killer-for-hire after the real hit man dies. If Monk can pull it off and convince the bad guys he's tough as nails, he may be able to foil an assassination plot.
Read on for previews of Today, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, Eureka and Making Over America With Trinny & Susannah.
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Eureka
Eureka
9/8c Syfy
Nothing ever goes as planned in a town populated with supergeniuses — not even a baby shower. Allison (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) receives some fascinating eco-conscious gifts for her coming little one, but when a few scientists are mysteriously drowned, the town suspects that these presents might be a little too advanced for their own good.
Read on for previews of Good Morning America, NFL Football, Hard Rock Calling and Jockeys.
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Monk
Monk
9/8 CT USA
Monk kicks off its eighth and final season tonight as the obsessive-compulsive detective takes a case that messes with his sense of reality...well, a little more than usual. Monk eagerly becomes a bodyguard for a former child star (played by Elizabeth Perkins) who's receiving death threats. But his excitement fades when he learns the actress is nothing like her TV alter ego.
Read on for previews of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Eureka, NUMB3RS and Chefs vs. City.
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CSI: Miami's Eddie Cibrian, Brothers & Sisters' Rob Lowe and 90210's Jennie Garth
I am trying to get my hands on some scoops for next season of CSI: Miami. — Jennifer
TIM: How about some insight into new series regular Eddie Cibrian's arrival? We haven't heard much about him lately. Cibrian's Jesse Cardoza, a transfer from Los Angeles, gets taken hostage on his very first day. During the crisis, he performs a heroic deed that requires him to take off his shirt, as heroic deeds often do. But Cardoza's first day won't come until Season 8's second episode: The Sept. 21 season premiere will flash back to 1997, when we'll learn about his past connection to Horatio.
Is there any word on a Season 4 premiere for Brothers & Sisters? — Dave
MATT: Yes, ABC (finally) set a Sept. 27 return for the Walkers. Among the storylines you can watch for this fall: Kitty and Robert are still...
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Ming-Na with Robert Carlyle, Stargate Universe
When the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation released its annual Network Responsibility Index, Syfy was among the networks receiving "Failing" grades for their depiction of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters.
While CBS, NBC, A&E and TBS declined to comment on their showing, Syfy's executive vice president of original content, Mark Stern, accepted TVGuide.com's invitation to react as well as discuss his network's plans for a more diverse future.
"We are disappointed, obviously," Stern said of the NRI grade. "The 'F' is hard because we are trying, it is something that is in our vocabulary. But we need to work harder."
See which networks got "Good" and "Adequate" grades from GLAAD
A GLAAD rep told TVGuide.com that Syfy's grade was based on the fact that there were only two gay characters appearing on the network's programming during the timetable of the study ...
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Torchwood
Torchwood: Children of the Earth
9/8 CT BBC America
The entire human race could be wiped out in the conclusion of this thrilling miniseries if the prime minister doesn't deliver on his promise to give 10 percent of the world's children to that slimy alien race known only as the 456. Jack Harkness, however, won't let that happen without a fight. Still reeling from the Thames House tragedy, the Captain is determined to atone for his sins of the past and save the children — something he failed to do 40 years ago.
Read on for previews of Wizards of Waverly Place, Chopping Block, Eureka, 20/20 and Degrassi: The Next Generation.
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Eureka
Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana
8 pm/ET Disney
Three of Disney's biggest hits (Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck) cross over in this 90-minute laughfest that is sure to please fans of all three shows. The fun begins when Justin, Alex and Max Russo join a teen cruise on the SS Tipton, which is, of course, the home of Zack and Cody Martin... and London Tipton. Justin is crazy about London and pretends he is a doctor to get a date with her. Later, it's a fan-feeding frenzy when Hannah Montana arrives on the ship for a concert.
Read on for previews of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, SpongeBob SquarePants, Eureka and Real Time with Bill Maher.
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Salli Richardson-Whitfield with Colin Ferguson, on Syfy's Eureka
Syfy's Eureka (finally) welcomes viewers back to that crazy Pacific Northwestern town this Friday at 9 pm/ET, and to hear cast member Salli Richardson-Whitfield tell it, the new episodes are pregnant with possibilities.
Quite literally.
Check out photos of TV's sexiest sci-fi stars
In this TVGuide.com video Q&A, Richardson-Whitfield reveals which came first — her own real-life pregnancy, or the one written into Allison Blake's storyline. As for her alter ego's eventual childbirth, she teases, "It's a very big episode... and a real bonding experience between me and Carter."
In her on-camera sit-down, Richardson-Whitfield also ...
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