Must See HDTV (December 26th - January 1st)
Football
Collegiate or pro, even with NBA action back on the schedule it's all about football this week. The big time bowls aren't until 2012, but there's still a few interesting matchups to be had this week including Air Force/Toledo (guaranteed shootout), FSU/Notre Dame, Tulsa BYU, and Oklahoma/Iowa. For the pros, the playoffs start Sunday night when the Cowboys face the Giants, with the winner moving on as NFC East champion and the loser going home.
New Year's Eve
So who are you rolling with, the Dick Clark/Ryan Seacrest combo, Carson Daly, MTV's stream of performers or are you tuning in to some other station to watch the ball drop Saturday night? Sure, Fox's "American Country" theme may be more your style, but after seeing the shape Dick Clark was in last year, we might actually leave the screen off for once this time around.
Archer
We'll have to wait a few more weeks for the show to return to FX, but Archer fans can catch up with season two hitting shelves for the first time, and season one is no longer a Best Buy exclusive. Check out the promo trailer after the break if you're not already familiar with ISIS' best agent, and turn up some Kenny Loggins because you're about to enter the Danger Zone.
(December 27th, $25 on Amazon)
Blu-ray & Games
Archer (S1 & S2)
Final Destination 5
Apollo 18
The Borgias
Shameless (S1)
Monday
Falcons/Saints Monday Night Football (season finale), ESPN, 8:30PM
Storm Chasers: Behind the Storms 2011 (special presentation), Discovery, 8PM
The Year The Earth Went Wild (special presentation), Discovery, 9PM
Raw Alaska (special presentation), Discovery, 10PM
Who's Still Standing, NBC, 8PM
The Closer (winter finale), TNT, 9PM
WWE Raw, USA, 9PM
You Deserve It (season finale), ABC, 9PM
Rizzoli & Isles (season finale), TNT, 10PM
Rock Center with Brian Williams, NBC, 10PM
Tuesday
The 34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (special presentation), CBS, 9PM
Western Michigan/Purdue in Little Caesars Bowl, ESPN, 4:30PM
NC State/Louisville in Belk Bowl, 8PM, ESPN
Dirty Jobs, Discovery, 9PM
Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan (season finale), G4, 10PM
Wednesday
Air Force/Toledo in Military Bowl, ESPN, 4:30PM
Texas/Cal in Holiday Bowl, ESPN, 9PM
Inside The NFL, Showtime, 9PM
Sons of Guns, Discovery, 9PM
State of Play, BBC America, 10PM
Moonshiners, Discovery, 10PM
24/7: Flyers/Rangers, HBO, 10PM
Thursday
FSU/Notre Dame in Champs Sports Bowl, ESPN, 5:30PM
Baylor/Washington in Alamo Bowl, ESPN, 9PM
Mavericks/Thunder, TNT, 8PM
Knicks/Lakers, TNT, 10:30PM
NY Ink (season premiere), TLC, 9PM
Less Than Kind, DirecTV 101, 9PM
Call Me Fitz, DirecTV 101, 9:30PM
Beavis & Butt-head (season finale), MTV, 10PM
Big Shrimpin', History, 10PM
Good Vibes, MTV (season finale), 10:30 & 11PM
Friday
Tulsa/BYU in Armed Forces Bowl, ESPN, 12PM
Rutgers/Iowa State in Pinstripe Bowl, ESPN, 3:20PM
Mississippi St/Wake Forest in Music City Bowl, ESPN, 6:40PM
Oklahoma/Iowa in Insight Bowl, ESPN, 10PM
Chuck, NBC, 8PM
WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
The Life & Times of Tim, HBO, 9PM
Sanctuary (season finale), Syfy, 10PM
X-Men Anime, G4, 11PM
Saturday
Texas A&M/Northwestern in Meineke Car Care Bowl, ESPN, 12PM
Georgia Tech/Utah in Sun Bowl, CBS, 2PM
UCLA/Illinois in Fight Hunger Bowl, ESPN, 3:30PM
Vanderbilt/Cincinnati in Liberty Bowl, ABC, 3:30PM
Virginia/Auburn in Chick-fil-A Bowl, ESPN, 7:30PM
Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012, ABC, 10PM
New Year's Eve with Carson Daly 2011, NBC, 10PM
American Country New Year's Eve Live, Fox, 11PM
NYE in NYC 2012 Live, MTV, 11PM
Sunday
Angry Boys (series premiere), HBO, 10 & 10:30PM
Cowboys/Giants football, NBC, 8:15PM
All-American Muslim, TLC, 10PM
Leverage, TNT, 9PM
Hell on Wheels, AMC, 10PM