Must See HDTV (February 6th - 12th)
The Super Bowl is over, the ads have aired, and now we're trying to fill a football-sized hole in our TV schedules. Luckily there's a few new shows airing that may help us get through the winter, unless of course we get more Glee clones that push us outdoors into the harsh, unforgiving elements. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.
The Walking Dead
AMC's hit show is back for the second half of its second season Sunday night, and we're... actually anticipating it? Stranger things have happened, and now that the little girl we never really got to know or care about is gone maybe they can leave the farm to go places where things happen. There's a quick preview trailer embedded after the break.
(February 12th, AMC, 10PM
Smash
It's another show that's a lot like Glee. These words have either filled you with dread or uncontrollable excitement. Schedule your DVR and plans for this evening accordingly.
(February 6th, NBC, 10PM)
Doomsday Preppers
We know, we said we were against the quirky reality TV shows (on a slightly related note, the second jousting reality show of the season also premieres this week -- how has jousting become a thing?) but this one is crazy enough to pique our interest. Doomsday Preppers goes inside your neighbor's underground vault to see just what he's got stocked in there should the worst happen. Don't wait for the air-raid sirens to go off to find out, just tune into National Geographic tomorrow night, or check out the trailer embedded after the break.
(February 7th, National Geographic, 9 & 10PM)
Blu-ray & Games
Lady and the Tramp (Diamond Edition)
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Anonymous
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
The Darkness 2 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Inversion (Xbox 360, PS3)
Shank 2 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Monday
Smash (series premiere), NBC, 10PM
First Week In (season finale), Discovery, 9 & 10PM
Jazz/Knicks, NBA TV, 7PM
Red Wings/Coyotes, NBC Sports, 8PM
How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 8PM
House, Fox, 8PM
The Voice, NBC, 8PM
Gossip Girl, CW, 8PM
The Bachelor, ABC, 8PM
Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family, 8PM
2 Broke Girls, CBS, 8:30PM
Alcatraz, Fox, 9PM
Two and a Half Men, CBS, 9PM
Being Human, Syfy, 9PM
WWE Raw, USA, 9PM
Hart of Dixie, CW, 9PM
The Lying Game, ABC Family, 9PM
Mike & Molly, CBS, 9:30PM
Castle, ABC, 10PM
Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 10PM
Lost Girl, Syfy, 10PM
Rock Center with Brian Williams, NBC, 10PM
Thunder/Trail blazers, NBA TV, 10:30PM
Tuesday
The River (series premiere), ABC, 9PM
Doomsday Preppers (series premiere), National Geographic, 9 & 10PM
Jazz/Knicks, NBA TV, 7:30PM
All Star Dealers, Discovery, 8PM
90210, CW, 8PM
Glee, Fox, 8PM
Switched at Birth, ABC Family, 8PM
NCIS, CBS, 8PM
Last Man Standing, ABC, 8 & 8:30PM
New Girl, Fox, 9PM
Jane By Design, ABC Family, 9PM
Ringer, CW, 9PM
Raising Hope, Fox, 9:30PM
Justified, FX, 10PM
Parenthood, NBC, 10PM
Unforgettable, CBS, 10PM
Southland, TNT, 10PM
White Collar, USA, 10PM
Ink Master, Spike, 10PM
Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10PM
Key & Peele, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Wednesday
Inside the NFL (season finale), Showtime, 9PM
Mistresses (season finale), BBCA, 10PM
Duke/UNC college basketball, ESPN, 9PM
The Middle, ABC, 8PM
American Idol, Fox, 8PM
One Tree Hill, CW, 8PM
Whitney, NBC, 8PM
Suburgatory, ABC, 8:30PM
Are You There, Chelsea?, NBC, 8:30PM
Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
Criminal Minds, CBS, 9PM
Beast Tracker, Discovery, 9PM
Mobbed, Fox, 9PM
Nova, PBS, 9PM
Remodeled, CW, 9PM
Happy Endings, ABC, 9:30PM
CSI, CBS, 10PM
Law & Order: SVU, 10PM
Royal Pains, USA, 10PM
Revenge, ABC, 10PM
Face Off, Syfy, 10PM
Rockets/Trail Blazers, ESPN, 10:30PM
Thursday
Lakers/Celtics, TNT, 8PM
Thunder/Kings, TNT, 10:30PM
American Idol, Fox, 8PM
30 Rock, NBC, 8 & 8:30PM
The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
Wipeout, ABC, 8PM
Vampire Diaries, CW, 8PM
Parks & Recreation, NBC, 8:30PM
Rob, CBS, 8:30PM
On The Shoulders of Giants (special presentation), Showtime, 8:30PM
The Office, NBC, 9PM
Person of Interest, CBS, 9PM
Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 9PM
The Finder, Fox, 9PM
Impact Wrestling, Spike TV, 9PM
NY Ink, TLC, 9PM
Up All Night, NBC, 9:30PM
Archer, FX, 10PM
The Mentalist, CBS, 10PM
Private Practice, ABC, 10PM
Grimm, NBC, 10PM
Unsupervised, FX, 10:30PM
Russell Simmons presents The Ruckus, Comedy Central, 10PM
I Just Want My Pants Back, MTV, 11PM
Inside Comedy, Showtime, 11PM
Delocated, Comedy Central, 11:59PM
Friday
Ducks/Red Wings, NHL Network, 7:30PM
Who Do You Think You Are?, NBC, 8PM
Knicks/Lakers, ESPN, 8PM
A Gifted Man, CBS, 8PM
Shark Tank, ABC, 8PM
WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
Nikita, CW, 8PM
Fringe, Fox, 9PM
CSI: NY (winter finale), CBS, 9PM
The Life & Times of Tim, HBO, 9PM
Grimm, NBC, 9PM
Merlin, Syfy, 10PM
Blue Bloods, CBS, 10PM
Portlandia, IFC, 10PM
Spartacus: Vengeance, Starz, 10PM
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, IFC, 10:30PM
Lakers/Nuggets, NBA TV, 10:30PM
Blackhawks/Sharks, NHL Network, 10:30PM
Saturday
Nuggets/Pacers, NBA TV, 7PM
Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island, Syfy, 9PM
Cops, Fox, 8PM
The Firm, NBC, 9PM
Magic/Pacers, NBA TV, 7PM
The Fades, BBCA, 9PM
Suns/Kings, NBA TV, 10PM
Saturday Night Live: Zooey Deschanel/Karmin, 11:30PM
Sunday
The Walking Dead (winter premiere), AMC, 9PM
Comic Book Men (series premiere), AMC, 10PM
Full Metal Jousting (series premiere), History, 10PM
Angry Boys (season finale), HBO, 10 & 10:30PM
54th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 8PM
British Film Academy Awards 2012, BBC America, 8PM
The 9/11 Tapes: Chaos in the Sky (special presentation), Discovery, 10PM
Capitals/Rangers, NBC, 12:30PM
Heat/Hawks, ESPN, 7PM
60 Minutes, CBS, 7PM
The Cleveland Show, Fox, 7:30PM
The Simpsons, Fox, 8PM
Once Upon a Time, ABC, 8PM
Napoleon Dynamite, Fox, 8:30PM
Fear Factor, NBC, 9PM
Desperate Housewives, ABC, 9PM
Luck, HBO, 9PM
Shameless, Showtime, 9PM
Family Guy, Fox, 9PM
American Dad, Fox, 9:30PM
Jazz/Grizzlies,ESPN, 9:30PM
House of Lies, Showtime, 10PM
Pan Am, ABC, 10PM
Californication, Showtime, 10:30PM