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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

  • Ben-Hur 50th Anniversary Edition

  • 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