Must See HDTV (February 11th - 17th)
Regular season pro hoops action takes this weekend off for the All-Star Game, while NHL action is in full swing. Reality TV fans have new season of long running series Survivor and The Amazing Race to look forward to, and a new Bond is coming home on Blu-ray. 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.
NBA All-Star Weekend
Celebs, up and coming players, and the league's top stars (as voted by fans and coaches) collide this weekend in Houston for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game. As always, there's some conflict about who is most qualified to play, and the usual controversy about whether or not the dunk contest will be any good this year. We'll be keeping an eye on the Rising Stars game Friday night to see which first or second year players are the best, and the second half of the ASG itself to see if Dwyane Wade hits Kobe in the face (again).
(All weekend, ESPN / TNT)
Skyfall
James Bond is back, in a nicely shot entry in the series. This flick has a slightly different angle as Bond, M and the rest of the agents find themselves under attack directly, but as usual Daniel Craig is up to the task.
($19.99 on Amazon)
State of the Union
Clear your Tuesday night schedule on several networks, as the President takes the stage for the first State of the Union Address of his second term in office. Regardless of your affiliation or even interest in politics, it does provide a good opportunity to compare/contrast the quality of each network's feed.
(February 12th, 9PM)
Blu-ray & Games
Skyfall
Weeds: The Final Season
The Perks of Being A Wallflower
The Man with the Iron Fists
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Xbox 360, PS3)
Monday
The Bachelor, ABC, 8PM
Bones, Fox, 8PM
Continuum, Syfy, 8PM
The Carrie Diaries, CW, 8PM
How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 8PM
Switched at Birth, ABC Family, 8PM
WWE Raw, USA, 8PM
Rules of Engagement, CBS, 8:30PM
Dallas, TNT, 9PM
Top Gear, BBC America, 9PM
The Following, Fox, 9PM
2 Broke Girls, CBS, 9PM
90210, CW, 9PM
Being Human, Syfy, 9PM
Bunheads, ABC Family, 9PM
Mike & Molly, CBS, 9:30PM
Monday Mornings, TNT, 10PM
Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 10PM
Lost Girl, Syfy, 10PM
Deception, NBC, 10PM
Castle, ABC, 10PM
Inside Comedy (season premiere), Showtime, 11PM
Tuesday
State of the Union Address, ABC / Fox / NBC / CNN, 9PM
Bobby McFerrin: A YoungArts Masterclass (special presentation), HBO, 7:30PM
Rangers/Bruins, NBC Sports Network, 7:30PM
The Taste, ABC, 8PM
Raising Hope, Fox, 8PM
137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, USA, 8PM
Hart of Dixie, CW, 8PM
Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family, 8PM
The Ultimate Fighter, FX, 9PM
The Lying Game, CW, 9PM
Dual Survival, Discovery, 9PM
Africa, Discovery, 10PM
Cougar Town, TBS, 10PM
Justified, FX, 10PM
Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10PM
The Burn with Jeff Ross (season finale), Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Wednesday
Survivor (season premiere), CBS, 8PM
Southland (season premiere), TNT, 10PM
American Idol, Fox, 8PM
Arrow, CW, 8PM
The Middle, ABC, 8PM
Whitney, NBC, 8PM
WWE Main Event, Ion, 8PM
The Neighbors, ABC, 8:30PM
Guys With Kids, NBC, 8:30PM
Criminal Minds, CBS, 9PM
Supernatural, CW, 9PM
Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
Law & Order: SVU, NBC, 9PM
Suburgatory, ABC, 9:30PM
Workaholics, Comedy Central, 10PM
CSI, CBS, 10PM
The Americans, FX, 10PM
Necessary Roughness, USA, 10PM
Nashville, ABC, 10PM
Unsung: Lou Rawls, TV One, 10PM
The Kroll Show, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Thursday
Zero Hour (series premiere), ABC, 8PM
Comic Book Men (winter premiere), AMC, 9PM
Freakshow (series premiere), AMC, 10PM
Immortalized (series premiere), AMC, 10PM
Capitols/Lightning, NHL Network, 7:30PM
Community, NBC, 8PM
Impact Wrestling, Spike TV, 8PM
The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
The Vampire Diaries, CW, 8PM
Heat/Thunder, TNT, 8PM
American Idol, Fox, 8PM
Two and a Half Men, CBS, 8:30PM
Parks & Recreation, NBC, 8:30PM
Person of Interest, CBS, 9PM
Beauty & the Beast, CW, 9PM
Glee, Fox, 9PM
Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 9PM
The Office, NBC, 9PM
1600 Penn, NBC, 9:30PM
Anger Management, FX, 9:30PM
King of the Nerds, TBS, 10PM
Elementary, CBS, 10PM
Scandal, ABC, 10PM
Archer, FX, 10PM
Bellator MMA Live, Spike TV, 10PM
Suits, USA, 10PM
Legit, FX, 10:30PM
Clippers/Lakers, TNT, 10:30PM
Totally Biased with W Kamau Bell, FX, 11PM
Brand X with Russell Brand, 11:30PM
Friday
NBA All-Star celebrity Game, ESPN, 7PM
NBA Rising Stars game, TNT, 8PM
The Job, CBS, 8PM
Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
Malibu Country, ABC, 8:30PM
CSI: NY, CBS, 9PM
Touch, Fox, 9PM
Spartacus: War of the Damned, Starz, 9PM
Friday Night Fights, ESPN2, 9PM
Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO, 10PM
Banshee, Cinemax, 10PM
Merlin, Syfy, 10PM
Portlandia, IFC, 10PM
Rock Center with Brian Williams, NBC, 10PM
Saturday
NBA All-Star Saturday, TNT, 8PM
NASCAR Sprint Unlimited at Daytona, Fox, 8PM
Stories From the Road to Freedom, History, 8PM
Beyonce: Life Is But a Dream, HBO, 9PM
Saturday Night Live: Christoph Waltz / Alabama Shakes, NBC 11:30PM
Sunday
2013 NBA All-Star Game, TNT, 8PM
Daytona 500 Qualifying, Fox, 1PM
60 Minutes, CBS, 7PM
The Cleveland Show, Fox, 7:30PM
The Amazing Race (season premiere), CBS, 8PM
Killing Lincoln, National Geographic, 8PM
The Simpsons, Fox, 8PM
Once Upon A Time, ABC, 8PM
Bob's Burgers, Fox, 8:30PM
Crazy Land, 3net, 9PM
The Walking Dead, AMC, 9PM
Girls, HBO, 9PM
Revenge, ABC, 9PM
Family Guy, Fox, 9PM
Shameless, Showtime, 9PM
Downton Abbey (season finale), PBS, 9PM
Revenge, ABC, 9PM
Enlightened, HBO, 9:30PM
American Dad, Fox, 9:30PM
The Mentalist, CBS, 10PM
House of Lies, Showtime, 10PM
Kings of Crash, Velocity, 10PM
Talking Dead, AMC, 10PM
Californication, Showtime, 10:30PM