WHAT’S ON TV TONIGHT: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd, 2009

A little song, a little dance, indie darlings and Paul Blart. Tonight’s TV Preview features THREE things you might see at an awards show.

 

 

 

Network: CBS

Time: 8:30 – 9PM

Reasons to watch: Get a glimpse of the new shows in CBS’s stable. Will they be retreads of the comedies and procedurals the network already shows? Yes. Will they be number one in the ratings despite any semblance of merit? Yes. Will hundreds of Hollywood hopefuls pack up and go home this year, or worse, become Hollywood Boulevard Superheroes because there is a lack of originality in American television? Definitely, yes.

 

Network: FOX

Time: 9 – 10PM

 

Reasons to watch: FOX rolls out its much-hyped musical comedy about an idealistic teacher who reinstates the high school‘ glee club. It’s getting great buzz and if Jane Lynch is playing with the A game she exhibited in Role Models, we’ll definitely check it out.

 

Network: Discovery

Time: 9 – 10PM

 

Reasons to watch: Bear Grylls travels to the Chihuahuan Desert. Of course there are only two possible outcomes here. Either he’ll be eaten by a pack of Chihuahua or he’ll pull a Mike Tyson and eat a Chihuahua.

Network: Sundance

Time: 10 – 11PM

 

Reasons to watch: Elvis Costello sits down with She & Him, Jenny Lewis, and Jakob Dylan. Wait a minute. Whoa. Whoa. WHOA. Jenny Lewis AND Zooey Deschanel in the same place. INDIE CRUSH OVERLOAD!! Glasses fogging…. skinny jeans tightening…. must drink Sparks to snap out of it….

 

Network: Biography

Time: 10 – 11PM

 

Reasons to watch: Get inside the head of this corpulent funnyman and find out just how he falls down so well.

 

 

Jason Bateman; John P. Holdren

 

John McCain; Frank Caliendo; Third Eye Blind

 

Emille Hirsch; Amber Valletta

 

Mila Kunis; Alex Dryden

 

John Leguizamo; Smokey Robinson