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Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

The end of the year is always a lame time for TV DVD releases (there were hardly any at all last week). Of course, if you're a fan of any of the seven DVDs that follow, this is a great week.

• 10 Items Or Less - Seasons 1 and 2
• Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget: Uncensored
• Death Note - Vol. 8 LImited Edition
• Greek - Chapter 2
• Kyle XY - Season 2
• Nip/Tuck - Season 5, Part 1
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager - Season 1

• At 8, NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal, then the debut of the game show Identity and a repeat of the Studio 60 Xmas episode.
• MSNBC has the special Best of Keith Olbermann's Special Comments at 8.
• ABC Family has Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at 8.
• USA has a special WWE Monday Night RAW at 8.
• At 9, ABC has a new Supernanny, then a new What About Brian.
• Unwrapped has a special holiday episode on Food Network at 9.
• Holiday movies: Lifetime has All She Wants For Christmas at 9, while Hallmark has One Christmas, with Katherine Hepburn and Henry Winkler.
• At 11, TBS has a new ep of 10 Items Or Less.
• And if you missed Identity on NBC earlier tonight, you can catch it on Bravo at 11:30.

The label on the advance DVD copy of the new TBS sitcom 10 Items Or Less has the network's catch phrase on it: "Very Funny." I should sue them for false advertising. They should at least put a little asterisk next to it and a note at the bottom that says "Results may vary" or "Funny not included."

What is this show about? It's about 20 minutes too long (thank you folks, I'm here all week! Ba-ding bang!). Actually, it's about a guy who moves back to his Ohio hometown after his dad dies and takes over the family supermarket business. That's a great set up for a comedy, with a lot of areas for comedy, and I was really, really looking forward to this, but to quote Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda, "Disappointed!"

TBS has a few comedy goodies baking in the oven, including that new talk show from the Jim Henson Company we've mentioned here before. The late night comedy block begins November 27 with 10 Items or Less, a series about a businessman who returns home to take over the family supermarket after his father dies. Pilots that may potentially become part of the block include the aforementioned Henson show, The Late Night Buffet with Augie and Del; a new comedy from MadTV impressionist Frank Caliendo; Off the Road with Andy Daly; and a comedy about news called What's News? Yeah, that's never been done before a million times. Jenny Hunter, a producer for both The Daily Show and Man Bites Dog, has also signed a development deal with the network. Out of all of these, I'm most interested in Late Night Buffet, but then, I have a thing for puppets.