beauty and the geek

• Oh goodie! Reality TV is preparing to make its fall comeback, which will include more of Beauty and the Geek and The Pussycat Dolls.
• The creator of The Simpsons is spilling all kinds of fun facts lately, in hopes it will make you want to watch The Simpsons Movie.
  
• Kelly Clarkson is giving us too much info in interviews lately.
  

• At 8, ABC has a new George Lopez, followed by a new episode of The Knights of Prosperity.
• CBS has the special Return To Jericho, which will get fans and non-fans up to speed. It's followed by new episodes of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
• NBC has a new Friday Night Lights at 8, then a new Deal Or No Deal and a new Medium.
• There's a new Bones on FOX at 8, then a new American Idol.
• The CW has new eps of Beauty and the Geek and One Tree Hill.
• American Life has I Spy at 8, then The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
• At 9, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
• At 10, ABC has a new Lost.
• Bravo has a new Top Design at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show.
• Sci-Fi has a Psych marathon until 11.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Before American Idol totally takes over the landscape next week when the top 24 start "singing," lots of stuff is happening on, you know, the rest of television. Jack Bauer's on for two hours tonight, while a new season of The Amazing Race revs up Sunday. Here are AOL Television's picks of the week.

24 (Mon., 8PM, Fox)
Seriously, where do 24 presidents find their awful advisors? Monster.com? In particular, the Palmer brothers need a better headhunter. In season two, David Palmer's chief of staff, Mike Novick, organized the Cabinet to use the 25th amendment and declare him unfit for office. Now, Wayne Palmer's chief of staff, Tom Lennox, and vice president, Noah Daniels, are conspiring to enact tougher security measures -- without Palmer's approval. Just goes to show, only Jack Bauer can be trusted.

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (Tue., 8PM, USA)
Maybe dogs get stressed out, just like us. They have to replace children and spouses for many owners, look good as celebrities' accessories and perform well at dog shows like Westminster. Next thing you know, we'll want them to attend college. It must be overwhelming. Consider the award-winning whippet named Bohem C'est La Vie, who escaped from her cage after Westminster last year. The police, psychics and group prayers couldn't find her. Hey, even pups need vacation time, too

• At 8, ABC has a new George Lopez Show, followed by new episodes of The Knights of Prosperity, According To Jim, In Case of Emergency, and Primetime.
• NBC has a new Friday Night Lights at 8, then new episodes of Deal Or No Deal and Medium.
• FOX has a new Bones at 8, then a new American Idol.
• The CW has a new Beauty and the Geek at 8.
• PBS has a new America's Ballroom Challenge at 8, then The Supreme Court.
• At 9, Bravo has the finale of Top Chef, followed by the debut of Top Design.
• The History Channel has a new Modern Marvels at 9, focusing on the canning and packaging of foods.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Good Eats, then a new Dinner: Impossible.
• Fox Movie Channel has Paul Newman in The Verdict at 10.
• Also at 10: HBO has a new Inside The NFL.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, FOX has the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
• CBS has a new King of Queens at 8.
• PBS has the premiere of Wired Science at 8, followed by a new American Masters on Annie Leibovitz.
• ABC has two new episodes of According To Jim at 8, followed by the premieres of The Knights of Prosperity and In Case of Emergency, then a new Primetime.
• NBC has new episodes of Friday Night Lights, Deal Or No Deal, and Medium.
• The CW has the two hour season premiere of Beauty and the Geek at 8.
• At 9, Court TV has a new Forensic Files.
• At 10, HBO has a new Inside The NFL.
• TV Land continues their M*A*S*H marathon.

• ABC has a 90 minute Dancing With The Stars at 8pm, followed by a new Crumbs and a new Primetime.
• CBS has a repeat CSI, followed by a new ep and a new ep of Without A Trace at 10.
• NBC has a new Will and Grace at 8, followed by a new Four Kings, a new My Name Is Earl, a new The Office, and then a repeat ER. 
• There's a new That 70s Show on FOX at 8, followed by a repeat ep, and then a new The O.C.
• The WB has new eps of Smallville and Beauty and the Geek, while UPN has repeats (again - why so many repeats?) of their Thurs night comedy lineup.
• Tara Reid and Ashton Kutcher star in My Boss' Daughter, on ABC Family at 8.
• Bravo has Kathy Griffin's Allegedly special at 8.
• Also at 8: Court TV has two new eps of Hot Pursuit.
• Showtime has the horror flick Saw at 8
• At 9, HGTV has a new Divine Design, followed by new eps of Designer's Challenge and House Hunters.  
• BBC America has a two hour Touching Evil at 9, followed by Monty Python's Flying Circus.
• Also at 9: HBO has the remake of Flight of the Phoenix, and VH-1 has...Showgirls!
• At 10, AMC has Burt Reynolds in Sharkey's Machine.
• MTV has a new True Life at 10.
• Showtime has two repeats of Penn and Teller's Bullshit! They start at 10 too.
• At 11, HGTV has a new Design, Inc, and then a new Small Space, Big Style (whew! I was wondering where this cool show went). 
• Discovery Times has a new Only In America at 11.
• At midnight, Showtime has The Crying Game. At the end, the girl...well, you know.

• NBC has another live episode of Will and Grace at 8pm. It's followed by new eps of Four Kings, My Name Is Earl, The Office, and ER.
• ABC has a 90 minute Dancing With The Stars at 8, followed by the debut of Fred Savage's new sitcom Crumbs, and then a new Primetime.
• CBS, for some reason, has all repeats tonight: CSI: Miami, CSI, and Without A Trace.
• FOX has a new That 70s Show at 8, followed by a repeat That 70s Show and a new The O.C.
• The WB has a new Smallville, followed by a new Beauty and the Geek.
• UPN has all repeats too: Everybody Hates Chris at 8, and then Love, Inc, Eve, and Cuts.
• AMC has Timothy Dalton as 007 in The Living Daylights. It's on at 8.
• Also at 8: a repeat Emeril Live has the chef cooking old-fashioned fruit desserts. On the Food Network.
• I've never seen the game show MXC, but there's a new ep on Spike at 9 (followed by a repeat).
• HBO has The Grudge at 9, while HBO2 has Million Dollar Baby.
• At 10, A&E has a new episode of Dallas SWAT, while HGTV has a new House Hunters.
• MTV has a new episode of True Life titled "I'm on Steroids."
• Also at 10: some westerns on American Life: Sugarfoot, Kung Fu, and then Maverick.
• Some 10pm movies: WE has Janeane Garofalo in The Truth About Cats and Dogs, while TCM has Castle in the Sky.
• At 11, some goodies for cartoon fans on Cartoon Network: repeats of Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Futurama.
• Some people love him, some don't, but you can catch two repeat eps of The Andy Milonakis Show on MTV2 at 11.  
• On the Sundance Channel at 11, Brian Grazer interviews Sumner Redstone on Iconoclasts.
• At midnight, ESPN2 has the State Farm U.S. Championships figure skating.   

• Isn't college football over yet? ABC has the Fed-Ex Orange Bowl at 8pm.
• FOX has repeats of Bones and House, while CBS has two repeats of NCIS and a repeat 48 Hours Mystery.
• At least NBC is all new: at 8, they have a new Fear Factor, followed by two new eps of Scrubs, and then a new Law and Order: SVU.
• The WB has repeats of Gilmore Girls and Beauty and the Geek, while UPN has Tara Reid in her finest dramatic role ever: Devil's Pond.
• 8pm movies: ABC Family has Agent Cody Banks, while Stella gets her groove back over on AMC.
• HGTV has a mix of old and new: at 8 they have Behind the Design of HGTV's Dream House 2006, followed by a repeat Design Remix, a new Decorating Cents, a new Mission: Organization, and then repeats of Designer's Challenge and Small Space, Big Style. 
• If you weren't one of the 35 people who saw Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd when it hit theaters, you can catch it on FX at 8.
• There's a new License To Grill on Discovery Channel Home, also at 8.
• At 9, Lifetime has one of those Lifetime-ish movies: Tracey Gold stars in The Girl Next Door, and she's upset that her lover got her to kill his wife. 
• On A&E at 9, there's a new Dog The Bounty Hunter.
• The Sci-Fi Channel has the vampire flick Queen of the Damned at 9.
• Also at 9: The Travel Channel has a new ep of John Ratzenberger's America.
• Did you miss Rollergirls the other night? Check out the rerun on A&E at 10.
• They're still doing weddings on Queer Eye. A new ep airs on Bravo at 10.
• Also at 10: TMC has The Comedians of Comedy, with Patton Oswalt, Brian Poeshan, Maria Bamford, and Zach Galifianakis.
• You can catch the very first episode of Golden Girls on Lifetime at 11:30.
• At midnight, Sundance has the critically-acclaimed documentary Tarnation.