The Food Network is one of my favorite channels, I admit it. I can tune in just about anytime and enjoy Ace of Cakes or Good Eats or Boy Meets Grill or Paula Deen, whatever. Generally speaking, they seem to have a good, consistent and enjoyable programming package.

Okay, that's what's good about FN. Now for the sour to go with the sweet. Last night I was catching up with The Next Food Network Star, watching the second showing of the reality competition show because I wasn't able to watch the original broadcast. No big deal, right? Wrong!

• At 8, ABC has the season finale of The Bachelorette, followed by the reunion show.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, then new episodes of Nashville Star and Dateline.
• Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8.
• TCM has a new Under The Influence at 8, about Sydney Pollack. It's followed by Tootsie.
• Also at 8: Versus has more Tour de France coverage.
• At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• There's a new Unwrapped on Food Network at 9.
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• At 10, ABC Family has a new Middleman.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup Presents at 10.
• MTV has a new Legally Blonde at 10.
• Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, followed by a new Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

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• At 8, ABC has a new episode of The Bachelorette, followed by a new episode of The Mole.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, then a new Nashville Star.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 8.
• ABC Family has a new episode of The Middleman at 8.
• There's a new Good Eats on Food Network at 8.
• History Channel has a new Modern Marvels at 8.
• Also at 8: TCM has the Harold Lloyd movie Movie Crazy.
• At 9, GSN has a new World Poker Tour.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• MTV has a new Legally Blonde at 10.
• VH-1 has a new I Love The Millennium at 10.
• Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.

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It sounds like the Food Network has finally come up with a show that will compliment Alton Brown's Peabody-award winner Good Eats. The foodiest member of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Ted Allen, has signed to host Food Detectives, a new Food Network series. Starting Tuesday, July 29th at 9 o'clock ET, the half-hour show will begin illuminating the world about the stuff we eat. They will be "pulling back the curtain and revealing the answers to some of the most puzzling food mysteries."

Actually, the concept is kind of like a Mythbusters for food. Ted will host the show and folks from Popular Science Magazine will provide the expertise. For instance, does an apple a day keep the doctor away? What about baked beans, do they really give you gas? If not, what's Beano going to do with all those commercials and product?

• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Bachelorette, then a new episode of The Mole.
• NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, followed by the two hour season premiere of Nashville Star.
• CBS has an episode of The Bill Engvall Show at 8.
• Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8, then new episodes of Heavyweights and Unwrapped.
• ABC Family has a new Greek at 8.
• Also at 8: History Channel has a new Modern Marvels.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
• Hallmark has the movie Charlie & Me at 9.
• At 10, MTV has a new Legally Blonde.

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• At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by new episodes of Samantha Who? and The Bachelor.
• CBS has a new Big Bang Theory at 8, then new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
• FOX has new episodes of Bones and House.
• NBC has a new, two hour Deal Or No Deal at 8, then a new Medium.
• The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, followed by a new One Tree Hill.
• PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow at 8, then a new episode of Carrier.
• ABC Family has a new Greek at 8, then a new Wildfire.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
• Also at 8: Food Network has a new Good Eats.
• At 9, Lifetime has the new movie The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• At 10, WE has the season finale of High School Confidential.

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• At 8, CBS has a new Big Bang Theory, followed by new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, and Old Christine.
• ABC has the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars at 8, then the season premiere of The Bachelor.
• FOX has a new Canterbury's Law at 8, then a new New Amsterdam.
• NBC has new episodes of My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad, Deal Or No Deal, and Medium.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
• The Kyle XY season finale airs at 8 on ABC Family, followed by the premiere of America's Prom Queen.
• Also at 8: Food Network has new episodes of Good Eats and The Secret Life Of...
• At 9, The CW has a new Pussycat Dolls.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• At 9:30, HBO has a new In Treatment.
• At 10, E! has The Soup Presents.

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• At 7, Food Network has a new Emeril Live, followed by a new Good Eats.
• At 8, ABC has a new, two hour Dance War, then a new October Road.
• NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal at 8, followed by the series premiere of My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad and a new Medium.
• FOX has new episodes of Prison Break (season finale) and The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
• PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow at 8, then a new American Experience.
• There's a new Kyle XY at 8, then a new Wildfire.
• TCM has Gone with the Wind at 8.
• At 8:30, CBS has a new Welcome to the Captain.
• At 9, The CW has the series premiere of Pussycat Dolls: Girlicious.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• At 9:30, CBS has a new New Adventures of Old Christine.
• Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 9:30.
• HBO has a new In Treatment at 9:30.

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• At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by a repeat of the season finale of Lost, with new on-screen info.
• FOX has a new American Idol at 8, then a new Moment of Truth.
• The CW has a new Crowned at 8.
• There's a new America's Ballroom Challenge at 8 on PBS.
• CNN has a Republican Presidential Debate at 8.
• Also at 8: G4 has a new X-Play.
• At 9, Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters International.
• At 9:30, Food Network has a new Good Eats.
• HBO has a new In Treatment at 9:30, then a new Inside the NFL.
• At 10, NBC has a new Law and Order.
• TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne at 10.

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The Food Network is making headlines lately! They have not renewed Emeril Lagasse's nightly Live show and recently declined carrying Mario Batali's new series. So, who does the Food Network want? Apparently, they want Alton Brown who they just signed to a three year deal. Brown will continue to host Iron Chef America, continue to produce and host his show Good Eats, and he's getting a new show called Feasting on Waves (a follow-up to Feasting on Asphalt).

Why so much Alton? The Food Network is aggressively pushing for a younger audience. Bob Tuschman, Senior VP, said that their campaign is working citing that the average age of the network's audience dropped from 50 in 2003 to 46 in 2007. Wow, what a big drop! (Note the sarcasm.)

• At 8, CBS has A Home for the Holidays, a special about adoption.
• ABC has a new Duel at 8.
• NBC has two new episodes of Singing Bee at 8, then a new Dateline.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, followed by new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
• There's a new Smackdown! on The CW at 8.
• Alton Brown makes eggnog at 8 on Food Network's Good Eats.
• Also at 8: TCM has Bette Davis in Dark Victory.
• At 9, FOX has a new Next Great American Band.
• Larry King has holiday music on CNN at 9.
• Discovery has a new Man vs. Wild at 9.
• Lifetime has the movie Under The Misletoe at 9.
• Food Network has a new Paula's Party at 9, then a new Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels.
• At 10, ABC has a new 20/20.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.

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• At 8, NBC has the season finale (fall finale?) of Chuck, then the season finale (fall finale?) of Heroes, and then a new Life (special night - part 2 airs Weds at 10).
• ABC has A Charlie Brown Christmas at 8, followed by new episodes of Samantha Who?, Notes from the Underbelly, and October Road.
• ABC Family has Christmas specials starting at 8: The Year Without A Santa Claus, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer & The Island of Misfit Toys, and Nestor The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.
• TNT has a new Christmas episode of The Closer at 8, then a new Saving Grace.
• Also at 8: Food Network has a new Good Eats, followed by a new The Secret Life Of...
• At 8:30, ESPN has the Patriots/Ravens game.
• At 9, FOX has a new K-Ville.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• Lifetime has the movie A Dad For Christmas at 9.
• Sci-Fi has the second part of Tin Man. It's on at 9 as well.

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• At 7, FOX has the Red Sox/Indians game.
• At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by the series premiere of Samantha Who? and a new Bachelor.
• CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother, then new episodes of The Big Bang Theory, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
• NBC has new episodes of Chuck, Heroes, and Journeyman.
• The CW has a new Everybody Hates Chris at 8, then new episodes of Aliens in America, Girlfriends, and The Game.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
• Alton Brown examines peanuts on a new Good Eats at 8 on Food Network.
• At 8:30, ESPN has the Giants/Falcons game.
• At 9, Food Network has a new Unwrapped.
• There's a new WWE Monday Night RAW on USA at 9.
• At 10, TBS has the Diamondbacks/Rockies game.
• Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives at 10, then a new The Secret Life Of...
• Also at 10: MTV has a new ep of The Hills, followed by a new Life of Ryan.
• At 10:30, HGTV has a new Living with Ed.

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• At 8, NBC has the special Victoria Beckham: Coming To America, followed by new episodes of Age of Love and Dateline.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
• ABC Family has a new Kyle XY, then a new Greek.
• Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8, then a new Secret Life Of...
• At 9, FOX has a new Hell's Kitchen.
• ABC has a new Extreme Makeover at 9.
• There's a new History Detectives at 9 on PBS.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• LIfetime has the new movie Lost in the Dark at 9.
• VH-1 has a new World Series of Pop Culture at 9.
• There's a lot of shows on at 9 tonight, eh? HBO has a new Big Love.
• Also at 9: TNT has a new episode of The Closer, then a new Heartland.
• At 10:30, BBC America has a new Hollyoaks.

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• At 8, FOX has a new On The Lot, then a new Hell's Kitchen.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World starting at 8.
• There's a new Kyle XY on ABC Family at 8, then the premiere of Greek.
• Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8.
• ESPN has the Home Run Derby at 8, then the premiere of the miniseries The Bronx is Burning.
• Also at 8: American Life has 77 Sunset Strip, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Newhart, WKRP, and The Bob Newhart Show.
• At 9, ABC has a new Extreme Makeover.
• NBC has a new Age of Love at 9, followed by a new Dateline.
• PBS has a new History Detectives at 9.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Heartland.
• A new Unwrapped tours Chicago. It's on Food Network at 9.
• At 10, a new Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on Food Network features retro food places.
• At 10:30, BBC America has a new Hollyoaks.

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