• At 8, PBS has a new Nova, followed by a new Frontline.
• ABC has a new, 90 minute Dancing with the Stars, followed by new episodes of Help Me, Help You and Boston Legal.
• CBS has new episodes of NCIS and The Unit, then a repeat Criminal Minds.
• There's a new Friday Night Lights on NBC at 8, followed by new eps of Law and Order: CI and Law and Order: SVU.
• FOX has a baseball playoff game at 8.
• The CW has a new Gilmore Girls at 8, followed by a new Veronica Mars.
• Peter Frampton joins Emeril on Food Network at 8.
• At 9, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, followed by a new Inked.
• Also at 9: ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker.
• At 9:30, Food Network has a new ep of Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels, then a new Road Tasted.
• At 10, FX has a new Nip/Tuck.
• There's a new ECW on Sci-Fi at 10.

• At 8, ABC has a new Dancing With The Stars, followed by a new Help Me, Help You and a new Boston Legal.
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8, followed by a new episode of The Unit and a repeat of CSI.
• NBC has new episodes of Friday Night Lights, Law and Order: CI, and Law and Order: SVU.
• Over on FOX at 8, it's baseball, the A's vs. the Tigers.
• The CW has a new Gilmore Girls at 8, followed by a new Veronica Mars.
• On a new Emeril Live, the chef cooks "Finger Foods." It's on Food Network at 8.
• At 9, PBS has a new Frontline.
• Also at 9: ESPN has two new eps of The World Series of Poker.
• TLC has a new Miami Ink at 10.
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
• The Scream Awards airs at 10 on Spike.

• At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by new episodes of Help Me, Help You and Boston Legal.
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8, followed by a new ep of The Unit and a new Smith.
• NBC has the series premiere of Friday Night Lights at 8, followed by new episodes of Law and Order: CI and Law and Order: SVU.
• FOX has the first baseball playoff game at 8.
• Over at The CW, there's a new Gilmore Girls at 8 and then the season premiere of Veronica Mars.
• PBS has a new Nova at 8, followed by a new Frontline.
• Food Network has a new Emeril Live at 8.
• At 9, Sci-Fi has a new Eureka, followed by a new ECW.
• The two World Series of Poker episodes start at 9 this week, on ESPN.
• A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new Nip/Tuck.
  
• Also at 10: a new Road Tasted on Food Network is in Chicago.

I've been pretty damn lucky in my interviewing life so far. Almost all of the celebs I've dealt with have been nice, professional, and a pleasure to talk to. So it's always interesting to read an account of a star I've never talked to. Ken Levine has an entry on his blog about one of the biggest sitcom stars of the 80s, Ted Danson.

Levine worked with Danson on both Cheers and Becker, and says that all stars should take lessons at the Ted Danson School Of Star Etiquette. Levine calls him "forever gracious, professional, on time, supportive, unselfish, makes everyone from guest stars to visitors feel completely welcome."

Wow, I can't even say that about any of my family members.

The reason I bring this up is that Danson's new show, Help Me, Help You, premieres tonight at 9:30 on ABC.

Jane Kaczmarek, who played mom on Malcolm in the Middle, and who should be kept on TV as long as she has the ability to stand and recite her lines, may have a recurring role as Ted Danson's wife on the new series Help Me Help You, which I mentioned back in March and which was recently picked up by ABC. Kaczmarek will appear in the pilot episode as Danson's wife, and there is talk of bringing her back for other episodes. Heck, I hope they give her a fulltime role, as she's one of the most impressive actresses I've seen on TV in a long time. She played one of the best moms on TV, and her occasional role as a judge on The Simpsons always cracked me up.

• The Nine, a drama following the aftermath of hostages in a bank robbery;
  
• Six Degrees, a drama about six strangers brought together by mysterious circumstances (Identity meets Lost?);
  
• Day Break, a drama starring Taye Diggs as a cop who tries to figure out who tried to kill him;
  
• In Case of Emergency, a comedy starring David Arquette, Greg Germann and Jonathan Silverman as a group of high school buddies who reunite when their lives intersect in some sort of comedic way;
  
• Help Me Help You, a comedy starring Ted Danson as a troubled celebrity shrink;
  
• Notes from the Underbelly, a comedy about how the life of a couple changes as they're expecting their first child.

While I've always enjoyed both Cheers and Becker, I've never quite been able to make up my mind about Ted Danson. Is he a good actor or just mediocre? I mean, he was good enough that Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about him. C'mon, you all know the words:

You can’t start a fire you can’t start a fire without a spark
This gun’s for hire even if we’re just Danson in the dark....

Well, it's been two years since Becker was canceled, and now our pal Ted is planning yet another return to television, this time for an ABC comedy called Help Me Help You. Danson will play a therapist who leads a therapy group. The show will be about the people in the group, and Ted himself, who, (surprise) has issues of his own.