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• At 7, ABC has a new Just For Laughs.
• At 8, NBC has the two-hour series premiere of Merlin.
• Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, then new episodes of Next Food Network Star and The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
• Nickelodeon has the movie Mr. Troop Mom at 8.
• At 9, ABC has part one of the miniseries Impact.
• PBS has as new Masterpiece Mystery!
• USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
• HBO has a new True Blood at 9.
• A&E has a new Gene Simmons' Family Jewels at 9, followed by a new Hammertime.
• History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9, then a new Expedition Africa.
• Sci-Fi has the movie Rise of the Gargoyles at 9.
• Also at 9: WE has a new Bridezillas at 9.
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Army Wives.
• HGTV has the season finale of HGTV's $250,000 Challenge at 10.
  
• At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new Squidbillies.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 7, ABC has a new Jimmy Kimmel Live, followed by the Lakers/Magic game.
• NBC has a new Dateline at 7.
• At 8, CBS has a new Million Dollar Password.
• The CW has the original version of The Taking of Pelham 123 at 8.
• Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, followed by new episodes of Next Food Network Star and Chopped.
• Also at 8: TCM has To Have and Have Not, then The Big Sleep.
• At 9, USA has a new Law and Order: CI, then a new In Plain Sight.
• HBO has the season premiere of True Blood at 9.
• History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9, followed by a new Expedition Africa.
• A&E has two new episodes of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels at 9, followed by the series premiere of Hammertime (followed by another new episode).
• Retro Television Network has two episodes of the 50s Mike Hammer show at 9, followed by The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
  
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Army Wives.
• There's a new HGTV's $250,000 Challenge on HGTV at 10.
• At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new Squidbillies.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 7, ABC has a new Jimmy Kimmel Live, followed by the Lakers/Magic game.
• NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline at 7.
• At 8, CBS has The 63rd Annual Tony Awards.
• Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, followed by the season premiere of Next Food Network Star and Iron Chef America.
• Disney has a new Sonny with a Chance at 9, then a new Jonas.
• At 9, Retro Television Network has two episodes of the original Mike Hammer, with Darren McGavin.
• USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
• History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9, followed by a new Expedition Africa.
• G4 has the series premiere of Web Soup at 9.
• WE has a new Bridezillas at 9.
• Also at 9: Nickelodeon has a new Nick News Special Edition.
• At 10, Lifetime has the season premiere of Army Wives.
• HGTV has a new HGTV's $250,000 Challenge at 10.
• At 11, E! has the season premiere of Denise Richards: It's Complicated.
• A&E has the season premiere of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels at 11.
• At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new Squidbillies.

Check your local TV listings for more.

The History Channel has updated its website and schedule for the the return of one of its toughest and most popular reality series, Ice Road Truckers.

Set to return Sunday nights on May 31, new episodes of Ice Road Truckers take the show's cameras from the diamond mines and frozen highways of Canada's Northwest Territories north to the oil fields of Alaska.

Previous seasons featured rugged truck drivers (like Hugh "The Polar Bear" Rowland, right) braving subzero temperatures to drive rigs weighing thousands of tons over ice pathways smoothed out over frozen lakes.

Here's what's on TV tomorrow. Lots of marathons, movies, and bowl games.

• Sci-Fi's Twilight Zone marathon continues from last night.
• AMC is showing classic westerns all day.
• Cartoon Network has Looney Tunes all day.
• Hallmark has Christmas movies all day.
• At 6am, USA has a Monk marathon.
• At 7, NBC's Today, ABC's Good Morning, America, and CBS' The Early Show will all have New Year's tips, predictions, advice, and recipes.
• At 8, TNT has a Bones marathon.
• History Channel has Ice Road Truckers episodes all day starting at 8.

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

Oh, I've been waiting for The Biggest Loser: Work Out - Boot Camp DVD for weeks! Now I know what to get my family for Christmas! Can I use anymore exclamations in a sarcastic way?! Yes I can!

I have the Mr. Bean Ultimate Collection already and it looks quite good. Review coming up later this week.

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Vol. 6
• The Biggest Loser: Workout - Boot Camp
• Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog (Amazon.com only)
• Generation Kill - Complete Miniseries
• Ice Road Truckers - Season 2
• Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh!
• Mr. Bean - The Ultimate Collection
• The Mummy (animated) - Vols. 1, 2, and 3
• Petticoat Junction - Season 1
• Poor Little Rich Girl - Complete Miniseries
• Power Rangers Jungle Fury - Vols. 1 and 2
• Transformers: Energon - The Ultimate Collection

• At 7 (or after the Men's U.S. Open Men's Semi-Final), CBS has a new 60 Minutes, followed by new episodes of Big Brother and the U.S. Open Women's Final).
• NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Bears vs. the Colts.
• At 8, FOX has the premiere of Hole in the Wall.
• ABC Family has a new Samurai Girl at 8.
• Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, then a new episode of Iron Chef America and the premiere of Feasting on Waves.
• At 9, ABC has the special America United: In Support of Our Troops.
• PBS has a new Masterpiece at 9.
• MTV has the 2008 MTV Music Video Awards at 9.
• HBO has the series premiere of True Blood at 9, followed by the season premiere of Entourage.
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Army Wives.
• There's a new Mad Men on AMC at 10.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken.
• At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new Metalocalypse, then a new Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• Hallmark Channel has a Murder, She Wrote marathon all night.
• At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes.
• USA has more of the U.S. Open at 7.
  
• G4 has a new Hurl! at 7.
• At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother.
• TV Land has the series finale of M*A*S*H at 8.
• Also at 8: Cartoon Network has a new Ben 10 Action Force.
• At 9, various stations have The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (check local listings).
• PBS has a new Masterpiece at 9.
• History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9.
• At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
• There's a new Skins on BBC America at 10.
• At 10:30, E! has a new Sunset Tan.
• At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new Metalocalypse.
• At 12:30am, Cartoon Network has a new Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Labor Day marks the end of summer (yeah, don't tell me summer ends later in September, if it's Labor Day and the kids are back in school, summer is over), and you could spend the weekend at the beach, having a barbecue, or doing something athletic outside. Or, you could stay in all weekend on your couch and watch a TV marathon! Here's a list of some marathons you can see this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

Saturday, August 30

• At 6am, TCM starts a marathon of Katharine Hepburn movies.
• At 7, History Channel has a marathon of Ax Men.
• At 9, USA has a Starter Wife marathon.
• Also at 9, Sci-Fi has a marathon of monster movies, including Carnosaur, Reptilian, Beneath Loch Ness, Eye of the Beast, King of the Lost World, and Black Swarm.
• At 10, Bravo has a Shear Genius marathon.
• At 11, History Channel has a bunch of Ice Road Truckers episodes.
• At 11:30, Discovery Kids has a marathon of Flight 29 Down episodes.
• At 2pm, Spike has a CSI marathon.

• Shark Week begins on Discovery Channel,
• At 8, ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture.
• CBS has a new Big Brother at 8.
• TNT has The Wizard of Oz at 8.
• HGTV has all new episodes starting at 8: House Hunters, House Hunters International, Design Star, The Stagers, and Property Virgins.
• TCM has Mr. Deeds Goes To Town at 8.
• At 9, NBC has a new Dateline.
• PBS has a new Masterpiece at 9.
• USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, followed by a new In Plain Sight.
• History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9.
• HBO has a new Generation Kill at 9.
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Gene Simmons Family Jewels, then a new Two Coreys.
• At 10, AMC has the season premiere of Mad Men.
• There's a new Army Wives on Lifetime at 10.
• E! has new episodes of Denise Richards: It's Complicated and Living Lohan starting at 10.
• Also at 10: Food Network has the season finale of The Next Food Network Star. It's followed by a sneak peek at Ted Allen's new show, Food Detectives.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Venture Brothers.
• At 12:15am, Cartoon Network has a new Fat Guy Stuck in Internet, then new episodes of Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job and Assy McGee.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, CBS has the premiere of Big Brother.
• Food Network has a new Challenge at 8.
• At 9, NBC has Miss Universe 2008.
• At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece.
• USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
• HBO has the premiere of Generation Kill at 9.
• TLC has a new Singing Office at 9.
• A&E has a new Gene Simmons' Family Jewels at 9, followed by a new Two Coreys.
• History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9.
• HGTV has a new Design Star at 9.
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Army Wives.
• Food Network has a new Next Food Network Star at 9.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Venture Brothers.
• Showtime has a new I Can't Believe I'm Still Single at 11:30.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Family and the workplace -- two constants in everyday American society. They are the places where we spend most of our lives. Sometimes we spend more time at one over complaints of the other. Other times, we barely want to spend time at either location.

Because these are so important to many people across this country, it made sense that television would delve into both of these environments during the Reality Revolution. However, since a 60-minute show about a senior technical analyst sitting in his four square-foot cube was not likely to draw in the audience, the reality shows that were created focused on those families and workplaces that were a tad more unique. Thusly, shows were created around well-to-do families, celebrity families, or families with multiple children, while workplace shows dealt in tattoos, motorcycles, hair styling, and house-flipping.

Coming in later than the game operas and relationship shows, these family and workplace programs ushered in a new phase of the Reality Revolution and set the stage for the future of reality programming.

• At 7, NBC has more U.S. Olympic Trials, followed by a new Dateline.
• At 8, CBS has a new Password.
• TCM has Harvey at 8, then The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
• At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece.
• TLC has the premiere of The Singing Office at 9.
• USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
• There's a new Ice Road Truckers on History Channel at 9.
• HGTV has a new Design Star at 9.
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Army Wives.
• Food Network has a new Next Food Network Star at 10.
• Also at 10: Bravo has a new Denise Richards: It's Complicated, followed by a new Living Lohan.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Venture Brothers, then new episodes of Metalocalypse, Fat Guy Stuck in Internet, and Assy McGee.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

• The Big Easy - Season 1
• Criss Angel: Mindfreak - Best of Seasons 1 and 2
• Dogfights - Season 2 and Complete Series
• Early Edition - Season 1
• Futurama - Beast with a Billion Backs
• Hey Joel - Season 1
• Ice Road Truckers - On and Off the Ice
• The New Adventures of Old Christine - Season 2 (Amazon.com only)
• The Real McCoys - Season 3
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Set 3
• That's My Boy - Complete Series

• At 7, NBC has the U.S. Olympic Trials, followed by a new Dateline.
• At 8, CBS has a new Million Dollar Password.
• At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece.
• Discovery has the finale of When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions at 9.
• A&E has two new episodes of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels at 9, followed by two new episodes of The Two Coreys.
• There's a new Ice Road Truckers on History Channel at 9.
• HGTV has a new Design Star at 9, then a new Rate My Space.
• USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, followed by a new In Plain Sight.
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Army Wives.
• Also at 10: Food Network has a new Next Food Network Star at 9, then a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay.
• E! has a new Denise Richards: It's Complicated, then a new Living Lohan.
• At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Venture Brothers, followed by a new Metalocalypse.
• At 12:30am, Cartoon Network has a new Assy McGee.

Check your local TV listings for more.