• At 8, ABC has a new Hank, followed by new episodes of The Middle, Modern Family, Cougar Town, and Eastwick.
• CBS has a new Old Christine at 8, then new episodes of Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY.
• NBC has new episodes of Mercy, Law and Order: SVU, and The Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8, followed by a new Glee.
• The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8.
• PBS has a new Great Performances at 8.
• G4 has a new 2 Months $2 Million at 8.
• At 9, Discovery has a new Mythbusters at 9, then a new Time Warp.
• IFC has a new Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) at 9.
• History Channel has a new Nostradamus Effect at 9, followed by a new MysteryQuest.
• Showtime has a new Inside The NFL at 9.
• At 10, Comedy Central has a new South Park, then a new Secret Girlfriend.
• Bravo has a new Top Chef: Las Vegas at 10.
• FX has a new Nip/Tuck at 10.
• Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
• TCM has The Third Man at 10.
• Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Man vs. Food.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Mario Lopez is a busy man.

Between his ongoing hosting duties for 'Extra' and 'America's Best Dance Crew', as well as his recurring guest role as a plastic surgeon on 'Nip/Tuck,' you wouldn't think he'd have enough time to catch his breath, much less use it to give us the inside scoop on all his upcoming projects.

Yet that's just what he did when AOL TV caught up to him recently, telling us all about the 'Saved By the Bell' reunion, the new children's book he co-wrote with his sister and his ongoing search for a new canine friend. So check out what he had to say, but watch out: you may get exhausted just reading about his amazing schedule.

This week on TV: DJ AM's coda on MTV, 'Simpsons' Halloween episode, and welcome back, '30 Rock'!

MONDAY, OCT. 12
'Gone Too Far' (10PM, MTV) series premiere
A little strange, and a lot sad, given the August death of Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein, this reality series stars the late Goldstein, himself a recovering drug addict, as he traveled around the country sharing his experiences with drugs and trying to help those crippled with their own addictions. In the premiere, Goldberg heads back to his hometown, Philadelphia, to assist with an intervention for a young heroin addict who refuses to go to rehab.

This isn't her first time, but I can't think of a better guest star for the final episode of Nip/Tuck than Joan Rivers. What her role will be in the finale remains to be seen; hopefully it won't have to do with semen-based facial creme. Rivers says even she doesn't know what the episode will be, explaining that "they only send you your pages for what you're filming."

That's like Lost-level secrecy. Nip/Tuck has had its shockers through the years, and since the creators knew this ending was coming, they've certainly had time to prepare. Supposedly Rivers won't be the only star making an appearance. "Star-studded" is the word I've seen being thrown about.

A good show can keep you so entertained that you're willing to fight sleep to watch the rest of it. A great show physically keeps you awake.

It gets into your bloodstream and forces more adrenaline into your heart.

It turns the synapses in your brain into ferrets on espresso that dash back and forth between the lobes and fires your mind on all of its cylinders.

It is visual cocaine, which is much healthier than actual cocaine and doesn't require a frequent visitor punch card for an eyes, ears, nose and throat doctor.

These are the shows that assault all five of the senses or less depending on how good of a health plan you've got.

Oh, bad boys, what would we do without you? While in real life you're more trouble than you're worth, on screen your sulky swaggering, tough talk and icy eyes almost always belie a tender heart beneath the bravado. And that's where you're best enjoyed -- from a safe distance.

Here's a look at the TV desperados who made our hearts melt, in our countdown of TV's Top 20 Bad Boys. -- By Liane Bonin

Not even the marvels of plastic surgery could save what's become, believe it or not, one of cable TV's oldest dramas - Nip/Tuck.

The wildly successful medical drama starring Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh as plastic surgeons wrapped production on its series finale (and 100th episode) last week and according to The LA Times, it was a quiet day.

Why the lack of fanfare typically associated with the end of such a popular show? Simple - the finale likely won't air until 2011, around two years from now.

After six seasons of sex, serial killers and silicone, 'Nip/Tuck' will no longer be getting any work done.

'Nip/Tuck,' which co-starred Julian McMahon, Dylan Walsh and Joely Richardson, will have lasted an impressive 100 episodes by the end of its run (the 100th episode wrapped shooting on June 12). But according to the LA Times, fans won't get to see the big farewell until 2011, as the final season has been split into two parts (cue the stress wrinkles).

Still, McMahon promises a good ending.

This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our tips form or by emailing us at tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at (775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.

This week we have a light version of the column as more and more series are on summer hiatus so production is halted. Look for spoilers for: Greek, Heroes, Lost and Nip/Tuck. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)

When you write about the television business, one of the little perks is receiving the press kit for a new or returning program. Occasionally, some little trinket will be included -- Kona got a whistle for Sit Down, Shut Up, there was a tee-shirt with My Boys -- but for the most part, the thing you remember about a press kit ultimately is the show.

When the press kit for Glee arrived, it made me laugh. The package was like a long, CD box (remember those?), all in red and looking like a typical high school locker. It even had a combination lock, which gave me the willies as I recalled the apprehension I had that first day in school when I wasn't sure I'd remember the combination in time to make it to home room! There was also a small mirror on the left side -- which I guess qualifies as a trinket -- and it caught my smile in its reflection.

This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our tips form or by emailing us at tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at (775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.

This week we have: 24, Big Love, Bones, Brothers & Sisters, Friday Night Lights, Heroes, Lost, Nip/Tuck, Smallville, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and United States of Tara. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)

'Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown' and 'A Charlie Brown Valentine'
(8PM & 8:30PM, ABC)
It's Valentine's Day again, which, for the hapless Charlie Brown, means yet another chance to be blown off by the Little Red-Haired Girl.

First up, in the 1975 classic 'Be My Valentine,' CB waits (and waits and waits ...) for a Valentine card, only to have to settle for a recycled, belated greeting from Violet. In 2002's 'A Charlie Brown Valentine,' the yellow-shirted dude decides to get proactive and call LRHG to invite her to the Valentine's Day dance. In true CB fashion, he dials chatty Peppermint Patty instead

Don't feel too bad for our hero though; after 'Be My Valentine' first aired in 1975, school children across the country sent thousands of Valentine's Day cards to Charlie Brown.

'The Real Housewives of Orange County'
(10PM, Bravo)
Hope the ladies get their manicures on before heading to Las Vegas in tonight's episode, because what happens in Vegas is going to have some of the cattier 'Housewives' baring their claws.

As has been the theme on several occasions this season, it's Lynne and Gretchen versus Tamra and icky Vicki, when the veterans get annoyed by how enthusiastically newbies Lynne and Gretchen are shakin' their groove thangs on the dance floor.

Meanwhile, the only thing Vicki is doing enthusiastically is dissing Lynne and her petite bod, which seems to be sparked a lot more by a certain green-eyed monster than, as Vicki insists, Lynne's obsession with looking young.

• At 8, FOX has the two-hour season premiere of American Idol.
• ABC has the series premiere of Homeland Security at 8, followed by two new episodes of Scrubs and a new Primetime: What Would You Do?
• CBS has new episodes of NCIS, The Mentalist, and Without A Trace.
• NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser at 8, then a new Law and Order: SVU.
• There's a new 90210 on The CW at 8, followed by a new Privileged.
• At 9, Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs, then a new Wreckreation Nation.
• History Channel has a new episode of The Universe at 9.
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new Nip/Tuck.
• TNT has a new Leverage at 10.
• Food Network has the series premiere of Chopped at 10.
• Also at 10: Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County.
• At 11, TBS has a new 10 Items Or Less.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.