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MONDAY, AUGUST 29

'Basketball Wives LA' (8PM ET, VH1) series premiere
A Los Angeles-based spin-off from the Miami original, this drama-filled reality show features the wives, girlfriends and exes of some of basketball's most prominent players, including Imani Showalter, Drayla Michele, Laura and Gloria Govan, Kimsha Artest, Malaysia Pargo and Jackie Christie.

'Hell's Kitchen' (9PM ET, Fox) new timeslot
The culinary challenge show switches timeslots as six chefs compete to make it into the final five.

'Hoarders' (9PM ET, A&E) season finale
A follow-up to check the progress of five people who were profiled last season, including a woman with a house full of cats, a man whose property was condemned, and a woman whose hoarding was so bad that her husband had to sleep in the car.

Good news for those of you hanging out after 'South Park' to watch 'Ugly Americans': Comedy Central has decided to pick up some more episodes of the animated, horror-comedy.

But before you go apoplectic with excitement, the network has ordered just seven additional installments. However, with the amount of time it takes for some animated shows to be produced, and the fact that this is cable, that's almost like a full-season order.

The show, which is a pseudo-workplace comedy about a social worker who helps humans, vampires and demons (among other unusual creatures) integrate into the normal world, has been fairly steady at about 2 million viewers. With 'South Park' garnering an average of million viewers (ages 18-49), 'Ugly Americans' is holding around half the audience. With the continued success of 'South Park' and new episodes of 'Futurama' on the horizon, 'Ugly Americans' looks to be in good animated company.

The new episodes will begin airing on Comedy Central in October.

Here's tonight's TV lineup (all times Eastern).

• At 8, ABC has a new 'It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown,' followed by new episodes of 'The Middle,' 'Modern Family,' 'Cougar Town,' and 'Ugly Betty.'
• FOX has a new 'Human Target' at 8, then a new 'American Idol.'
• The CW has new episodes of 'America's Next Top Model,' 'Fly Girls,' and 'High Society.'
• PBS has a new 'Tavis Smiley Reports' at 8, followed by a new 'American Masters.'
• At 9, Syfy has a new 'Ghost Hunters,' then a new 'Destination Truth.'
• Discovery has a new 'Mythbusters' at 9, then a new 'Is It Possible?'
• Travel Channel has 'Man vs. Food Breakfast Special' at 9.
• Fine Living has a new 'Whatever, Martha' at 9.
• At 9:30, BBC America has a new episode of 'The Inbetweeners.'
• At 10, NBC has a new 'Law & Order: SVU.'
• USA has the season premiere of 'In Plain Sight' at 10.
• TBS has two new episodes of 'Tyler Perry's House of Payne' at 10.
• A&E has a new 'Dog The Bounty Hunter' at 10.
• Comedy Central has a new 'South Park' at 10, followed by a new 'Ugly Americans.'
• Bravo has a new 'Shear Genius' at 10.
• The season finale of 'The Real World' airs on MTV at 10.
• TV Land has a new 'First Love, Second Chance' at 10.
• Also at 10: Food Network has a new 'Dinner: Impossible.'

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Here's tonight's TV lineup (all times Eastern).

• At 8, ABC has a new 'Scrubs.'
• NBC has a new 'Mercy' at 8.
• FOX has new episodes of 'Human Target' and 'American Idol.'
• The CW has a new 'America's Next Top Model' at 8, followed by a new 'High Society.'
• Cartoon Network has a new 'Dude, What What Would Happen' at 8, then a new 'Destroy Build Destroy.'
• G4 has a new 'Web Soup' at 8.
• At 9, Syfy has a new 'Ghost Hunters,' then a new 'Destination Truth.'
• Food Network has a new 'Throwdown with Bobby Flay' at 9.
• History Channel has a new 'MonsterQuest' at 9.
• Travel Channel has a new 'Man vs. Food Presents Carnivore.'
• At 10, ABC has a new 'Ugly Betty.'
• There's a new 'Law and Order: SVU' on NBC at 10.
• TBS has two new episodes of 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns' at 10.
• Comedy Central has the season premiere of 'South Park' at 10, followed by the series premiere of 'Ugly Americans.'
• A&E has a new 'Dog The Bounty Hunter' at 10.
• MTV has a new episode of 'The Real World' at 10.
• Also at 10: Bravo has a new 'Shear Genius.'

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Comedy Central is adding a number of shows to its schedule for the upcoming fall season. One of the network's more interesting projects comes from former Simpsons writer David Stern, who also worked on Monk and The Wonder Years.

Stern's new animated comedy, Ugly Americans, is being billed as a spinoff of the ComedyCentral.com animated series 5 On. Ugly Americans is set in a very different New York City where humans co-exist with aliens and robots.

I know, I think it sounds a bit like Futurama too. But here's the difference. Unlike Futurama, Ugly Americans is about a NYC social worker at the Department of immigration who helps immigrants, from outer space and from other countries, adjust to life in the U.S.