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• At 8, FOX has a new Hell's Kitchen, then the series premiere of More To Love.
• ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker starting at 8.
• BBC America has a new You Are What You Eat at 8, followed by a new Dragon's Den.
• At 9, CBS has a new Big Brother.
• There's a new America's Got Talent on NBC at 9.
• PBS has a new Nova scienceNOW at 9.
• TNT has a new Hawthorne at 9, then a new Saving Grace.
• Bravo has a new NYC Prep at 9, followed by a new Miami Social.
• Also at 9: Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch, then a new episode of The Colony.
• At 9:30, Food Network has a new The Best Thing I Ever Ate, followed by a new Chopped.
• At 10, ABC has the reunion episode of The Bachelorette.
• FX has a new Rescue Me at 10.
  
• A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

It was inevitable: the stereotype of the poker player is being tested on another reality show. First there was Jean-Robert on Survivor. More recently America watched Annie Duke shrewdly translate her poker prowess as business savvy on the Celebrity Apprentice.

Now rumors are flying in that two poker players will be on The Amazing Race. Poker players Maria Ho and Tiffany Michelle have been spotted around LAX's airport ready to race around the world. What is it about poker players that are so appealing? Can the ability to bluff succeed with foreigners?

• At 8, ABC has two new episodes of Dancing with the Stars, then a new Eli Stone.
• CBS has a new NCIS, followed by new episodes of The Mentalist and Without A Trace.
• NBC has new episodes of The Biggest Loser and Law and Order: SVU.
• There's a new House on FOX at 8, followed by a new Fringe.
• The CW has a new 90210 at 8, then a new Privileged.
• PBS has a new Nova at 8, followed by a new Frontline.
• ABC Family has the two-hour season finale of Lincoln Heights at 8.
• AMC has Midway at 8.
• Also at 8: TCM has Warner at War, followed by This is the Army.
• At 8:30, Lifetime has a new Rita Rocks.
• At 9, ESPN has the two hour finale of The World Series of Poker.
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new episode of The Shield.
• Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Atlanta at 10.
• Lifetime has the series premiere of the new reality show Blush at 10.

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• At 8, ABC has It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, followed by new episodes of Dancing with the Stars and Eli Stone.
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of The Mentalist and Without A Trace.
• NBC has new episodes of The Biggest Loser and Law and Order: SVU.
• FOX has a new House at 8.
• The CW has a new 90210 at 8, followed by a new Privileged.
• There's a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then the midseason finale of Greek.
• TCM has Sunset Boulevard at 8.
• At 9, Sci-Fi has a new ECW, followed by two new episodes of Scare Tactics.
• ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker starting at 9.
• Fine Living has a new Whatever, Martha at 9.
• Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new episode of The Shield.
• Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Atlanta at 10.
• MTV has a new Paris Hilton: My New BFF at 10.
• VH-1 has the series premiere of Coolio's Rules at 10.
• At 11, TBS has a new Frank TV.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

• At 8, ABC has a new Opportunity Knocks, followed by a new Dancing with the Stars and the season premiere of Eli Stone.
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of The Mentalist and Without A Trace.
• NBC has new episodes of The Biggest Loser and Law and Order: SVU.
• FOX has a new House at 8, then a new Fringe.
• PBS has a new Nova at 8, followed by a new Frontline.
• ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then a new Greek.
• At 8:40, BBC America has a new Gavin & Stacey.
• At 9, Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Atlanta.
• CNBC has the special The Nuclear Option at 9.
• There's a new Dirty Jobs on Discovery at 9.
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 9, followed by two new episodes of Scare Tactics.
• Also at 9: ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker.
• At 10, FX has a new episode of The Shield.
• MTV has the season premiere of Paris Hilton: My New BFF at 10.
• IFC has a new episode of The IT Crowd.
• Travel Channel has a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

• At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars.
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8.
• NBC has a new Biggest Loser at 8.
• There's a new Nova on PBS at 8.
• The CW has a new 90210, then a new Privileged.
• ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then a new Greek.
• TCM has The Graduate at 8, followed by Bonnie & Clyde.
• At 9, another Presidential Debate, which will air on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, CNBC, CSPAN, PBS, and BBC America.
• Bravo has the premiere of The Real Housewives of Atlanta at 9.
• Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9.
• Food Network has a new Food Detectives at 9.
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 9, followed by two new episodes of Scare Tactics.
• Also at 9: ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker.
• At 10, FX has a new episode of The Shield.
• A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner at 10.
• Travel Channel has a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

• At 8, ABC has a new Opportunity Knocks, then a new Dancing with the Stars and the special Half The Size.
• CBS has a new NCIS, followed by new episodes of The Mentalist and Without A Trace.
• NBC has a new Biggest Loser at 8, followed by a new Law and Order: SVU.
• FOX has two new episodes of House and Fringe.
• There's a new 90210 on The CW at 8, then a new Privileged.
• TCM has Lassie Come Home at 8, then Meet John Doe.
• Also at 8: ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker.
• At 9, PBS has a new P.O.V.
• Food Network has a new episode of Food Detectives at 9.
• At 10, A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner.
• FX has a new episode of The Shield at 10.
• MTV has the series premiere of Paris Hilton's My New BFF at 10.
• Bravo has a new Rachel Zoe Show at 10.
• Travel Channel has a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.
• IFC has a new episode of The IT Crowd.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

• At 8, CBS has the season premiere of NCIS, followed by the series premiere of The Mentalist and the season premiere of Without A Trace.
• ABC has the series premiere of Opportunity Knocks at 8, then a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars.
• FOX has new episodes of House and Fringe.
• NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser at 8, followed by the season premiere of Law and Order: SVU.
• ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then a new Greek.
• Also at 8: ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker.
• At 9, PBS has a new American Masters.
• There's a new Eureka on Sci-Fi at 9, then a new ECW.
• Food Network has a new Food Detectives at 9, followed by a new Road Tasted with The Neelys.
• At 10, FX has a new episode of The Shield.
• Travel Channel has a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

• At 5 all this week, Nickelodeon has new episodes of The Mighty B.
• At 8, FOX has the series premiere of Fringe, then a new Hole in the Wall.
• CBS has a new Big Brother at 8, followed by Fashion Rocks.
• ABC has two new episodes of Wipeout at 8, then a new Primetime: Medical Mysteries.
• NBC has a new, two-hour America's Got Talent.
• There's a new 90210 on The CW at 8, followed by the series premiere of Privileged.
• Also at 8: ESPN has two episodes of The World Series of Poker.
• ABC Family has a new Secret Life on the American Teenager at 8, then a new Greek.
• At 8:40, BBC America has a new Gavin & Stacey.
• At 9, Sci-Fi has a new Eureka at 9, followed by a new ECW.
• At 9:30, Food Network has a new Road Tasted with The Neelys.
• At 10, A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner.
• FX has a new episode of The Shield at 10.
• Lifetime has a How To Look Good Naked at 10.

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• NBC has the Olympics all night.
• TCM is showing Barbara Stanwyck movies all night.
• At 8, ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker.
• Over on ESPN2, more coverage of The Little League World Series.
• At 9, CBS has a new Big Brother.
• Bill Maher is the guest on Larry King Live, on CNN at 9.
• Sci-Fi has a new Eureka at 9, then a new ECW.
• There's a new Food Detectives on Food Network at 9, followed by a new Road Tasted with The Neelys.
• At 10, A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner.
• Lifetime has a new How To Look Good Naked at 10.
• History Channel has a new Evolve at 10.
• Bravo has a new Million Dollar Listing at 10.

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• At 8, ABC has a new Wipeout, followed by the two hour season finale of I Survived A Japanese Game Show.
• ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then the new movie Picture This!
• ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker at 8.
• At 9, CBS has a new Big Brother.
• NBC has a new America's Got Talent at 9.
• Sci-Fi has a new Eureka at 9, then a new ECW.
• Food Network has a new Food Detectives at 9, followed by a new Road Tasted with The Neelys.
• At 9:30, HGTV has a new episode of The Stagers.
• At 10, A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner.
• FX has another new Rescue Me minisode at 10.
• There's a new How To Look Good Naked on Lifetime at 10.
• Discovery has a new Smash Lab at 10.
• At 11, Bravo has the season premiere of Million Dollar Listing.

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Our Monday morning roundup of a half dozen things TV Squad readers - and TV fans in general - will be talking about this week.

1. Mad Men season two premiere. More smoking, more drinking, more advertising. (Sunday at 10pm on AMC.)

2. Comic-Con. We'll be there this week, handing out DVDs and trying not to look geeky. Follow us again on twitter for what's happening and where to meet up with us.

3. It's X-Files Week here. Just in time for the new big screen movie that opens Friday. The truth is in here, if you want to believe.

4. Jingles. A new reality competition show where ordinary people try to come up with commercial jingles. Find out who's bologna has a first name Sunday at 8pm on CBS. (Update: looks like this has been delayed until at least late summer. Stay tuned...)

5. The 2008 World Series of Poker. People still watch poker on television, right? (Starts Tuesday at 8pm on ESPN.)

6. High School Musical: Get In The Picture. High School Musical + a reality competition = ratings. (Started last night; another new episode airs tonight at 8pm on ABC.)

I'll be the first to agree that at some point after Chris Moneymaker's World Series win, poker on TV got a little bit out of hand. For a while it seemed that you couldn't turn on the TV without stumbling over some new poker-based show. Things have settled down somewhat lately, with a few survivors remaining. For my poker watching vote, there remains a big three. The World Series, despite ESPN's screwed up scheduling, World Poker Tour, and the newcomer, High Stakes Poker.

Now it looks like two of the three could be in trouble. It seems that the expected dates for the renewals of WPT and High Stakes over at GSN have come and gone. The speculation is that the new CEO at GSN, David Goldhill, wants to move away from the interest in poker that the former CEO, Rich Cronin, brought to the network. Goldhill would instead like to get back to more traditional game shows.

• ESPN2 has a marathon of the 2007 World Series of Poker all night.
• At 8, FOX has the Allstate BCS Championship Game.
• ABC has Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Anne at 8, then a new October Road.
• There's a new American Gladiators on NBC at 8, followed by new episodes of Deal Or No Deal and Medium.
• Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8, then a new The Secret Life Of...
• Also at 8: PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow, then a new Great Performances.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• At 9:30, Food Network has a new Unwrapped, followed by a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, FOX has the Red Sox/Indians game.
• ABC has a new Cavemen at 8, followed by new episodes of Carpoolers, Dancing with the Stars, and Boston Legal.
• CBS has new episodes of NCIS, The Unit, and Cane.
• NBC has the special Matt Lauer Reports (an interview with Senator Larry Craig) at 8, and then new episodes of The Biggest Loser and Law and Order: SVU.
• The CW has a new Beauty and the Geek at 8, then a new Reaper.
• There's a new Nova on PBS at 8, followed by a new Frontline.
• ESPN has two new eps of The World Series of Poker starting at 8, then a new Contender.
• HBO has a new Five Days at 9.
• History Channel has a new Mega Disasters at 9.
• At 9:45, TCM has the special Vitaphone Shorts.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Ace of Cakes, followed by the series premiere of Two Dudes Catering.
• TLC has a new L.A. Ink at 10.
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
• Also at 10: FX has a new Damages.

Check your local TV listings for more.