OC Wives

Tonight over on Bravo, it's a double dose of those knit-picky, nouveau riche, bitchy, "real" housewives!!

Tune in at 10 p.m. to say good-bye to another season of the Real Housewives of Orange County. I'm sure there'll be plenty of shenanigans between Lynne, Tamra, Gretchen, Jeanna and Queen Bitch Vicki!

Then stay tuned 'cause at 11 p.m. it the second season debut of the wickedly successful Real Housewives of New York (my personal favorite)!

These vulgar "ladies" really give new meaning to the word "class."

And if you're a fan of the Bravo Network, you've already seen the preview many times. It features single gal, Betheny (why she's a "Housewife" I'll never know, but I love her!), yelling "Holy Catfight, what did you do now!" into the phone.

Tonight's episode centers on "plotzing," as snarky NY wife Jill would say. It seems that Jill talked a little too much to New York Post columnist Cindy Adams regarding other NY wife Alex's husband (you remember, the guy she can't leave the house without!), prompting the aforementioned decree!

Other highlights, according to the NY Post, include a descripton of the pool at the rented house Alex and her mankini-wearing hubby are styaing in being called "reminiscent of ancient Babylonia," and LuAnn, the Countess, ordering a pizza on the phone and identifying herself to the pizza man as the "Countess de Lesseps!" Remember last season, she had the audacity to correct Betheny for introducing her to Betheny's driver as "LuAnn." God forbid!

Thanks for all the appropriate snarkiness NY Post TV Critic Linda Stasi!

And, judging by the above photo, it looks like Jill (right) gets into it with the Countess (left) as well!

Next week, the show moves to its usual 10 p.m. Tuesday time slot -- be there!!

Trying to make up for lackluster ratings from TV's traditional "new season" back in September/October ... the networks are offering lots of new programming this January. I'll try to highlight as much as possible here, but the next two weeks are going to be murder!


McNamara/Troy returns tonight!

Starting tonight, we've got the premiere of Scrubs on a new network. Yes, the medical-based sitcom is jumping ship from NBC to ABC beginning at 9 tonight with 2 back-to-back episodes.

The Biggest Loser: Couples debuts a new season over on NBC with a two-hour premiere beginning at 8 p.m. Just in time to make us all feel guilty about all those holiday treats!

The Mentalist returns with an all new episode at 9 p.m. on CBS. Jane quite the CBI to follow lead on Red John. I'll be tuning in ...

90210 returns to the CW (does anyone care? Even I'm giving up on this one) at 8 p.m., when Annie overhearsa phone call that raises suspicions.

As mentioned in the prior post -- VH1 offers up the debut episodes of Confessions of a Teen Idol at 9, followed by Brett Michael's Rock of Love Bus at 10.

I'll be taping the Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo at 10 p.m. Tonight the wives get catty at the race track!

Because the crux of my evening will be the season premiere on FX of one of my Top 5 TV Shows of 2008 -- Nip/Tuck! Tonight picks up where we left off last season with Dr. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) getting stabbed in the back, literally, by his stalking, murderous agent played by Sharon Gless! Apparently, the dashing and promiscuous Dr. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon, come to Mama!) will arrive in time to save his life ... thus keeping him around for the next 7 episodes!!


The Dudes from Pineapple Express

But if you can't find anything worth watching, hit your local DVD store and rent a copy of Pineapple Express, out new today! It's the latest from Judd Apatow (40 Year Old Virgin, Superbad) and stars Seth Rogan and James Franco as a couple of stoners getting into various mishaps. I haven't seen it, but I plan to. It looks funny.