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"Heroes" returns with a 2 hour season premiere at 8pm on NBC
Welcome to 2010 an thanks for reading the TV Junkie on LAist. 2009 was a great year for us as we hit our 1,000th post a couple weeks ago (we'll post a highlights reel for you soon) and 2010 somehow looks even better. Why not start the year out right by following the TV Junkie on Twitter as well as our LAist feed. As always, your comments and feedback are always appreciated.
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FOX programming will be staying on Time Warner for the time-being until the final details of their deal get worked out later this month. The negotiating teams worked through New Year's Eve and halfway into January 1st in order to make sure the signals wouldn't go dead.
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For the 2nd year in a row Kathy Griffin utters an expletive on CNN's new year's celebration.
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Hey "Deadliest Catch" fans, crew member Joshua Warner is wanted for 3 bank robberies in Oregon!
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The TV Junkie Plan: "Heroes", "Men of a Certain Age" (aka MOACA), "The Daily Show", Letterman, Fallon.8:00pm Heroes NBC - Season Premiere. As Claire becomes immersed in the world of the carnival, she becomes increasingly suspicious of Samuel's motives; Hiro goes on a mission to rescue one of his own
8:00pm Antiques Roadshow PBS/KCET - Season Premiere
8:00pm The Secret Life of the American Teenager ABC Family - Season Premiere
8:00pm The Bachelor ABC - Season Premiere
9:00pm Make It or Break It ABC Family - Season Premiere
9:00mp Cake Boss TLC - Blushing Brides & Busy Bakers
10:00pm Men of a Certain Age TNT - The city shuts down the construction of Owen's house; Owen and his family must stay with his parents
10:00pm Conveyor Belt of Love ABC - Five women each choose a date from among 30 men presented to them on a conveyor belt. We're already sinking to a new low in this new year.
10:00pm The Jay Leno Show NBC - Actor Tim Allen; TV personality Adam Carolla.
10:00pm I Want to Work for Diddy VH1 - Season Finale
10:15pm Five Graves to Cairo TCM - (1943) A British corporal (Franchot Tone) poses as a Nazi spy in a hotel with Field Marshal Rommel (Erich von Stroheim).
11:00pm The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Comedy Central - Michael Pollan, Author of "Food Rules"
11:30pm The Colbert Report Comedy Central - Erick Erickson, Managing Editor of Redstate.com
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actor Michael Cera; actress Jenna Elfman; David Gray performs.
11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Ethan Hawke; comic Patton Oswalt; Katharine McPhee performs.
12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - Actress Rosie Perez; Switchfoot performs.
12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Actor Fred Willard; Japandroids perform.
