Thomas Attila Lewis

Tonight we have the much-awaited premieres of "Portlandia" & "Todd Margaret" on IFC; Sunday is owned by Showtime's "Shameless," "House of Lies," & "Californication" --- Like Foo Fighters? Dave Grohl will be on "After Lately." --- + My report from the "Portlandia" premiere.

A lull in notable premieres tonight, other than "The Vampire Diaries," means it's time for documentaries to fill your time until some good late night TV comes one. --- There are some local live shows for you to check out and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for inspiration.

There's a Joe Bodolai tribute at Canter's tonight. --- Comedy Central disses the 51% in its 2012 show lineup, WTF? --- Hallmark cancels "The Martha Stewart Show" --- "Game of Thrones" teases. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight.

NBC is back with new episodes tonight and all the late night shows seem to be up and running again. --- IFC is prepping us for their Friday season premieres of "Portlandia" and "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret". --- All this + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.

CBS is back with new episodes of shows tonight, breaking the holiday drought. --- The AV Club posted their "Best Podcasts" list and we have a bone to pick with them because there's some radio shows on there, stay true to the medium please! --- + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan

We've got some highlights for you this weekend - there are actually some new TV episodes and good movies available for a change! --- Versus turns into the NBC Sports Network on Monday and we're convinced it will be the same old crap from NBC Sports.

Finally a handful of new show episodes tonight including a new "Chelsea Lately"! --- We run down the list of Golden Globe noms and voice a coupe educated opinions, check them out and voice your own.

With 90+% repeats on TV we're rehashing another glorious year of TV coverage here at LAist. Check out our favorite moments/stories of the year, thank you for your support. --- Tonight we suggest you check out comedian Felipe Esparza's special on Showtime.

Joe Bodolai committed suicide in an LA hotel sometime over the weekend and I'd like to challenge the vast comedy and entertainment community to step up and honor the man that gave so many chances to so many people who are now successful in LA today.

Check out our 2011 Honorable Mentions list powered by reader submissions here on LAist and via Twitter. Thank you for your contributions! There were so many good shows, you can appreciate the difficulty in even attempting a "Top Ten."