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This week’s TV picks
Monday:
‘Dancing with the Stars’ 7 p.m., ABC: This week, contestants perform to TV-show themes. That’s right, TV shows used to have themes.
Tuesday:
‘Weird, True and Freaky’ 7 p.m., Animal Planet: Tattooed and surgically altered pets? Check, check and check.
‘Dirty Jobs’ 8 p.m., Discovery: Sloths, lemurs and bearcats, oh my! Mike gets down and dirty at an exotic Texas ranch.
‘Parenthood’ 9 p.m., NBC: Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me angst but make it sweet! The Bravermans prepare for Halloween.
Wednesday:
‘Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook’ 7 p.m., PBS: The series concludes with a look at prohibition-era jazz.
‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ 8 p.m., NBC: ‘True Blood’ star and University of Texas at Austin alumnus Kevin Alejandro portrays an assault victim in tonight’s episode, which also features David Alan Grier.
Thursday:
‘Community’ 7 p.m., NBC: Pierce realizes that he is old.
‘Overheard with Evan Smith’ 7 p.m., PBS: Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter discusses his book ‘The Promise: President Obama, Year One’ in the premiere of this ‘Texas Monthly Talks’ successor.
’30 Rock’ 7:30 p.m., NBC: Kelsey Grammer makes a guest appearance as himself (or as Frasier, it’s hard to tell).
‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’ 8 p.m., CBS: You know you’re a hoarder when bodies start turning up beneath the mounds of trash.
‘The Daytripper’ 8:30 p.m., PBS: Host Chet Garner and company travel to Brenham in tonight’s Season 2 debut.
Friday:
‘Medium’ 7 p.m., CBS: After a skin graft, Alison’s injured hand starts to turn on her. I wonder if the graft was done with shark skin, because it sounds like this show has jumped one.
‘Fatal Attractions’ 8 p.m., Animal Planet: An elderly woman is killed trying to mediate a conflict between two bears. It’s like an allegory for so many situations in life, but also just a reminder not to screw round with bears.
Saturday:
‘Austin City Limits’ 7 p.m., PBS: Hook ‘em and horns: Alejandro Escovedo and New Orleans’ Trombone Shorty perform.
‘Brave New Voices 2010’ 10 p.m., HBO: Artists from four states compete in the 2010 National Youth Poetry Slam Championship in Los Angeles. Judges include Penn Jillette and Sanaa Lathan.
Sunday:
‘Nature’ 7 p.m., PBS: Did you know that crows can remember faces and hold grudges? Just when you thought the birds couldn’t get any more creepy and sinister.
‘Sunday Night Football’ 7:15 p.m., NBC: The Packers take on the Vikings in Green Bay and I almost can’t decide whom I’d rather see lose, but let’s go with the Packers.
‘Masterpiece Mystery!’ 8 p.m., PBS: Sherlock Holmes and Watson are re-imagined as, respectively, a high-functioning sociopath and an Afghan War veteran in this modern-day update.
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