Are you ready for 2 weeks of ice dancing, luging, biathalons, and speed skating? The 2010 Olympic Winter Games kick off tonight on NBC at 7:30/6:30c with the Opening Ceremonies, always a spectacle worth watching. Most shows will be in reruns until March as other networks acknowledge the draw of the Olympics.

FOX’s shows are on hiatus until April 1, which gives us a chance to see if Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains is worth watching. What, I’m the only Survivor fan around here? OK, is anyone else excited about a Cho-centric episode on The Mentalist? Survivor – CBS 8/7c – SEASON PREMIERE “Slay Everyone, Trust No One” – In one of the …

It’s a full night of TV viewing for the Nice Girls as the Valentine’s Day episodes begin. Modern Family – ABC 9/8c “My Funky Valentine” – Phil and Claire break from their traditional Valentine’s Day dinner date and plan a little “role play” excursion. Meanwhile, Jay and Gloria’s ideas of romance clash when he takes her to a comedy show, …

You may have noticed that our Tuesday nights are fairly empty until 10/9c. Is there an earlier show we should be watching? White Collar – USA 10/9c “Home Invasion” – Peter and Neal find themselves on the trail of an elusive femme fatale who is stealing pieces of a valuable collection. Now they must find the woman and reassemble the …

The Olympics start this weekend, but before we become enraptured by speed skating and ice dancing, we’ve got another week of scripted TV to watch! Chuck – NBC 8/7c “Chuck vs. the Mask” – Chuck and Hannah (guest star Kristin Kreuk) unexpectedly become part of agent Daniel Shaw’s (guest star Brandon Routh) latest mission. Much to Sarah’s chagrin, she gets …

So Life Unexpected is better than I, you know, expected. Good cast with interesting chemistry; not too schmaltzy but still endearing; a fresh take on the family drama; etc. I watch it while on the treadmill and it makes my workout fly by, for which I’m always grateful. But something has been nagging at me since the pilot: I cannot …

When Nice Boys collide! Josh Malina guest stars alongside TJ Thyne in tonight’s winter finale of Bones. The Vampire Diaries – the CW 8/7c “Children of the Damned” – In flashbacks, Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) recall the long-ago actions taken by townspeople including their father, Guiseppe Salvatore (guest star James Remar, “Dexter”), and Pearl (guest star Kelly …

Wow, Wednesdays at 10 sure did get cluttered recently. Leverage – TNT 10/9c “The Future Job” – The team goes after a con man masquerading as a psychic medium (guest star Luke Perry) in order to drain the life savings of his bereaved clients. Ugly Betty – ABC 10/9c “Chica and the Man” – Wilhemina is furious when she discovers …

Darn that Punxatawny Phil, he saw his shadow. The means six more weeks of huddling by the DVR, keeping warm by the TV rays. The Good Wife – CBS 10/9c “Bad” – Tensions are high as Peter’s appeal trial begins and Alicia defends a wealthy client in civil court whose innocence she doubts, even after he’s found not guilty in …

Say you’re a showrunner and you’ve set up your leading man or lady with a love interest, just to mix things up. Say their on-screen love affair is going along pretty well with a few bumps thrown in to “keep it real”. Then say you decide it’s time to dump the love interest. Maybe they were just a temporary relationship …