It’s the last weekend before the holidays officially start; take a few minutes tonight to relax with Alex O’Loughlin & Co. Three Rivers – CBS 9/8c “The Kindness of Strangers” – The wife of a billionaire suffers the consequences after a setback leaves her without a new liver and her husband resorts to buying one on the black market. Meanwhile, …

Robin and Gisborne united against a common foe? Be still my heart! Robin Hood – BBC America 9/8c “The Enemy of My Enemy” – Robin and Gisborne resolve to go to York to free their brother, Archer, but it’s not long before old tensions soon re-surface and they’re fighting again. Allan spots them and the outlaws leap to Robin’s defense …

Only three episodes of Monk left and we’re starting to wrap up some eight season-long storylines. Monk – USA 9/8c “Mr. Monk and the Badge” – After rejoining the force, Monk hunts for a serial killer, a case he finds more challenging than he anticipated. Brooke Adams (star Tony Shalhoub’s wife) guest stars. White Collar – USA 10/9c “The Portrait” …

Bones – FOX 8/7c “The Foot in the Foreclosure” – Booth’s grandfather Hank (guest star Ralph Waite) comes to live with him and tags along as Brennan and Booth investigate ashes and charred remains found by a real estate agent while showing a property to prospective buyers. The team identifies the victims as plus-size lovers, neither of whom seemed to …

A few months ago NBC picked up a new series from mastermind JJ Abrams (Alias, Fringe, Lost), currently titled Undercovers. The show centers on a husband and wife who also happen to be spies. Abrams appears to be expanding his oeuvre with this show, though, because it will be more of an action comedy than the drama for which he’s …

Schoolgirl crushes, old rivals, and guest stars galore heat up tonight’s TV options. Note: Eastwick returns next week. Glee – FOX 9/8c “Ballads” – Mr. Schuester splits the Glee Club into pairs to sing their favorite ballad, but when one kid gets sick, he’s forced to step in and winds up in a sticky situation. Meanwhile, Finn and Quinn have …

Things are getting complicated both in the aliens vs. humans drama and the wife vs. husband drama airing tonight. V – ABC 8/7c “A Bright New Day” – Chad reports from the Peace Ambassador Center as 100 diplomatic visas are being issued to the first wave of American Visitors, with Anna getting the 1st, but not everyone agrees with the …

Were you distressed by the news that ABC isn’t ordering additional episodes of Eastwick? So were we, but there’s hope! Lifetime has expressed interest in picking up the show if there’s enough fan support. Want to join in? Send a postcard (Lifetime requested postcards only) to Lifetime at this address: Lifetime Television 309 W. 49th St. New York, NY 10019 …

After this week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries, we won’t get a new episode until January 14, 2010, but the CW is taking pity on us and marathoning all 10 episodes of the series December 14-18. Two episodes will air each night for the whole week, so if you haven’t had a chance to watch the show yet, this is …

Last week’s ballyhooed threesome leads to awkwardness for the parties involved. See, teens can learn valuable lessons from TV after all! Gossip Girl – the CW 9/8c “The Last Days of Disco Stick” – Hoping to impress the elitist theater kids at NYU, Blair sets her sights on landing a private concert with the hottest musical performer of the year, …