New TV Shows Starting
October 2008

Sanctuary

Starts 3rd Oct 9:00pm On Syfy
Dr. Helen Magnus is one of the first female doctors in the Royal College during Victorian England. She was engaged to Jack the Ripper, and also has a daughter from him, Ashley. However, Ashley does not yet know that her father is Jack. Dr. Magnus' father started a sanctuary... Selected by 0 Users

The Ex List

Starts 3rd Oct 9:00pm On CBS
When a woman visits a psychic and discovers that she\'s already dated the man she is destined to marry, she sets out to find out who it is by looking up past... Selected by 0 Users

The Clone Wars

Starts 3rd Oct 9:00pm On Netflix
The Grand Clone Army of the Republic, led by Jedi Masters Yoda, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi and other Masters must fight the New Droid Army of the Separatists to defend the Republic and the political stability of the galaxy. They face the cunning Dooku, the vicious General... Selected by 0 Users

Valentine

Starts 5th Oct 8:00pm On The CW
Greek deities Aphrodite and her son Eros have settled here on Earth and are in the matchmaking business in this romantic... Selected by 0 Users

Easy Money

Starts 5th Oct 9:00pm On The CW
At Prestige Payday Loans, Bobette Buffkin, a business savvy family matriarch, runs the show and has made it into one of the best quick-cash companies in the entire Southwest. However, trouble soon comes when new competitors begin to set up shop, leaving middle son Morgan to... Selected by 0 Users

Kath & Kim (US)

Starts 9th Oct 8:30pm On NBC
Kath Day is a 40-something divorcee, who owns a home salon business, looking for a new romance in the form of sandwich-shop owner Phil Knight, while daughter Kim is a spoiled princess who is reeling from her recent separation from her husband of six weeks... Selected by 0 Users

Life on Mars (US)

Starts 9th Oct 10:00pm On ABC
Sam Tyler is a detective from the 21st century that travels back in time to the 1970\'s after a car accident. Tyler clashes with new boss Gene Hunt who doesn\'t take his coming from the future seriously. He finds a friend in one of the few female detectives Annie... Selected by 0 Users

Eleventh Hour

Starts 9th Oct 10:00pm On CBS
Dr. Jacob Hood, is a brilliant biophysicist and Special Science Adviser to the FBI who is brought in to investigate crimes of a scientific or paranormal nature that other agents may be unable to solve. Hood is the government's last line of defense, and it is his mission... Selected by 0 Users

Testees

Starts 9th Oct 10:30pm On FX
Testees is a comedy about two friends in their early thirties who act as medical guinea... Selected by 0 Users

My Own Worst Enemy

Starts 13th Oct 10:00pm On NBC
Edward Albright is a super spy. Henry Spivey is living the normal American dream in the suburbs with his wife, two kids and dog. The two men have one thing in common - they share the same body because Edward took part in an experiment several years earlier to create a split... Selected by 0 Users

Time Warp

Starts 15th Oct 8:00pm On Discovery Channel
Do you know how your dog uses its tongue to drink? In what exact way a face contorts when punched by a UFC contender? What happens when an egg falls into the pinwheeling blades of a fan? Or an apple is hit with a bullet? Likely, with nothing but your naked eye to guide... Selected by 0 Users

Prototype This!

Starts 15th Oct 10:00pm On Discovery Channel
Are you still waiting for the Jetson\'s lifestyle to arrive? Do you spend time looking for your missing jet pack in the Sharper Image catalog? Have you ever encountered heavy traffic on the freeway and wished you could kick your car into \"jumping mode\" to get past it?... Selected by 0 Users

Crusoe

Starts 17th Oct 9:00pm On NBC
Crusoe tells the story of young Robinson Crusoe as he leaves the love of his life to set out on an adventure. When the trip takes a turn for the worst, Crusoe ends up shipwrecked on a tropical island, detached from the only life he's known. Stranded, his friendship with... Selected by 0 Users

Crash

Starts 17th Oct 10:00pm On Starz
The lives of several very diverse people intersect and sometimes ignite in racially charged Southern California. Recurring characters include aging, self-destructive music producer Ben Cendars; Anthony Adams, Ben's street-smart driver; Christine Emory, an upscale wife and... Selected by 0 Users

Rita Rocks

Starts 20th Oct 8:30pm On Lifetime
Rita is an overworked wife and mother in the middle of a full blown identity crisis. Trying to maintain romance with her husband Jay, juggling the demands of her nine-year-old daughter Shannon, disciplining her defiant, teenage daughter Hallie and her ever-present boyfriend... Selected by 0 Users

Returning TV Shows in October 2008

Silent Witness

Returns 1st Oct 9:00pm On BBC One
Silent Witness is a forensics crime drama that focuses on a pathologist who attempts to identify murder victims and figure out what caused them to... Selected by 2938 Users

Pushing Daisies

Returns 1st Oct 8:00pm On ABC
Crime, forensics and romance are blended together to tell the tale of Ned, a young man with a unique ability - he can touch dead things and bring them back to life. Ned uses his ability in many ways, from ripening fruit to helping solve murders by having the deceased tell... Selected by 0 Users

Little Mosque on the Prairie

Returns 1st Oct 8:00pm On CBC
Little Mosque On The Prairie is a sitcom that focuses on the comedic outlook of a small Muslim community interacting with the citizens of a little prairie town named Mercy. The sitcom reveals that although we are different in ethnicity and in skin color, we are all... Selected by 0 Users

Friday Night Lights

Returns 1st Oct 9:00pm On The 101
Expanding on the themes from the hit feature film "Friday Night Lights", this series centers on the small rural town of Dillon, Texas, where the vaunted 2006 state football championship rings are held in the highest regard. The town's promising high school team, its... Selected by 0 Users

Private Practice

Returns 1st Oct 9:00pm On ABC
In this spin-off Grey's Anatomy, neonatal surgeon Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery relocates from Seattle Grace Hospital to the Oceanside Wellness Group in sunny Santa Monica, California following a failed marriage and two affairs. There she reconnects with medical school... Selected by 0 Users

Dirty Sexy Money

Returns 1st Oct 10:00pm On ABC
It's been said that money is the root of all evil. That saying may be true. Growing up, Nick George had lived his life in the shadow of the powerful Darling family. Now Nick has a seemingly perfect life and a successful career as a lawyer, but his life changes when his... Selected by 0 Users

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Returns 2nd Oct 10:00pm On BBC TWO
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is the quiz show where musicians try to be funny and comedians try to be musical. Two teams of celebrities answer questions about pop music, guess songs after hearing their teammates sing the intros, and try to find the former popstar hidden in a... Selected by 0 Users

The Graham Norton Show

Returns 2nd Oct 10:35pm On BBC One
Graham Norton returns to the format he's most comfortable with since his Channel 4 days, briefly on BBC2 and now on prime time BBC1. Each week celebrity guest(s) join Graham to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their... Selected by 3952 Users

Everybody Hates Chris

Returns 3rd Oct 8:00pm On The CW
Motivated by his childhood experiences, Emmy Award-winner/actor/comedian Chris Rock, narrates this very hilarious & touching story of a teenager growing up as the oldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a neighborhood and bused... Selected by 0 Users

Ghost Whisperer

Returns 3rd Oct 8:00pm On CBS
Melinda Gordon is a young newlywed with the unique ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of people who have died, and who seek her help. Melinda uses her gift to relay significant messages and important information to the living, but sometimes the messages she... Selected by 0 Users

The Game

Returns 3rd Oct 8:30pm On BET
Being the wife or girlfriend of a pro-football player might sound like a glamorous and stress-free existence, but Melanie Barnett is about to discover the truth. When her boyfriend Derwin Davis is chosen as the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers, she... Selected by 0 Users

Numb3rs

Returns 3rd Oct 10:00pm On CBS
FBI agent Don Eppes recruits his mathematical-genius brother, Charlie to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. The two brothers take on the most confounding criminal cases from a very distinctive perspective. Inspired by actual cases, the... Selected by 0 Users

Heartland

Returns 5th Oct 7:00pm On CBC
Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch... Selected by 2554 Users

Degrassi

Returns 5th Oct 10:00pm On MTV
Like its predecessors, Degrassi follows a group of students attending Degrassi Community School who face challenges common to teen life, such as self image, peer pressure, child abuse, sexual identity, gang violence, self-injury, school shootings, teenage pregnancy and drug... Selected by 0 Users

Dirty Jobs

Returns 7th Oct 9:00pm On Discovery Channel
Stuck in a dead-end job? Daydreaming about a new career? Combing through the classifieds for your next calling? Well, what about these jobs? Roadkill Collector: Must be able to work long hours braving oncoming traffic while picking up creatures of various size and breed... Selected by 0 Users

NOVA

Returns 7th Oct 9:00pm On PBS
Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times... Selected by 2184 Users

CSI

Returns 9th Oct 9:00pm On CBS
In the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, its reputation for providing instant success for those willing to try their luck draws in the hopeful and the naive. This constant influx of visitors also provides ripe targets for criminals of all varieties, confident they will never be... Selected by 0 Users

Starter Wife

Returns 10th Oct 10:00pm On USA Network
The Starter Wife chronicles the events of one woman\'s life following her divorce after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio... Selected by 0 Users

Corner Gas

Returns 13th Oct 8:00pm On CTV Canada
Corner Gas is about the lives of the people who live in Dog River and hang around the only gas station and restaurant in town. The cast of characters includes Brent LeRoy, the owner of Corner Gas and chronic comic book reader; his assistant at the station, Wanda Dollard... Selected by 0 Users

Samantha Who?

Returns 13th Oct 9:30pm On ABC
Samantha "Sam" Newly is left in a coma for a week following a terrible accident. When she awakes, Sam has no memory of any past experiences or events and must start her life over. However, Sam quickly discovers that instead of being a good-hearted person, she was... Selected by 0 Users

Bleach

Returns 14th Oct 7:30pm On TV Tokyo
From creator Tite Kubo, comes the story of a world where death lurks impalpable to an everyday human's eyes. Ichigo Kurosaki helps run a local clinic with his family but Ichigo has the unusual ability to see poltergeists but rather than react with surprise he merely sees it... Selected by 1778 Users

Eli Stone

Returns 14th Oct 10:00pm On ABC
Eli Stone, a successful lawyer at a San Francisco firm, represents some of the biggest companies in America - companies that have a tendency to screw over the little guy. But after a series of hallucinations, Eli begins to wonder if he was meant for something bigger in... Selected by 0 Users

Have I Got News for You

Returns 17th Oct 9:00pm On BBC One
Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been regularly broadcast since 1990. The show has cultivated a reputation for sailing close to the... Selected by 2269 Users

Storm Chasers

Returns 19th Oct 10:00pm On Discovery Channel
Research meteorologist Josh Wurman has teamed up with extreme filmmaker Sean Casey to form an amazing partnership. They both share the goal of intercepting a tornado, but for entirely different reasons. Josh needs an individual who can carry his scientific instruments into... Selected by 0 Users

Holby City

Returns 21st Oct 8:00pm On BBC One
This series is a spin-off from the long running BBC medical drama Casualty. Set in the same hospital as its sister series, this show follows the everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the... Selected by 0 Users

Cities of the Underworld

Returns 26th Oct 9:00pm On History Channel
Peel back the layers of history with hosts Don Wildman and Eric Geller, as they explore underneath the cities of the world to find the hidden engineering feats and dark histories buried beneath. Travel though a maze of tunnels, hidden water supplies, hideouts, and tombs... Selected by 0 Users

Spooks

Returns 27th Oct 9:00pm On BBC THREE
Spooks follows the personal and professional lives of a MI5 team working to make sure the country is kept safe. The team is known as Spooks as their identities are not known by many and they often have to work undercover using false... Selected by 0 Users

30 Rock

Returns 30th Oct 9:30pm On NBC
Single Liz Lemon is living every comedy writer's dream. She's head writer on a demanding, live TV program in New York City whose life is jolted when a brash new network president interferes with her show and bullies Liz into convincing Tracy Jordan, a wild and unpredictable... Selected by 0 Users
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