New TV Shows Starting
October 2010

The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret

Starts 1st Oct 10:30pm On IFC
Comedy about an inept American placed in charge of sales at his company's London branch. He has no experience with British culture, knows nothing about sales, and has only one employee, Dave. Each episode begins with a scene of Margaret appearing in dire circumstances -... Selected by 0 Users

Love/Hate

Starts 3rd Oct 9:30pm On RTÉ ONE
He skipped Dublin when a gun was found in his house and he's been living for the past year in Spain but Darren Tracey decides to risk it and come back to Dublin. He's homesick and a party for his brother's release from prison is the perfect excuse. It's only for the weekend... Selected by 0 Users

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Starts 10th Oct 9:00am On HUB
"Get your muzzle out of those books and make some friends!" That's what Princess Celestia tells Twilight Sparkle. She may be the smartest unicorn in Equestria, but Twilight Sparkle gets an "incomplete" in friendship. There's more to life than learning magic, after all - so... Selected by 0 Users

School Pride

Starts 15th Oct 8:00pm On NBC
School Pride is a proactive, alternative series that tells the stories of communities coming together to renovate their aging and broken public schools. While transforming the school, the community also restores its sense of value and school pride. The cameras follow... Selected by 0 Users

Grand Designs Australia

Starts 21st Oct 8:30pm On ABC
A truly unique brand and a massive undertaking with a shooting period of over 12 months, Grand Designs Australia tells the stories of new homes and perhaps more importantly the Aussies who are building them. Based on the award-winning UK series, Grand Designs Australia is... Selected by 1094 Users

The Walking Dead

Starts 31st Oct 10:00pm On AMC
The Walking Dead tells the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home. The comic goes on to explore the challenges of life in a... Selected by 0 Users

Returning TV Shows in October 2010

American Dad!

Returns 3rd Oct 9:00pm On tbs
The show revolves around C.I.A. Agent Stan Smith, and his not so average family. Stan is constantly fighting off terrorists who threaten the safety of the United States, sometimes causing more harm than good. His wife Francine is your average house wife. She juggles... Selected by 25698 Users

CSI: Miami

Returns 3rd Oct 10:00pm On CBS
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation took television by storm in 2000 with its innovative and cutting-edge updating of a standard series concept - in this case, the cop show. Suddenly, instead of simply whodunit, solving crimes was a matter of howdunit, and with what size shoe... Selected by 0 Users

Lie to Me

Returns 4th Oct 9:00pm On FOX
When you scratch your chin, wring your hands, wrinkle your nose, or swallow too much, Dr. Cal Lightman knows you're lying. He doesn't just think so, he knows so, because he's taken his exceptional skills of observation to become the foremost deception expert in the country.... Selected by 0 Users

The Apprentice (UK)

Returns 6th Oct 9:00pm On BBC One
The Apprentice sees fourteen candidates, competing against each other for a position at Lord Alan Sugar's company. Each week the candidates take part in a task set by Lord Sugar. Each team will have a Team Leader who managers that group for that task. The team that... Selected by 2262 Users

A League of Their Own

Returns 7th Oct 10:00pm On Sky1
The show takes its cue from sporting obsession and sets two teams of comedians, celebrities and sports stars against each other in a test of their sporting knowledge. From record breaking feats to headline grabbing events, the show is stuffed with the kind of sensational... Selected by 0 Users

Fifth Gear

Returns 8th Oct 7:30pm On Quest
Motoring magazine with Tiff Needell, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Jason Plato and Tom Ford. A weekly hour long show featuring car reviews, shoot outs, scientific safety tests and amazing... Selected by 0 Users

Dog Whisperer

Returns 8th Oct 9:00pm On National Geographic
Dog Whisperer follows well-respected animal behaviorist Cesar Millan as he works to help dogs with behavior problems, and their human families. These problems range from excessive barking to behavior, that if not corrected, could leave the owners little choice but to... Selected by 0 Users

Fairy Tail

Returns 11th Oct 7:00am On TV Tokyo
In the land of Fiore, magic is everywhere. Sorcerers are like skilled tradesmen who band together in 'guilds' and take on paying assignments for non-magic wielders, like hunting monsters, retrieving lost items or running odd errands. Lucy is an aspiring wizard who wants... Selected by 0 Users

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Returns 11th Oct 4:35pm On CBBC
The Sarah Jane Adventures features the previous companion of the Third and Fouth incarnation of the Doctor from the original series of Doctor Who, Ms. Sarah Jane Smith! Elisabeth Sladen reprises her role once again and is back in action, discovering alien plots to take over... Selected by 0 Users

Whitechapel

Returns 11th Oct 9:00pm On ITV
London 2008. A series of bloody, tragic and impossible crimes suggest someone is carrying out copycat Jack the Ripper murders 120 years after the killer first struck. The clock is ticking as the case turns into a hunt for an old adversary, with three unlikely heroes at the... Selected by 0 Users

Adventure Time

Returns 11th Oct 7:30pm On Cartoon Network
Adventure Time, originally titled Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, follows two best friends: Finn (a 12-year old boy) and Jake (a wise 28-year-old dog with magical powers), and the surreal adventures undertaken by the duo as they traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. A world... Selected by 0 Users

Storm Chasers

Returns 13th 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

Have I Got News for You

Returns 14th 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

Sanctuary

Returns 15th Oct 10:00pm 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

Blue Mountain State

Returns 16th Oct 10:00pm On Spike TV
It's all about football at Blue Mountain State University, but being an incoming freshman on the national championship team consists of much more than that... there's also girls, partying, hazing and of course... Selected by 0 Users

Holby City

Returns 19th 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

Dirty Jobs

Returns 19th 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 19th 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 2185 Users

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Returns 21st 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 22nd 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 3953 Users

In Treatment

Returns 25th Oct 9:00pm On HBO
A therapist is the picture of insightful perfection when dealing with his patients, but he becomes a raging ball of issues during his own therapy... Selected by 0 Users

Friday Night Lights

Returns 27th 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

Man v. Food

Returns 27th Oct 9:00pm On Travel Channel
Adam Richman travels across the United States to explore the culture and unique "big food" of one city in each episode. In some episodes, Richman takes on food challenges involving very hot and spicy (or piquant) foods (such as foods spiced with habanero peppers), and also... Selected by 0 Users

Ancient Aliens

Returns 28th Oct 10:00pm On H2 TV
Presented in the 1968 bestselling book Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken, the theory of "ancient aliens" rocked people's beliefs in mankind's progress. Ancient cave drawings of strange creatures, remains of landing strips in Peru, and Indian texts that describe the... Selected by 3826 Users
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