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This week’s TV picks
Monday:
‘Sesame Street’ 7 a.m., PBS: Big Bird goes house-hunting as Season 41 kicks off without a wildly popular YouTube video duet by Katy Perry and Elmo that was pulled prior to the broadcast.
‘Monday Night Football: Packers at Bears’ 7:30 p.m., ESPN: Go, Bears!
‘Teenage Paparazzo’ 8 p.m., HBO: Adrian Grenier of ‘Entourage’ dives into America’s obsession with celebrities’ private lives.
Tuesday:
‘No Ordinary Family’ 7 p.m., ABC: Series premiere. A troubled family survives a plane crash in the rain forest to discover they’ve gained supernatural powers. “The Shield’s” Michael Chiklis stars.
‘Baseball: The Tenth Inning’ 7 p.m., PBS: A sequel to Ken Burns’ ‘Baseball’ covers 1994’s strike, Cal Ripken’s streak and the home run derby between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, Part one of two.
‘Stargate Universe’ 8 p.m., Syfy: The Season 2 premiere follows an all-day marathon beginning at 7 a.m.
‘The Good Wife’ 9 p.m. CBS: It’s Season 2 and Alicia must choose between Peter and Will.
‘Parenthood’ 9 p.m., NBC: University of Texas alumnus Kevin Alejandro guest stars as a co-worker of Sarah’s.
‘Billy the Exterminator’ 9 p.m., A&E: Season 3 kicks off with snakes, roaches, crayfish and a gator.
Wednesday:
‘Baseball: The Tenth Inning’ 7 p.m., PBS: The sequel concludes tonight.
‘Law & Order: SVU’ 8 p.m., NBC: A crossover episode finds Skeet Ulrich from the new ‘Law & Order: Los Angeles’ franchise helping with tonight’s case.
‘Law & Order: Los Angeles’ 9 p.m., NBC: The premiere of this new spin-off finds Skeet Ulrich back on his own show.
Thursday:
‘My Generation’ 7 p.m., ABC: Steven battles demons from his past (not literal demons — this isn’t The CW’s ‘Vampire Diaries) while Rolly, deployed in Afghanistan, misses out on Dawn’s pregnancy.
‘The Big Bang Theory’ 7 p.m., CBS: Nerd alert! Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak guest stars.
‘Vampire Diaries’ 7 p.m., The CW: I’m pretty sure characters do battle literal demons on this show.
‘Community’ 7 p.m., NBC: Rob Corddry and Drew Carey guest star as Jeff’s old law buddies.
Friday:
‘Human Target’ 7 p.m., Fox: Season 2 debuts with a new show runner and a pair of new female characters.
‘Teach: Tony Danza’ 9 p.m., A&E: Ay, oh, oh, ayyyyy! The former ‘Who’s the Boss?’ star teaches sophomore English in Philly in the premiere of this 7-part reality series.
Saturday:
‘Planet Sheen’ 10 a.m., Nickelodeon: The popular ‘Jimmy Neutron’ character gets his own show.
‘T.U.F.F. Puppy’ 10:30 a.m., Nickelodeon: Dogs and cats spying together … mass hysteria!
‘Austin City Limits’ 7 p.m., PBS: Reggae musician Jimmy Cliff kicks off Season 36.
Sunday:
‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ 6 p.m., ABC: A man gets waxed as AFV begins its 21st Season of people getting smacked in the crotch.
‘Sunday Night Football: Bears at Giants’ 7:15 p.m., NBC: Go, Bears!
‘American Dad!’ 8:30, Fox: Season 6 starts with an elopement.
‘CSI: Miami’ 9 p.m., CBS: Horatio’s team takes a fatal hit as Season 9 begins.
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