tvTonight - Friday January 9, 2009

Flashpoint returns tonight! This show was my favorite this past summer. (Yes it's a 'cop' show, but not really a procedural; it follows a group of hostage negotiators/cops -but much better than FOX's Standoff of a couple years ago- called the Strategic Response Unit. I like to think of it as a workplace drama, much like ER was years ago before that show became a caricature of itself.) And isn't Hugh Dillon amazing in this show?

NBC - which shouldn't be considered a network anymore with its crappy programming and lack of good scripted shows, debuts Howie Do It with Howie Mandell. (Sorry, I don't know if it's one "L" or two there.)

SciFi has the final episode of Stargate: Atlantis. Even though the series is over, expect a couple Atlantis movies on DVD sometime.

ABC
Wife Swap (m, NEW) has a roller-derby mom trading places with a beauty pageant mom.
Supernanny (9pm, NEW) - Jo helps a family with three kids under 5.
20/20 (10pm, NEW)

CBS
Ghost Whisperer (m, NEW)
Flashpoint (9pm, NEW) - The SRU works security for a billionaire.
NUMB3RS (10pm, NEW) - A convicted killer escapes and seeks revenge on Don. And possibly hand-held calculators (if Charlie helped put him away.)

CW
Everybody Hates Chris (m, NEW) and The Game (8:30, NEW) followed by a repeat of 13 Fear is Real from Wednesday.

FOX - Movie Bruce Almighty (m).

NBC
Howie Do It (m, Series Premier)
Lipstick Jungle (9pm, NEW)
Dateline NBC (10pm, NEW)

SciFi
Stargate:Atlantis (9pm, Series Finale)
Sanctuary (10pm, NEW)