We Will Soon Be Without Good Television [TV This Week]

[KiRby]

When Jimmy Smits joined the cast of Dexter this season, we weren't quite sure what to expect. But the TV veteran has surprised us by bringing a uniquely sadistic character to the Showtime series, one who rivals Michael C. Hall's cop serial killer when it comes to bridging the gap between the implausible and the merely unbelievable. And even if the show does sometimes seem more like a comic book than gritty noir, it's the blend of both that makes it worth watching. With just three episodes left after tonight, we look at Dexter and everything else worth tuning in for this week. Savor it while it lasts.
All times Eastern, watcher beware...
Tonight:
60 Minutes (7 pm on CBS): Barack and Michelle's first interview. We hear Michelle drops the f-bomb. No, we didn't. Yes we did.
Dexter (9 pm on Showtime): The big guy teaches his buddy Miguel the when, where and why of killing, and Dexter's sis gets hot and heavy with someone. Preview clip:

True Blood (9 pm on HBO): Vampire clean-up is such a betch. Plus, Tara's cousin Lafayette makes a visit to the halls of power. And how will Bill cope with being a maker?
Family Guy (9 pm on FOX): This show's creative renaissance continues, as the shock ending to last week's episode gives way to a Carrie Fisher guest vocal as Peter's boss Angela.
Entourage (10 pm on HBO): Turtle has a secret meeting and Vince is confused about his career. How can a show about rich, beautiful people be so depressing?
Californication (10 pm on Showtime): We're fresh out of hurtful jokes about David Duchovny's sex addiction now that he's back together with Teo Leoni. I'm sure he's better in real life than he is on the show. Pretty sure.
Monday:

Gossip Girl (8 pm on the CW): "The Magnificent Archibalds" continues the show's enticing sense of history, as the episode reflects and subverts Booth Tarkington's 1917 aristocratic novel, [I]The Magnificent Ambersons[/I]. Blake Lively and Martha Stewart chill at left.

How I Met Your Mother (8:30 pm on CBS): Wandering around aimlessly in a haze until they find a new possible Mother for Josh Radnor, this episode focuses on Robin's group of single friends. What, you mean she doesn't spend ALL her time with a married couple and two d-bags?
Two and a Half Men (9:00 pm on CBS): The funny-to-creepy ratio on star Charlie Sheen's philandering with younger women reaches an unforeseen 1:9,400.
One Tree Hill (9:00 pm on the CW): I still can't handle the fact that Chad Michael Murray's character on this show went from high school basketball star to J.D. Salinger. Now he's writing a Casablanca-styled murder mystery.
Tuesday:

The Mentalist (9 pm on CBS): Patrick Jane meets a psychic who he has to prove isn't one without blowing his cover as also not-a-psychic. There's only one way this can end — Psychic warfare!

Wednesday:
America's Next Top Model (8 pm on the CW): Season finale.
Pushing Daisies (8 pm on ABC): Enjoy this show while you still can. Or maybe it's just time to start investing in other things, like CSI: Miami.
South Park (10 pm on Comedy Central): Last week's High School Musical parody was a little disappointing, but at least we did get to enjoy Cartman's jokes at the expense of the young man with the diabetes. Let it never be said Trey Parker wasn't a compassionate guy.
Thursday:
Ugly Betty (8 pm on ABC): Marc and Betty compete to win a spot in the Young Editors Training Program. Without having seen the episode, we can inform you that the program gets cut and they're both SOL.
The Office (9 pm on NBC): More changes in lurk for the employment situation at Dunder Mifflin. The episode, titled "Frame Toby", is a mystery about who made a huge mess in the microwave. Toby will be blamed as per usual.

30 Rock (9:30 pm on NBC): Steve Martin will play powerful businessman Gavin Volure. Last week's Jennifer Aniston joint was OK, though not exactly a masterpiece. Hopefully Martin's comic chops will flow naturally into the show's comedy, unlike the ill-fated Night Court finale. Let us also pray that an illicit affair is kindled between Tina Fey and Steve Martin, because every time I see Tina with her husband I feel physically ill.

Life on Mars (10 pm on ABC): The show apes the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby and finally strays from being overly procedural recently, with Sam digging deep into his childhood.
The Sarah Silverman Program (10:30 on Comedy Central): Sarah's hit or miss show about the more annoying version of herself features a job competition this week. Here's the preview clip, featuring some tremendous insight into the ABC island drama Lost:

Friday:
20/20 (10 pm on ABC): Amazin' prostitute of ex-Governor Spitzer Ashley Alexandra Dupre shows up and is all like, "What up Diane Sawyer? You think you know me?!?!" Diane is charitable with her response.

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