Welcome to another week of TV or Not TV where I just can’t wait until January.

If you are one of the few people that actually watch NBC you know that Chuck is coming back earlier than expected. The show, which was given a new lease on life thanks to avid fans and their feverish purchasing of Subway sandwiches on Monday nights, was originally supposed to return some time in March of next year. It was also originally just given a 13 episode pickup with the possibility of more episodes happening if the show did well in the ratings.

Approximately four weeks ago two interesting bits of news began to trickle down the line. The first bit of exciting news was that the show was getting the go-ahead for an additional six episodes, bringing the total episode count up from 13 to 19. This made fans, and me, very happy. This made the schedule, however, a bit confusing since the extra episodes would take th show well into the summer. What exactly was NBC up to?

About two week’s ago that question was answered when NBC let us know that Chuck would be coming back in January instead of March. This is good news for the fans and it makes me happy, but at the same time trepiditious. I’m thankful the show will be taking over the Monday at 8 time slot for the on life-support Heroes. The fact that Heroes hasn’t faired so well in the time slot itself, and both shows have a similar demographic.

As with any TV show the only real choice out there is to simply embrace hope. People will either watch or they won’t.  I hope they will.

Let’s now turn our attention away from the Intersect and instead look at the viewing options out there for this week.

MONDAY

ABC – 8:00 PM – Once again a stop motion Fred Astaire tells us the origin of Ol’ Saint Nick (voiced by Mickey Rooney) in Santa Clause is Coming to Town. Our kids may have no idea who the narrators are but they’ll still love it if they’re 10 or under.

FOX – 8:00 PM – OK, want something a little more modern for your holiday? Try out Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special and hope it is better than some of the more recent celebrity fodder put out.

TNT – 10:00 PM – Not sure if Ray Romano, Scott Bakula or Andre Braugher can make mid-life seem interesting in Men of a Certain Age so we’ll just all have to watch together and see.

TUESDAY

ABC – 8:00 PM – ABC keeps comes out swinging for the family demographic with A Charlie Brown Christmas followed immediately by the Disney Studio original 3D animated special Prep & Landing.

NBC – 8:00 PM – I have a love/hate relationship with The Biggest Loser since the accomplishments of these people can be both inspiring and capable of making me feel like I can do more both at the same time.

ABC – 9:30 PM – I have to admit that I was pretty hard in the beginning of Better of Ted but given some of the other sitcoms out there this one is good quirky fun. Oh yeah, it’s season premiere is tonight. 

WEDNESDAY

FOX – 9:00 PM – It’s the new winter finale for Glee tonight and if you had good money on the fact that Quinn’s little secret about who her baby daddy really is comes to light tonight I’d say you had a winner.

ABC – 10:00 PM – Once again those with the best publicists, holiday movies or albums coming out get catered to in Barbar Walters Presents: The 10 Most FAscinating People of 2009.

ABC FAMILY – 10:30 PM – I don’t know how you get from a classic poem about a visit from Santa Claus to a story where a mouse  writes a letter that ticks the big man off to make him boycott the town? If this description boggles the mind than you’ll just have to watch ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas yourself to see if you can figure it out.

THURSDAY

FOX – 8:00 PM – I don’t know what the team over at Bones has against Santa but once again another gruesome holiday catastrophy overcomes one of the jolly men in read. Very special guest casting happens with a visit by Zooey Deschanel, Brennan’s real life alter-ego’s sister.

NBC – 8:00 PM – OK, the entire night of NBC’s lineup is always a solid recommendation for me but tonight on Community we get to meet a campus bully played by none other than Anthony Michael Hall. I hope this guest spot leads to his being cast on a certain CBS sitcom so I can make some kind of joke about NPH vs. AMH. Oh to dream.

FOX – 9:00 PM - Winter finale time for Fringe as well and we get to tap into Walter’s brain as well as see Leonard Nimoy one more time as William Bell. 

FRIDAY

FOX – 8:00 PM – What more do you need for me to say other than another two hours of Dollhouse tonight? I know, right?

CBS – 8:00 PM – Speaking of NPH, he lends his voice talents to the animated Yes, Virginia. This 3D holiday special fictionalizes the real life story of a little girl’s letter to the New York Sun in 1897.  Based on that description I just bet you can’t wait to see it (will it help if I tell you it was animated by the same group that animated the Tim Burton Produced 9?)

MTV – 10:00 PM – I have no idea who green lit this one but in Bam Margera Present: Where the #$&% is Santa? Bam gathers up a crew and heads to the Arctic Circle to try to find the man in the red suit.

SATURDAY

NBC – 8:00 PM – I’d have to be an idiot to admit that every time the ending of It’s A Wonderful Life  happens I become a blubbering mess. Oh wait…

SPIKE – 8:00 PM - Hey, you’ve already lost countless hours to playing video games, what’s two more hours paying tribute to them in Spike TV’s Video Game Awards 2009? 

TLC – 9:00 PM – OK, you know that reality TV has hit the wall when you get something like Ghost Intervention. No, Casper doesn’t have a drinking problem, mediums show up to help troubled ghosts we can’t really see. I’d probably recommend just watching The Frighteners instead.

SUNDAY

ABC FAMILY – 8:00 PM – Well, Dad wants to hand over the family business to his daughter Jenny McCarthy in Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe.

SHOWTIME – 9:00 PM – Dexter has to go toe to toe with the Trinity Killer in tonight’s season finale. One look at the show’s title may tell you who wins.

ABC – 10:00 PM – I guess we now know the true cost of a celebrity endorsement during your Presidential campaign: Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special. 

 – Will Wilkins even took their last can of Who-hash.

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