We have a lot of great TV coming your way this week, including a free preview of HBO and Cinemax this weekend! Check the “One More Note” section below for more details on this free preview, and two others coming up in the next few weeks from Fox Soccer Plus and EPIX. Here’s your look at a selection of sporting events and other programs airing on TV during the coming week.
Friday:
Shark Tank – 8 pm on ABC (season premiere)
2012 Style Awards – 8 pm on STYLE
Strike Back – 10 pm on Cinemax
Saturday:
Doctor Who – 9 pm on BBC America
Saturday Night Live – 11:30 pm on NBC (season premiere, hosted by Seth MacFarlane)
Sunday:
Sunday Night Football – 8:15 pm on NBC (Lions vs. 49ers)
Boardwalk Empire – 9 pm on HBO (season 3 premiere)
Keeping Up with the Kardashians – 9 pm on E! (season finale)
Weeds – 10 pm on Showtime (series finale)
Monday:
CMA Music Festival – 8 pm on ABC
Bones – 8 pm on FOX (season 8 premiere)
The Mob Doctor – 9 pm on FOX
Revolution – 10 pm on NBC (I’ll give anything J.J. Abrams does a try!)
Tuesday:
So You Think You Can Dance – 8 pm on FOX (2-hour season finale)
White Collar – 9 pm on USA (season finale, followed by the season finale of Covert Affairs)
20/20 – 9 pm on ABC (special edition with Barbara Walters)
Wednesday:
The X Factor – 8 pm on FOX
Royal Pains – 9 pm on USA (season finale)
Big Brother – 9:30 pm on CBS (Finale night! Will Dan win again?)
Thursday:
Saturday Night Live Primetime Election Special – 8 pm on NBC
Up All Night – 8:30 pm on NBC (season premiere, followed by the final season opener of The Office)
Project Runway – 9 pm on Lifetime
One more note: From now through Monday, HBO and Cinemax are free on FiOS TV. This includes all of the HBO and Cinemax channels, all of the on demand programming that they both offer, and HBO 3D. You’ll find HBO and Cinemax on FiOS TV channels 400-431 and 899-931.
More movies are on the way next month, when EPIX offers a free preview during the weekend of October 5th. You can find movies, documentaries and more on FiOS TV channels 395, 895 and 896, plus Video on Demand.
We also have something this weekend for the soccer fans. Beginning Saturday, watch all the soccer you can handle on Fox Soccer Plus, which offers exclusive match content from the most prominent and highest profile soccer competitions, including UEFA Champions League, England’s Barclays Premier League, England’s FA Cup, Italy’s Serie A and French Ligue 1. The channel also offers coverage of Rugby competitions. Normally available for $14.99 a month, Fox Soccer Plus is available for the next week (through Sept. 23) on FiOS TV channel 1009.
What are you watching this week? Don’t forget to let us know if there are any shows that you’d like us to remind you about in future posts. Happy watching!
**all times listed here are Eastern Standard
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