TVSquad

• TNT has Basketball Playoffs all night.
• At 8, ABC has two new episodes of According to Jim, followed by a new Dancing with the Stars and the season finale of Cupid.
• CBS has a new NCIS, then new episodes of The Mentalist and Without A Trace.
• NBC has the season finale of The Biggest Loser at 8.
• FOX has new episodes of American Idol and Fringe.
• The CW has a new Reaper at 8, then a new 90210.
• At 9, PBS has a new Frontline.
• History Channel has a new How The Earth Was Made at 9, followed by a new Life After People.
• At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me.
• Bravo has the Real Housewives of New York City Reunion at 10, then the premiere of Real Housewives of New Jersey.
  
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
• Travel Channel has a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern at 10.
• Also at 10: MTV has a new episode of The Phone.
• At 10:30, TBS has a new My Boys.

• At 8, ABC has a new Scrubs, followed by the season (series?) finale of Better Off Ted and new episodes of Dancing with the Stars and Cupid.
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of The Mentalist and Without A Trace.
• NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser, followed by a new Law and Order: SVU.
• FOX has new episodes of American Idol and Fringe.
• The CW has a new Reaper at 8, then a new 90210.
• TNT has the Hawks/Cavaliers game at 8, followed by the Nuggets/Mavericks game.
• At 9, Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch.
• Hallmark has the movie Bound By A Secret at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me.
• Bravo has a new Real Housewives of New York City at 10.
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
• Travel Channel has a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.
• Also at 10: History Channel has a new Life After People.

(S01E18) We're definitely getting closer to some sort of revelation on Fringe. Last week, we heard Leonard Nimoy's voice on a videotape as William Bell, talking with Walter about a young Olivia in the room with them. This week, we learned that William Bell, founder of Massive Dynamic and the richest guy in the world, is the person funding ZFT. But it's not all that shocking. We've pretty much known all along that he's involved, unless ... there's some big, new twist about his involvement yet to come.

• At 7, Jimmy Fallon is a guest on G4's Attack of the Show.
• At 8, ABC has two new episodes of According To Jim, followed by new episodes of Dancing with the Stars and Cupid.
• CBS has a new NCIS, then new episodes of The Mentalist and Without a Trace.
• NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser at 8, then a new Law and Order: SVU.
• FOX has new episodes of American Idol and Fringe.
• The CW has a new Reaper at 8, followed by a new 90210.
• At 9, PBS has a new Frontline.
• There's a new Food Detectives on Food Network at 9.
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 9.
• At 9:30 (or after the Celtics/Bulls game), TNT has the Mavericks/Spurs game).
• At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me.
• Bravo has a new Real Housewives of New York City at 10.
• History Channel has a new Life After People at 10.
• MTV has a new episode of The Phone.
• At 10:30, TBS has a new My Boys.

When Fringe premiered last September, critics around the country distilled the new sci-fi drama down to one simple sentence: it's like a cross between Alias and The X-Files. At the time, that's what pretty much guaranteed I'd tune in. I still found that assessment a little odd since I always thought Alias had a healthy dose of influence from Mulder and Scully to begin with.

Regardless, Fringe clearly took a few cues from both shows in many ways. However, after this past Tuesday's episode ("Bad Dreams", S01E17), I stared to get a little annoyed. I've seen this before.