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Family and the workplace -- two constants in everyday American society. They are the places where we spend most of our lives. Sometimes we spend more time at one over complaints of the other. Other times, we barely want to spend time at either location.

Because these are so important to many people across this country, it made sense that television would delve into both of these environments during the Reality Revolution. However, since a 60-minute show about a senior technical analyst sitting in his four square-foot cube was not likely to draw in the audience, the reality shows that were created focused on those families and workplaces that were a tad more unique. Thusly, shows were created around well-to-do families, celebrity families, or families with multiple children, while workplace shows dealt in tattoos, motorcycles, hair styling, and house-flipping.

Coming in later than the game operas and relationship shows, these family and workplace programs ushered in a new phase of the Reality Revolution and set the stage for the future of reality programming.

• At 8, CBS has a new Creature Comforts.
• NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal at 8, then the premiere of Age of Love and a new Dateline.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World starting at 8, then a new Big Medicine.
• ABC Family has a new Kyle XY at 8.
• American Life has private eye shows at 8: Harry O, 77 Sunset Strip, and Hawaiian Eye.
• At 9, FOX has a new Hell's Kitchen.
• Lifetime has the new movie My Neighbor's Keeper at 9.
• There's a new Monday Night RAW at 9 on USA.
• Also at 9: TNT has the season premiere of The Closer, then the series premiere of Heartland.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, followed by a new The Secret Life Of...
• TCM has The Picture of Dorian Gray at 10.
• HBO has a new Big Love at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by the debut of The Ex-Wives Club and a new Supernanny.
• FOX has a new, two-hour On The Lot at 8.
• NBC has a new Real Wedding Crashers at 8, then the Miss Universe Pageant.
• Four good Friends repeats on TBS starting at 8.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World, then a new Big Medicine.
• At 9 on CNN, Larry King interviews journalist Kimberly Dozier.
• There's a new Monday Night RAW on USA at 9.
• Lifetime has the new movie My Name Is Sarah at 9.
• Also at 9: Food Network has a new Challenge, then a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• At 10, FX has a new episode of The Riches.
• Discovery has a new Stunt Junkies at 10.
• E! has the season premiere of The Simple Life at 10, then the premiere of Sunset Tan.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has college football, Virginia Tech at Miami.
• FOX has a new Cops at 8, a repeat, then a new America's Most Wanted.
• NBC has a new Dateline at 8.
• Oxygen has Breakfast at Tiffany's at 8.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8, then two new eps of Flip That House and a new Trading Spaces.
• Also at 8: Cartoon Network has a new Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, followed by a repeat Naruto, a new Naruto, a new Zatch Bell, and a new Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo.
• There's a new Designer's Challenge on HGTV at 9.
• Food Network has Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 9.
• At 10, CBS has a new 48 Hours Mystery.
• HBO has the standup special Roseanne Barr: Blonde and Bitchin' at 10.
• At 11, FOX has a new Mad TV, followed by a new Talk Show With Spike Feresten.
• At 11:30, NBC has a "Best of Darrell Hammond" episode of Saturday Night Live.

• At 7, ABC has the original Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston.
  
• At 8, CBS has a repeat of Numb3rs, followed by a repeat CSI: Miami and a new 48 Hours Mystery.
• NBC has a new, two hour Dateline, followed by a repeat Law and Order: CI.
• FOX has a repeat Cops at 8, a new Cops, then a new America's Most Wanted.
• TLC has an all-new lineup tonight, starting at 8: two new eps of Little People, Big World, a new Trading Spaces, then two new eps of Tuckerville.
• At 9, VH-1 reruns the first three episodes of Love Monkey.
• At 10, IFC has a new Henry Rollins Show, followed by a new Samurai 7.
• At 10:15, TMC has Gidget, with Sandra Dee and James Darren.
• At 11, Bo Bice guests on a new Mad TV.
• At 11:30, NBC has a new Saturday Night Live with Lindsay Lohan and Pearl Jam.