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Here's tonight's TV lineup (all times Eastern).

• At 8, ABC has a new episode of 'The Deep End,' followed by new episodes of 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Private Practice.'
• CBS has 'Surviving Survivor' at 8, then new episodes of 'CSI' and 'The Mentalist.'
• NBC has new episodes of 'Community,' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'The Office,' '30 Rock,' and 'The Jay Leno Show.'
• FOX has a new 'Bones' at 8, followed by a new 'Fringe.'
• There's a new 'Vampire Diaries' on The CW at 8, then a new 'Supernatural.'
• History Channel has a new 'Modern Marvels' at 8, followed by a new 'Food Tech.'
• At 9, VH-1 has 'Super Bowl Fan Jam 2010.'
• TLC has a new 'American Chopper' at 9.
• Spike has a new 'TNA Impact' at 9.
• At 10, USA has a new 'Burn Notice.'
• Comedy Central has the season premiere of 'Important Things with Demetri Martin' at 10, then the season premiere of 'The Sarah Silverman Program.'
• Lifetime has a new 'Project Runway' at 10.
• Bravo has a new 'Real Housewives of Orange County' at 10.
• Food Network has a new 'Ace of Cakes' at 10.
• Also at 10: FX has a new 'Archer.'

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• At 8, ABC has the series premiere of The Deep End, then new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.
• NBC has a new Community at 8, followed by new episodes of Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock, and The Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has new episodes of Bones and Fringe.
• The CW has a new Vampire Diaries at 8, then a new Supernatural.
• History Channel has a new Modern Marvels at 8, followed by the series premiere of Food Tech.
• At 9, CBS has a new CSI, followed by a new episode of The Mentalist.
• TLC has a new American Chopper at 9.
• ESPN2 has more coverage of The Australian Open at 9.
• Spike has a new TNA Impact! at 9.
• Current has a new SuperNews at 9.
• At 10, USA has a new Burn Notice.
• Lifetime has a new Project Runway at 10.
• There's a new Ace of Cakes on Food Network at 10.
• Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County at 10.
• MTV has a new Jersey Shore at 10.
• Current has a new InfoMania at 10, then a new Rotten Tomatoes Show.
• Also at 10: FX has a new Archer.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Just like the rest of the universe, we've been thinking about the best TV of the decade. But instead of putting out a top ten list, we decided to let each Squadder comment on the show or shows he/she thinks was the best of that category.

We're splitting this out in a number of different categories; you'll see the posts through Sunday. Today, we start off with a biggie: Dramas. -- Joel

It's weird that an entire decade has gone by already, isn't it? I don't even think we've decided on what to call the 00s exactly. And isn't it amazing how many good shows can be jam-packed into 10 years? Sometimes people moan about the state of television, but there were some fantastic TV shows in the 2000s, including dramas.

Here are our picks for the dramas that stood out since 2000.

Have you received all your Christmas gifts? Would you like one more? Okay, here it is, when Burn Notice returns for the winter season on January 21, the first episode will include guest star Tyne Daly. That's right, Tyne will be reuniting with her Cagney & Lacey co-star Sharon Gless. This is will be the first of seven new Burn Notices till next summer.

There's another Cagney & Lacey story in the news. CSI creator Anthony Zuiker wants to revive the show for CBS. For those who don't recall, Cagney & Lacey was the top female cop drama of the 1980's -- actually of all time. It was a serious police drama, unlike something jiggly like Charlie's Angels or safe and pedestrian like Police Woman.

• At 7, G4 has a new Attack of the Show, then a new X-Play.
• At 8, CBS has a new Survivor, followed by new episodes of CSI and The Mentalist.
• NBC has Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas at 8, then a new Jay Leno Show.
• TCM has Christmas in Connecticut at 8, followed by Holiday Affair.
• TLC has a new American Chopper at 9.
• Spike has a new TNA Wrestling at 9.
• Current has a new SuperNews at 9.
• At 10, Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County.
• MTV has a new Jersey Shore at 10.
• At 10:30, Current has a new Rotten Tomatoes Show.

Check your local TV listings for more.

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• Travel Channel has a Man vs. Food marathon all night.
• At 8, CBS has a new Survivor, followed by new episodes of CSI and The Mentalist.
• NBC has a new Community at 8, then new episodes of Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock and The Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has new episodes of Bones and Fringe.
• At 9, Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Atlanta, followed by a new Real Housewives of Orange County.
• Comedy Central has a new Jeff Dunham Show at 9.
• TLC has a new American Chopper at 9.
• Cartoon Network has a new Total Drama Action at 9, then a new Johnny Test.
• Spike has a new TNA Wrestling at 9.
• Also at 9: Current has a new SuperNews.
• At 10, FX has the season finale of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, followed by the season finale of The League.
• ABC Family has A Flintstone Christmas at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

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The term "adult video games" sounds admittedly dirty, so we'll steer clear of that and call CBS Consumer Products' upcoming line of TV series-based titles "grown up."

CBS announced in a press release that they're breaking out a line of games related to hit shows that aren't exactly on the kids' radars -- what with their rock n' roll and their Hula-Hoops and their "Beavis and Buttheads." You'd expect to see console or computer games based on The Clone Wars or Battlestar Galatica, but Diagnosis: Murder and Hollywood Squares? What would Paul Lynde say?

But, those latter two shows are on the list, with a PC & Mac game heading our way in 2010 for Diagnosis and an iPod Touch and iPhone game of Squares coming next year.

Welcome to our new feature, TV Squad readers. How well do you know what you think you know about television? Play our little trivia game, Fact or Fiction. We'll state the premise, then tell you the reality, i.e. the fact or the fiction. By the way, if you have ideas for Fact or Fiction, or questions you'd like us to figure out, share with us in the comments.

Fact or Fiction: When Chuck Lorre originally created The Big Bang Theory, the boys were dominated by a nasty neighbor named Katie.

Fact! Chuck Lorre told Watch magazine's Jim Colluci that a year before The Big Bang Theory was picked up by CBS, the first pilot had a female character named Katie. She manipulated the guys. "It was like shooting fish in a barrel. It didn't work," Johnny Galecki told Colluci. The problem was that Sheldon, Leonard, Raj and Howard were and are essentially innocents and without maliciousness. The idea of a woman taking advantage of their innocence was not only mean, it wasn't funny. The writers went back to the drawing board -- so to speak -- and, thus, the character of sweet, gentle Penny was born.

• Syfy has a Legend of the Seeker marathon all night.
• At 8, ABC has a new FlashForward, followed by new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.
• CBS has a new Survivor at 8, then new episodes of CSI and The Mentalist.
• NBC has new episodes of Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock, and The Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has a new Bones at 8, then a new Fringe.
• The CW has a new Vampire Diaries at 8, followed by new episodes of Supernatural.
• TCM has Fourteen Hours at 9, then High Noon.
• At 9, Comedy Central has a new Jeff Dunham Show.
• TLC has a new American Chopper at 9.
• Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Atlanta at 9, then a new Real Housewives of Orange County.
• Cartoon Network has a new Total Drama Action at 9.
• Also at 9: Food Network has a new Extreme Cuisine with Jeff Corwin.
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Project Runway.
• FX has a new It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia at 10.
• There's a new Tosh.0 on Comedy Central at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

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Michael Ausiello is reporting that CBS has reduced the number of episodes of Numb3rs for this season from 22 to only 16. What does this mean for the show? Well, it means that sometimes numbers aren't good even on Numb3rs. It also means that this pretty much guarantees that this will be the last season for the show. Ausiello thinks that CBS will put Flashpoint in the time slot when the episodes run out.

So, are all of you people who tried to save Southland going to mount a similar campaign for this show? I didn't think so.

• At 7:30, FOX has Game 2 of The World Series.
• ABC has a new FlashForward at 8, then new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.
• CBS has a new Survivor at 8, followed by new episodes of CSI and The Mentalist.
• NBC has new episodes of Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock, and The Jay Leno Show.
• The CW has a new Vampire Diaries at 8, then new episodes of Supernatural.
• Cartoon Network has a new Chowder at 8.
• At 9, Comedy Central has a new Jeff Dunham Show.
• TLC has a new American Chopper at 9.
• Spike has TNA Wrestling at 9.
• Cartoon Network has a new Total Drama Action at 9.
• At 10, Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Atlanta.
• FX has a new It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia at 10, then the series premiere of The League.
• Food Network has the season finale of Ace of Cakes at 10.
• Current has a new Rotten Tomatoes at 10.
• Also at 10: Lifetime has a new Project Runway.
  

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Three episodes into CSI's tenth season and it turns out that Jorja Fox's five episode return to the show has been extended "indefinitely." According to TVGuide.com, executive producer Carol Mendelsohn has confirmed that Fox's Sara Grissom will be around for many more episodes this season than originally planned.

Thus far, Fox has appeared in the first two eps this season. So there's still three left in her original contract and while it's still unknown how many more episodes she'll be in, you can probably figure on at least half the season.

That can't bode well for Sara and Gil fans. Grissom had a tough time last season without Sara around and I have a hard time believing that they'll be able to sell us a happy relationship between the two of them with Sara in Las Vegas and Gil traveling the world to give lectures.

• At 8, ABC has a new FlashForward, followed by new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.
• CBS has a new Survivor at 8, then new episodes of CSI and The Mentalist.
• NBC has a new Community at 8, followed by new episodes of Parks and Recreation and The Office, the season premiere of 30 Rock, and a new Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has new episodes of Bones and Fringe.
• The CW has a new Vampire Diaries at 8, then a new Supernatural.
• TBS has Baseball Playoffs at 8, the Dodgers vs. the Phillies.
• At 9, Spike has a new TNA Wrestling.
• MTV has a new Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory at 9, followed by new episodes of Bully Beatdown, Nitro Circus, and Pranked.
• Cartoon Network has a new Total Drama Action at 9, then a new Stoked.
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Project Runway.
• FX has a new It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia at 10.
• Comedy Central has a new Tosh.0 at 10.
• At 10:30, Current has a new Rotten Tomatoes Show.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Generally speaking, the CSI franchise has been a ratings juggernaut for CBS. Still, this season the original CSI has been declining a bit. It started last season when Laurence Fishburne took on the role of Dr. Ray Langston, becoming the main man on the show with William Petersen exiting.

Well, in an effort to perhaps pump up Fishburne's popularity, CBS is doing something unique. For the first time, a CSI character -- Langston -- will crossover to the other two shows in the same week, all part of the same story.

Will it work? Probably. Crossover stunts are always fun and it'll give viewers who watch one of the CSI's or two, to sample the other. That's not as weird as it sounds. I only watch CSI, not NY or Miami.

• At 8, ABC has a new FlashForward, followed by new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.
• CBS has a new Survivor at 8, then new episodes of CSI and The Mentalist.
• NBC has new episodes of Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, and The Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has a new Bones at 8, followed by a new Fringe.
• There's a new Vampire Diaries on The CW at 8, then a new Supernatural.
• Discovery has a new Destroyed in Seconds at 8.
• At 9, BBC America has the season finale of Skins.
• ESPN has College Football, Nebraska vs. Missouri, at 10.
• Travel Channel has a new Extreme Cuisine with Jeff Corwin at 9.
• Spike has a new TNA Wrestling at 9.
• MTV has a new Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory at 9, followed by new episodes of Bully Beatdown, Nitro Circus, and Pranked.
• At 9:45, Disney has a new Phineas & Ferb.
• At 10, Lifetime has a new Project Runway.
• FX has a new It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia at 10.
• Comedy Central has a new Tosh.0 at 10.
• Food Network has a new Ace of Cakes at 10.
• Also at 10: Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.