TVSquad

• At 8, ABC has a new Supernanny, followed by new episodes of Ugly Betty and 20/20.
• CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer at 8, then new episodes of Medium and Numb3rs.
• NBC has a new Law & Order at 8.
• The CW has a new Smallville at 8.
• There's a new Washington Week on PBS at 8, followed by new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal.
• MyNetwork TV has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• Disney has a new Wizards of Waverly Place at 8.
• Cartoon Network has a new episode of The Clone Wars at 8, followed by a new Ben 10: Alien Force.
• Travel Channel has a new Ghost Adventures Live: Post-Mortem at 8, then two new episodes of Ghost Adventures.
• At 9, USA has a new Monk, then a new White Collar.
• Syfy has a new Stargate Universe at 9, followed by a new Sanctuary.
• BBC America has a new Friday Night with Jonathan Ross at 9.
• National Geographic Channel has a new Dog Whisperer at 9.
• At 10, NBC has a new Jay Leno Show.
• History Channel has a new Lock 'N Load with R. Lee Ermey at 10.
• Also at 10: E! has a new episode of The Soup.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• At 8, ABC has a new Surviving Suburbia, followed by a new Goode Family.
• NBC has a new episode of The Chopping Block at 8.
• FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at 8, then a new Mental.
• PBS has a new Washington Week at 8, followed by new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal.
• At 9, Syfy has a new Eureka.
• BBC America has the conclusion of Torchwood: Children of Earth at 9.
• Travel Channel has two new episodes of Ghost Adventures starting at 9.
• National Geographic has a new Dog Whisperer at 9.
• Also at 9: Hallmark has the movie Mending Fences.
• At 10, ABC has a new 20/20.
• There's a new Real Time with Bill Maher at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• TNT has Basketball Playoffs all night.
• At 8, CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer, followed by new episodes of Flashpoint and Numb3rs.
• FOX has a new Prison Break at 8, then the season (series?) finale of Dollhouse.
• The CW has the season finale of Everybody Hates Chris at 8, followed by a new episode of The Game.
• PBS has new episodes of Washington Week, NOW, and Bill Moyers Journal.
• MyNetwork TV has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• Cartoon Network has a new Secret Saturdays at 8, then a new Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
• At 9, History Channel has a new Patton 360.
• BBC America has a new Mistresses at 9.
• National Geographic Channel has a new Dog Whisperer at 9, then a new Dogtown.
• At 10, ABC has a new 20/20.
• HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher at 10.
• STARZ has a new Head Case at 10, followed by a new Party Down.
• Also at 10: E! has a new episode of The Soup.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by new episodes of Supernanny and 20/20.
• NBC has two new episodes of Howie Do It at 8, then a new, two-hour Dateline.
• PBS has new episodes of Washington Week, NOW, and Bill Moyers Journal.
• MyNetwork TV has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• Cartoon Network has a new episode of The Secret Saturdays at 8.
• Also at 8: TCM has The Maltese Falcon.
• At 9, FOX has the season premiere of Prison Break.
• BBC America has a new Mistresses at 9.
• National Geographic Channel has a new Dog Whisperer at 9.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

Am I a terrible person for not wanting to get Andy Richter Controls The Universe? Not that it was a bad show, it wasn't. It's just not one of those short-lived shows where I say to myself, "boy, I can't wait until that comes out on DVD." I can think of many other short-lived shows on DVD that I would buy before I bought this one. But it's good to see it being released.

I have Room 222 on my shelf but haven't watched it yet.

• Andy Richter Controls The Universe - Complete Series
• Charles in Charge - Season 4 (Amazon.com only)
• The Dog Whisperer - Very Best Of

The next time I have a panic attack, I want Cesar Millan to talk me off the ledge. He might be known as the Dog Whisperer on the National Geographic Channel, but I have a feeling he's great with humans, too. I'm sure I'd respond to his gentle "ch ch" murmurs just as well as the angry pit bulls he deals with regularly on Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan.

The show celebrates its 100th episode on Sept. 19, and this household is officially hooked. There's something strangely meditative about the way he calms the dogs on that show. And, truthfully, it's not so much the dogs he works with as their nimrod human companions. Let's face it. The dogs are alright. The humans need work.

It's all about relationships, and his job, he says, is to draw out the good behavior in any given dog ("There are no killer dogs!"), and then tell the humans how to maintain it.

Dog Whisperer meet Ghost Whisperer. Ghost Whisperer meet Dog Whisperer. In what is either a new low or absurdly funny high in stunt casting, Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan will be guest-starring as himself on an upcoming episode of Ghost Whisperer. It looks like Homer the Ghost Dog is having problems "crossing into the light" so Melinda (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Delia (Camryn Manheim) seek Cesar's post-mortem doggy advice.

Cesar is, of course, the star of his own Dog Whisperer vehicle on the National Geographic Channel. You may remember him in his animated incarnation from South Park when Cartman's mom turned to him for parenting advice. Cesar's aggressive, alpha dog methods have their detractors, but the story of his journey to the United States and daily routine today are something else. Malcolm Gladwell's New Yorker piece on Cesar if worth a look regardless of what you think of his methods. Then again, isn't anything by Malcolm Gladwell worth a look?

(S10E07) When you reach her room, Butters will keep a look out while Kenny opens the bedroom door, Kyle puts a pillow over my mom's head, and Stan shoots her in the face. --Cartman, plotting his mother's demise.

It's been an interesting season, and this wasn't a bad episode to go out on. Cartman's mom, both the sluttiest and most malleable woman on the planet, has almost given up on Cartman, who, as we know from his past exploits, has a tendency to engage in acts of complete, unmitigated evil. No matter how hard she tries, Cartman continues to manipulate her, so she does what any hip mother would do in this day and age, she relies on a reality TV show to try and set her son straight.

Unfortunately, hiring the nannies from Nanny 911 doesn't work, as Cartman's knack for manipulating authority figures sends one away screaming, and another to the insane asylum. Unfortunately, they never send Nanny Skesis, a nice little allusion to The Dark Crystal.