TVSquad

• At 8, FOX has a new American Idol, then a new House.
• NBC has a new, two hour Biggest Loser at 8.
• There's a new Nova on PBS at 8.
• At 9, ABC has a new According To Jim, then a new Carpoolers.
• The CW has a new One Tree Hill at 9.
• Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9.
• BBC America has a new Last Restaurant Standing at 9.
• At 9:30, HBO has a new In Treatment.
• At 10, CBS has a new 48 Hours Mystery.
• FX has a new Nip/Tuck at 10.
• TNT starts running repeats of Bones with the pilot episode at 10.
• Also at 10: A&E has two new episodes of Parking Wars.

Check your local TV listings for more.

They've been a bit sneaky about it. But it's there. It seems that A&E is creeping in more reality programming almost monthly. I have to ask myself ... is this art? Oh, without a doubt, no.

Is it entertainment? The jury is still out on that a bit--at least for me. What it definitely is is something for background noise as I read a novel, peeking up occasionally when something on the show sounds interesting. Now, none of the three shows will garner a full review, but I'm going to do a quick take on Intervention, Parking Wars, and The First 48.

• At 8, FOX has a new American Idol.
• ABC has a new Just For Laughs at 8.
• NBC has a new, two hour Biggest Loser at 8, followed by a new Law and Order: SVU.
• At 9, ABC has a new According To Jim, then a new Carpoolers.
• There's a new One Tree Hill on The CW at 9.
• Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9.
• TLC has two new episodes of something called The Bussey Bunch.
• Also at 9: ESPN2 has more coverage of The Australian Open.
• At 10, CBS has a new 48 Hours Mystery.
• FX has a new Nip/Tuck at 10.
• A&E has two new episodes of Parking Wars starting at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Do you remember coming back from your first semester at college and running into a kid you used to go to high school with who decided to use college as an excuse to totally reinvent him or herself? Like he was the class dork and in three months he's all of a sudden a death-metal anarchist? Or she dated the basketball team (the varsity, junior varsity, AND the freshmen) and now she dresses like Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman?

There was always something disturbing about it. Not so much that they had changed -- everyone has a right to change -- but because what they now were was different from the template you had made for them. When the universe doesn't act like you expect it to, you get uneasy; it's a natural reaction. I couldn't help but feel that way this week, when I watched A&E's new show Parking Wars.