TVSquad

• At 5 all this week, Nickelodeon has new episodes of The Mighty B.
• At 8, FOX has the series premiere of Fringe, then a new Hole in the Wall.
• CBS has a new Big Brother at 8, followed by Fashion Rocks.
• ABC has two new episodes of Wipeout at 8, then a new Primetime: Medical Mysteries.
• NBC has a new, two-hour America's Got Talent.
• There's a new 90210 on The CW at 8, followed by the series premiere of Privileged.
• Also at 8: ESPN has two episodes of The World Series of Poker.
• ABC Family has a new Secret Life on the American Teenager at 8, then a new Greek.
• At 8:40, BBC America has a new Gavin & Stacey.
• At 9, Sci-Fi has a new Eureka at 9, followed by a new ECW.
• At 9:30, Food Network has a new Road Tasted with The Neelys.
• At 10, A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner.
• FX has a new episode of The Shield at 10.
• Lifetime has a How To Look Good Naked at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, ABC has the premiere of Dance Machine, followed by new episodes of Duel and 20/20.
• PBS has a new Washington Week at 8, then new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• Also at 8: TCM has Cyd Charisse movies: Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon, and then Silk Stockings.
• At 8:30, Nickelodeon has a new The Mighty B!
• At 9, Sci-Fi has a new Doctor Who.
• At 10, Comedy Central has a new Live at Gotham.
• History Channel has a new Shockwave at 10.
• There's a new episode of The Soup at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

I'm not here to argue for or against the comedic talents of current box-office champs Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. No, what I'm here to ask is: why do people dislike them so much? I'm not talking about people who just say that the two of them aren't funny; I'm talking about people who think that the two of them were the worst thing to happen to SNL, the comedy genre, and the entertainment world in general.

Case in point: this somewhat obtuse essay praising Poehler on Slate.com. In the process of reviewing Poehler's cartoon, The Mighty B!, writer Troy Patterson goes through some verbal gymnastics, like calling the ASSSCAT show she puts on at the UCB Theater "a Dadaist party trick," among other head-scratching terms. But what's interesting is the virulent reaction his review gets in the comments section.