Did you watch Touch last night?! What did you think? I, for one, will be tuning in when it starts airing March 19th. I tell you I gasped, cried, and then held my breath for 30 seconds all in a 2 minute period. If every episode is as good as the pilot FOX will have another hit on their hands.
Now onto tonight. We’ve got several new episodes but they are unfortunately outnumbers with reruns. Thank goodness we are close to February. Why you ask? Well the Nielsen ratings of February sweeps of course. This year the Feb sweeps are February 2nd to the 29th. During this time all the networks will air new episodes looking for a bigger piece of the pie. You typically see your biggest named guest stars during this time to. Personally I think the whole Nielsen system is flawed and definitely outdated but since on one has come up with a better idea its the rating source networks and advertisers look at. What I think of the system is a whole post on itself but not one for tonight. 
Tonight I’ll be catching Big Bang Theory and The Finder. I gave Rob another shot last week and as much as I love Cheech Marin (Cheech & Chong and Nash Bridges) and Diana Maria Riva (The Good Guys) I just can’t find the humor in it. Sorry Rob. The DVR will catch The Firm for me (have to save it for the hubster) I’ll probably catch up on some DVR’d shows at 10. Does anything look good to you?
Line-up for Thursday January 26th…
Fox – American Idol; The Finder
NBC – 30 Rock; Parks & Recreation; The Office; Up All Night*; The Firm
ABC – Wipeout; Grey’s Anatomy; Private Practice
MPBN – Maine Watch*; Maine Calling*; Doc Martin*; Brush and Pen: Artists and Writers of the White Mountains
CW – The Covenant
CBS – The Big Bang Theory; Rob; Person of Interest*; The Mentalist*
TNT – NBA – Celtics at Magic; NBA – Grizzlies at Clippers
FX - Two and a Half Men* (x4); Archer; Unsupervised
USA – NCIS* (x3); Burn Notice*
TBS – Family Guy* (x2); Big Bang Theory (x4)
A&E – The First 48 (1 repeat, 1 new, 2 more repeats)
AMC – Eraser
BBC America – Top Gear* (x4)
Tonight’s highlights tonight (IMO) are (episode descriptions courtesy of IMDb):
The Finder: A Cinderella Story - A NASA scientist needs help finding a woman he met in a bar who left behind a red stiletto, but Walter’s search for a matching show doesn’t come without considerable risk. Meanwhile, Leo’s family secret is exposed by Willa, who gets into more trouble with the law when she tried to make things right between them.
Big Bang Theory: The Beta Test Initiation - Leonard and Penny develop a system to insure their dates go smoothly. Raj finally finds a woman he can talk to – the virtual assistant on his mobile phone.
The Firm: Chapter 5 – Ray is tasked to find clues that could help Mitch defend a gambler who’s been accused of murder; Mitch and Abby make a risky move with a tort case.
