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Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 11 June

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9pm, My Own Worst Enemy, Sci-Fi & HD
NEW SERIES Christian Slater gets his first big telly role as a mild-mannered family man who is horrified to discover he’s got a government-implanted micro-chip in his brain that means he turns into a violent superspy when his controllers flick a switch, and his life gets exceedingly complicated as his two worlds collide.
• catch it again Saturday, 8pm

9pm & 10pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
Hallmark are speeding things up with their new Thursday night double-bills of the show. Goren tries to win brownie points with an undercover op at a prison psychiatric ward where his nephew’s an inmate; and Logan and Falacci investigate the execution-style murder of three young college freshmen.
• catch them again tomorrow night, 8pm & 9pm

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
Jane’s sceptical when a local witch is suspected of being responsible for the murder of a local teenager who had terrorised her cat, but the normally cynical Cho gets caught up in her spellbinding ways.
• catch it again, Sunday, 7pm on Five US

9pm, My Name Is Earl, E4
Earl tries to make amends with a man he once bullied at school, but it turns out little Wally is now a muscle-clad bodybuilder… Meanwhile, Randy injects some shark adrenaline to help him stand up to Joy.
• catch it again at on E4+1, 10pm/Saturday, 7pm

10pm, Lie to Me, Sky1 & Sky HD
A notorious gang leader claims to have turned his back on a life of crime, and wants to be freed from jail, but Torres finds it hard to keep her emotions at bay as they interrogate him since he’s responsible for so many ruined lives in her community.
• catch it again on Sunday, 11pm

10pm, Californication, Fiver
Hank decides to do some digging on Ashby, so he tries to find his lost love, Janie Jones, and Charlie comes up with the genius idea of turning his home into the set of his movie, becoming a part of the film.
• catch it again on Wednesday, 10pm

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
It’s not so much ‘bring your parent to work’ day at Seattle Grace, more ‘find a way to get your parent to leave again’ as Meredith’s dad turns up begging for forgiveness, and Izzie’s mum (guest star Sharon Lawrence) makes an unscheduled stop at her sick bed.
• catch it again on Living+1, 11pm/Living+2, 12m’t/Wednesday, 8pm

10pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
Holly and Sarah lock horns dring Ojai’s so-called unity party, and as Kitty continues to toy with the idea of having an affair, she’s haunted by memories of her philandering father.
• catch it again on More4+1, 11pm

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 4 June

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9pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
A young writer who worked her way up from the Bronx is murdered, and Goren and Eames initially suspect her drug-dealing rapper boyfriend of killing her, but eventually turn their attentions to the seemingly restrained literary world. • catch it again tomorrow night, 8pm

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
A convicted murderer contacts Jane claiming he’s innocent, and that he has information about his nemesis, Red John. Jane starts breaking every rule in the book to get him to talk, but the case reveals just how well-connected Red John is.
• catch it again, Sunday, 7pm on Five US

9pm, My Name Is Earl, E4
Earl is really in the doghouse after Randy discovers he ruined his one and only chance at love with a childhood sweetheart called Pinkie, and Earl has to find a way to reunite the couple. Thankfully, Pinkie hasn’t gotten far…
• catch it again at on E4+1, 10pm/Saturday, 7pm

10pm, Lie to Me, Sky1 & Sky HD
Cal and the team are hired to prevent the assassination of the South Korean ambassador when he attends his son’s wedding, but then someone else at the do gets shot instead. Insert your own ’shotgun wedding’ joke here.
• catch it again on Sunday, 11pm

10pm, Californication, Fiver
Hank’s out on his ear, and staying with Ashby, but Lew arranges for him to have a fling with the popular but exceedingly loud-mouthed TV chef Chloe Metz. That’s really not going to win Karen round - unless Chloe leaves some great recipes behind.
• catch it again on Wednesday, 10pm

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
Callie’s dad (guest star Hector Elizonda) shows up in his usual ‘demure’ fashion, and Callie decides now’s as good a time as any to tell him about Arizona. Bye bye, trust fund.
• catch it again on Living+1, 11pm/Living+2, 12m’t/Wednesday, 8pm

10pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
Julia has to face the fact that without Tommy she can’t afford to live in their plush home anymore. Elsewhere, Holly schemes to get Ryan into Ojai, and Robert finds out about Alec. Go on, punch his lights out, Robert!
• catch it again on More4+1, 11pm

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 28 May

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9pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
Steve Guttenberg guest-stars in an episode that bears a striking resemblance to the real-life divorce shenanigans of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger.
• catch it again tomorrow night, 8pm

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
A professor is poisoned to death, and the main suspect turns out to be Jane’s former psychiatrist, a fact that somewhat clouds his judgement…
• catch it again, Sunday, 7pm on Five US

9pm, Bones, Sky1
SERIES FINALE It’s the one everyone’s been talking about, with Bones and Booth as you’ve never seen them before, getting up close and personal. It almost feels wrong.
• catch it again, Friday, 9pm on Sky2

9pm, My Name Is Earl, E4
Earl’s latest good deed recipient is the improbably named Griselda Weezmer, the local witch lady who turns out to be even crazier than he remembered. She’s played by the always fab Golden Girls star Betty White.
• catch it again at on E4+1, 10pm/Saturday, 7pm

9pm, ER, More4
SERIES FINALE It’s the end of the line for the long-running show, which draws to a close with a feature-length episode full of the sort of fast-paced emotional drama that made it such a favourite for so long.
• catch it again at on More4+1, 10pm

10pm, Californication, Fiver
Hank chooses to propose to Karen right before a dinner party, with Mia, Charlie, Marcy, Lew Ashby, Sonja and Julian due to show up at any moment, but the usual cocktail of drugs and happenstance takes things in a peculiar direction.
• catch it again on Wednesday, 10pm

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
Derek’s back after his ‘episode’, but his first surgery is on Izzie. No pressure there, then. Elsewhere, Owen has an extreme reaction to a ceiling fan, forcing Cristina to face up to the extent of his problems.
• catch it again on Living+1, 11pm/Living+2, 12m’t/Wednesday, 8pm

10.45pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
Kevin’s ex, Chad, shows up unexpectedly with a steamy proposition involving Scotty, and Sarah decides it’s time she got a little action of her own. Oh, and Nigel Havers is back too.
• catch it again on More4+1, 11.45pm

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 21 May

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9pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
A young Arabic diver is washes up on shore, and the team’s initial instinct is to suspect he’s involved with terrorists, but then Goren and Eames discover the victim was part of a trio of con artists working as salvagers for a wealthy local man.
• catch it again tomorrow night, 8pm

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
A man is killed in an arson attack, and then similar attacks reveal a link to their shared history in the military, but there’s no obvious suspect and Patrick decides to pull another of his tricks to flush out the killer.
• catch it again, Sunday, 7pm on Five US

9pm, Bones, Sky1
In an episode with a serious yuck factor, a body is found in a wine barrel and the remains are fairly gooey, but not so liquified that they can’t be identified as a wine critic who obviously gave one too many bad reviews.
• catch it again, Friday, 9pm on Sky2

9pm, My Name Is Earl, E4
Earl works on a list item relating to his childhood hero, Chaz Dalton, who runs a space academy, but then he discovers the man is an imposter using the identity to make money. Meanwhile, Darnell makes up for time lost in the witness protection programme using a website called ‘Buddybook’.
• catch it again at on E4+1, 10pm/Saturday, 7pm

9pm, ER, More4
Morris, Brenner and Gates reveal their karaoke skills when they volunteer at a hospital-based camp for kids who’ve had heart surgery, and Banfield’s hopes of adopting the abandoned baby look like being dashed.
• catch it again at on More4+1, 10pm

10pm, Californication, Fiver
As biographer to music mogul Lew Ashby, Hank gets caught up in the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, and faces extreme temptation when a posse of prostitutes arrives to entertain the band, including blast from the past Beatrice Trixie.
• catch it again on Wednesday, 10pm

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
The Chief sends half of his staff out to Derek’s trailer to try to make him come back, but his melancholy proves to be seriously infectious, and the hospital is abuzz as Mark prepares for a rare face transplant surgery. Even though you know it’s prosthetics, you’ll still wince…
• catch it again on Living+1, 11pm/Living+2, 12m’t/Wednesday, 8pm

11pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
Nora opens her cancer centre with the usual grand ceremony, Ryan ramps up his attempts to impress Rebecca, and Robert manages to irk Kitty again - just as she meets a hunky single dad at the park. Uh oh.
• catch it again on More4+1, 12m’t

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 7 May

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9pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
A dentist is murdered by the mother of one of his patients (that must have been a seriously bad filling), and Goren and Eames follow the evidence trail to a company that seems to have been the target of a criminal conspiracy involving contaminated mouthwash.
• catch it again tomorrow night, 8pm

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
Patrick is confronted with someone who knows almost as many tricks as he does when a medium is implicated in a wealthy woman’s death, and the case brings up some extremely painful memories about his wife and son.
• catch it again, Sunday, 7pm on Five US

9pm & 10pm, Bones, Sky1
Bones adds body-snatching to her CV this week when she thinks a recently deceased colleague was actually murdered; and then in the second of tonight’s episodes an old pal of Booth flies in from Toyko to investigate after his sister’s head is found on a spike. You’ll be impressed by Angela’s gender-defining methods.
• catch it again, Friday, 9pm & 10pm on Sky2

9pm, My Name Is Earl, E4
Eighties soap queens Morgan Fairchild and Joan Van Ark guest-star as two of Joy’s new neighbours who turn to Earl to help them with their guilt-based insomnia after he accidentally blinds one of their dogs with his car exhaust fumes.
• catch it again at on E4+1, 10pm/Saturday, 7pm

9pm & 10pm, ER, More4
It’s another double bill, and the second one is the one you’ve all been waiting for, as George Clooney finally reprises his role as delectable Doug Ross, now based in Seattle alongside wife Carol (Julianna Margulies). Back in Chicago, Morris gets a shock when his cop girlfriend is admitted to the ER.
• catch it again at on More4+1, 10pm & 11pm/Monday, 12m’t & 1.00am

10pm, Californication, Fiver
David Duchovny returns as the womanising author Hank, but he’s going to have to curtail his wild ways now he’s back with Karen, and she’s already setting new limits, starting with a vasectomy. Ouch!
• catch it again on Wednesday, 10pm

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
Madison is still in Seattle, and she and Derek clash over the treatment of a patient. Elsewhere, Faye Dunaway guest-stars as a veteran surgeon who gets on the wrong side of Cristina. That is one seriously immovable forehead, Faye!
• catch it again on Living+1, 11pm/Living+2, 12m’t/Wednesday, 8pm

11pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
The Walker kids try to prevent Nora finding out about Tommy, but they haven’t reckoned on their weasely new half-brother. He may look as if butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth, but I suspect he has inherited his father’s devious ways.
• catch it again on More4+1, 12m’t

In the latest issue of TV & Satellite Week…

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Get the bunting out, Gorgeous George is back! Yes, it’s the week that George Clooney returns to ER, along with fellow County General alumni Julianna Margulies and Eric La Salle, and you won’t be disappointed.The equally charming David Duchovny is also back this week, though his Californication character Hank Moody has an altogether different interpretation of a good bedside manner.Plus, we preview Joss Whedon’s long-awaited sci-fi drama Dollhouse, which features Buffy star Eliza Dushku and Battlestar Galactica’s Tahmoh Penikett.All this, and movies, sports, soaps and the best listings that money can buy.

Four things we learned today | Monday 6 April

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1. Kathleen Turner is to appear in Californication.

2. The new Melrose Place will still be home to the conniving Sydney, as well as new girl Kendra off Battlestar.

3. The no-good quiz host from Slumdog Millionaire is coming to 24.

4. A major character won’t be returning for the second season of 90210.

In the latest issue of TV & Satellite Week

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This week, TV & Satellite Week discovers an unlikely link between Lost star Naveen Andrews and the Peter Pan of Pop, Cliff Richard; reveals how you can watch all five series of The Wire without having to buy a single boxset; and previews the brand new series of David Duchovny’s eye-poppingly raunchy Californication.

Plus, of course, our weekly TV Spy round-up of all the comings and goings in your favourite US dramas, and listings for more TV channels than any other TV mag!

You can’t miss it - it’s the one with the cherub-faced girl trying to hypnotise you on the cover…

OMG! Like, here’s a sneak preview of Gossip Girl season 2!

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For those of you who have been missing Serena, Dan, Blair, Nate and most of all the utterly splendid Chuck Bass, weep no more: Gossip Girl is coming back in the new year! When we left the gang at the end of season one, a heartbroken Serena was taking some time out in the Hamptons, Dan was assuming the moral high ground back in Brooklyn, Rufus was on the road with his implausible 90s band and Lily was married to the excellent Bart Bass. And while Blair waited for him to whisk her off to Europe on a private jet, the incorrigible Chuck was introducing himself to a nubile young employee of his father’s…

From the looks of it, the new season promises even more scandal, one-liners and fabulous outfits - including Chuck in some fetching beachwear - plus guest stars such as Mädchen Amick (Twin Peaks, ER, Californication) and Bright Lights, Big City author Jay McInerney. There’s more info on ITV’s website, - and check out this extended preview we’ve found! You know you love us - xoxo…