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Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 11 February

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8pm, Modern Family, Sky1
Minnie Driver guest stars as one of Claire’s former work colleagues who manages to give her an inferiority complex, Phil comes up with an intriguing new sales method, and Mitchell has a conflict of interest when Gloria asks for his legal advice.

9pm, The Good Wife, More4
Alicia faces another dilemma when she thinks she’s found evidence of jury tampering during a high-profile case against a pharmaceutical company. Meanwhile, Peter’s defence team ask her to testify in his appeal hearing.

10pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
Hunky Frenchman Luc ensconces himself at Nora’s house, and soon has the whole Walker clan drooling over him. Scotty and Kevin find a potential surrogate mum, and Holly gets some shocking news…

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
Lexie and Meredith run the full gamut of emotions when their alcoholic dad shows up at the hospital in need of a new liver, and Cristina starts getting desperate about finding a surgery to take part in.

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 4 February

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8pm, Modern Family, Sky1
The guest stars keep on coming when Chazz Palminteri turns up as an old pal of Jay who sets off Mitchell’s gaydar, much to the annoyance of Jay. Meanwhile, Gloria gives Manny’s date a makeover, and Claire wages war against a remote control.

9pm, The Good Wife, More4
Alicia has to swallow her pride yet again when she’s asked to represent the son of a family who snubbed her after Peter’s fall from grace. It means a return to her old neighbourhood, and some painful memories of happier times…

10pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
The newly returned Sarah tries to distract Kitty from her chemotherapy by giving her ALL the details about her steamy romance with a dashing Frenchman - guest star Gilles Marini, who’s also cropping up right about now on Nip/Tuck.

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
The redundancy axe is hanging ominously over all the residents, who respond by pushing themselves even harder than usual and refusing to leave the hospital for fear of being seen as weak. Izzie feels the pressure too, returning to work in a fetching red wig, but will it be enough to hoodwink HR about her condition?

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 28 January

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8pm, Modern Family, Sky1
Phil lets Luke take the blame when Claire finds a pornographic picture on their computer, Gloria has an understandably strong reaction to Jay’s latest love - a life-sized dog butler statue, and Mitchell is annoyed by Cameron when he becomes more interested in the new Hispanic gardener’s troubles than his own.

9pm, The Good Wife, More4
After its debut on Monday on Channel 4, The Good Wife’s first-see episode moves to Thursdays on More4, with repeats on C4 on Monday. Julianna Margulies’s resolve holds fast as steely but compassionate lawyer Alicia as she takes on the case of a prostitute crying rape - even though the woman may have had a dalliance with wayward husband Peter.

10pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
Kitty plucks up the courage to tell the whole clan about her condition, but it leaks out in the usual Walker fashion, and it’s not long before Nora and Robert are at loggerheads over the best course of action. Elsewhere, Saul bumps into an old business acquaintance who seems set on causing trouble for Ojai.

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
The docs try to cope with their grief over George in different ways. Callie has taken up her new position at Mercy West, where she ends up treating a most unexpected patient; Alex becomes emotionally distant from Izzie; Cristina and Owen undergo tough-love couple therapy; and the Chief has some shocking news for everyone.

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 21 January

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8pm, Modern Family, Sky1
Benjamin Bratt makes a guest appearance as Javier, Manny’s unreliable dad, and his presence makes Jay extremely jealous. Over at the Dunphy household, Claire has to ask a sexy fireman to provide transport when Phil’s struck down with painful kidney stones.

9pm & 10pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
NEW SERIES The Walkers are back and, quelle surprise, there’s a major secret at the heart of the drama. Prepare to shed a few tears as Kitty gives her family some devastating news, and then to be cheered up considerably by the appearance of Gilles Marini as Sarah’s sexy French lover.

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
NEW SERIES The second of tonight’s dramatic big hitters picks up the story from last season’s big cliffhanger, with George and Izzie both fighting for their lives, though you’d have to have serious ostrich-like qualities not to know by now which one of them pulls through. Upstairs, the Chief has more bad news to deal with too.

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 10 December

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8pm, Modern Family, Sky1
Claire and Phil threaten to take Christmas away when their kids play up, Gloria and Manny want to add some Colombian touches to Jay’s holiday traditions, and Cameron and Mitchell take Lily to the mall for her first picture with Santa. You know that’s going to end in tears, and they’re not going to be coming from Lily…

9pm, Bones, Sky1
Booth and Brennan find out just how competitive video gamers can be after one of them is found dead in a big vat of gloop behind a restaurant. If you like the look of the game he died defending, you can play Ponky Pong yourself on the Fox website. Look out for them bananas!

9pm, Scrubs, E4
SERIES FINALE Gosh, this series has flown by - at least we can console ourselves with the fact there’s another one in full flow in the States. In the double bill, JD’s planning to leave Sacred Heart, but before he goes there are just a few things he needs to take care of. Meanwhile, Elliot starts secretly moving her furniture into JD’s apartment!

Six things we learned today | Wednesday 18 November

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1. A number of old faces are set to join Heather Locklear back on Melrose Place.

2. Arrested Development’s Will Arnett’s set to guest on his wife Amy Poehler’s show, Parks & Recreation.

3. Could Ugly Betty be getting the axe after season four?

4. Modern Family will be getting a visit from comedy legend Fred Willard.

5. Is this the final, final version of the Lost season six poster?

6. And Mark Pellegrino’s revealed that Jacob will be appearing in multiple Lost episodes next season.

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 5 November

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8pm, Modern Family, Sky1
Shelley ‘Cheers’ Long makes an appearance as DeDe, Jay’s ex-wife, who drops by unexpectedly to apologise for the incident she caused at his wedding to Gloria. The whole family meets up at Claire’s house for dinner, where DeDe tries to make up with everyone, but unsurprisingly succeeds only in making things worse…

9pm, Bones, Sky1
A first mystery, the discovery of charred human remains, is resolved when Brennan determines the ‘victim’ is an ancient Egyptian mummy, but a second mystery proves more shocking after the museum curator in charge of the mummy is brutally murdered. Meanwhile, Booth is jealous when Brennan goes on a date with one of his former supervisors, and Sweet’s girlfriend Daisy is back on duty.

10pm, Lie to Me, Sky1
We’re going to set Cal Lightman on the schedulers at Sky1, who told us they were going to show an old episode of the drama tonight when we were putting this week’s mag together. Instead, they’ve gone ahead with a nice shiny new episode, with guest star Lennie James as someone from Cal’s past who he’s not too happy to be reunited with.

10pm, Private Practice, Living
Addison and Violet try to persuade a Katie to have life-saving surgery, but she’s in a state after losing her baby. Dell’s also struggling with loss, now his ex has moved away and taken his daughter with her, and Addison’s still going through the wringer about the whole Noah thing.

10.40pm, Curb Your Enthusiasm, More4
It’s another vintage week for Mr Charm – he manages to make an enemy of Christian Slater at Ted and Mary’s anniversary party when he tries to teach him caviar etiquette, and then he abuses his doctor’s trust after persuading him to divulge his home phone number.

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 29 October

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8pm, Modern Family, Sky1
Phil nags Jay into allowing him to join in when Jay flies his new model plane, Gloria spends some quality time shopping with tom-boy Alex, Mitchell discovers a whole new side to himself at Costco, and Manny has a heart-to-heart talk with Claire.

9pm, Bones, Sky1
Booth and Brennan discover suburban life is anything but blissful when human remains are found in a barbecue pit during a local street party. As they investigate the murder, they discover a neighbourhood that makes Desperate Housewives look like Little House on the Prairie.

10pm, Lie to Me, Sky1
Cal and the team help to track down a man wanted for murdering his wife, but things turn nasty when the suspect takes Torres hostage at gunpoint and demands that the team clear his name.

10.40pm, Curb Your Enthusiasm, More4
Woo hoo! It’s the episode we’ve all been waiting for, as the cast of Seinfeld are reunited - even though Larry is dead set against it. He only relents when he realises it may be a way to win Cheryl back, and convinces Jerry, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards to return. It won’t be that straightforward though…

There’s no Private Practice this week, thanks to Living’s Halloween Most Haunted Live Special! Tut!

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 22 October

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8pm, Modern Family, Sky1
This is shaping up to be a firm office favourite. In tonight’s episode, Phil shows just how irresponsible he really is when he meets a sexy new neighbour, Jay and Manny try to bond over a ceiling fan, and Cameron tries to suppress his Disco-Stu ways on his first day at the nursery.

9pm, Bones, Sky1
The discovery of human remains near a railway line leads the team to an Amish community, and some insight into their desire to live apart from the rest of society. Meanwhile, Booth enlists some good ol’ scare tactics when Cam’s adopted daughter Michelle seems to be growing up too fast.

10pm, Private Practice, Living
There’s a bit of a fast-forward tonight, three months to be precise - Addison is falling for another man, this time a cardiac surgeon at St Ambrose Hospital, but you get the distinct impression it’s going to end in tears… Violet, meanwhile, is surprisingly serene even though Pete and Sheldon are pressuring for a DNA test for the baby.

10pm, Lie to Me, Sky1
Gillian forces Cal to take a holiday so he heads to Mexico, but still ends up on a case. Back at the institute, one of Cal’s old foes makes the most of the boss’s absence to get involved in a case of tainted blood that is causing havoc in local hospitals.

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 15 October

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8pm, Modern Family, Sky1 & HD
NEW SERIES An offbeat comedy from the writing talent behind Frasier, shot in the ‘mockumentary’ style favoured by The Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm, following the exploits of three mildly dysfunctional families (hey - aren’t we all?) We think the preview above tells you all you need to know!

9pm, Bones, Sky1 & HD
The love drops down a notch and Brennan and Booth are back at their bickering best when a man is found murdered and it seems his killer was after the briefcase he was carrying. Before they know it they’re up to their eyes in espionage and skullduggery.

10pm, Lie to Me, Sky1 & HD
Series two of this show is definitely better than series one so far, with Mekhi Phifer making a very welcome addition to the cast as no-nonsense FBI guy Ben. This week, Cal’s ex-wife (Jennifer Beals) has to ask for his help when she’s called to defend a college football star accused of rape.

10pm, Private Practice, Living
Old wounds come to the surface as Addison is forced to cover for Archer when he cheats on Naomi, and she finally snaps with her wayward brother. Elsewhere, Violet and Sheldon resolve some issues, and Sam begins to realise how much he misses Naomi.