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Set Your DVR

Because your television is your friend

By Kate Torgovnick
Published: Oct 01, 2007

Samantha Who?
Series premiere, Oct. 15 at 9:30pm, ABC
Christina Applegate wakes up from a coma with no memory and, as she figures out who she is, she realizes she’s kind of a bitch. We’ll watch to support Kelly Bundy.

Tsunami: the Aftermath
October 21 at 2pm, HBO
Almost 300,000 died in the 2004 tsunami. This fictional movie was based on true accounts. Prepare to cry.

Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style
Thursdays at 10pm, Bravo
Let Tim into your life. His newish show even inspired us to clean out our closets.

49 Up
October 9 at 9pm, PBS
Director Michael Apted has followed a group of fourteen normal Brits since they were 7-years-old in 1964. This is the seventh installment. A television landmark. Essential.

The Sarah Silverman Program
Wednesdays at 10:30pm, Comedy Central
Everyone loves Sarah, the go-to girl for jokes about minorities and abortion and the like.

Women’s Murder Club
Series Premiere, October 12 at 9pm, ABC
James Patterson plus Angie Harmon equals Awesome. A detective, a district attorney, a reporter, and a medical examiner team up to solve the crimes the cops can’t.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Weekdays, 8pm, NBC
Charming, meticulously-suited, spade-a-spade Keith is the only source for news. He’s sharp and sarcastic, outrageously eloquent. His eyebrows, however, may be fake.

Viva Laughlin
Series Premiere, October 18 at 10pm, CBS
DVR with caution—it’ll either be amazing or a train wreck. It’s a drama about a casino. Where there’s a murder. And it’s a musical.

Ghost in Your Genes
October 16 at 8pm, PBS
Studies are showing that genes determine everything from how social you are to what kind of ear wax you have. But maybe it’s not that simple, claims this doc.

The Salt-n-Pepa Show
Series Premiere, October 15 at 10pm, VH1
Unmissable celeb-reality show. They’ve even got Spinderella!

Reaper
Tuesdays at 9pm, CW
Even if you missed the premiere, start watching now. Directed by Kevin Smith, it’s like a higher budget Clerks, only this time the slacker’s parents sold his soul to the devil.

Intervention
Fridays at 10pm, A&E
Family and friends confront people with serious drug addictions. A bit heavy for a Friday night, maybe, but compelling stuff all the same.

Rear Window
October 5 at midnight, AMC
There is no such thing as having seen this movie too many times. It’s Hitchcock’s best, and Grace Kelly is simply stunning in it.

Kate Torgovnick has the world's smallest apartment, with a 3x5 foot television. Suffice it to say, that she watches it a lot. Kate also loves to write—she's an editor-at-large at Dame and her articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Jane Magazine, and Page Six Magazine. Her first book Cheer!, about the intense world of college cheerleading, comes out in April.

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