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That's right, folks, it's another season of American Idol for you to roll your eyes at.

Can you believe that shit? Like Jennifer Lopez would actually walk down the street without a team of Blackwater PMC escorts ready to mow down anyone who dared step in front of her path and sully the ground that she was about to walk on. I heard that Jennifer Lopez once murdered a nun on the steps of a church. Allegedly. Also, when her favorite candidates on American Idol get voted off, she enacts her displeasure by having them boiled alive. Twice. Also allegedly.

Anyway, there's more American Idol on tonight. Ratings have actually been going down somewhat lately, but that doesn't mean that there aren't still a good 20 million people who are going to be talking about this stuff tomorrow. Enjoy your day at the water cooler without having to suffer their inane banter. Tomorrow it'll all go downhill.

American Idol: The Search for a Superstar

FOX 8 PM: SEASON PREMIERE! It lives...again.

Top Chef

BRAVO 10 PM: "The chefs must create a meal that embodies evil; Charlize Theron is a guest judge." That episode description would be a lot funnier if I didn't point out that this was a tie-in to Snow White And The Huntsman, which is a Universal movie, and Bravo is of course owned by NBCUniversal, so yeah.

Modern Family

ABC 9 PM: "Claire prepares for her debate with Duane Bailey; Mitch and Cam try to clean up Lily's language before her turn as a flower girl; Jay blames Stella's strange behavior on Gloria." Another all-new night for ABC, with the sure-to-offend-the-Parent's-Television-Council plotline of a baby saying the F-word. Preceded by The Middle and Suburgatory, followed by Happy Endings and Revenge, all with new episodes.

Criminal Minds

CBS 9 PM: "A series of murders makes the team wonder if a notorious killer has returned; Reid wonders if he could be doing more with his abilities." Reid's only known ability is offending Amish people, but he doesn't live in Pennsylvania. So he could do more with his ability by living in Pennsylvania. Followed by a new CSI at 10.

Whitney

NBC 8 PM: NBC strikes back with new episodes of Whitney and Are You There, Chelsea? at 8:30. Does that title even make any sense? Originally it was a play on Judy Blume's book called Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, but now it's just a barely-comprehensible question asked by...whom? I don't get it. Followed by a new episode of Harry's Law at 9.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

NBC 10 PM: "When the detectives investigate the sexual assault of the executive of a private military-contract company, they discover a larger conspiracy in Iraq." Hey, guess what? Rape.

ReV_VAdAULon Jan. 18, 2012 at 9:06 a.m.

Wow I'd totally forgotten about the Claire running for office thing. At least David Cross has one role you don't pity him in.

Linkster7on Jan. 18, 2012 at 9:09 a.m.

Seeing that Whitney is on just makes me sad and tired. So tired.

snake_runneron Jan. 18, 2012 at 9:15 a.m.

Commence eye-rolling.

SSullyon Jan. 18, 2012 at 9:17 a.m.

You know what show is pure shit? Criminal Minds.

Bigheart711on Jan. 18, 2012 at 11:48 a.m.

@Linkster7 said:

Seeing that Whitney is on just makes me sad and tired. So tired.

Indeed. I tried an episode of the show and it was almost as worse as the one time I checked out Single Ladies. *shudders*

ProjektGillon Jan. 18, 2012 at 3:46 p.m.

I still need to check out Alcatraz, so that and Modern Family should fill my night.

Dallas_Raineson Jan. 18, 2012 at 3:57 p.m.

That's why I hate SVU, it feels like every other episode involves some massive earth shattering conspiracy.

hrn212on Jan. 18, 2012 at 5:07 p.m.

@Linkster7 said:

Seeing that Whitney is on just makes me sad and tired. So tired.

I just read the description and nearly burst into tears. American Idol and this? Aw man...so much tv fails.

freakin9on Jan. 18, 2012 at 6:03 p.m.

My mind only accepts tv anyone if it's on a premium channel.

It rejects everything else like a virus.

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A spin-off of the British show, Pop Idol, American Idol is a reality singing competition on FOX that aims to find talented and undiscovered singers. The winner is crowned after a series of auditions and votes decided upon by judges and viewer voting. The show has held considerable popularity.

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