TV on Tap: Finale Night for "Futurama," "Wilfred" and "Louie" and More

The Futurama gang turns anime (and other styles) on tonight's finale.

News

Scott Foley certainly has a busy schedule. In addition to his upcoming role on True Blood, he'll be executive producing a pilot for CBS. Escape Artists will be about a brother and sister who help people disappear.

NBC has already tried out comedies with attention-getting names. Recall they had $#*! My Dad Says and recent pilots that originally included "bitch" in the title. Now the network is developing My Best Friend is a Lesbo. The comedy is about two female best friends and roommates, one straight, one gay and is based on the real-life relationship of the two writers collaborating on the pilot.

Instead of hosting the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais is thinking about doing a live webcast where he and a few of his comedian friends (which could include Louis C.K., Larry David, Jon Stewart and Chris Rock) comment about the ceremony with no worry of broadcast TV standards. NBC should consider sending a check to Gervais for such a move, it might be able to get my partner to watch a whole awards ceremony.

Apparently, Showtime is ready for more softcore reality TV as Gigolos returns on October 20.

What new shows are the networks betting on? According to one study, ABC has been giving the most marketing to Revenge while CBS has been putting the promotional push to Person of Interest. Fox and NBC are most optimistic about The X-Factor and Up All Night, respectively.

This certainly isn't going to encourage reality TV producers to behave any more ethically, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills had a strong season premiere, adding 42% more viewers from the first season premiere. However, it underperformed compared to the first season's finale.

The fourth season premiere of Sons of Anarchy was up 19% from the third-season premiere and just may be the most-watched original episode for FX. That almost makes me wish I had the time to try to catch up on the series.

Listings

The Nate Berkus Show (syndicated) Check local listings
Out stylist Brad Goreski may not be a part of The Rachel Zoe Project any more, but he'll be visiting Nate with tips on finding your style identity.

Burn Notice Marathon (USA) starting at 6:00 AM ET
Get ready for tonight's season finale by catching the episodes from this season you might have missed.

Burn Notice (USA) 9:00 PM ET
Things get desperate for Michael as he tries to clear his name of Max's murder but things get even tougher when it turns out that Larry is back in town.

Project Runway (Lifetime) 9:00 PM ET
It's finally here, the create-your-own-fabric-design challenge, only this time they're paired into two teams of five and the teams must find inspiration with a video camera. Sigh. Can't they leave the best challenge of the past several seasons alone?

Suits (USA) 10:00 PM ET
Harvey battles a district attorney (Chi McBride) over an innocent man, but Harvey's the only one who seems to be focused on justice.

Futurama (Comedy Central) 10:00 PM ET
The Planet Express gang get reincarnated in tonight's finale and find themselves reborn as anime, 8-bit video game, and classic black & white animation styles.

Wilfred (fx) 10:00 PM ET
As if Wilfred hasn't messed with Ryan enough, for the season finale Wilfred tries to convince Ryan the past twelve episodes have been a dying dream after his suicide attempt.

Louie (fx) 10:30 PM ET
Louie gets picked up by a woman (is that Joey Lauren Adams?) who surprises him by driving him to Jersey.

NTSF:SD:SUV:: (Adult Swim) 12:15 AM ET
Jerry O'Connell appears as a clairvoyant who helps the NTSF team prevent a submarine from attacking San Diego... if he isn't distracted when he divines fish spawning.

What will you be watching tonight? Please share in the comments!

Tomorrow's Preview

The Nate Berkus Show (syndicated) Check local listings
Nate looks back at his best transformations and then he de-clutters Dr. Ruth's home.

The Penguins of Madagascar: The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole (Nick) 8:00 PM ET
Neil Patrick Harris lends his voice once more as the villainous dolphin Dr. Blowhole. He plans to use Skipper's memories against the penguins and will perform four musical numbers.

Torchwood (Starz) 10:00 PM ET
Miracle Day wraps up tomorrow, will you be watching?

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