TV on Tap: "The Walking Dead" Plans Prequel Webisodes, "Boss" Gets an Early Renewal and Anderson Cooper Get Good Ratings News

The gang is back together as Happy Endings returns tonight.

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Do you dream of having your front yard made over on TV? Or are you just looking for a way to get John Gidding to knock on your door? HGTV's Curb Appeal: The Block and The Rachael Ray Show have teamed up for a contest where the winner will be the subject of a special episode of Curb Appeal. You'll have to submit pictures of your home and write an essay about why you need a front yard makeover.

Starz is so happy with Kelsey Grammer's Boss they've already ordered a second season before the series has aired. They did something similar before Spartacus: Blood and Sand made its debut.

In the latest look at the top shows at social networking site Get Glue, The Big Bang Theory was the top show of the week, with Glee and Supernatural coming in second and third. However, those results might be a bit misleading since the nerd-com aired two new episodes and made its debut as daily reruns.

Can't wait for the new season of The Walking Dead to debut? Monday, AMC will debut a series of webisodes focusing on Hannah, a zombie who died in the first episode. The series will follow Hannah's life before the world fell apart and how she became a zombie.

You've heard a lot of talk about Prospect Park's plan to air new episodes of All My Children and One Life to Live online, but that hasn't included discussion of where to watch it. The production company announced that their site will be called The Online Network and can be found at TOLN.com. Prospect Park says they plan on creating more programming for the site, aside from the two soaps.

Since I haven't been reminded to hate humanity since... oh, since I last saw a Toddlers & Tiaras clip on The Soup, Lifetime has ordered a second season of Dance Moms.

The latest cable news ratings had good news for Anderson Cooper whose Anderson Cooper 360 saw its ratings grow by 36%, a nice recovery after losing viewers when 360 moved to the more competitive 8PM time slot. Interestingly, Cooper's MSNBC competitor, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell was down 35%. Even better, his daytime talk show ratings are improving.

It looks like daytime panel talk shows are here to stay, the debut of The Chew did pretty well in the ratings. It drew a larger audience than The Talk and even beat All My Children's average rating.

Listings

The Nate Berkus Show (syndicated) Check local listings
Nate is joined by Carson Kressley as he makes over a Staten Island office worker and offers his "must-have items.

The Middle (ABC) 8:00 PM ET
After Mike meets Brick's new fourth grade teacher (Chord Overstreet) it turns into a fight between Mike and Frankie over who is in charge of the family.

Survivor (CBS) 8:00 PM ET
As the first redemption island duel happens, someone lies about having the immunity idol. Will it keep danger away or give the tribal council a new target?

The X Factor (Fox) 8:00 PM ET
There are even more auditions tonight.

Up All Night (NBC) 8:00 PM ET
With parenthood eating up their sex lives, Ragan and Chris try to revive their relationship's sexy side, with Chris turning to a friend (Will Forte) for advice.

Suburgatory (ABC) 8:30 PM ET
ABC's newest comedy tackles the suburbs, following a single father (Jeremy Sisto) who decides to move from the big city after realizing his daughter is growing up more quickly than he likes. Unfortunately, he quickly realizes that the suburbs are nowhere as wholesome as he presumed. With Alan Tudyk, Allie Grant (Weeds' Isabelle Hodes), Cheryl Hines and Rex Lee a part of the cast, this one might be funnier than the phrase "satire of life in the suburbs" might suggest.

America's Next Top Model (CW) 9:00 PM ET
Kristin Cavallari visits to help test the models' interview skills. Hopefully, there will be another challenge as ridiculous as last week's "convey the emotion of your hot dog" (really).

Modern Family (ABC) 9:00 PM ET
Gloria gets tired of Jay's close relationship with the family dog, and Phil gets excited about tightrope walking. Plus, Cameron takes on an ill-advised juice fast.

Happy Endings (ABC) 9:30 PM ET
Is an amah-zing new condo and a 1920's themed housewarming party enough to make this "The Year of Penny?" I suspect that much success would make Penny stop being Penny.

Revenge (ABC) 10:00 PM ET
As Emily moves on to her next target, she also takes a big step with her larger plan and has her first date with Daniel.

The Real World (MTV) 10:00 PM ET
The long-running reality franchise returns to San Diego with bisexual roommate Frank contributing to the drama.

Top Chef: Just Desserts (Bravo) 10:00 PM ET
The Cheftestants have to turn to the Beastie Boys' songs for inspiration for the desserts they make for a street art event, which seems a good opportunity for Evil Orlando to smash up his competitors' dishes and yell "Sa-sa-sabotage!"

Blue Mountain State (Spike) 11:00 PM ET
What kind of trouble will Thad's return create for the team now that he's back?

Chelsea Lately (E!) 11:00 PM ET
We've got a doubly-gay panel tonight with Ross Mathews and Fortune Feimster.

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

Tomorrow's Preview

The Nate Berkus Show (syndicated) Check local listings
Nate is joined by author Jackie Collins.

The Rachael Ray Show (syndicated) Check local listings
It's a diva double-feature with Celine Dion and Kristin Chenoweth on Rach's guest-list.

Want the extended outlook for TV listing suggestions? Check out this week's Appointment Viewing.