What's On? Wednesday, 2/17/10

Not a lot of new TV tonight, but there’s some good stuff on, nonetheless!

The 8:00 Hour –

ABC airs rerun episodes of MODERN FAMILY and THE MIDDLE.  Up first, the episode where Mitchell convinces Jay that his oldest friend might be gay and Sofia gives Manny’s online date a makeover!  On THE MIDDLE, Sue wants a pair of expensive jeans, and Frankie accidentally shrinks them.  Over on CBS, catch reruns of THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE and GARY UNMARRIED.  On CHRISTINE, Richard and Old Christine meet up with some old friends and marvel at just how old they are; on GARY, Gary overpromises to Louise when he tries to outdo Allison’s new boyfriend.

FOX has an all new hour of HUMAN TARGET – Kevin Weisman (Marshall from ALIAS) guest stars as a an engineer who wants to leave his job, but needs Chance’s help to get through the tough security; Autumn Reeser also guest stars!  NBC has more of the Olympics – scheduled events include snowboarding, skiing, and speed skating!  Check out a rerun of Monday’s LIFE UNEXPECTED on The CW – Lux throws a party, and upsets Baze, while Cate struggles to forge a bond with Lux!

The 9:00 Hour –

On ABC, catch reruns of MODERN FAMILY and THE MIDDLE.  On MODERN FAMILY, it’s a rerun of the episode where Manny is an expert fencer, and Claire and Mitchell do a little figure skating.  On THE MIDDLE, Mike finds a dinosaur bone, and inadvertently shuts down the plant, while Brick runs for class historian.  Over on CBS, check out a rerun of CRIMINAL MINDS, featuring a group of serial killers who travel in packs and pick random people to kill.

FOX has an all new hour of AMERICAN IDOL.  The official top 24 are finalized!  NBC has more of the Olympics.  The CW airs a rerun of GOSSIP GIRL – the episode where Chuck recruits Serena to work as PR for the opening of his new club and Lily and Rufus celebrate Halloween.  GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL is all new on Syfy with a trip to the Duran Sanitorium in Costa Rica.

The 10:00 Hour –

ABC two reruns of COUGARTOWN. Up first, the episode where Lisa Kudrow guest stars as a mean doctor that Laurie, Ellie, and Jules go to, and who happens to be dating Bobby; second episode has Jules questioning her relationship with Jeff (Scott Foley).  CBS has a rerun of the CSI: NY that has Laurence Fishbourne’s Ray visiting the NY CSIers for the crossover event!  The Olympics continue on NBC.

SHEAR GENIUS has an all new episode that finds the stylists trying extensions for men, and styling models for the cover of a romance novel.  On MTV, you have another episode of THE REAL WORLD: DC – Mike decides that it’s time to embrace his sexuality, and he wants to come out to his family.  On FX, an all new NIP/TUCK has Christian and Sean trying something unusual to get new clients, while Liz dates a newly single woman.  TBS also has new two new episodes of MEET THE BROWNS.  TNT has an all new episode of LEVERAGE – the second part of the season finale has the team still trying to bring down the squirrelly mayor!  Season 2 of BEING ERICA continues on Soapnet.  Dr Tom gives Erica a day that is consequence free.  Anything she does or says will not be remembered by anyone but her, and it has almost disastrous effects on her relationship with Ethan.  Plus?  Kai sings!

Don’t miss an all new episode of PSYCH on USA – Shawn and Gus try to recover a lethal pathogen before it falls into the hands of a thief. Judd Nelson guest stars!