Her Tuesday must-watch (11/1)

Tonight marks the return of Glee and New Girl, which have both been on hiatus for a few weeks. So which one have I chosen as my must-watch? Neither! I've definitely missed these two shows, but there's another series returning tonight that I've been missing for months: Covert Affairs (10/9c on USA).

This show is truly one of my faves. It mixes the spy scenarios of Alias with a beautiful, charming female lead character a la Alias and gorgeous guys who help the lead character and may also be a potential love interest for her, kinda like - what show was that again - oh yeah, Alias! But this compelling show also has a few of its own unique things going on. Two of the topmost CIA peeps are married, which leads to some pretty interesting conflicts of interest. The female lead, Annie Walker (played by a perfectly cast Piper Perabo) has an attractive righthand man in Auggie (Henry from Ugly Betty), who just so happens to be blind, which doesn't slow him down one bit. While seemingly a potential future love interest for Annie, Auggie also seems to be quite the ladies man. Which leaves the door open for a bunch of other Annie suitors, from the CIA agent she didn't know was a CIA agent, to another operative she met in the field, to a doctor whom she met when he was treating one of her family members.

Between her dangerous missions and her men, Annie has her hands full. Boy, would I love to have her hands. Minus the missions.

Her Monday must-watch (10/31)

Happy Halloween TV fans! I have only two words for you on this spooktacular night: slutty - wait for it - pumpkin. This How I Met Your Mother episode (8/7c on CBS) is several years in the making. So who is she? Three hints: not the mother, traded Pacey in for Tom Cruise and gourdgeous! Grab yourself an embarrassing amount of candy and tune in.

His Monday must-watch (10/31)

Happy Halloween everybody. It's a great night for candy, costumes, kids having fun, and networks piling up forced Halloween episodes. The first 3 are great for everyone. The last one is equally terrible for everyone.

You may say I'm destroying the spirit of a fun day, but honestly, I'm just not a big fan of holiday-themed episodes on television. Who doesn't remember that terrible Dawson's Creek Halloween episode when Pacey, Joey, Jack and Gram tell their scary stories during the storm? Just brutal. It's like the real writers take a vacation and give the interns a shot - "Hey, it's a Halloween episode. Write something scary, have a killer on the loose or have a crazy thunderstorm and you can't screw it up." Wrong.

Anyway, enough ranting. Tonight my must-watch is Castle (10/9c on ABC). Did anyone see the previews last week? We're bringing things back to the drama of the season premiere (finally). Nothing like a near-death episode to hook us all back in.

Her Sunday must-watch (10/30)

There will be plenty of spooky costumes and shows and movies to be seen tomorrow. Since it is the weekend before Halloween night, I'm going to stick with the theme but dial it back a notch. I'm thinking a touch of vampires mixed with a romantic teenage love story. Know where I'm going with this? Of course you do! Obvi, my must-watch is Twilight, on FX tonight at 8pm and 10:30pm.

I've been seeing tons of trailers lately for Breaking Dawn, the next film in the series, coming out in theaters soon. Can't. Wait. So tonight's a great opportunity to tune in to the original installment and remember how the Twihard phenomenon all began. Whether you're Team Edward or Team Jacob, if you've seen this movie 87 times already or if it'd be your first viewing, tune in along with me people! Even if you think it's so not for you and you'll hate it (believe me, you wont'!), at the very least you'll get some good last-minute costume ideas out of it.

His Friday must-watch (10/28)

CHUCK is back (8/7c, NBC)! Am I overly excited? Yes, probably. But it's the final season of one of my favorite shows on TV, so I'm going to drop a few exclamation points!!!

The last time we left our favorite Buy More employee, he had just jumped through a million hoops to save the love of his life Sarah (something new for him), and his best friend Morgan had put on the wrong glasses and become the Intersect. With a generous gift from Volkoff, Chuck & Sarah were about to re-build "Castle" and the Buy More. Now what will happen with Morgan as the Intersect?

I'm always curious how shows will go on when the main guy finally gets the main girl. I get that this is the final season, so things will get wrapped up, but let's think about it. 90% of the charm of Bartowski is his never-ending love and unstoppable pursuit of Sarah. Now he has her. Where will this show be without the chase? Where would Castle be if he wasn't in a constant state of tension with Beckett? The OC was always better when Ryan and Marisa weren't together. The best plot lines in Gossip Girl are the relationships that don't happen (Nate & Serena, Blair & Lonely Boy).

We'll have to see how this season pans out. Don't get me wrong, I'll definitely be tuning in every week. Just curious as to how the writers will have this one unfold.

Her Thursday must-watch (10/27)

Happy Damon Elena Anniversary! Did you celebrate on Twitter today? Well, join me in another celebration tonight with all of Team Delena's must-watch: The Vampire Diaries (8/7c on the CW).

Damon and Elena apparently met a year ago, sparking the hottest love triangle on TV. Sure, Elena's been involved with Damon's brother Stefan for most of that year, but he's now turned off his humanity and isn't the guy, er, vampire, he used to be. Plus, in the past year, viewers have witnessed 2 (kinda) Delena kisses. Maybe the first one doesn't count because it was actually Katherine Damon was kissing. But he sure thought it was Elena, and it was one unbelievable moment. Then Damon was on his deathbed (he recovered, obvi), but Elena could not let him die without a parting kiss. Perhaps on this year anniversary we'll see a for-real, nobody's-dying-but-I-still-want-to-kiss-you make out sesh? Pretty sure they would've put that in the previews if that were the case, so we may have to wait a little longer for that.

But what we do know is that Uncle Werewolf himself, Mason, is returning. And he isn't too happy with Damon, who killed him by ripping his heart out. Wait, Mason died, so how can he be in Mystic Falls? It is that Halloween type of year after all, when anything can happen. Especially in a town full of witches, vampires, werewolves and hybrids. Damon and Mason in scenes together again? The combined hotness of these two supernatural beings just might be enough to light my jack-o-lantern.

His Thursday must-watch (10/27)

I might be in the minority here, but I think Thursday nights are tough. There are a ton of solid shows that many people follow religiously that I just haven't gotten into, but probably should (Parks & Rec, Always Sunny, Community). There are others that have been around a long time that I never watched religiously and are past their prime (Grey's, The Office). There are a bunch of random shows that may or may not do well (Charlie's Angels, Prime Suspect). There are terrible shows that shouldn't be on the air (Private Practice, The Mentalist). And then there are shows that were cool when I was 10, went away for a while and then came back (Beavis and Butt-head...really?).

Well, last week I gave Whitney a shot, and it was ok. Definitely not as funny as some other new shows, and definitely has not found a home on the DVR. But I'm always willing to try new things.

That's why tonight I'm making Prime Suspect (10/9c, NBC) my must watch. Sure, there are more than enough New York cop dramas on TV, but at least half of them are entertaining. And sure, NBC has a track record for sucking me into a show and then ripping my heart out by either canceling it (Playboy Club), threatening to cancel it 10 times (Chuck) or selling it off so a cable station can carry episodes first (Friday Night Lights). But Maria Bello is a bad ass and Peter Berg (FNL) co-created it, so I'm thinking it has a chance.