What's On This Weekend? - August 8/9

Posted by: Ariana  •  August 8, 2009 @ 1:27pm

Check in with us to see what's new this weekend in the land of summer TV.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8

7:00 PM
CBC The Nature of Things
(CBC sez: "What's wrong with Canada's cities? What's right? We take a cross-country journey to explore the sustainability, viability and liveability of Canada's population centres.")
GLOBAL Doc
(Your weekly marathon. I keep mentioning it in case my mother ever reads these posts.)

8:00 PM
CTV Would Be Kings: Part One
(Two-part miniseries about "drug squad cops and police corruption," starring Natasha Henstridge and... probably no one else you've ever heard of. The missing/ignored hyphen is really getting to me.)

9:00 PM
FOX America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
NBC NBC Sports Special: Face the Ace

10:00 PM
ABC Dirty Sexy Money

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9

7:00 PM
THE CW Easy Money

8:00 PM
CBS / GLOBAL Big Brother
ABC Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?
(Season premiere. Who's hosting this these days?)
CBC Iron Road: Part One
(CBC sez: "A Chinese street urchin's quest for her long-lost father takes her from a factory in China to a construction camp building the CPR in the Rockies. The A-list cast features Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole and Sun Li.")

9:00 PM
ABC Shark Tank
(Series premiere.)
CBS There Goes the Neighborhood
(Series premiere.)
HBO True Blood
USA Law & Order: Criminal Intent
MTV Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew
(Season premiere.)

10:00 PM
ABC / CTV Defying Gravity

10:30 PM
HBO Entourage

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