Tonight’s Top 10 Shows: Monday, August 20

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Monday, August 20

Disney factory baby and future X Factor judge Demi Lovato turns 20 today.

Bachelor Pad (ABC 8pm) Contestants compete in a teacup-stacking challenge; dates include a tour of Los Angeles and a camping trip; a twist sends a confident player scrambling.

It’s a little known fact that a man’s ability to stack teacups is directly related to the size of his penis.

Hotel Hell (Fox 8pm) Ramsay tries to help the inexperienced owners of The Cambridge Hotel turn their business around.

“Turn around, Cambridge, before your whole hotel just falls apart.”

Stars Earn Stripes (NBC 9pm) The celebrities fast-rope from a helicopter onto the roof of an eight-story building, which they must rappel down; in a final shootout round, two players face off.

Looks like military/right-wing/gun-totin’ snark blogs aren’t too crazy about this show.

Hell’s Kitchen (Fox 9pm) The chefs each try to teach a student to re-create one of Ramsay’s dishes.

I didn’t realize Kraft Macaroni and Cheese was one of Ramsay’s dishes.

Bunheads (ABC Family 9pm) Finale: Michelle and Fanny grow closer as they prepare for the ballet’s annual summer performance; Boo works up the nerve to go after a boy.

Renewal status: Picked up for another season, so all you Amy Sherman-Palladino fans can look forward to returning to Paradise in December.

The Real Housewives of New York City (Bravo 9pm) Aviva hosts a charity event, but Ramona and Sonja don’t show.

When you’re too drunk to even call for a cab, it’s time to seek help.

Glass House (ABC 10pm) Finale: Following the elimination, the four remaining players compete as individuals in a puzzle challenge; the challenge winner and two players chosen by viewers compete for the grand prize.

Renewal status: Don’t know yet. Ratings weren’t great, and it was going up against Big Brother for much of its run, but it may become a summer staple, just like BB has.

Grimm (NBC 10pm) Nick and his mother battle the Mauvais Dentes; details about the source of Juliette’s illness are revealed; Hank thinks something is amiss.

It took Hank this long to decide things are getting weird? It’s nice when people on TV are just as dense as people in real life.

Beyond Scared Straight (A&E 10pm) Premiere: Four troublesome teenage girls, including a street brawler and a thief, are thrown into a female jail to experience a taste of their possible future.

Apparently there isn’t all that much spontaneous singing and dancing in real prisons. Some spontaneous singing and dancing, sure, but not a lot.

The Inbetweeners (MTV 10:30pm) Premiere: Will Mackenzie starts his first day at a new high school; Jay, Neil and Simon are assigned to show Will around.

Another show “inspired” by British television, this is like a cross between Skins and Freaks and Geeks.

What will you be watching tonight?

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After giving birth to her fourth child, SuburBint carefully weighed the options and decided that recapping reality TV was probably a better choice in the long run than alcoholism. Liver function tests have yet to confirm the wisdom of this decision. Being an honest-to-goodness recapper is also a dream come true, as she has aspired to do this ever since discovering that such a thing existed way back in 2002.

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9 Comments

  1. 1
    hot cawfee
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 11:08 am

    No surprise or sadness that Star Earn … was cancelled. I won’t re-rant what I stated prior but good.

    Cannot wait to catch up with the “ladies” of NYC. Aviva will have a little moral high ground tonight. This should make her less annoying.

  2. 2
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    @Suburbint: As much as I love you, any top ten list without tonight’s Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta finale is automatically null & void.

    @hot cawfee: I must say that I can’t wait for Aviva’s veneer to start cracking with regard to Ramona tonight.

  3. 3
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    Did you eber really lub her, Derek?

  4. 4
    sheesh sheesh
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    Yes yes yes!!!!!

    “Steebie J and I have all the dirty sex.”

    Not “I” like “me”.
    “I” as in Joseline.

    Am I/me making sense?
    I’m so hung over I’d believe that snowshoecat has Gary Busey as an in-law.

  5. 5
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    Well now that you told us about that teacup stacking thing, I’m just gonna have to watch Bachelor Pad. And I’m going to test the thoery.

    Oh Hubbycat! C’mere a minute.

  6. 6
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Sheesh, that’s how rumors get started! Lol!

  7. 7
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 1:31 pm

    Wait a minute. Gary Busey ISN’T an in-law? I believed it.

    And I have to have somebody else to stack teacups for comparison, so I guess I won’t try that.

    Not and in-law. Dang.

  8. 8
    SuburBint
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    @ Derek — I was thisclose to putting the Love & Hip Hop finale on tonight’s list, but decided not to at the last minute. Can you ever forgive me?

  9. 9
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 1:57 pm

    LOL, @suburbint, of course. I just think the show has such a cult following on the forums and it’s a soap opera that definitely sucked me in.

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