Tonight’s Top 10 TV Shows, Tuesday, Jan. 17

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Tuesday, Jan. 17

Glee (Fox, 8 pm) Finn’s plans for after graduation surprise his friends.

A spin-off show in which he goes to college that lasts six episodes before being canceled?

Snooki, look out!

Taboo (National Geographic Channel) Humans have an inherent urge to fight. In some cultures, the boundaries of what is considered acceptable violence are extremely different.

Italian Americans, for instance, seem to be a particularly fractious bunch…

Dance Moms (Lifetime, 9pm) Cathy tries to ensure a win for her dancers when they compete against Abby’s dancers; Cathy invites the mothers to a cocktail party.

Cathy tries to poison Abby’s food, but forgets to account for Abby’s weight when computing the dosage.

Dirty Jobs (Discovery, 9 pm) Mike spends the day in Mobile, Ala. assembling cow bladders that will be used during a Mardi Gras parade.

Assembling cow bladders and organizing glitz pageants for toddlers. Doesn’t anybody below Pennsylvania have a real job?

Justified (Fox, 10 pm) A dangerous new player in Lexington puts Raylan on a collision course with a Dixie Mafia hitman.

“Dixie Mafia hitman”. Also not a real job.

Frontline (PBS, 10 pm) The accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex may affect nuclear energy around the world.

Look, if we shut down all the nuclear power plants, we won’t have reactor cores for scientists to accidentally fall into and develop atomic super powers!

Tabitha Takes Over (Bravo, 10 pm) Tabatha takes on two stubborn club owners of a failing gay dance club and tries to bring it into the new millennium.

Her first suggestion is to change the club’s name from “Shenanigans” to “Hot ‘n Spicy Beef”.

Body of Proof (ABC, 10 pm) When a woman is suspected of murdering her son, Megan and the team try to identify the real killer; an overzealous reporter makes the investigation difficult by sensationalizing the case.

Is there any other kind of reporter?

It’s not a big deal. It’ll be be back for it on Tuesday. I promise.

Teen Mom 2 (MTV, 10 pm) Jenelle moves in with a friend; Kieffer re-enters the picture; Chelsea’s relationship goes downhill; Jo confronts Kailyn about child support.

Kieffer asks to store a large duffle bag in Jenelle’s friend’s garage—just for a little while.

Southland (TNT, 10 pm) Ben, Sammy and Dewey chase an armed man into a school.

Aren’t those the names of Donald Duck’s three nephews?

By day, I'm an editor. That means I get a cruel thrill out of identifying the parts of other people's creative projects that suck, and alerting those people to said suckage. Sometimes, I get paid for it. I've been known to lose my appetite after seeing how a Thai menu has folded, spindled, and mutilated the Queen's English. Imagine what TV does to me! I guess that's why I wanted to be a recapper at TVgasm. My friends have heard all of my rants, and they are sick of them. TVgasm is a whole new captive audience! So, let's make a compact, you and I: you agree to read my recaps and take what amusement you can from them, and I agree to put into the print the outrageous observations about the show that you thought, but were too PC to say. Let's share our joyous rage after wasting another perfectly good hour in front of the television.

Oh, and I still believe that Magnum, P.I. was the greatest show on television. Although I have not seen Thomas Magnum fishtail that Ferrari in the opening credits since I was 14. If Magnum, P.I. actually sucked, keep your damn squeal hole shut and don't ruin it for me, OK?

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