Last week on “Louie,” David Lynch made a surprise appearance as Jack Dahl, a television producer who seemed to have wandered out of a David Lynch movie. Dahl was assigned by CBS to help CK get ready to take over “The Late Show With David Letterman” should Jerry Seinfeld prove too expensive. Then CK violated his confidentiality agreement and suddenly CK’s pal Chris Rock was rumored to be the frontrunner for the job. Tonight, though, the useless preparation continues.
If you’ve not heard, showrunner Greg Daniels has returned for this final season of “The Office” following a 3-year absence. NBC says of “The New Guys,” his first episode back:
Jim and Dwight are thrown off balance by the arrival of two young employees (Clark Duke and Jake Lacy) that the others dub "the new Jim" and "Dwight, Jr." Andy comes back from Outward Bound leadership training with a desire for vengeance on Nellie (Catherine Tate). Will Oscar adopt Angela's cat? Kevin saves a turtle.
9 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
Also premiering tonight:
Bling It On (10pm TLC)
Parks and Recreation (9:30pm NBC)
SNL Primetime (8pm NBC)
Tamar & Vince (10pm WE)
Up All Night (8:30 NBC)
Brian Williams' "Rock Center" last Thursday hit its best number yet.
"Glee" is doing better now that it follows "X Factor" (it went as low as 2.4 earlier this year) but it was still down from the 4.0 season premiere last autumn.
MSNBC's bounce from the Democratic National Convention seems to be growing. I don't recall "The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell" even making cable's top 100 before last Thursday
Thursdays, July 26-Sept. 13, 2012
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses)
3.8 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) NFL NFLN
3.1 (0.6) (0.8) (0.7) (---) (0.5) (0.5) (0.6) Glee
3.1 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) The X Factor
2.4 (1.9) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) America’s Got Talent
2.0 (2.3) (1.9) (2.3) (2.2) (1.8) (2.0) (2.2) Big Brother
1.9 (2.0) (1.6) (2.0) (2.1) (1.4) (1.4) (2.2) Big Bang Theory
1.5 (1.8) (1.3) (1.7) (1.8) (1.2) (1.4) (2.0) 2½ Men
1.4 (---) (---) (1.1) (1.0) (---) (---) (0.8) Rock Center
1.1 (1.4) (1.1) (1.5) (1.6) (1.2) (1.4) (2.2) Wipeout
1.0 (---) (0.7) (1.0) (0.9) (0.8) (0.7) (0.8) Awkward
1.0 (---) (---) (1.1) (1.0) (0.7) (0.8) (---) Person of Interest
0.9 (---) (0.8) (1.1) (0.8) (0.7) (0.7) (0.9) Snooki & Jwoww
0.9 (1.0) (0.9) (1.0) (0.9) (0.8) (0.7) (0.9) Sullivan & Son
0.8 (0.8) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Impractical Jokers
0.8 (0.8) (1.0) (1.0) (0.9) (0.7) (0.7) (---) Project Runway
0.7 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Grey’s Anatomy
0.6 (0.6) (0.6) (0.5) (0.6) (0.3) (0.5) (0.4) The First 48
0.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Scandal
0.5 (0.8) (0.8) (0.7) (0.6) (---) (---) (---) Counting Cars
0.5 (0.6) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.3) (---) (0.4) House Hunters
0.5 (---) (---) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) (---) (---) NTSF:SD:SUV
0.5 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Real Housewives Miami
0.4 (---) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) Braxton Values
0.4 (0.8) (1.8) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) College Football
0.4 (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) Conan
0.4 (---) (0.8) (0.2) (0.2) (---) (---) (---) Hannity
0.4 (0.4) (0.5) (0.6) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) Impact Wrestling
0.4 (0.3) (0.6) (0.2) (0.3) (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) O’Reilly Factor
0.4 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Texas Car Wars
0.4 (0.3) (0.3) (---) (---) (0.3) (0.2) (0.4) Vampire Diaries
0.4 (---) (---) (---) (0.5) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) World’s Dumbest
0.3 (0.4) (0.5) (---) (---) (0.4) (0.3) (---) Auction Kings
0.3 (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) Extreme Chef
0.3 (0.3) (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.2) (---) The Five
0.3 (0.5) (0.5) (0.4) (0.5) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) House Hunters Intl
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Lawrence O’Donnell
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Rachel Maddow
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Shepard Smith
0.3 (0.4) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Van Susteren
0.3 (---) (---) (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.6) Wilfred
0.2 (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (---) (---) (---) The Next
