So many ladies, only one 'Bachelor'

The Bachelor: Paris: Craig Sjodin

MONDAY

SEASON PREMIERE
10-11PM The Bachelor (ABC) I don’t know why it took them this long, but The Bachelor has finally landed in the most romantic city in the world, Paris. The titular American looking for love this time is Dr. Travis Stork, a 33-year-old Nashville ER physician who’s temporarily hanging up his scrubs in order to date 25 single women vying for his affection — and maybe a proposal? — in the City of Lights.

8-10PM The 11th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (The WB) Ooh, toughie: Stare at honoree George Clooney or watch host Dennis Miller repressing a rant?

9-11PM* Frontline: Country Boys (PBS) If your New Year's resolutions were to watch better TV and quityerbitchin', kill two birds with this doc on Appalachian teens. *check local listings

SEASON PREMIERE
9:30-10PM Jake in Progress (ABC, TV-PG-D) Oh, Jakey. You don't toss your ex's stuff. You put it on eBay so when she comes back you know who you sold it to.

10-11PM Rollergirls (A&E, TV-PG-L) Finally, lesbian subtext that's hardly ''sub'' and needs no text.

SERIES PREMIERE
9-9:30PM Emily's Reasons Why Not (ABC, TV-PG-DL) Our reasons why not: (1) Emily (Heather Graham) comes off as a regressed teenager who calls physical chemistry ''the flutter-flutter'' and doesn't notice that a man with whom she's been on several dates has yet to kiss her. (2) Her super-clichéd hot Asian nemesis named Glitter Cho...(3) and swishy gay best friend. (4) Her gooey voice-over narration...(5) augmented by notebooklike scribbles listing her reasons not to date a guy — she counts five before giving them the boot. Hey, look at that, so do we. C

SERIES PREMIERE
10:30-11PM There & Back: Ashley Parker Angel (MTV) This new MTV reality series follows the former O-Town heartthrob and Making the Band star as he struggles to make ends meet while trying to start a solo career and support his pregnant girlfriend.