The Amazing Race (CBS) I'll watch the Emmy-winning reality competition on Race so I can debate strategy with coworkers tomorrow. Of course, I'll record The Simpsons and King of the Hill for a treat later on.	Desperate Housewives (ABC) I've got to see just how that fast-forwarding trick worked. I'll DVR Sunday Night Football so I can do my own fast-forwarding trick later tonight.	Brothers & Sisters (ABC) Those wacky Walkers never bore.
	Gossip Girl (The CW) I'll watch GG for water-cooler chatter, but Chuck definitely gets DVR'd, especially now that Arrested Development's Tony Hale is a regular. That just leaves The Sarah Connor Chronicles and How I Met Your Mother to catch online later in the week.	Dancing With the Stars (ABC)/Worst Week (CBS) Dip in on the last 30 minutes of DWTS, then switch over to Worst Week, which had a very promising pilot. Record Heroes in hopes it recovers this season; if so, I'll gorge on a marathon later.	My Own Worst Enemy (NBC) For this longtime Heathers fan (and fine, Pump Up the Volume), it's gotta be Christian Slater's new drama, My Own Worst Enemy. Please be good.
	90210 (The CW) I'll allow 90210 approximately two more episodes to shape up; alternate taping House and NCIS, neither of which need watching every week.	Fringe (Fox) or The Mentalist (CBS) Watch Fringe, which may just turn into a weird-cool sci-fi show; record this season's surprisingly fun drama The Mentalist because Simon Baker is so entertaining.	Cable special Time for some smarter fare: Catch up on recorded episodes of Showtime's Dexter or FX's The Shield.
	Pushing Daisies (ABC) Happy time: Watch Pushing Daisies. Try to convince others it isn't too cutesy-sweet. Record Bones for some of the best banter on TV.	Gillian's variety hour I am compelled to watch exactly nothing—so I'll catch up on recorded dramas, or Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program and South Park.	Dirty Sexy Money (ABC) While this hour boasts three Manhattan-based dramas (CSI: NY, Lipstick Jungle, DSM), only ABC's rich-people-with-problems prime-time soap gets my vote.
	Survivor (CBS) Watch Gabon, but record Kath & Kim because the Australian original was so dang funny—and Selma Blair and Molly Shannon are selling me on this U.S. version.	The Office/30 Rock (NBC) I feel less funny inside when I miss Michael Scott and Liz Lemon, so watch them in real time; record CSI.	Eleventh Hour (CBS) Both Eleventh Hour and ABC's Life on Mars are potential hits; as a fan of star Rufus Sewell's since Dark City, I'll watch Eleventh and record Mars, based on the BBC series I liked but never loved.
	Gillian's variety hour, Part 2 Watch The CW's Everybody Hates Chris, and tape USA's The Starter Wife, because Debra Messing is so un-Graceful, then turn off TV for the night—unless NBC's Crusoe manages to revive the adventure genre.
	Crimetime A little true-crime action with my guilty pleasure: 48 Hours Mystery. Then some quality DVR bonding—catching up on any missed Daily Shows for some election coverage that's actually palatable.