Here's the basic list, which includes "America's Toughest Jobs" moving from Summer 2009 to Fall 2008, apparently to give "Crusoe" some extra prep time.

New programs in UPPER CASE (with the exception of "ER")

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
"30 Rock" — (8:30-9 p.m.)

Details and boilerplate after the jump.

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Well, tonight we had the season finale of "Grey's Anatomy." I'll post about it later but it may take some time, since I'll be using just one finger.
I'm KIDDING.
But this was a night of some note since I'm just about at the end of network season viewing. Maybe one show left in the DVR, and "Lost" next week. I'll still have movies, and there will be summer shows, and I'll be blogging about other topics as they arise. But in the vodcast below, when Malcolm and I sighed with relief, it wasn't just that "American Idol" was over. It was also that the DVRs will get to breathe a little, too.

This and that — "Bones" and Jones, "Law & Order," the hamburgers of our youth — after the jump. …

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(Photo from E!Online)

Well, by now you know this guy won. Let's talk about how …
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Notes after the jump.

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Could we take a minute to talk about what a good actor Mark Harmon is?

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Well, we're starting with Michael "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" Buffer and the two Davids in boxing gear. So we can forget dignity…

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In progress notes after the jump. ….

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I will be writing a full review for posting at Ohio.com Wednesday. Right now, I'm sorting out ideas, so what follows the jump is more in the way of notes, and basically spoiler-free. But there they are.

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Sunday's Beacon Journal had my rumination on the return of Indiana Jones, but it was late going online. You can find most of it here. Because of design issues, as of Monday morning, that piece is missing the first two paragraphs, which go like this:

When "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" lands on movie screens just after midnight on Thursday, it will begin testing moviegoers' fondness for the big-screen icon — especially whether younger film generations have embraced the whip-totiing adventurer.

I am more than ready for this movie. I saw the first three in theaters, and have them on DVD. I've gone back to the DVDs to prepare for "Crystal Skull." But I'm also 56 years old.

(Later Monday: The missing text has been added.) That's just a run-up to the movie's release, by the way. I have now seen it and will have a review later this week. (UPDATE: Since the trades have already run reviews, I expect to offer some thoughts here later today — and a formal review on Wednesday.)

The weekend also included my catching up with last week's "House" and "Lost." Since "House" was the first part of a two-episode story finishing tonight, I'll just wait until I've seen the second part before passing judgment.

As for "Lost," well, I'm enjoying it. And it's tough having to wait two weeks for a big finish to the season, since right now it's on an exciting roll. May do a longer post devoted to it later this week.

Oh, and "Saturday Night Live." I like Steve Carell but it was not a good season-ender. And John McCain was funnier on the WWE.

In my look at the coming TV season in today's Beacon Journal, I said you could find the individual broadcast-network announcements in this blog. To save you the trouble of scrolling back through previous posts, I've put them in the PAGES section over on the right side of this page.

Turner - "Shake Rattle & Roll," "Flip Flop & Fly," "Honey Hush," "Roll 'Em Pete" and more — was born on May 18, 1911. He died in 1985. Here's a memory.