There’s nothing you can say about Monty Python in six hours that can’t be said in the five minutes it takes to re-watch the “Dead Parrot” sketch, but here’s IFC with a brand new documentary featuring new interviews with all surviving Python members, their families and friends, as well as archival photos and video and rarely seen interview footage.

Disclaimer: I’ve never been a hardcore fan of the Stargate series. Sure, the Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day) flick was dumb popcorn-style fun and the original TV series, Stargate SG-1, wasn’t on for 10 seasons for nothing. Even Stargate Atlantis and the two direct-to-DVD releases (Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Stargate: Continuum) were good time wasters. Luckily, Universe was made with relative noobs like me in mind.

They don’t make ‘em like they used to, and when they do they get cancelled. Case in point: Life on Mars. The show never had a chance, in part because for much of the season ABC scheduled the series in the hour following Lost—a slot that in five years has meant guaranteed cancellation in nearly every instance.

The Middle is a new ABC sitcom featuring Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) as Frankie Heck, a middle-aged mother of three trying to maintain her sanity among parenting responsibilities and a dead-end job in the middle of nowhere, Indiana.

If you’re not already a convert to the spastic and surreal blend of comedy that Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim concoct, season three may not convince you to hop aboard the crazy bus. It also includes what might be their single best episode, the ’90s “EXTREME”-skewering “Jim and Derrick.”

Seth Green has carved out an interesting niche for himself with his stop-motion animated series Robot Chicken. Combining his love for all things geek with his TV experience, he’s able to play with his toys and make a living out of it. And when we talk about geeky things, Star Wars is usually at the top of the list.

There’s more than a fine line between Lost and Heroes, there’s a friggin’ gulf. But despite its many faults, Heroes is the only sci-fi show in five years that’s managed to replicate any level of Lost‘s success. And so, in an attempt to maintain the viewership they’ll lose once Lost ends next spring, ABC has once again churned out another sci-fi serial, this time revolving around the mystery behind the entire world’s population blacking out for just over two minutes and flashing forward to six months in the future.

The glass is still half empty when HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm returns for its seventh season Sunday night, but Larry David just might be adding more water. Although he’s always sneered at NBC’s offers for a Seinfeld reunion, David realizes if he agrees he can swoon his actress ex with the part of George Costanza’s ex-wife. That setup seems classic, especially with who’s involved.

You almost have to feel bad for Jason Schwartzman, in that during the decade since he stole hearts in Rushmore, no one besides Wes Anderson has really found a suitable vehicle for him. So here he is again, this time starring as novelist/journalist Jonathan Ames in HBO’s adaptation of Ames’ amateur private detective novella, published earlier this year in The Double Life Is Twice As Good.