Bromance begins

Hope you all had a lovely holiday and I hope most of you are still on vacation through the New Year. Me, I'll be sitting here gathering info on all of the new shows premiering in January. Fox has Lie to Me (January 21) while TNT wants you to Trust Me (January 26). The CW says Fear is Real (January 7) and ABC will take a closer look at Homeland Security (January 6).

Of course, all the usual suspects will be back with all new episodes beginning mostly around mid-January, so I am ready for the new year to begin! How about you?

But right now, it's still mostly reruns. Let's take a look.

Tonight On TV -- Monday, December 29

ABC is filling the night with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

CBS goes with the laugh factory, aka The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men and Gary Unmarried. That's followed by CSI: Miami.

NBC is still in holiday mode with Greatest Holiday Moments: Hilarious Home Video Countdown, Deal or No Deal and Momma's Boys.

Fox delivers reruns of House and Bones.

The CW has Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill.

Over on cable

You won't want to miss this, Brody Jenner debuts a new series on MTV tonight called Bromance where he sets out to find a new BFF. After that, Whitney Port is loose in The City. Lauren's bud has relocated to The Big Apple where she's working for Diane von Furstenberg.

VH1 has a new countdown of the top Hard Rock Songs, Dog Whisperer is new on National Geographic Channel and TCM has a salute to Ron Howard.

News and notable

Dexter's Lauren Velez will appear in multiple episodes on Ugly Betty. And speaking of Betty, producers and sponsor Unilever, have created a Chinese version of the series that heavily features Dove products. It's called Ugly Wudi. Really.

Lauren Conrad has made it clear that there are more episodes of The Hills in her future. You can all breath easy now.

There's a Gilligan's Island movie in the works. (It just gets more and more exciting, doesn't it?)

Mark Ballas pulled a groin muscle during The Dancing with the Stars tour, but don't worry, he won't be sidelined for very long.

Photo credit:
Deal or No Deal -- Pictured: (l-r) Contestant Diane Jorgenson, Host Howie Mandel -- NBC Photo: Trae Patton
Bromance -- Pictured: Frankie Delgado, Brody Jenner, and Sleazy T with cast members Jered, Luke, Femi, Chris, Chris P., Michael, Alex, Jacob, and Gary.