I would like to speak to you in two voices: that of a normal citizen of the world, and the other as a network/program executive. As the normal citizen of the world, the murder of Annie Le by suspect Raymond Clark III is a tragedy on all sides. Annie was a young woman, full of promise, about to get married, whose life was snuffed, allegedly, by a man who seemed so nice to others but was an apparent tyrant in the labs that Le worked in. It’s just another example of a society that doesn’t respect life on this planet.

As the network/program executive, the Annie Le murder is a perfect case for a procedural drama!

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• For those of you who missed last night’s premiere of Top Chef: Las Vegas (clocking in at a mind-boggling hour and fifteen minutes long), you can catch it tonight on Bravo at 7:45.
• Starting at 8, NBC has its two-hour block of 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, and The Office. They’re all great, but I especially love this episode of Parks and Rec, “Boys Club.”
• At 9:30, you can catch the premiere of Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, and see what all the fuss is about.
• At 10, AJ Soprano, AKA Robert Iler, guest-stars on this episode of Law & Order, about the murder of a man who owns a trucking company.
• Also at 10, back-to-back episodes of Entourage: “Fore!” with Tom Brady, and “Murphy’s Lie,” with another Sopranos alum, Jamie Lynn-Sigler.

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Summer reruns are starting to wind down, in favor of original programming. You have new episodes of Burn Notice, Royal Pains, and So You Think You Can Dance. If watching shows you’ve already seen is more your style though, there are still some pretty good offerings.

• At 8:00 on NBC, why not make it an Arnett night? Will Arnett is guest starring on 30 Rock, followed by the pilot of his lovely wife, Amy Poehler’s show, Parks and Recreation.
• At 9:00 on the CW, you can catch Supernatural, “Family Remains.” A kid gets kidnapped through the walls! That’s crazy!
• At 10:00 on CBS, you can catch up with The Mentalist. In “Flame Red,” Jane investigates the murders of some National Guard members.
• Also at 10:00 on NBC, is a really disturbing episode of Law & Order, that deals with rich Manhattan families buying Haitian children to act as their servants.

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Everyone, meet the summer doldrums. Summer doldrums, meet everyone…oh, wait. There’s no one to meet because they’re all out enjoying your season. Well, September is only two months away.

• At 8 PM we find agent Timothy McGee stuck in a women’s prison on NCIS. I’m pretty sure he’s thinking about Caged Heat the whole time.
• Switching gears, the spring play approaches on 90210 (8 PM as well) and it’s putting pressure on all involved. Think pill-popping, lack of eating, and overwhelmed stage managers.
• No House on FOX this week. Instead, we get the umpteenth re-broadcast of Legally Blonde. Because, you know, we can’t catch it on cable or DVD or On Demand or in women’s prison any other time.
• At 9 PM, Jane and his team investigate a murder (big surprise) on The Mentalist. This time around a bunch of surfer dudes are under suspicion after a dead girl that washes up on the beach. Narly!
• Finally, at 10 PM, NBC airs a repeat of Law & Order: SVU. Which, of course, is the perfect follow-up to two hours of America’s Got Talent. Note to NBC executives: get a clue!

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They say that procedurals repeat really well, and after looking at the lineup for this evening, I wonder if that’s because they are the only shows that networks show in repeats. It’s Wednesday night and there’s no Lost, I just can’t get on board with that. I can’t be the only one that would watch the whole season again in repeats, right?

• CBS kicks off the night with repeats of The New Adventures of Old Christine and Gary Unmarried. They finish off Wednesday with a couple of those patented CBS procedurals: Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
• NBC has two Law & Order repeats after I’m a Celebrity (boy networks throw that word around pretty liberally these days).
• If you love reruns of reality shows then the CW is the place for you tonight: America’s Next Top Model is followed by Hitched or Ditched, with the fun starting at 8.
• TBS has a run of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne starting at 8.
• TNT has two episodes of Bones followed by a repeat of Leverage (a very quotable episode, as Debbie pointed out in her review).
• If you didn’t have enough procedurals to choose from: USA has three repeats of NCIS starting at 8.

Well, that title should get some Google hits now, shouldn’t it? Seriously, if you put all these plots together it would sound like a female exploitation film from the early ’70s. Which would probably be better viewing than these Tuesday night repeats.

• Tonight’s episode of House is the one that begins with a girl-on-girl scene between Thirteen and a one night stand who eventually falls ill. This was during her “I’m going to die, so I don’t give a s*!t’ phase of her life. After that is a new episode of House … er, I mean Mental.
• On NBC there are two episodes of Law & Order:SVU. In the first, a dead body leads to three more dead bodies and a strip club. In other words, a standard episode; except for the fact that it guest-stars Carol Burnett. In the next hour, Detective Benson has flashbacks to her sexual assualt during a routine investigation.
• On CBS it’s the Crimetime lineup of NCIS, The Mentalist (the episode with the bomb timer), and 48 Hours Mystery. 48 Hours may be the best option as it investigates the death of a preacher’s wife.
• No repeats on ABC — NBA Finals. Time to reminisce of past schedules. For example, the Tuesday night schedule for 1999 gave us Home Improvement, Spin City, Sports Night, and the great NYPD Blue. Ah, good times!

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I don’t know if this is a record, but Law & Order: Criminal Intent and In Plain Sight featured four alumni of The West Wing on Sunday night. Criminal Intent had one former cast member while In Plain Sight had a total of three.

Guest starring on CI was Janel Moloney, who played Donna Moss on West Wing. Moloney portrayed the wife of a religious official part of the murder investigation conducted by detectives Goren and Eames. I nodded off during the last few minutes of the episode so I’m not sure if she was the killer. And, please don’t reveal if she was part of the murder or not. Unless, of course, you want the anti-spoiler fans to come to your house with torches.

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