
30 Rock (NBC, 8 p.m.) — Please don’t misinterpret my “ugh” as an orgasmic “ugh.” It’s the kind of “ugh” that you mutter when you see Paula Deen make mouth love with a cannoli, or in this case, when a remarkably daft swimmer guest stars on a great sitcom. Or maybe I’m just bitter 30 Rock didn’t cast his lovely sister.
The Office (NBC, 9 p.m.) — Dwight rents a bus to use as his office (“Ass, gas, or Battlestar Galactica DVDs, no one rides for free”), while Jim uses pie to cheer up Pam. That doesn’t sound as multidimensional as last season’s “Nellie learns how to eat a taco” plot, which I’m glad I forgot about until now, otherwise I would have been pissed that it didn’t win every Emmy.
Parks and Recreation (NBC, 9:30 p.m.) — The mysterious Congressman Murray is finally revealed. He’s played by Adam Harrington, which should appease the 12 people who watched The Mob Doctor pilot and thought to themselves, “I hope that Harrington fellow…wait. This isn’t NCIS.”
Little Shop of Gypsies (TLC, 10 p.m.) — SPOILER. A giant plant named Tawdry eats all the gypsies, before making its way to TLC headquarters in Florida (probably), where Tawdry destroys everyone and everything in sight. The next day newspaper headlines read, “Hero Plant Saves World.”
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia/The League (FX, 10 p.m.) — The gang recycles their trash (the return of Trash Man?!?), and the league argues whether Chalupa Batman McArthur should be circumcised. Speaking of penises: JENNY AND SHIVA KISSING GIF.
LATE NIGHT GUESTS: Matthew Fox, Emily VanCamp, and Paul Weller on Kimmel; Kelsey Grammer, Casey Wilson, and Ben Hague on Ferguson; Jeff Goldblum and Maggie Q on Conan; Barack Obama on Stewart; and the Killers on Colbert.



Should’ve been McKayla Maroney.
Are the Kimmel producers providing every woman in the audience with a jockstrap? If not, that seems like a huge liability with Matthew Fox guesting.
Out of these episodes airing, I’m most excited about The Office. Dwight and Jim antics never get old; I even have a coworker at DISH that reminds me of Dwight—maybe it’s the mustard-colored shirt that he frequently wears. A mobile office seems right up Dwight’s alley. I’m saving the entire final season to my Hopper, because I know that I’ll feel nostalgic from time to time. It’s cool having a DVR that has enough recording space to let me save everything I want. From the sound of it, I’m glad that 30 Rock isn’t currently on my watch list; maybe some day.
I’ve been on a serious cannoli kick lately. What is it with me and Italian?!
I appreciate the irony of NBC forcing 30 Rock to write in Ryan Lochte. That’s definitely something a real life Jack Donaghy would do.
Hooray. More Nellie plots.
Firstly, wow is that an unflattering picture of Tina Fey.
Secondly, Lochte was used in a very funny way on 30 Rock, and also mocked him to his face, and he might literally have been too dumb to get really get the joke. Wins all around.