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Friday Night Lights (9 p.m. Wednesday, DirecTV) -- You pathetic Luddite fools still clinging to 20th century technology have to wait until February, when West Texas' sexiest, if not necessarily most skilled, high-school football team returns to NBC. But if you've got DirecTV's satellite service, you can see Friday Night Lights' third season debut on channel 101. Dillon High has a new principal, a new quarterback and a whole new set of illicit romances to stew over.

Dexter (9 p.m. Sunday, Showtime) -- In a vicious libel of South Florida that I, for one, will never forgive, the new season of Dexter that kicks off Sunday portrays a Miami that's running short on serial killers! So our murderous cop hero might have to use his power tools on, like, regular people. If you've got nominees, send me the names, and I'll forward them to Showtime.

Californication (10 p.m. Sunday, Showtime) -- Speaking of slicing and dicing, David Duchovny's horndog novelist Hank Moody is about to give in to the demands of his wife and get a vasectomy as the second season of Californication opens. Oh, and they're planning to move to Manhattan, so I guess the show will be renamed Newyorfornication. Otherwise, all's well on the dirtiest sitcom in the history of television.

Little Britain USA (10:30 p.m. Sunday, HBO) -- See full review on 7M.

The Life & Times Of Tim (11 p.m. Sunday, HBO) -- See full review on 7M.

The Ex List (9 p.m. Friday, CBS) -- In this new CBS series that's not exactly a comedy and not exactly a drama and not exactly good, Elizabeth Reaser (Grey's Anatomy) plays a florist who's told by a gypsy that if she doesn't marry one of her ex-boyfriends by the end of the year, she'll die alone and heartbroken. And, we can all pray, soon.

-- GLENN GARVIN

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (PG-13) -- Director Peter Sollett's follow-up to his enchanting debut Raising Victor Vargas takes place over the course of one long New York City night, during which the titular characters (Michael Cera and Kat Dennings) scour the town in search of a famous band's secret concert.

Appaloosa (R) -- Ed Harris directs, co-wrote and stars in this western about a pair of gunslingers (Harris and Viggo Mortensen) hired to clean up a town run by a crooked rancher (Jeremy Irons). Renée Zellweger co-stars.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua (PG) -- Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, George Lopez and Edward James Olmos provide the voices for the dogs in this tale of a pint-size canine from the wrong side of the tracks in love with a pampered pooch from the 90210 ZIP Code.

Blindness (R) -- Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Constant Gardener) directs Jose Saramago's masterpiece novel about what happens after a city is struck by a plague that renders people blind. Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal and Danny Glover co-star.

Flash of Genius (PG-13) -- Based on the true story of Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear), a college professor who took on the Detroit auto industry in the 1960s, claiming they stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper.

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (R) -- A British celebrity journalist (Simon Pegg) has trouble fitting in at his new job at a respected New York City magazine. Megan Fox, Kirsten Dunst and Jeff Bridges co-star in this adaptation of Toby Young's memoir.

Religulous (R) -- Bill Maher, the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, crisscrosses the globe interviewing people about God and religion. Directed by Larry Charles (Borat).

-- RENE RODRIGUEZ

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