TV Jots

Catch Up on Mad Men

Monday | August 25

America’s Toughest Jobs: And you thought your job was hard since it’s so boring or annoying or low-paying or whatever. This new series aims to show some employees have it even worse. [9pm EST/NBC]

Democratic National Convention: Politics gets four nights of primetime screen time, starting tonight. [10pm EST/ABC, CBS, NBC]

Saving Grace: Grace & Company go on a midseason hiatus following this installment. [10pm EST/TNT]

Tuesday | August 26

Greek: Season Two begins with the college kids returning from Spring Break at a new time on a new day. [9pm EST/ABC Family]

Rescue Me: It was good while it lasted, but even a minisode series must come to an end. [10pm EST/FX]

Wednesday | August 27

Shear Genius: The top hairstylist is chosen in the second-season finale. [10pm EST/Bravo]

Thursday | August 28

Supernatural: Catch an encore of the excellent episode “Time Is on My Side,” guest starring always spooky Billy Drago. [9pm EST/The CW]

Friday | August 29

Real Time with Bill Maher: The late-night show returns just in time for the final stages of the 2008 U.S. presidential election. [11pm EST/HBO]

Saturday | August 30

Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Catch two episodes of the second L&O spinoff, now a USA Network series. If you’re lucky, one will be August 24th’s superb seventh-season finale “Frame.” [9pm EST/NBC]

Sunday | August 31

Mad Men: Missed one or more episodes of this AMC fan favorite? No worries. A Season Two marathon presents all five earlier episodes again and ends with the regularly scheduled premiere of a new episode at 10pm EST, the last of which is repeated at 11pm, too. [5pm EST/AMC]