TV Tonight - 'Bering Sea Gold' & 'Merlin' Premieres; 'Shark Tank,' 'CSI: NY,' 'Last Man Standing' & 'Infested' Return; & More!

        Friday, January 4 - TV Tonight includes the season premieres of Discovery's Bering Sea Gold, Syfy's Merlin and TLC's Say Yes to the Dress: Randy Knows Best; another case of "Busted Pilot Theater" in USA's Over/Under; the return of both ABC and CBS' full lineups as well as Animal Planet's Infested!; and much more!

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8:00

LAST MAN STANDING (ABC) - BULLYING 

• Eve is suspended for name-calling; after Ryan gets a job, he buys a motorcycle.

UNDERCOVER BOSS (CBS) - MOOD MEDIA

• Mood Media CEO faces his fear of heights and learns how to use a soldering iron while he is under cover.

GO ON (NBC) - BIG LEAGUE CHEW (REPEAT)

• Ryan denies he is compulsive eating as part of the grieving process; Ryan offers Lauren dating advice; Ryan tries to get Danny to face reality.

AT&T COTTON BOWL (FOX) - OKLAHOMA VS. TEXAS A&M

• From Arlington, Texas.

NIKITA (THE CW) - THE SWORD'S EDGE (REPEAT)

• When a former undercover division agent is elected president of Uzbekistan, Nikita and the team try to capture him while he is visiting to the United States.

GOLD RUSH - PAY DIRT (DISCOVERY) - UP SMITH CREEK

• Todd Hoffman needs 100 ounces of gold to avoid being closed down; the mystery of Smith Creek; with bonus footage and production facts and tweets.

WWE SMACKDOWN (SYFY)

• "The Viper'' Randy Orton returns. Plus, Kofi Kingston gets his Intercontinental Championship rematch versus Wade Barrett.

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8:30

MALIBU COUNTRY (ABC) - PUSH COMES TO SHOVE 

• Reba tries to get June's school to revive its music program; Cash earns a bad boy persona when he stands up to the most popular boy in school; Lillie fights to keep her local pot dispensary open.

GO ON (NBC) - ANY GIVEN BIRTHDAY (REPEAT)

• Ryan reluctantly plays along when the group plans a scavenger hunt for his birthday; Sonia looks after Steven after he has a colonoscopy; Anne and Mr. K bond.

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9:00

SHARK TANK (ABC)

• Mark and Lori offer an entrepreneur $1 million; enclosed tabletop food screen; a beer and arcade game cabinet; peel-off face paint transfer; hair care products for children; update on Squirrel Nut Butter.

CSI: NY (CBS) - COMMAND PLUS P

• When two victims are linked by a very unusual weapon, the CSI team tries to solve the puzzling mystery.

DATELINE NBC (NBC)

• A teen's murder shakes a Nevada community, especially when two unlikely people make confessions.

ARROW (THE CW) - PILOT (REPEAT)

• Five years after a shipwreck left him stranded on a remote island, Oliver Queen is discovered and returned home to those closest to him; Oliver tries to right the wrongs of society and his family by creating a secret vigilante persona known as Arrow.

INFESTED! (ANIMAL PLANET) - MIDNIGHT TERROR

• An unknown intruder threatens to engulf a home in flames; hundreds of snakes make their way into a house; a mother battles potentially rabid bats.

GOLD RUSH (DISCOVERY) - LEPRECHAUN GOLD

• Parker learns about the fate of his Grandpa; Indian River faces a shutdown; the Dakota boys investigate the history of the Glory Hole.

CASTLES ON CAMERA: ROYAL RESIDENCES ON TV (HGTV)

• Highclere Castle from "Downton Abbey''; the childhood home of Princess Diana; sleeping in a historic house.

SAY YES TO THE DRESS (TLC) - MOTHER MAY I?

• Even after losing 100 pounds Victoria still needs her mother's approval on her dress; Laura and her mother do not have the same taste; a slimmer Vicki has to contend with her mother.

KILLER KARAOKE (TRUTV)

• Contestants sing songs while enduring an industrial-sized fan and the attention of a team of hair waxers.

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9:30

SAY YES TO THE DRESS (TLC) - A VERY MERRY WEDDING

• Stephanie wants to kick off Christmas with a Black Friday wedding; Katie is hoping to look like an ice princess for her winter wonderland wedding; Megan's wedding is holiday themed.

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10:00

20/20 (ABC) - HALF THEIR SIZE

• People magazine profiles readers who have lost half their body weight; long-term weight loss secrets; overweight friends of svelte celebrities; weight loss marketing scam; reality-TV star Ruby Gettinger.

BLUE BLOODS (CBS) - FATHERS AND SONS

• When two different people driving gas-guzzling vehicles are killed by a sniper, the city thinks a radical environmental serial killer is responsible; Danny's son is severely injured in a bicycle accident.

QUADROPHENIA: CAN YOU SEE THE REAL ME? (BBCA)

• The Who records its sixth album; archival interviews include members and employees of the studio.

BERING SEA GOLD (DISCOVERY) - POINT OF NO RETURN (SEASON PREMIERE)

• The Pomrenkes get off to a bad start with family arguments and a $25,000 bill; Zeke and Scott have powerful new dredges.

FASHION FACE-OFF (E!) - 2013 CELEBRITY STYLE SPECIAL

• Predicting the top five fashion trends for 2013 with Kelly Osbourne and George Kotsiopoulos.

MYSTERY DINERS (FOOD) - NIGHT SHIFT

• The overnight bartender at Putter's Bar & Grill is running his own bar in the restaurant.

HOUSE HUNTERS (HGTV)

• A woman wants to find a house with character in Washington, D.C.

TEEN TROUBLE (LIFETIME) - ASMARA

• Josh gives a 16-year-old girl a wake up call when he takes her to spend a winter night on the streets with a homeless person.

MERLIN (SYFY) - ARTHUR'S BANE (SEASON PREMIERE)

• Men are disappearing from the frozen north of Camelot and King Arthur's search party leads them into greater danger.

SAY YES TO THE DRESS: RANDY KNOWS BEST (TLC) - TOP 10 MOMMA DRAMAS (SEASON PREMIERE)

• Every girl wants her mother there when she picks out the dress of her dreams but sometimes a loving mom preparing for the big day cam become a momzilla.

OVER/UNDER (USA)

• A man becomes a bookie after losing his job as a day trader. Steven Pasquale, Caroline Dhavernas, Anthony Carrigan, Giancarlo Esposito.

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10:30

HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL (HGTV)

• A man and his wife want to find a home base in Tamarindo, Costa Rica.

SAY YES TO THE DRESS: RANDY KNOWS BEST (TLC) - TOP 10 BUDGET BUSTING BRIDES

• Randy counts down the wildest, most budget-busting brides he's seen.

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11:00

THE BRIT LIST: TOP 20 MOST OUTRAGEOUS CELEBRITIES - U.S. VS. U.K. (BBCA)

• Actors, musicians and superstars are known for bizarre behavior, strange habits and atypical interests.

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