TV TimeZ – December 9

Lots going on in TV land today!  I mean, LOTS.  So set your DVR’s!

ABC:   Shrek the Halls, Disney Prep & Landing, Barbara Walters Special with Oprah, Barbara Walters Special for Special People of 2010. 
Bravo:  The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

CBS:  Big Bang Theory, $#@! My Dad Says, CSI, The Mentalist
CW:   Vampire Diaries, Nikita
FOX:  Bones, Fringe
NBC:  Community, 30 Rock, The Office (9-10p), The Apprentice FINALE!
Discovery Channel is set to premiere a new series focused on kidnapping and the rescuers involved who find innocent victims as Kidnap & Rescue opens January 29. Over 10 episodes, the series offers first-hand accounts and dramatic recreations of the kidnapping, the rescue planning and the recovery of the victim, profiling specialized victim rescue firms such as HALO and Project Child Save.

HBO's True Blood is adding a handful of new cast members for the upcoming fourth season. Christina Moore will play a recurring role as a Texas housewife with special abilities. Moore is also a regular on TNT's HawthoRNe and will firm up her new True Blood role while the TNT drama is on hiatus. Neil Hopkins and Chris Butler will both appear in multi-episodes runs of True Blood with Hopkins playing Claude, brother to Claudine, the queen of the fairies while Butler will play Emory, a conservative shapeshifter.