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Chuck

8 p.m., NBC

I did not love last week's episode. I am on the fence about the new agent-in-charge, Shaw, for two reasons: 1. I don't think that Superman guy, Brandon Routh, is a particularly good actor, and he is definitely not my type and, 2. I cannot stand the actress Kristin Kreuk, who is apparently joining the cast and the Buy More staff. She is the Andie MacDowall of television. Gorgeous, yes. Talented, not one iota. On the other hand, if Sara and Chuck stop mooning about each other and start mooning about other people (and I use the word "mooning" in the old-fashioned sense, not the modern-day, drop-trou sense), then I'm all for that. Tonight, Chuck continues working with his new "asset," Awesome and other stuff happens.

Hardball with Chris Matthews

5 p.m., MSNBC

So last week, there was a big uproar after Chris Matthews gave his commentary on Obama's State of the Union speech and said, and I quote, "For an hour I forgot he was black." Now, I am no fan of Chris Matthews, because if I wanted someone to shout at me nonstop, I'd go to my in-laws for Thanksgiving (I kid because I love. They are a high-decibel group.). But I honestly don't think he even knew what he was saying when he said it, and here's why: The mind-suck that 24-hour cable news has become has, I believe, literally used up all the intelligent discussion and debate. All they are left with, in the never-ending quest to fill all that air time with verbosity, is individual words. So, they just blurt them out. Sometimes they make sense (Anderson Cooper), sometimes they don't (Nancy Grace). So in the aftermath of Obama's speech, Matthews was just saying words, strung together with some modifiers and a couple of conjunctions, and he ended up sounding like a complete racist idiot. Of course when he went back on the air to try and explain it away, that didn't make sense either, so I guess my point is proven. They've used up all the intelligent debate.

Two and a Half Men

9 p.m., CBS

I'm not sure if you saw my column a week ago about my decision to no longer reward Charlie Sheen's inherently bad, misogynistic behavior with my viewership, but I am so far sticking to my guns. Just as I don't watch Mel Gibson or Tom Cruise products because of their personal idiocy, so I have decided to drop "Men" from my viewing list because I cannot believe that Charlie Sheen can stumble through life smacking women around and still remain the highest paid actor on television. So, despite how funny I think this show is, I'm done.