Tonight’s TV Spotlight…Friday, August 5, 2011

Happy Friday, everybody! Check out tonight’s TV selection below!

Flashpoint | 8pm on CBS
“The Better Man”
As a city-wide drug bust takes place, Team One struggles with a team member’s secret that could compromise their assignment and end Wordy’s career.

Friends with Benefits | 8pm on NBC | Series Premiere
“Pilot”
This half-hour comedy follows a group of twenty-something singles as they navigate the difficult, sometimes rewarding yet often confusing, world of dating. Ben Lewis (Ryan Hansen) is on the hunt for the perfect woman who meets his impossible set of high standards, while his best friend, Sara Maxwell (Danneel Ackles) a busy young doctor, is just looking for a nice, compatible man to settle down with and raise a family. Ben and Sara have fallen into the habit of turning to each other for moral and physical support as they wait for Mr. and Ms. Right to arrive. When Ben is confronted with needing a date to his sister’s wedding, Sarah begins to worry that their arrangement is becoming too serious. Their friend Aaron Greenway (Zach Cregger), a successful tech genius, is not quite sure what to make of Ben and Sara’s complicated friendship, but he, along with the smooth ladykiller Julian “Fitz” Fitzgerald (Andre Holland) and the gorgeous, free-spirited Riley Elliott (Jessica Lucas), are all distracted with their own dating trials and tribulations.

Platinum Hit | 8pm on Bravo | Season Finale
“The Winner Takes it All”
In the Season 1 finale, the final three songwriters try to pen a career-making, chart-topping song—with nary a theme nor parameter restricting them. The episode culminates with the crowning of the winner. Appearing: songstress Leona Lewis and producers J.R. Rotem and Evan Bogart.

Torchwood: Miracle Day | 10pm on Starz
“The Categories of Life”
After going undercover, the unit learns what is really going on with the Miracle. And as the enemy draws nearer, mortality is about to make a comeback in a most unnerving way.

Haven | 10pm on Syfy
“Love Machine”
The town’s docks start attacking people while the other Audrey Parker probes Audrey’s identity crisis.

The Soup | 10pm on E!
A weekly recap of various pop culture and television show moments of the week. The show is hosted by Joel McHale (COMMUNITY), who provides sarcastic and biting commentary on the hottest celeb news events and goofiest reality clips.

Also playing…

• Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta | 9 and 9:30pm on TLC: “The Longest Appointment Ever…” and “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
  
• Fashion Police | 10:30pm on E!

Leave a comment and let me know what you will be watching!