Monday's Reserved, by Smart Cookie

This January brings in fresh new sitcoms and reality shows. Mondays are particularly good because...New York is in the mutha-f*ckin' house! I knew this show would live up to its expectations when the intro included New York lighting a cigarette and moisturizing her ashy legs with Vaseline...pure comedy at its finest. Coffee Bean put me onto New York's mom's bogus weave. Somehow, I didn't notice her invisible hairline. She looks bald, it's a little creepy.

Ofcourse, this show is full of coonery, but it's a Scoops guilty pleasure. You can catch the HBIC on I Love New York at 10/9 c on VH1.

Another decent show is Lincoln Heights on ABC Family. Lincoln Heights is about a young cop and his POSITIVE black family who move back to his old neighborhood to be bombarded with different struggles. This show comes on at 7/6 c and is something you can watch with the entire family.

Immediately after watching a laid-back family sitcom you can test your gay-dar with Lifetimes new game show, Gay, Straight, or Taken? which airs at 8/7 c. In this game, a single woman must go out with three men and figure out which one is gay, straight, and taken. If she is to choose the straight and single man, they will win a trip. However if she choses incorrectly, then man that she mistakenly chooses as straight and single will win the trip for him and his boyfriend/girlfriend. I must admit, I was stumped on a couple of the men. This is a Scoops MUST WATCH. I'm sure many of you have come across a handsome man, but weren't sure if he was gay, straight, or taken. Well, this show will definitely improve your ability to detect the available and straight man. Also, Lifetime airs two different episodes back-t0-back, so you get double the fun trying pick out who's who.

Honorable Mention: Jennifer Lopez is the Executive Producer of MTV's new reality series, Dancelife. This show is basically about real world dancers trying to make it in Hollywood. It Premieres next Monday, Jan. 15th at 10:30/9:30 c. This show looks pretty good, at least good enough to watch as you eat dinner or do some work on the labtop.

WTF: Can anyone tell me what has happened to Girlfriends??? They are showing so many re-runs, I am beginning to believe that they have officially taken the show off air. They really should have taken this show off last season and ended on a good note. However, the reruns are always MUST SEES.

Reserve Monday nights, relax, and have fun!