By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer
Just in case there's any lingering doubt, the new sitcom "Miss Guided" demonstrates that you never really graduate from high school.
Becky Freeley certainly hasn't. She got her diploma, all right. But it's a few years later and she's back at her alma mater as a guidance counselor — which is ironic, since Becky was traumatized by her own high school experience.
"I wasn't exactly what you would call popular," she tells viewers, then insists that since those days "I've changed quite a bit."
Sure, Becky (series star Judy Greer) is cute as a button. But that doesn't mean she still isn't a well-intentioned, ever-positive goofball. Or that all her adolescent symptoms aren't repeating themselves.
She's still ga-ga over Tim (Kristoffer Polaha), who, in adulthood, happens to be the school's auto-shop-teacher-turned-Spanish-instructor. And now that Becky might finally have a shot at him, she is shocked when the newly hired English teacher is her high school nemesis, the still-smokin'-hot Lisa (Brooke Burns), who has her eye on Tim, too.
In sum, it's deja vu all over again on "Miss Guided," which premieres Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. EDT on ABC, following the season return of "Dancing with the Stars."
Then it moves to its regular time slot Thursday at 8 p.m. EDT with an episode featuring guest star (and "Miss Guided" executive producer) Ashton Kutcher, followed by yet another episode at 8:30 p.m. EDT.
Other shows to look out for:
• She was a winner on HGTV's "Design Star," and now Kim Myles is sharing her fresh sense of design on the home front for her own new HGTV series, "Myles of Style." Describing her design vision as "global urban elegance," Myles will arrive on a homeowner's doorstep each episode ready to rejuvenate a ho-hum room with her signature makeover. Get ready for tips like "paint is the best option for a fast, inexpensive makeover" (even if just one wall in the room is treated to a rich color), and "resist the urge to buy all matching furniture and accessories" (harmonious, but not matching, pieces will lend a more stylish look). "Myles of Style" has a sneak preview Sunday at 10 p.m. EDT, before claiming its regular berth Thursday at 8:30 p.m. EDT.
• FX's "The Riches" is returning for a second season of counterfeit normality by a family of con artists. Thanks to a bizarre accident last season, Wayne and Dahlia Malloy and their three kids were able to leave behind a life spent on the run, living from scam to scam, and assume the identity of a deceased, moneyed suburban family. They claimed for themselves the posh home and respectable name of the Riches, and no one in the wealthy community of Eden Falls was the wiser. But how long can they keep up the act? As season two begins, Wayne sends his family on the road with plans to join them, once he's figured out how to deal with the latest threat to their luxurious lifestyle: the unexpected arrival of Pete, a longtime friend of Doug Rich who has no idea he's dead. Meanwhile, Wayne — who had wangled a job as a lawyer at a local land development firm — has a crack at a multi-million-dollar payday as his share of a potential $150 million land deal. Will this temptation prove to be his (and his family's) undoing? Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver star in this unusual drama, which airs Tuesday at 10 p.m. EDT.
• On January 16, 2006, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was sworn in as Liberia's first elected female president and Africa's first freely elected female head of state. A Harvard-educated economist and grandmother of eight who had been exiled to Nigeria and nicknamed the Iron Lady, Johnson-Sirleaf took office facing huge obstacles in rebuilding a country torn by decades of civil war. Since then, she has appointed an unprecedented number of women to leadership positions, including Police Chief Beatrice Munah Sieh, Minister of Justice Francis Johnson-Morris, Commerce Minister Olubanke King Akerele, and Minister of Gender Vabah Kazaku Gayflor. The documentary "Iron Ladies of Liberia" charts the first year of this groundbreaking administration while profiling the courageous woman at the top. It's this week's "Independent Lens," airing Tuesday at 10 p.m. EDT on PBS (check local listings).
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EDITOR'S NOTE — Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at fmoore(at)ap.org
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