Tonight's TV: Bones Returns and More

Bones: Ray Mickshaw/FOX

Interesting scheduling choice made by Fox -- I know Bones (airs at 8 p.m.) has been building a pretty solid audience over the last couple seasons, but is it strong enough to open a night all on its own? New Amsterdam could use Bones-sized numbers if it expects to see another season, which I have to say seems very unlikely. (It's barely-decent 6.5 million or so viewers a week is made worse by CBS' formidable comedies, which score double-digit ratings every week with ease.) Anyways, tonight's episode is about a motorcyclist who turns up dead. (Surprise!) I bet Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) solve it. Any takers?

There's also The Paper (airs at 10:30 p.m. on MTV), a docudrama about a Florida high school newspaper staff. It all seems a little more "real" than most of MTV's reality series (ahem, inarticulate breadsticks on The Hills), or at least its editing is slicker than its brethren. Dying to see if newly-appointed editor-in-chief Amanda can win back her mutinous staff -- that, and how long I'll be diggin' this downright journo porn. Grade: B+

The Paper Photo: MTV