The Hills is over, but in its oily wake are Bromance and The City. The first is a competition show where dudes aspire to be bros and the second is chicks pretending to be useful.

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Momma's Boys [10 PM, NBC] - It's difficult to tell exactly what this show is exploiting, but it's quickly becoming a Defamer favorite. Tonight, Food Network chef Tyler Florence challenge the suitorettes to cook something edible for the boys or risk the wrath of the aforementioned mommas. Tyler was a great addition to Shaq's Big Challenge, and the parallel desperation of obese teens trying to lose weight and surgically-enhanced women trying to get a man with significant maternal baggage must have been what attracted him to the project.

The Lake House [8 PM, Oxygen] - Roger Ebert gave this 3.5 stars and we heartily agree with his assessment that despite its confounding logic, the tenuously connected romance between Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves is a good and mature thing and we root for it to happen every time we watch this film. We are also big fans of cross-cutting and non-narration voice-over, so that helps us get through the long letter-reading sequences. For another, more dire assessment of our world, check out one of Ebert's other recent entries. To describe something as sobering during this time of the year can be a stretch, but it harshed our buzz something fierce.

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Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven [8 PM, HBO] - This doc is on every TV critic's radar tonight, not just for the production value but for the access it gives to Le Cirque, a New York restaurant that most people can only hope to dine at during their lifetime. Director/producer Andrew Rossi profiles the restaurant and its life force Sirio Maccioni and finds a few celebrities (Billy Joel, Robert De Niro, Regis) in the crowd along the way. We're getting hungry just writing this, but in all honesty, El Conquistador is closer to our speed.

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Bromance [9 PM, MTV] - With Spencer Pratt no longer in his friend group, Brody Jenner was so desperate to fill this friendship vacuum that he turned to the untapped market of males who have nothing to do but be on his reality show. Nine men compete to be in Brody's entourage, taking on challenges to prove that they are drama-free and trustworthy. If there's one thing that screams drama-free-ness and trustworthiness, it's someone willing to go through the casting process of a reality show.

The City [10 PM, MTV] - Whitney Port moves to NYC to work for Diane von Furstenberg. In back-to-back episodes, we become familiar with Whitney's new man, new crew and new fake work at DvF. Does Lo just not want her own show? She has been the brightest star of LC's universe since the Laguna Beach days, yet she spurns the individual attention. Does that make us respect her more than her co-stars? Yes. Is that saying something? No.