Roger Catlin's TV Eye ... where the appalling excess seen on shows like "Hoarders" (A&E, 10 pm), is offset just an hour earlier by the new show, "American Pickers" (History,9 pm) ... American Pickers, Hosted by Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, Debuts on the History Channel American Pickers debut episode on The History Channel had Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz going around the Midwest looking for old treasures, ... Johnny Weir featured in a new series American Pickers: This new series follows professional trash pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz as they dig through junk piles, abandoned barns and other ... Recommendations from the Monitor staff / The Christian Science Monitor A new mouthwatering book on artisan cheeses, singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston's lastest album, History Channel's new 'American Pickers' series, and more. ... TV critic's choice "American Pickers" (8 pm, History) is a new series following two men, Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who have made recycling their mission, ... St. Petersburg Times SERIES PREMIERE American Pickers, 9 p.m., History. A pair of professional trash pickers comb through piles of garbage, old barns and abandoned houses looking for valuable stuff. Wait till they meet the folks from Hoarders.24, 8 p.m., Fox. We hope Chloe's new nemesis works out better than the tiresome sniping with Janeane Garofalo last season. Otherwise we're sending Jack after her.SERIES PREMIERE Life Unexpected, 9 p.m., CW. A teenage foster child becomes emancipated and tracks down her parents, who seem to be very welcoming for a couple who abandoned their child 15 years ago.TUESDAYSEASON PREMIERE The Millionaire Matchmak... O'Brien boot may come back to kick NBC The new "American Pickers" reality series at 9 tonight on History follows two "antique archaeologists" who prowl junkyards for hidden treasures. ... LeClaire antiquers will be on TV’s History channel They call themselves “pickers,” and now they have a show on cable TV’s History channel called “American Pickers,” which documents their quest for the old and interesting while telling the stories of the people who saved the items in the first place. “We’re the people behind the scenes,” Fritz said. “We don’t go to antique shops, we don’t go to flea markets, we don’t go to estate sales. Once an antique hits a flea market or something like that, it’s already been found. We’re not interested in things that have been found. We’re interested in finding things.” The duo’s based in LeClaire, Iowa, with a warehouse tucked behind the BP station... 2010 Will Be a Stock Pickers Market 2009 was a year when even monkeys could have made a lot of money in the stock market. Maybe you've heard the story from the 1980s, which was argued in a popular investing book, that a bunch of monkeys throwing darts at a list of stocks could make picks that would beat those of investment professionals. Last year, as the massive stock rally lifted all boats, everyone from the professionals to those who didn't have a clue (including monkeys) did quite well for themselves as long as they were invested in equities. 2010 is shaping up to be quite a different market. It's rare to see two consecutive years of huge gains, which means 2010 will likely see a modest, if any, return... TV highlights for January 18, 2009 ... collectibles travel to find the "good junk" with the best stories in small-town America on the series premiere of "American Pickers" (History at 9). ...