Ready or not, here comes The Shire. Mitch, Vernesa, Rif Raf & crew are ready to light up your screens on a Monday night, capturing your imagination and drawing you into their world of complex intrigue.

Given it’s the launch of the most anticipated film series closers in history this week, Channel 9 are ensuring we’re ready by running The Dark Knight this Monday in preparation. A bunch of other channels (including GO!) are joining in by essentially making it unofficially “Superhero Week” with three of Tim Burton’s Batman films, Iron Man 2, Hancock & Daredevil also getting runs.

To add to the mix, Wednesday night bring’s the Grand Final of this season of Australia’s Got Talent – a thoroughly underwhelming series compared with the 2011 incarnation, though the producers are hoping the addition of Justin Beiber to the finale will add interest and viewers.

MOLK PICKS

• Sunday Night – Sun 6:30pm, Ch7
• Reach Out – Sun 6:30pm, Ch9
• New Girl (season finale) – Sun 7pm, Ch10
• Ian Thorpe: The Swimmer – Sun 7:30pm, ABC1
• Billy Connolly’s Route 66 (season finale) – Sun 7:30pm, Ch7
• MasterChef Australia – Sun 7:30pm/Mon-Fri 7pm, Ch10
• 60 Minutes – Sun 8pm, Ch9
• Downton Abbey – Sun 8:30pm, Ch7
• Mythbusters – Mon 7:30pm, SBS one
• The Amazing Race Australia – Mon 7:30pm, Ch7
• Australian Story – Mon 8pm, ABC1
• The Shire (series premiere) – Mon 8pm, Ch10
• Four Corners – Mon 8:30pm, ABC1
• Man vs Wild – Mon 8:30pm, SBS one
• Revenge – Mon 8:40pm, Ch7
• MOVIE: The Dark Knight – Mon 9pm, Ch9
• Media Watch – Mon 9:20pm, ABC1
• The Finder – Mon 9:30pm, Ch10
• Q&A (Richard Ford, Joel Fitzgibbon, Greg Hunt, Sarah Hanson-Young, Jennifer Hewett, Peter Craven) – Mon 9:35pm, ABC1/ABC News 24 (AEST)
• Louie – Mon 10pm, ABC2
• Ten Late News – Mon-Thu 10:30pm, Ch10
• Fringe – Mon/Tue 11pm, GO!
• Once Upon A Time – Tue 7:30pm, Ch7
• Good Game – Tue 8:30pm, ABC2
• NCIS – Tue 8:35pm, Ch10
• The Office (US) – Tue 8:35pm, Eleven
• Archer – Tue 9pm, ABC2
• Wilfred – Tue 9:05pm, Eleven
• World’s Strictest Parents (series return) – Tue 9:35pm, Ch7
• Episodes – Tue 9:35pm, Ch9
• Survivor: One World – Tue 10:30pm, Ch9
• Australia’s Got Talent (Season Grand Final feat. Justin Beiber) – Wed 7:30pm, Ch7
• Myf Warhurst’s Nice (series finale) – Wed 8pm, ABC1
• Randling – Wed 8:30pm, ABC1
• MOVIE: Iron Man 2 – Wed 8:35pm, Ch10
• Dumb, Drunk & Racist – Wed 9:30pm, ABC2
• At The Movies “In Conversation with Bryan Brown” – Wed 10pm, ABC1
• Tricky Business – Wed 10pm, Ch9
• Homeland (rpts) – Wed 10:30pm, ONE
• Photo Finish – Thu 8pm, ABC1
• Hamish & Andy’s Euro Gap Year – Thu 8pm, Ch9
• Silk – Thu 8:30pm, ABC1
• The Marngrook Footy Show – Thu 8:30pm, ABC2
• Criminal Minds (series return) – Thu 8:35pm, Ch7
• Before The Game (Vic/SA/WA) – Thu 8:40pm, Ch10 (Qld/NSW – Thu 10:30pm, ONE)
• The Game Plan NRL (Qld/NSW) – Thu 8:40pm, Ch10 (Vic/SA/WA – Thu 10:30pm, ONE)
• Planet America – Fri 6pm (AEST), ABC News 24
• The Glee Project – Fri 7:30pm, Eleven
• Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell – Fri 8pm, ABC1
• News Exchange – Fri 8pm (AEST), ABC News 24
• The Living Room – Fri 8:10pm, Ch10
• Playing It Straight – Fri 8:30pm, ABC2
• The Simpsons – Sat 6pm, Ch10
• Massive Moves – Sat 7:30pm, SBS one
• RocKwiz – Sat 8:30pm, SBS one

BURIED TREASURE

• Suburgatory – Sun 8:30pm, GO!
• Raising Hope – Mon 8pm, Eleven
• Embarrassing Bodies – Mon 9:30pm, GEM
• Hardcore Pawn – Wed 8:30pm, 7mate
• Snog, Marry, Avoid – Fri 8:30pm, Eleven

SECRET TV PLEASURES

• The Project – Sun-Fri 6pm, Ch10
• Compass – Sun 6:30pm, ABC1
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? – Mon 7:30pm, ONE
• 30 Rock – Mon 11:30pm, Ch7

AT YOUR OWN RISK

• Last Man Standing – Sun 6:30pm/Mon 8:10pm, Ch10
• Grandstand – Mon-Thu 7:30pm, ABC News 24
• Life’s Too Short – Wed 9:05pm, ABC1
• Grey’s Anatomy – Thu 8:35pm, Ch7
• The Footy Show AFL – Thu 9:30pm (MEL/ADL/PER), Ch9
• Better Homes and Gardens – Thu 7:30pm MEL/ADL/PER, Fri 7:30pm BNE/SYD, Ch7

LAST CHANCE(S)

• Mrs Brown’s Boys – Wed 9:15pm, Ch7

DO. NOT. BOTHER.

• Being Lara Bingle – Tue 8:05pm, Ch10
• Fairly Legal – Tue 10:20pm, Ch7
• The Footy Show NRL – Thu 9:30pm (BNE/SYD), Ch9
• Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show – Sat 6:30pm, Ch9