Heroes (8pm, NBC) - A two-hour "Heroes" in which Claire becomes suspicious of Samuel, Peter struggles to accept Nathan's death, and Sylar returns to the Carnival.  

Antiques Roadshow (8pm, UNC-TV) - The first of three episodes filmed in Raleigh back in July of 2009. 

Antiques Roadshow Raleigh: Behind the Scenes (9pm, UNC-TV) - UNC-TV gives us a special look at what it takes to put together the touring appraisal show, and what the show's producers and appraisers thought of their time in Raleigh.

The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love (8pm, ABC) - In my opinion, ABC made a strange pick for this season: Jake, the "too nice" airline pilot from "The Bachelorette" who flew across the country to rat out that jerk-face two-timing hillbilly Wes, and then cried like a baby outside Jillian's hotel room. Speaking of Jillian, she and fiance Ed will be on hand tonight to help Jake sort through the 25 women. The whole idea of this makes me a little sick, but I bet I watch.

Conveyor Belt of Love (10pm, ABC) - Five women check out 30 men on a conveyor belt, with the belt stopping for 60 seconds so each man can plead his case. In the end, each woman gets a man. Okay, now I do feel sick.

Men of a Certain Age (10pm, TNT) - Owen's family must stay at his hateful father's house when his own home, which is still under construction, loses power. 

PBS's hit series "Antiques Roadshow" filmed three episodes in Raleigh this past summer, breaking all kinds of records and even making one person a millionaire.

We're now very close to seeing those episodes air.

The first installment will air Monday night (January 4) at 8pm on UNC-TV, and the other shows will air on the next two Monday nights. 

To get you primed for the premiere, here's our summer coverage of "Antiques Roadshow."  In addition to the millionaire jade story, we talked to a guy with a chair from the original "Planet of the Apes" movie and a family with ceremonial spears, and I even got my mules appraised. Luci Chavez also wrote about an Apex woman with a historic family heirloom.

We'll have more on the "Antiques Roadshow" premiere on Monday. 

Click below for more photos from the taping of "Antiques Roadshow" in Raleigh on Saturday.

Chris Georgoulias of Raleigh brought his own treasure to the "Antiques Roadshow" taping on Saturday -- a chair from the movie "Planet of the Apes."

The chair looks like it was carved out of a gigantic piece of brown stone, and was hauled around the Convention Center by Chris on a dolly. Here's a close-up shot of the "Planet of the Apes" movie poster featuring the chair, or a chair like it.

Watch the video below of Chris explaining how he came to be the proud owner of such an item. He doesn't say whether or not he lets damn dirty apes sit in the chair.  

When I got the press rules for covering the "Antiques Roadshow" taping in downtown Raleigh on Saturday, I discovered that I was allowed to take an item with me for appraisal. The idea was to give me a unique perspective on the process.

I'm not sure I achieved that perspective, because I didn't have to wait in line for hours like the other 6,000 or so folks there. Happy for me, sad for them.

But I did get to speak to one of the show's appraisers who closely examined my treasures: a brown cast iron boot jack in the shape of a donkey's head with "Roosevelt" stamped in one ear and "In '32" stamped in the other; and its companion piece, a small, iron, braying donkey bottle opener with "F.D.R." stamped on its behind.