saturday and sunday
Saturday: Daytime | Primetime | Late Night
Sunday: Best Bets | Daytime | Primetime | Late Night
Young Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari– in dresses: Bosom Buddies (TBS, 5am, 5:30am).
“Hymie falls in love with a lady KAOS robot” on Get Smart (TV Land, 7am).
Shouldn’t Saturday mornings always start with Looney Tunes (Cartoon Network, 8am, 9am)?
Future War on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Sci-Fi, 8am-10am). (Click here for an old picture of me, in a Bob Mould t-shirt, being weirded out ‘cuz Joel has his arm around me. Next Saturday: Me with Crow & Dr. Forester!).
Squid episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 8:30am).
See Anthony Michael Hall all grown up. The Dead Zone (USA, 9am).
Small Space Living on House Beautiful (A&E, 9am).
The Boys of Summer: Forever Fenway: 75 Years of Red Sox Baseball (ESPN Classic, 11am). Lots of other Red Sox related programming all day Saturday on ESPN Classic.
The Incurable Collector (A&E, 11am). Hosted by John Larroquette. :Roy Rogers & Dale Evans’ Estate; Taxi Memorabilia; Casablanca Piano; Star Wars.
Osbournes marathon (MTV, 1:30pm-6:30pm).
Behind Closed Doors With Joan Lunden (A&E, 2pm). Westminster Dog Show; Sotheby’s Auction House.
NBA Basketball : Rookie Challenge (TNT, 3pm). Rookies vs. second year players.
TNT Salutes Michael Jordan (TNT, 5pm).
Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly in Mogambo (TCM, 5pm). Directed by John Ford.
Ben Affleck on Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo, 6pm).
NBA All-Star Preview (TNT, 6pm). Followed by NBA All-Star Saturday Night (TNT, 7pm). Including the 3 on 3 competition.
Absolutely Fabulous New York Special (Comedy Central, 7pm).
Two episodes of Trading Spaces (TLC, 7pm, 8pm; 10pm, 11pm), both set in California.
VH1 loves the ’80s (and so do I): I Love The ’80s (VH1, 7pm-11pm). 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988.
Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean in Giant (TCM, 7pm).
“Three couples learn the meaning of love on St. Valentine’s Day” on Touched By An Angel (CBS, 7pm).
NBC offers reruns of Law & Order (NBC, 7pm) and Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 8pm).
“Jordan teams with a newspaper reporter (Shawn Christian) to investigate the murder of a senator’s daughter” on a first season episode of Crossing Jordan (A&E, 8pm and midnight).
“Mannion and Vanessa get carjacked while visiting Los Angeles” on The District (CBS, 8pm).
If you’re a Trading Spaces fan and you haven’t yet seen the episode of A Makeover Story (TLC, 9pm, midnight) where Ty and Amy Wynn get makeovers for the Emmy awards, you’ll want to see that. As well as Paige’s wedding on A Wedding Story (TLC, 9:30pm, 12:30am).
The Agency (CBS, 9pm).
Guinea Fowl on Iron Chef (Food Network, 9pm and midnight).
Halle Berry on Eavesdropping With Alan Cumming (Oxygen, 9:30pm).
Relive the love story of Woody and Kelly on Cheers (Nick, 10pm-1am). All the way up to their wedding episode.
Back to back to back to back episodes of Insomniac with Dave Attell (Comedy Central, 10:30pm, 11pm, 11:30pm, midnight).
James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause (TCM, 10:30pm).
Oooh! This should be good: Dolly Parton with Nickel Creek on Austin City Limits (PBS, check your local listings).
Matthew McConaughey hosts Saturday Night Live (NBC, check your local listings). With musical guest the Dixie Chicks.
“Bloopers and Trashy Out-Takes” episode of Junkyard Wars (TLC, 1am).
Gilmore Girls: Beginnings (WB, 6pm)
King of the Hill (FOX, 6:30pm)
The Simpsons (FOX, 7pm)
NBA All-Star Game (TNT, 7:30pm)
Alias (ABC, 8pm)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC, 8pm)
Kingpin (NBC, 9pm)
“With a Little Help From My Friends” episode of China Beach (History Channel, 5am). Big episode for Holly (Ricki Lake). Boy was that a good show, wish it’d become available on DVD.
And another great show (this one is available on DVD): the first two episodes of Sports Night (Comedy Central, 6am, 6:30am).
Rerun of Live by Request Starring Elton John on Breakfast with the Arts (A&E, 7am-9am).
Meet Me in St. Louis (TCM, 9am).
Halle Berry on Eavesdropping With Alan Cumming (Oxygen, 9:30am).
The cast assembles for rehearsals on Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within (Bravo, 11am).
Osbournes marathon (MTV, 11am-3:30pm).
Oliver Platt stars in Deadline (Bravo, Noon). Beth goes under cover at a rehab facility.
“Bloopers and Trashy Out-Takes” episode of Junkyard Wars (TLC, 1pm).
Soda Fountains on Unrapped (Food Network, 1:30pm).
It’s all about lawn mower races: Turf Rockets: The Cutting Edge! (Discovery Channel, 4pm).
Smallville (WB, 4pm) and Everwood (WB, 5pm) air the same episode for the second time this week. It’s what the WB likes to call “Easy View.” May air at a different time or date in some markets, check your local listings.
Marion Ross makes her first appearance as “The Third Lorelai” on a first season episode of Gilmore Girls (WB, 6pm). I guess it’s her parents we must blame for the constant misspelling of “Lorelei” as “Lorelai.” (It drives me crazy!)
Bobby teaches a dog how to dance on a rerun of King of the Hill (FOX, 6pm).
“Redcorn tells Hank he is worried about Dale’s ability to raise Joseph” on a new King of the Hill (FOX, 6:30pm).
“Jealous of Flanders, Homer prays to God for good things to happen” on a new episode of The Simpsons (FOX, 7pm) titled “Pray Anything.”
The Simpsons tv series is the subject of Inside The Actors Studio (Bravo, 7pm and 11pm). Presumably Matt Groenig and perhaps actors who give voice to the characters are on.
“The sisters’ nightmares spring to life, and they can escape only by interpreting them” on Charmed (WB, 7pm).
AKC National Agility Championships (Animal Planet, 7pm).
PAX and Lifetime both have new episodes of at least some of their Sunday night shows, too.
NBC All Star Pregame (TNT, 7pm) followed by NBA Basketball : NBA All-Star Game (TNT, 7:30pm).
” Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) helps Chief Wiggum pursue a killer” on a rerun of The Simpsons (FOX, 7:30pm).
“Sydney must make a decision about her future with the agency” on Alias (ABC, 8pm). I’m guessing that Dixon and Marshall and others have a lot to think about these days, too. Not sure I like the new direction for this show, but I’m still watching (of course).
“Detectives suspect a doctor conducted experiments on the residents of a halfway house” on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC, 8pm).
” Lois imagines what life would be like if she had girls instead of boys” on a new Malcolm in the Middle (FOX, 8pm). Followed by a rerun.
“A man and a woman, both developmentally disabled, plan to get married and have a baby” in Profoundly Normal (CBS, 8pm-10pm). Kirstie Alley and Delroy Lindo star. Hallmark Hall of Fame. Based on a true story.
“Miguel makes a deal with a heroin kingpin in Thailand” and Dr. Klein’s wife makes a demand on Kingpin (NBC, 9pm; rerun on Bravo on Friday).
Rerun of this past week’s episode of The Shield (FX, 9pm).
“After getting a transfusion of “pooled blood,” Johnny is bombarded by images of the donors” on The Dead Zone (USA, 9pm and 11pm).
“Theories of drug deals gone bad arise when the body of a rich college student is discovered” on Dragnet (ABC, 9pm). Haven’t yet watched my tape of the premiere, so don’t know whether to recommend it or not. What do you think?
Rob Reiner on TV Land Legends: The 60 Minutes Interviews (TV Land, 9pm).
Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim All-Star Extravaganza (TNT, 10pm or after the ballgame).
“A pediatrician is questioned about a dead baby found in a cooler” on Law & Order: SVU (USA, 10pm).
Futurama (Cartoon Network, 10pm).
Four episodes of Insomniac with Dave Attell (Comedy Central, 10:30pm-12:30am).
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