Laurel’s TV Picks

Angel (WB, 8pm)
The West Wing (NBC, 8pm)
Law & Order (NBC, 9pm)
First two episodes of this season of The Shield (FX, 9pm and 10pm)
Luke Wilson guest hosts The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm) with guests Kelly Preston, Taye Diggs, Kelly Osbourne, Seether

You can now pre-order seasons 1 & 2 of Homicide: Life on the Street on DVD from amazon.com. Set contains some cool extras. Woohoo! Discounted, with free shipping, it’s all good. Release date is May 27th.

Oh yeah, you can still pre-order season 1 of Alias on DVD, the set will be released on September 2nd.

More TV DVDs on the TV on DVD page; support this site, buy DVDs (and other stuff) at amazon.com via my links (thanks to everyone who is doing this!).

News could still preempt, delay, or change schedules (especially for the major networks).

Peter Gros, new Bachelor Andrew Firestone, guest co-host Tony Danza on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Wanda Sykes on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Tovah Feldshuh, new Bachelor Andrew Firestone on The Caroline Rhea Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Doris Roberts, Melody Thomas Scott, Debra Jo Rupp, Lance Burton, 8-year-old dancer Alexandra Neal on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Kids and teens that are “Sexy Too Soon” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Should Your Child Be Doing That?” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Older and Far Away” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 5pm).

“The Formans learn Jackie has been crashing at their place” on That ’70s Show (FOX, 7pm).

Survivor (CBS, 7pm) is on tonight instead of Thursday again ‘cuz of CBS’ coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament.

“Pacey rushes home when his father is hospitalized; Dawson is a guest speaker” on Dawson’s Creek (WB, 7pm).

New episode of Angel (WB, 8pm). Gwen’s back and that’s all I’m gonna tell you ‘cuz I don’t want to spoil anybody. (Though bummer we didn’t get to see her meet Faith, eh?) All I’ll say is that Angel’s been mostly pretty good these days.

“Abbey seeks to torpedo a foreign aid bill” on a new episode of The West Wing (NBC, 8pm).

“Fry Hard 2: The Chicken” episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 8pm and 11pm).

There’s a new bachelor as a new season or round or whatever starts on The Bachelor (ABC, 8pm).

“A struggling comic (Wanda Sykes) lands a job as an on-air news reporter at a Washington TV station” in the series premiere of Wanda At Large (FOX, 8:30pm). Ann Magnuson is in it, so that’s something.

“A family of quintuplets attracts media attention,” and “Jimmy and Timmy join up with the notorious Denver Crips” on South Park (Comedy Central, 8:30pm, 9pm).

“Media-savvy attorney defends a teen accused of shooting an off-duty police officer” on a new Law & Order (NBC, 9pm). Gregory Hines guest stars.

“Grissom and Sara process the scene of a fatal hit-and-run accident and an assault” on a rerun of C.S.I. (CBS, 9pm).

Reruns of the first two episodes of the second season of The Shield (FX, 9pm, 10pm). Marathon starts today and runs through Monday, two episodes each night– season finale airs on Tuesday. Great way to catch this whole season of the show, which contains outstanding work by CCH Pounder (and that Michael Chiklis guy and others). I’ve honestly only seen a couple of episodes of this season, I look forward to catching up; this is how I watched the first season and I recommend it.

Futurama (Cartoon Network, 10pm).

Ringo Starr on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).

Luke Wilson guest hosts The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm). With guests Kelly Preston, Taye Diggs, Kelly Osbourne, Seether.

Adrien Brody, Willie Barcena, Vince Gill on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).

Jarod Miller, DJ Qualls, Jesse James on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).

Ashton Kutcher, Pat O’Brien, Sen Dog & B-Real from Cypress Hill, guest co-host Slash on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).

Rachel Ward, Vince McMahon on The Late Late Show (CBS, check your local listings).

Tom Sizemore, Sigur Ros on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).

Dilbert (Comedy Central, 1:30am).

Gary & Mike (Comedy Central, 2am).

Robert Duvall, Sean Paul on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Daniel Stern on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Wanda Sykes, the latest Survivor cast-off, Jana Marie Hupp (of Ed) on The Caroline Rhea Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Paula Abdul, Johnny Ciao, Cris Judd, 5-year-old drummer Caleb Sanders on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Blended Families” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Reporters on the Front Lines in Iraq” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
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