Laurel’s TV Picks

Baseball (ESPN & ESPN2, various games & times)
Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS, 8pm)
Crossing Jordan (NBC, 9pm)
Miracles (ABC, 9pm)
The Shield (FX, 9pm, 10pm)
Dave’s back and his first guest is Billy Crystal on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm)

Two of the best science fiction TV series begin airing regularly, from the beginning, on Sci-Fi channel today:

Babylon 5 returns to the Sci-Fi channel lineup; episodes will air at 8am weekdays. Letterboxed. Part 1 of “The Gathering” airs today, part 2 airs tomorrow and then the first regular episode (“Midnight on the Firing Line”) airs on Wednesday. The show grows on you if you give it a chance, it’s a series with some big payoff episodes that make the rest worthwhile.

Farscape begins airing Sundays-Thursdays at 11pm on the Sci-Fi channel. Starting tonight with the first episode.

And first season episodes of Stargate SG-1 are airing each Monday night from 6pm-10pm with those episodes also airing Monday-Thursday at midnight that same week (one episode each night at midnight). The episodes for this week start with the first episode after the two-hour pilot.

South Park picked up for at least two more seasons.

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

Dawson’s Creek (TBS, 7am-Noon) begins airing regularly on TBS.

Rita Moreno, Connie Nielsen on The Caroline Rhea Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Della Reese, Tracey Gold, Cristian De La Fuente, Too Hot Tamales, Stephen Collins on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Follow Ups” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Venus and Serena Williams” on a rerun of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Entropy” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 5pm).

MLB Baseball : New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays (ESPN2, 6pm).

I Love The ’80s (VH1, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm). 1980, 1981, 1982.

Verne Troyer guest stars on Boston Public (FOX, 7pm).

“Doug gets caught lying to avoid going to the opera” on King of Queens (CBS, 7pm).

“Ray fears his cookie rival is flirting with him when he drops Ally off for a sleepover” on Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS, 8pm).

“Eugene and Jimmy defend a young drug dealer charged with a gang-related killing” on The Practice (ABC, 8pm).

“Several police officers abduct Sully and take him to a remote cabin to dry out” on Third Watch (NBC, 8pm).

Jim Rose Twisted Tour (Travel, 8pm, 8:30pm, 9pm).

“New artists join Cirque du Soleil at the company’s headquarters in Montreal to plan a new show” on Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within (Bravo, 8pm and 11pm).

Another airing of Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (USA, 8pm). James Woods stars.

“Cereal” and “Hold Everything” on Unwrapped (Food Network; 8pm and 11pm, 8:30pm and 11:30pm).

It’s opening day for most baseball clubs, so expect a busy and fun installment of Baseball Tonight (ESPN2, 9pm, 2am).

“Jordan reunites with a past love while investigating the alleged suicide of a young woman” on Crossing Jordan (NBC, 9pm).

“Paul tries to warn a group who experienced hemography, a form of divine intervention” on Miracles (ABC, 9pm).

“Federal agents’ involvement compromises Horatio’s case” on C.S.I. Miami (CBS, 9pm).

Two more second season episodes of The Shield (FX, 9pm, 10pm). Part of a marathon (with two episodes each night) leading up to the season finale tomorrow night.

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

“The detectives deal with a case involving a pregnant woman who has Down syndrome” on Law & Order: SVU (USA, 10pm).

“Grissom and team investigate a murder suspect caught burying bodies” on a rerun of C.S.I. (TNN, 10:05pm) from the show’s second season called “Alter Boys.”

Dave’s back! Woohoo! Welcome back, Mr. Letterman. Joining Dave tonight are guests Billy Crystal and a whistling champion on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).

Bill Paxton, Alex Rodriguez, Lucy Woodward on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).

Brilliant “War of the Coprophages” episode of The X-Files (TNT, 11pm). Written by Darin Morgan. Another cool Darin Morgan episode (“Humbug”) airs at 1am on SciFi.

Rerun of last week’s episode of 24 (FX, 11pm).

“Cole grows attracted to a Hollywood actress who is also a suspect in the murder of her agent” on Robbery Homicide Division (USA, 11pm).

Dave Chappelle, Seth Green, Badly Drawn Boy on a rerun of Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).

Wanda Sykes, Saliva, guest co-host Mike Tyson on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).

Roseanne Barr, Buckwheat Zydeco on The Late Late Show (CBS, check your local listings).

Adrien Brody, t.A.T.u. on a rerun of Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).

I still love Sports Night (Comedy Central, 1am-3am). First season episodes of the brilliant series.

Anthony Geary, guest co-host Barbara Walters on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Sigourney Weaver on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Amanda Bynes, Anthony Geary, American Idol cast-off Julia DeMato on The Caroline Rhea Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Jeff Foxworthy, Jeremy London, cooking with The Ladies of Lighten Up, DJ Qualls, Stacie Orrico on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Ask Dr. Phil, with Teens” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“What Your Mother Never Told You About Motherhood” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
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