Laurel’s TV Picks

Picks for Tuesday won’t be online ’til sometime after Noon. By 2pm or so, I hope.

Season premiere of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings)
Season premiere of Everwood (WB, 8pm)
Three’s Company marathon (Nick, 8pm - 5am).

I want to weep. I spent two hours on picks, from 6am ’til 8am. Great edition, I even wrote up a lengthy “featured pick” thingie about Everwood. Wrote about shows airing during the day, looked up new info on the new talk shows, on and on. One of the best picks ever! And I was pretty much done, just searching for a daily quote when my system crashed. This should be no problem, these days I write the picks in software that’s supposed to back things up every few seconds. But— I’d upgraded that software recently and didn’t realize I had to reset the options to say “save every 5 seconds” and so . . . well, nothing was saved. I lost it all. Argh (that doesn’t even begin to cover it).

Nothing to do but start again, should take less time this time around, but I fear I won’t be as complete and won’t find time to cover as much nor do I have the heart to rewrite that piece about Everwood. Sigh. (Note: today’s a good day to email me something positive about the picks or make a donation or show your support in some way).

Some series (like Becker) begin runs in syndication today, check your local listings for stations. You’ll want to check them to be sure any reruns you regularly watch are still on at the time and channel you’re used to, as local scheduling of syndicated shows may change today for some stations.

TV DVDs due out tomorrow include: Season 1 of Soap and Season 4 of Earth: Final Conflict. DVD sets due out next Tuesday include: Season 1 of Smallville, Season 1 of I Love Lucy, Black Scorpion, and Shogun. [More TV on DVD page]

Don’t forget to check out the 2003-04 Fall Schedule Grid (with premiere dates) and the TV on DVD page.

Babylon 5 (Sci-Fi, 8am weekdays) reruns cycle back to the beginning. Part 1 of “The Gathering” (the piliot movie) airs today.

Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seal, Vanna White on Live with Regis & Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Dr. Phil McGraw, John Lithgow on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Bravo begins airing another run of The West Wing (Bravo, 10am weekdays), starting with the pilot episode. The other run continues at 6pm and 10pm Monday-Thursdays (and is near the end of the first season).

Today’s Sci-Fi mini-marathon is of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Sci-Fi, 10am-3pm).

I can’t believe I forgot to mention the premiere of the new tv movie musical Wuthering Heights (MTV, 12:30pm) last night. Rest assured, I’ll try to remember to mention the rest of the airings of this. Music by Jim Steinman (who wrote many of Meatloaf’s hits, plus Total Eclipse of the Heart and others). Erika Christensen stars. John Doe and Katherine Heigl are in it, too. Plus Chris Masterson.

If you don’t get Cartoon Network, but do get TBS, you can still see Futurama (TBS, 1pm weekdays) and Family Guy (TBS, 1:30pm weekdays).

Christine Baranski, Stephen Dorff on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Sean Hayes, Nikki Reed (of Thirteen), an international auctioneering champion on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings). More info.

Justin Timberlake, Wynonna Judd, and a family of eight siblings that were recently orphaned on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“The Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge: Show 1″ on the season premiere of Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

Arnold and Maria, Beyonce Knowles on the season premiere of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Who Are You” and “Superstar” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 3pm, 4pm).

The West Wing (Bravo, 6pm and 10pm).

Season premiere of 7th Heaven (WB, 7pm). Part 1 of 2. Expect some drama as according to previews someone may be pregnant and someone may get in a “fatal accident.” Whatever. Matt and Mary will make appearances this season, another character may depart. I’m sure the Camdens will take in some other strays.

Season premieres of The Parkers (UPN, 7pm), Girlfriends (UPN, 8pm), and Half and Half (UPN, 8:30pm).

Rerun of The O.C. (FOX, 7pm). Second-to-last episode before it goes on a break for the baseball playoffs.

Nancy Drew movies on TCM.

Another airing of Late Night With Conan O’Brien 10th Anniversary Special (Comedy Central, 7:30pm). Lotsa great clips, plus appearances by Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Andy Richter, and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

Season premiere of Everwood (WB, 8pm). We finally find out how Colin’s surgery went. I think I know what happens, but I’m not saying nothin’. Nope. Marcia Cross joins the show this season as Dr. Abbott’s sister. This was one of my favorite new shows last year (along with Without A Trace and Boomtown) and if I’m honest I’m looking forward to it’s return even more than of the others (perhaps because it’s usually a bit more upbeat). Trust me on this one, give the show a chance if you haven’t or haven’t lately.

TV Land (and Nick at Night) marks the passing of John Ritter tonight with a Three’s Company marathon (Nick, 8pm - 5am).

Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (Trio, 8pm and 11pm).

Robert gets married on a rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS, 8pm - 8:45pm).

“Drive-ins” and “Vending Machines” on Unwrapped (Food Network; 8pm and 11pm, 8:30pm and 11:30pm).

Series premiere of Eve (UPN, 8:30pm). Eve stars as a single fashion designer who is looking for love. Ali Landry is one of her co-stars.

Special 75-minute long rerun of C.S.I. Miami (CBS, 8:45pm).

Trivia Unwrapped (Food Network, 9pm and midnight).

Another airing of NBC 2003 Fall Preview Show (Bravo, 9:30pm).

Cuba Gooding, Jr. on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).

The Orlando Jones Show (FX, 10pm).

Eddie Brill, Rich Vos, Patrice Oneal, Keith Robinson on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).

Futurama (Cartoon Network, 10:30pm).

Colin Farrell, Robert Randolph on a rerun of The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).

Sharon Osbourne, Wanda Sykes, Leona Naess on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).

Magic Johnson, Tom Green, Jim Gaffigan on a rerun of Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).

Tony Danza, Steve Miller, burlesque dancers from Forty Deuce, guest co-host Mick Foley on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).

Kate Beckinsale, Donny Osmond, Cheap Trick on The Late Late Show (CBS, check your local listings).

Colin Quinn, Anderson Cooper, A.R.E. Weapons on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).

Strangers with Candy (Comedy Central, 1am - 3am).

Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci on Today (NBC, 7am - 10am).

Lynne Cheney on Good Morning, America (ABC, 7am - 9am).

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith on The Early Show (CBS, 7am - 9am).

Beyonce Knowles, Michael Caine on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Jason Biggs, Sophia Loren, Edoardo Ponti on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Donny Osmond, Star Jones, Rider Strong The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Sharon Stone, Thicke, Amanda Bynes on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings). More info.

Mo’Nique, Macy Gray, Chris Harrison (of The Bachelor), and a 16-year-old who had gastric bypass sugergy.on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“The Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge: Show 2″ on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

Madonna is interviewed on a new Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
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