Laurel’s TV Picks

Jake 2.0 (UPN, 8pm)
Peacemakers (USA, 9pm)
Street Time (Showtime, 9pm)
Reno 911! (Comedy Central, 9:30pm and 11:30pm)
Wuthering Heights (MTV, 11pm)
Michael Rapaport, Christina Ricci, the Folksmen on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm)

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

Kim Cattrall, Luis Guzman, Sandra Oh on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Jennifer Love Hewitt, John C. McGinley (of Scrubs), a Rubik’s cube champion on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings). More info.

Lance Bass, Juliette Lewis, Becky (with Keanu Reeves) on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Competitive Parents” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

Nate Decorates Oprah’s Office, a visit to Rob Lowe’s mansion, the ugliest home in America on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

“The Yoko Factor” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 3pm).

“What Kind of Day Has It Been” is the season 1 finale of The West Wing (Bravo, 6pm and 10pm). Yes, that’s also the title of the season 1 finale of Sports Night, Aaron Sorkin’s other series.

Both ESPN and ESPN2 have baseball games tonight, including some rather important games as there aren’t many regular season games left before the playoffs.

The crew of Star Trek Enterprise (UPN, 7pm) continue their search for the Xindi, but are faced with some “destructive anomalies.”

Maybe you used to watch Ed (NBC, 7pm) and gave up a while ago. Well, I can tell you that Ed and Carol finally get together in last season’s finale of the show. So if you wanted to see that happen, you should tune in. They also promise that when the new season starts, Ed and Carol will still be together and we’ll get to see what happens. No more sudden switcheroo like in previous years. Finally an honest-to-God payoff.

Rerun of the two-part season finale of Smallville (WB, 7pm, 8pm) from last season.

Jake’s first case as an actual agent involves a madman who is threatening D.C. with an electromagnetic bomb on Jake 2.0 (UPN, 8pm). I liked the pilot episode, though since that was all set-up, one needs to see how tonight’s episode works with Jake as an actual agent to get the true flavor of the series. Could be a good second string series, if you know what I mean. But it’ll probably get clobbered when Angel and The West Wing return with new episodes. Enjoy it before those shows return.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Larry King Live (CNN, 8pm and 11pm and 2am).

Combat Harvesters on a new Junkyard Mega-Wars (TLC, 8pm and 11pm).

“Beet It” episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 8pm and 11pm).

Zoey is kidnapped and the President must make some major decisions on a rerun of last season’s finale of The West Wing (NBC, 8pm). I found last season very disappointing, but I finally watched the last few episodes and found this one somewhat compelling. Good set up for John Wells and company to breathe some new life into the series when it premieres, would be nice to see the show revitalized this season.

Fang vs. Fiction: The Real Underworld of Vampires and Werewolves (AMC, 9pm).

The Silver Mining Company is robbed on a new episode of Peacemakers (USA, 9pm). Tom Berenger and Amy Carlson star.

New episode of Street Time (Showtime, 9pm). Rob Morrow and Scott Cohen star.

Cosmetic salesperson, used car salesperson on Take This Job . . . (A&E, 9pm and 1am).

Garcia celebrates his 15th year on the force on Reno 911! (Comedy Central, 9:30pm and 11:30pm).

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

Henry Simmons on The Orlando Jones Show (FX, 10pm).

Futurama (Cartoon Network, 10:30pm).

Lewis Black, Stephen Colbert, Nick DiPaolo, Jim Norton on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).

Gen. Tommy Franks, Rodney Crowell on a rerun of The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).

Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Izzard on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).

Another airing of the new Wuthering Heights (MTV, 11pm) musical with songs written by Jim Steinman.

Michael Rapaport, Christina Ricci, the Folksmen (of A Mighty Wind) on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).

Sara Rue (of Less Than Perfect), Sharon Osbourne, Craig Robinson, guest co-host Mick Foley on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).

Gary Sinise, Jon Cryer, Leona Naess on The Late Late Show (CBS, check your local listings).

Eve, Paul Sorvino, Bill Burr on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).

David Bowie (performs live!), Tammy Faye Messner, Robert Duvall, Kenneth Cole on Today (NBC, 7am - 10am).

Charlie Sheen, more “Bachelor Weather” and a fashion show report on Good Morning, America (ABC, 7am - 9am).

Christina Ricci, a Survivor preview on The Early Show (CBS, 7am - 9am).

Charlie Sheen, Kelly Rutherford, Nick Lachey on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Tom Bergeron, a male makeover, guest co-host Kennedy on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Jeff Probst, Mike Epps, someone who stopped a $50 million heist, Heart on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Eve, Peter Boyle, and an 86-year-old nutritionist on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings). More info.

Jack Osbourne, teens recovering from addictions, and Seth Green on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“A Family Divided” (one family’s struggle with a troubled marriage and a teenage pregnancy, among other problems) on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“How To Stop The Clock on Aging” with makeovers and tips by/from Bobbi Brown, Frederic Fekkai, and Michael Michelle (of Homicide, ER) on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

Season premiere of Survivor (CBS, 7pm Thursday).

Series premiere of Threat Matrix (ABC, 7pm Thursday).
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