Laurel’s TV Picks

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy makeovers on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings)
Monster House (Discovery, 7pm and 10pm)
Everwood (WB, 8pm)
Season premiere of Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS, 8pm)
Series premiere of Two and a Half Men (CBS, 8:30pm)
Series premiere of Las Vegas (NBC, 9pm)

You can find everything Emmy at emmys.org including full lists of nominees and winners.

DVDs now available for pre-orders (release date in parenthesis): Firefly (12/9); Season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (12/9); season 6 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (7/6); Season 2 of The Shield (1/6); Season 5 of M*A*S*H (12/9); a set that contains seasons 1-4 of Buffy (10/14); a set containing seasons 1-4 of M*A*S*H (10/14); Season 2 of Dark Angel (10/21); and Brooklyn South (10/28).

DVDs due out tomorrow: (still time to pre-order) Season 1 of I Love Lucy, Season 1 of Smallville, and Black Scorpion.

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

E! reruns their Emmy coverage throughout the day.

Martin Scorsese, Kelsey Grammer, The Rock, Jack Nicklaus on Today (NBC, 7am - 10am).

A report about the Emmy awards, decorating tips on Good Morning, America (ABC, 7am - 9am).

Charlie Sheen on The Early Show (CBS, 7am - 9am).

Kelsey Grammer, Miss America on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Rosie O’Donnell, Mario Cantone on the Emmy awards, Tammy Faye Messner, and co-host Alex McLeod on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

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).

The cast of NYPD Blue on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Richard Simmons, Rena Sofer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings). More info.

Tracey Ullman, Tommy Lee, Michael Buble, and Sharon surprises a homeless family (with something good, presumably) on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“The Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge - Show 3″ on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Makeovers” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

“The Replacement” and “Out of My Mind” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 3pm, 4pm).

Part 2 of the second season premiere of The West Wing (Bravo, 6pm and 10pm).

Turning a bland suburban house into a “retro future palace” on Monster House (Discovery, 7pm and 10pm).

Brit Hume interviews President Bush. Fox News Special: Interview With President Bush (FOX, 7pm; airs again at 11pm on Fox News Channel).

Part 2 of the 2-part of the season premiere of 7th Heaven (WB, 7pm). Mary returns with a surprise.

Quentin Tarantino, Jewel, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, reality show auditions on Primetime Monday (ABC, 7pm).

Or watch people hold their breaths while in a glass coffin full of leeches. Eek. On the million dollar season premiere of Fear Factor (NBC, 7pm). Yuck.

Everyone’s experiencing growing pains of some sort or another on Everwood (WB, 8pm). Will Ephram get into Julliard? Will Amy get it together enough to get her college applications in at all? And how is Bright coping? I know, it all sounds teen-soap-ish, but this show really is better than all that. Though there is a storyline involving a cheerleader with ruptured breast implants, so who knows?

Debra decides to go golfing with Ray on the season premiere of Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS, 8pm). This series won a “best comedy” Emmy award last night; Doris Roberts and Brad Garrett also took home Emmys for acting.

Heather Mills McCartney on Larry King Live (CNN, 8pm and 11pm and 2am).

“Tropical” and “Crazy Colors” on Unwrapped (Food Network; 8pm and 11pm, 8:30pm and 11:30pm).

Series premiere of Two and a Half Men (CBS, 8:30pm). Charlie Sheen plays a swinging bachelor who “never grew up”. Things get sitcom-y when his uptight brother (Jon Cryer) moves in, with a kid in tow. Uptight single dad + kid + laid back brother = wacky hijinks. Or something. I know Cryer can be hilarious in this kind of role, it does seem like this show might be a better fit for the post-Raymond slot. TV Guide points out “Yes, Dear and Still Standing succeeded on this night. And this one’s actually funny.” Har!

Series premiere of Las Vegas (NBC, 9pm). John Duhamel and James Caan star in this series. A guy with a job in high-stakes surveillance at Vegas casinos falls for the “naughty” daughter of his boss (Caan). Or something. Nikki Cox, James Lesure, Vanessa Marcil, Molly Sims, and Marsha Thomason also star. TV Guide calls the pilot “slick, fast-paced and sexy.” Note that this series’ regular timeslot will be 8pm (opposite Everwood, Everybody Loves Raymond, Monday Night Football, Skin, and Girlfriends). Third Watch will air at 9pm.

A model is killed in a hit-and-run during Fashion Week. Horatio suspects a playboy who has diplomatic immunity. On the season premiere of C.S.I. Miami (CBS, 9pm). Sofia Milos joins the cast this season as Yelina Salas. Heidi Klum and Chad Lowe guest star.

Joan and Melissa Rivers and company do that thing they do: Fashion Police: Primetime Emmy Awards (E!, 9pm).

Duane Martin on The Orlando Jones Show (FX, 10pm and 12:30am).

Rerun of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).

Joe Rogan, Jim Norton, Judy Gold, Dave Mordal on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).

Futurama (Cartoon Network, 10:30pm).

Dr. Phil, David Bowie, Miss America on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).

Robert Downey Jr., Tess, Blue Man Group on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).

Colin Farrell, Michael Palin, Anthony Swofford on a rerun of Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).

Lauren Graham (of Gilmore Girls), Fountains of Wayne on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings, probably late ‘cuz of football).

Sean William Scott, Dr. Drew Pinsky, The Bangles on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (CBS, check your local listings).

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

Rosario Dawson on Today (NBC, 7am - 10am).

Luciano Pavarotti, Bill O’Reilly on Good Morning, America (ABC, 7am - 9am).

Tom Selleck, Sarah Ferguson on The Early Show (CBS, 7am - 9am).

Tom Selleck, Teri Polo, Outkast on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Sarah Ferguson, potential co-host Alex McLeod on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Amy Brenneman, Rosario Dawson, Ingo Rademacher, Jason Roberts, Kenny Loggins on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

David Hyde Pierce, Liz Phair, Kimberly Williams Paisley on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings). More info.

Anastacia and other cancer survivors “share their stories”, Cedric the Entertainer (on the set of Barbershop 2), Margaret Cho, Ryan Pinkston, Fanny Pack on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“The Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge - Show 4″ on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“How I Found Out My Husband Was Cheating” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

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

The Orlando Jones Show (FX, 10pm and 12:30am).

Todd Glass, Jimmy Martinez, Keith Robinson, Nick DiPaolo on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).

Ben Stiller, Elvis Costello on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).

Lisa Kudrow, Graham Norton, Gloria Estefan on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).

Kevin James, Ken Burns on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).

Shaquille O’Neal, Dominique?s Cat Circus on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).

Mary Steenburgen, Donnie Wahlberg, Alice Cooper on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (CBS, check your local listings).

Garcelle Beavais-Nilon, Tito Ortiz, Goldfrapp on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).

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