tuesday
Season premiere of Gilmore Girls (WB, 7pm)
Series premiere of Navy NCIS (CBS, 7pm)
MI-5 (A&E, 8pm and midnight)
Season premiere of Less Than Perfect (ABC, 8:30pm)
The Mullets (UPN, 8:30pm)
Season premiere of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC, 9pm)
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo, 9pm and 11pm)
Ben Stiller, Elvis Costello on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm)
TV Tattle has a good selection of reviews of the Emmy Awards.
You can find everything Emmy at emmys.org including full lists of nominees and winners.
TV DVDs released today: (still time to pre-order) Season 1 of I Love Lucy, Season 1 of Smallville, and Black Scorpion.
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).
If you buy, order via my links to support this website!
Don’t forget to check out the 2003-04 Fall Schedule Grid (with premiere dates) and the TV on DVD page.
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).
Fashion Police: Primetime Emmy Awards (E!, Noon).
“No Place Like Home” and “Family” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 3pm, 4pm).
The ABC Thank Goodness It’s Fall Preview Special With George Lopez (ABC Family, 5:30pm).
It’s time for midterm elections on The West Wing (Bravo, 6pm and 10pm).
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Tuesday
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7:00
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7:30
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8:00
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8:30
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9:00
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9:30
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ABC
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8 Simple Rules (Season premiere) | I’m With Her (Series premiere) | According To Jim (Season premiere) | Less Than Perfect (Season premiere) | NYPD Blue (Season premiere) | |
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CBS
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Navy NCIS (Series Premiere) | The Guardian (Season premiere) | Judging Amy (Season premiere) | |||
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NBC
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Whoopi | Happy Family | Frasier (Season premiere) | Frasier (starts at 8:31) | Law & Order: SVU (Season premiere) | |
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FOX
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Paradise Hotel | |||||
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WB
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Gilmore Girls (Season premiere) | One Tree Hill (Series Premiere) | ||||
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UPN
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One on One | All of Us | Rock Me Baby | The Mullets | ||
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A&E
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MI-5 (also airs at midnight) | |||||
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Bravo
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Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Rerun) | The Restaurant (also airs at midnight) | Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (airs again at 11pm) | |||
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FX
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Nip/Tuck (airs again at 10:30pm) | |||||
Season premiere of Gilmore Girls (WB, 7pm). Loralai and Rory return from their summer backpacking across Europe. Rory’s off to Yale, Sookie’s even more pregnant, and Luke returns from his cruise with some big news. Lorelai and Rory also start going to Friday night dinners with Emily and Richard again, of course. I’ve raved so much about this show over the years and I’ll keep on raving until the show declines in quality. So far it’s still my favorite show on the air. Witty and warm and even sometimes wise. Not just for girls, either, of course. Best dialogue around, best quirky small town, best mother-daughter relationships . . . it’s just the best. I’m thrilled it’s back with new episodes! Yay!
Series premiere of Navy NCIS (CBS, 7pm). Mark Harmon stars in this cross between JAG and C.S.I. David McCallum (of Man from U.N.C.L.E.), Michael Weatherly (of Dark Angel), Sasha Alexander (of Presidio Med), and Pauley Perrette (of Special Unit 2, Time Of Your Life) co-star. Could certainly be a good second-tier show (you know: the ones you watch from time to time, but that you don’t tape when you aren’t home). Good cast and premise makes it a cut above lots of the shows debuting this season.
Season premiere of 8 Simple Rules . . . (ABC, 7pm). One of the three episodes filmed before John Ritter’s untimely death. Will air with a special introduction by the cast. In case you haven’t heard, ABC plans to keep this show on the air. Will air a “special episode” where the character’s deal with the death of the character played by John Ritter. And then the show will be retooled and will go on. Risky. I always felt the only reason to watch the show was Ritter.
A ferret bites Whoopi (NBC, 7pm).
Series premiere of I’m With Her (ABC, 7:30pm). Loosely based on the romance between Brooke Shields and her non-celebrity husband. A school teacher played by David Sutcliffe (Christopher from Gilmore Girls) becomes romantically involved with a movie star played by Teri Polo (Rebecca from Sports Night, among other roles). TV Guide says it’s “all situation with very little comedy.” Eep.
Mom and Dad throw a dinner party for daughter Sara and some prospective suitors, but of course things don’t go well on Happy Family (NBC, 7:30pm).
Series premiere of One Tree Hill (WB, 8pm). Chad Michael Murray (he played Tristan on Gilmore Girls) and James Lafferty star as teens who live in the same small town and find out they’re half brothers. One is rich, the other poor; they both play basketball and neither knows the other exists at first I think. Sounds like the first few episodes are about bringing the two guys together (which if you already know how they’re related from the press materials, may get boring). Hilarie Burton, Barry Corbin, Paul Johansson, Craig Sheffer, and Moira Kelly co-star.
Does Roz want Frasier? Do Niles and Daphne want a baby? And can they conceive? And so on. If anyone still cares. On the season premiere of Frasier (NBC, 8pm). Back to back new episodes that go together from the sound of things.
Season premiere of The Guardian (CBS, 8pm). Nick represents a kid who lives with a traveling circus. Lulu (Wendy Moniz) seems set on moving away, so I’m sure he’ll try to convince her to stay.
There’s a huge robbery at a London bank and it’s up to MI-5 (A&E, 8pm and midnight) to find the money and solve the crime.
Season premiere of Less Than Perfect (ABC, 8:30pm). Will Claude keep working for Will Butler (Eric Roberts) or will she work for the new executive played by Michael Boatman? Gosh, they’ve gone and added another good actor to the mix at least temporarily. Andy Dick and Andrea Parker are already enough to make me recommend this show. One of the better sitcoms on the air.
Stepdad goes on his first ever family vacation with all of The Mullets (UPN, 8:30pm). Oh-oh.
An expectant mother is abducted during a carjacking on the season premiere of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC, 9pm; airs again on USA on Sunday, October 5th). Kellie Martin guest stars.
The Fab 5 makes over a real estate speculator on a new Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo, 9pm and 11pm).
Season premiere of NYPD Blue (ABC, 9pm). The cops testify against Captain Fraker, they also handle a case involving the murder of the brother of a criminal. Daniel Benzali guest stars.
Will Amy say yes to Stuart (Reed Diamond)? How could she not? Well, she is one of the stupider characters on television so your guess is as good as mine. Find out on the season premiere of Judging Amy (CBS, 9pm).
Joey Slotnick and Julie Warner guest star on a new Nip/Tuck (FX, 9pm, 10:30pm).
7pm - 8pm
Watch Gilmore Girls (WB, 7pm) as it really is the best show on TV right now. When it’s not on or if you can record one thing and watch another, you might also try Navy NCIS (CBS, 7pm). And if you’re a big John Ritter fan, you might want to watch the first three episodes of 8 Simple Rules (ABC, 7pm) but I probably wouldn’t bother after those episodes air.
8pm - 9pm I’ve no strong feelings about the network shows scheduled during this time period. Once 24 returns, most folks will watch it on FOX during this time period. I may, though I’m not yet sure. In the meantime I like Less Than Perfect (ABC, 8:30pm) so probably will watch it regularly. Pity The Mullets (UPN, 8:30pm) is opposite it as I chuckled enough at the pilot that I might watch it occasionally or even regularly if it were on at 8pm. If you recorded either Gilmore Girls or Navy NCIS at 7pm, you could watch ‘em during this hour. To be honest, I’ve only ever seen one episode of The Guardian (CBS, 8pm) and it didn’t grab me; but I know others who really like the show (and it does have an above-average cast). I haven’t seen One Tree Hill (WB, 8pm) yet, so don’t know if it’ll be good or bad (I do plan to check it out and let y’all know what I think). Frasier (NBC, 8pm) isn’t good enough anymore that I feel compelled to watch it first-run, I figure I can catch these episodes in syndicated reruns eventually (or else over the summer). (Of course I’ll keep watching MI-5 (A&E, 8pm and midnight) while it’s around, though I may be watching/recording it at midnight rather than 8pm).
9pm - 10pm
Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 9pm) or NYPD Blue (ABC, 9pm)? That’s the question. If you really like both shows and can stand to wait a bit, you can watch SVU reruns on USA Sunday nights about two weeks after the episodes air on NBC (tonight’s episode airs at 10pm Sunday October 3rd). Me? I lost interest in NYPD Blue a few years ago and even though I’ve heard good things from time to time about the show in recent years, I just haven’t been hooked back in when I’ve watched. Law & Order: SVU has been mostly great for the last season or two after a very weak start so I’ll be watching SVU even though I’m sad to see Munch move from Fridays to Tuesdays. As for Judging Amy (CBS, 9pm)? I got too frustrated with Amy a while back, even though there are some good stories and performances on that show. I still watch sometimes just to see Reed Diamond. And no, you don’t have to miss Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo, 9pm and 11pm) as episodes also air at 11pm (and are rerun plenty of times during the week).
Michael Caine on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
The Orlando Jones Show (FX, 10pm and 12:30am).
Futurama (Cartoon Network, 10:30pm).
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).
Talk show guest listings are subject to change.
Ben Stiller, Sean William Scott, author Diana Kennedy on Today (NBC, 7am - 10am).
First Lady Laura Bush, a performance by Luciano Pavarotti; Bob Guiney (the new Bachelor) on Good Morning, America (ABC, 7am - 9am).
Kevin James, fall foliage “hot spots” on The Early Show (CBS, 7am - 9am).
Kevin James, The Bachelor, Emmylou Harris on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).
Bill O’Reilly, Ben Stiller, Luciano Pavarotti, and co-host Martha MacCallum on The View (ABC, check your local listings).
Tisha Campbell-Martin, Steven Cojocaru, Fountains of Wayne on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).
Allison Janney, Donnie Wahlberg, Precious the orangutang (from Passions) on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings). More info.
Steve Harvey, Holly Robinson Peete, Joseph “Whoa!” Lawrence on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings).
“Ask Dr. Phil” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).
Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
Ben Stiller on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
The Orlando Jones Show (FX, 10pm and 12:30am).
Richard Belzer, James Smith, Renee Hicks, Greg Giraldo on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).
The Rock, Lynne Cheney on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Rob Lowe, Michelle Branch, an 8-year-old “presidential expert” on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).
Whoopi Goldberg, Rosario Dawson on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).
Jason Biggs, Greta Van Susteren, Brand New on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).
Marg Helgenberger, Jason Gedrick, Alexandra McHale on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (CBS, check your local listings).
David Bowie on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).
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