Laurel’s TV Picks

Coverage of Daytime Thursday can be found in the tomorrow section.

That ’70s Show (FOX, 7pm)
The O.C. (FOX, 8pm)
The West Wing (NBC, 8pm)
New episode of Karen Sisco (USA, 9pm)
South Park (Comedy Central, 9pm and 11pm)
Keen Eddie (Bravo, 9pm and 1am)

Peabody Award winners were announced today. The Wire, The Office, and Dora The Explorer were the non-news series to win awards. Follow the link for the full list of winners. Awards will be given out on May 17th.

Pilot news: Zap2It’s Pilot Roundup. I also like Hollywood Reporter’s rundowns of comedy pilots and drama pilots for next season.

Crossing Jordan has been doing great for NBC on Sunday nights; they’ve now picked the show up for another season. Glad to hear Garret, Bug, Nigel, Woody, and company will be back for another year.

A Wrinkle In Time will finally come to the small screen.

TV Tattle should have more news (than I can cover) when they update later today.

Spring fashion show, Jennifer Beal, David Alan Grier on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Tim Robbins, Christopher Lowell, fish controversy on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Sci-Fi marathon: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Sci-Fi, 10am – 3pm).

Dilbert (Comedy Central, 1pm, 1:30pm).

Jerry O’Connell (of Crossing Jordan), Naked Chef Jamie Oliver, Raquel Castro (of Jersey Girl) on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Peter Boyle (of Everybody Loves Raymond), Linda Cardellini (of Freaks and Geeks, ER), Eric Winter (of Days of Our Lives), the women behind CherryBomb.com on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings; WGN, midnight).

Patrick Warburton (of The Tick), Mia St. John, Weird Al Yankovic, Jarod Miller on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Wedding Nightmares” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

Oprah goes to Costco, Isaac Mizrahi for Target on a rerun of the “Bargain Shopping with Oprah” episode of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Helpless” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 3pm).

“Loyalty” episode of Angel (TNT, 4pm).

Part 1 of the “In the Shadow of Two Gunmen” episode of The West Wing (Bravo, 6pm and 10pm).

Charlie Chaplin movies, shorts, and specials on TCM: Director Claude Chabrol talks Chaplin in Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux (TCM, 7pm); Monsieur Verdoux (TCM, 7:30pm); Bernardo Bertolucci on Chaplin in Chaplin Today: Limelight (TCM, 9:30pm); Limelight (TCM, 10pm); Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (TCM, 12:15am); A King in New York (TCM, 2:30am); Jim Jarmusch in Chaplin Today: A King in New York (TCM, 4:30am).

Eric gets very bored putting together a wedding gift registry with Donna on That ’70s Show (FOX, 7pm) so Donna gets revenge by sending Eric off on a shopping trip with Jackie. Seth doesn’t think his “Nana” will approve of Summer, so Summer sets out to prove him wrong. And Ryan tries to find Marissa, who was last seen pretty upset upon learning her Mom was sleeping with her ex-boyfriend. Eep. Awfully soapy and yet this show is good. Go figure.

“Theo and Michael must convince a mentally impaired young man that he isn’t a superhero” in the “Boy Wonder” episode of Now and Again (Trio, 7pm). Eric Close, Dennis Haysbert, and Margaret Colin star.

“Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia says he is a conscientious objector; breakthrough transplants” on 60 Minutes II (CBS, 7pm).

Back to back reruns of both Smallville (WB, 7pm, 8pm) and Star Trek Enterprise (UPN, 7pm, 8pm).

Reruns of the first two episodes of Trading Spaces: Home Free (TLC, 7pm – 9pm and 10pm – midnight; 9pm and midnight).

The Cohen family prepares for Passover and a visit from Sandy’s Mom (Linda Lavin) on The O.C. (FOX, 8pm).

A film crew follows C.J. around (‘cuz they’re doing a documentary on press secrataries past and present) on The West Wing (NBC, 8pm). And of course there’s some crisis that needs to be dealt with and kept away from the press during all of this.

Rerun of last week’s new Keen Eddie (Bravo, 8pm and midnight). In case you missed it.

“Crustacean Nation III” (frozen crab) episode of of Good Eats (Food Network, 8pm and midnight).

High-School Basketball: McDonald’s All-American Game (ESPN, 8pm).

More airings of this week’s episodes of The Sopranos (HBO, 8pm) and Deadwood (HBO, 9pm).

Karen (Carla Gugino) and her Dad (Robert Forster) are held hostage at gunpoint after a botched bank robbery in a new episode of Karen Sisco (USA, 9pm) titled “Dog Day Sisco.” Yay! USA will air the three episodes that never aired on ABC. Stupid ABC. Gil Bellows guest stars.

Cartman pressures Kyle into seeing The Passion of The Christ (or a film remarkably similar to it) on a new South Park (Comedy Central, 9pm and 11pm).

“Eddie and Monty investigate an underground fight club where participants are thrust into mismatched bouts and forced to fight for their lives” in an episode of Keen Eddie (Bravo, 9pm and 1am) titled “Sucker Punch.” This episode did air on FOX last summer; still some unaired episodes yet to come, though. Joe Montana guest stars.

An A.D.A. is murdered on a new Law & Order (NBC, 9pm). Michael Bloomberg appears as himself.

New episode of Soul Food (Showtime, 9pm).

“The prison sentences of children who committed terrible crimes” on 48 Hours Investigates (CBS, 9pm).

“Mandi/Randi” was the first episode of Nip/Tuck (FX, 9pm) after the pilot.

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

Penny Candy Unwrapped (Food Network, 10pm and 2am).

Very first episode of Futurama (Cartoon Network, 10:30pm and 1:30am). Featuring the voices of Dick Clark and Leonard Nimoy. I love this show. Catch it from the very beginning!

“Pantry Raid II: Cool Beans” episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 10:30pm and 2:30am).

Futurama (Cartoon Network, 10:30pm and 1:30am).

Robert Schimmel, David Alan Grier, Rich Vos, Bernadette Pauley on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).

Johnny Knoxville, a 4-year-old geography, the Walkmen on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).

David Arquette, George Ross and Carolyn Kepcher (from The Apprentice), Blue Man Group on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).

“Monk suspects the star of a hit TV crime show of killing his ex-wife, but the actor has a rock-solid alibi” in the “Mr. Monk and the TV Star” episode of Monk (USA, 11pm). Fun episode (especially if you’re a fan of C.S.I. and similar shows).

Minnie Driver, Chris Klein, Usher on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).

Shannen Doherty, Kevin Hart on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).

Roseanne Barr, Ethan Zohn (of Survivor), Greg Proops on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (CBS, check your local listings).

Matthew Lillard (of Scooby Doo), Elisabeth Rohm (of Law & Order, Angel), N.E.R.D. on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).

Biography Channel airs an “April Fools” marathon of episodes of Biography about funny people.

“Helpless” and “Fool For Love” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 6am, 7am).

The Rock, Steven Cojocaru on Today (NBC, 7am – 10am).

U.S. Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch on Good Morning, America (ABC, 7am – 9am).

April Fools’ triplets, Survivor roundtable on The Early Show (CBS, 7am – 9am).

Jeffrey Tambor (of Arrested Development) on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Edie Falco, Ushe, surprise makeovers for under $100 on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Sci-Fi mini-marathon: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Sci-Fi, 10am – 3pm).

Strangers with Candy (Comedy Central, 1pm, 1:30pm).

Penny Marshall, Tori Spelling, Van Hunt on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Miranda Richardson, Raquel Castro (of Jersey Girl), Will Estes (of American Dreams), Eamon on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Joe Mantegna (of Joan of Arcadia), Ashley Scott, Janette Barber, Jarod Miller on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“What Are You Really Mad About?” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Investigative Report: Why Husbands Kill Their Wives” on a rerun of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

“The Zeppo” and “Bad Girls” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 3pm, 4pm).

“Sleep Tight” episode of Angel (TNT, 4pm).

Part 2 of the ” In the Shadow of Two Gunmen” episode of The West Wing (Bravo, 6pm and 10pm).

In primetime on Thursday expect new episodes of Survivor, Will & Grace, Like Family, Tru Calling, C.S.I., The Apprentice, Without A Trace, ER, Tripping The Rift, and The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. Plus a Peter Jennings report on the rise in use of the drug ecstasy. And there’s a new episode of Wonderfalls on it’s new night. More info on these shows and more in my full picks for Thursday which should be online sometime after midnight and before Noon Thursday. No foolin’.
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