Laurel’s TV Picks

Remember that picks for daytime Tuesday can be found in the “tomorrow” section, as well as a preview of what’s on Tuesday night.

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TCM, 7pm, 10:30pm), followed by DeMille movies.
Johnny Staccato (Trio, 7pm and 10pm)
Bakersfield, P.D. (Trio, 7:30pm and 10:30pm)
John C. Reilly and Amy Sedaris on Cracking Up (FOX, 7:30pm)
New Everwood (WB, 8pm; rerun on Sunday)

Same news as on Sunday, just in case you missed these items then (or don’t read the picks on weekends):

Bah. Wonderfalls has been canceled. Here’s the first message from executive producer Tim Minear, and another. Minear comments more in between those messages in discussions with fans; as I type this folks are still chatting, of course.

Some good news: Jennifer Garner says Alias will be back for a fourth season (and she should know, I would hope).

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine marathon begins on Monday (Spike, 11am – 8pm Monday and the rest of the week; starting April 12th episodes will air each weeknight at 6pm).

TV DVDs due out on Tuesday: Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series, season 2 of Charlie’s Angels, season 7 of Friends, and season 1 of In Living Color. [More TV on DVD]

The Freaks and Geeks set is fabulous; I’ve seen the first disc of it and the episodes look great (of course), but there are multiple commentary tracks and other cool extra features. And of course the die-hard fan will want the limited edition set.

Sci-Fi mini-marathon du jour: Timecop (Sci-Fi, 10am – 3pm).

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine marathon (Spike, 11am – 8pm all this week; starting April 12th episodes will air each weeknight at 6pm).

Baseball Tonight (ESPN, Noon).

MLB Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds (ESPN, 1pm).

MLB Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals (WGN, 2pm).

MLB Baseball: Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates (ESPN2, 3pm).

Jamie Foxx, Selma Blair, Adam from Average Joe on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Bow Wow, Solange Knowles, Andrea Savage (from Significant Others) on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings; WGN, midnight).

Megan Mullally, Ron Perlman, Bev Tanner (the Baking Lady) on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“My Big Fat Follow-up!” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“On Tour with Beyonc?, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliott,” plus LaShell (Oprah’s Pop Star Challenge Winner) and her first single on a new Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Enemies” and “Earshot” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 3pm, 4pm).

“Double or Nothing” episode of Angel (TNT, 4pm).

“The Midterms” episode of The West Wing (Bravo, 6pm and 10pm).

MLB Baseball : San Francisco Giants at Houston Astros (ESPN2, 6pm).

Kenneth Branagh narrates Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TCM, 7pm, 10:30pm). Part 1 of 2. Premiere of this new documentary about DeMille. I’m seen it and it’s fascinating (but then I didn’t know a whole lot about DeMille going in). Features clips and interviews (some old, some newer, I think). Tells the story of DeMille’s life, with a focus on his work (of course). Followed by some of DeMille’s films (of course: The Sign of the Cross (TCM, 8pm), Squaw Man (TCM, 11:30pm), The Cheat (TCM, 1am), The Squaw Man (TCM, 2am; is different than Squaw Man, from later in DeMille’s career), Madame Satan (TCM, 4am). Part 2 of the documentary and more DeMille films air on Wednesday, April 7th.

John Cassavetes stars as Johnny Staccato (Trio, 7pm and 10pm). Second ever episode of this series from 1959. Martin Landau guest stars. “A bandleader, making a comeback, learns that someone is trying to poison him.” 27 episodes of this series aired on NBC from September 1959 – March 1960. Filmed in black and white. Cassavetes plays jazz pianist Johnny Staccato, who also works as a private detective. Staccato works out of a small jazz club in Greenwich Village.

Bernie crashes a motorcycle and then sees what his household would be like without him on The Bernie Mac Show (FOX, 7pm).

Peter Jennings Reporting: Jesus and Paul: The Word and the Witness (ABC, 7pm – 10pm) which, according to the press release, “takes viewers back to a time and place when Christianity was but a tiny movement struggling for survival, telling the story of two men — Jesus and Paul – who had remarkable faith, iron will and a radical vision. Without them, Christianity as we know it today would not exist. Both sacrificed everything in the belief that God had chosen them to change the world. And they did.”

Rerun of the Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS, 7pm) where Ray catches Debra making fun of him in front of the kids.

Mikey picks the three episodes of American Chopper (TLC, 7pm and 10pm, 8pm and 11pm, 9pm and midnight) to air tonight.

John C. Reilly and Amy Sedaris guest star on Cracking Up (FOX, 7:30pm). Ben (Jason Schwartzman) learns that Ted (Chris McDonald) is still jealous of the guy who took Lesley (Molly Shannon) to the prom way back when. On a prom-centric episode.

Early episode from shortlived “brilliant, but cancelled” series Bakersfield, P.D. (Trio, 7:30pm and 10:30pm). Giancarlo Esposito is Paul, a black police officer from Washington, D.C. who transfers to an odd small town police force in Bakersfield, California. He’s the first black cop on the force there in this quirky cop show. Ron Eldard, Chris Mulkey, Tony Plana, Jack Hallett, and Brian Doyle-Murray also star. In this episode, the Sergeant is out of town and so the Captain makes Paul his right hand man when he has trouble making decisions.

Daphne Zuniga and Daphne Maxwell Reid guest star on a rerun of Eve (UPN, 7:30pm).

Rerun of the Two and a Half Men (CBS, 7:30pm) where all two and a half men are enamored with their housekeeper’s granddaughter.

At long last, Everwood (WB, 8pm, rerun on Sunday at 5pm) is back with a new episode. Expect plenty of fallout from previous episodes as Amy finally moves home. Ephram figures Madison will break up with him any time now. And Andy testifies on Nina’s behalf when her husband (Dylan Walsh) returns and wants custody of their son.

No Las Vegas tonight. Next new episode airs on April 19th. Only three more episodes left for the season.

Secrets : Ice Cream Palaces (Travel, 8pm and 11pm).

Ladies and dance free skate on Figure Skating : World Championships (ESPN, 8pm).

“Eggs” and “Condiments” on Unwrapped (Food Network, 8pm and midnight, 8:30pm and 12:30am).

Rerun of last week’s intense and brutal episode of The Shield (FX, 9pm). And yet for all it’s intensity, there’s humor too.

Secrets : Pizza Wars: New York vs. Chicago (Travel, 9pm and midnight).

Airline (A&E, 9pm, 9:30pm).

Baseball Tonight (ESPN2, 9pm or thereabouts).

MLB Baseball : Texas Rangers at Oakland A’s (ESPN2, 9:30pm).

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

Fry moves in with Bender on Futurama (Cartoon Network, 10pm and 1am).

Part 1 (of 3) of cool British vampire miniseries Ultraviolet (Sci-Fi, 10pm – midnight). Is available on DVD.

Jon Lovitz threatens to jump off the ledge outside of Dave’s office on NewsRadio (Biography, 10pm and 2am).

Melting Pot on Unwrapped (Food Network, 10pm and 2am).

“Flap Jack Do It Again” episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 10:30pm and 2:30am).

Dom Irrera, Rick Crom, Keith Robinson, Jim Norton on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).

Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey, Al Green on a rerun of The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, will air later than usual, post-ballgame and your local news).

Duchovny Alert: David Duchovny, Jarod Miller with animals, Kanye West on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).

“Mr. Monk and the Missing Granny” episode of Monk (USA, 11pm). Rachel Dratch guest stars.

Megan Mullally, Harry Connick Jr. on a rerun of Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).

Missy Elliott, Buddy Guy, guest co-host Kathie Lee Gifford on a rerun of Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).

Jason Priestley (of Tru Calling), Caroline Dhavernas (of Wonderfalls), the Walkmen on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (CBS, will likely air very late ‘cuz of basketball).

George Carlin, Maria Bello, Sarah McLachlan on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).

“Enemies” and “Earshot” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 6am, 7am).

Jaime Pressly, Ellis Cose (author of Bone to Pick: of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation, and Revenge) on Today (NBC, 7am – 10am).

Josh Groban, authors Peter and Rochelle Schweizer, the nation’s top diners on Good Morning, America (ABC, 7am – 9am).

Vanessa Williams, chic on a shoestring, spring dresses on The Early Show (CBS, 7am – 9am).

Elisha Cuthbert (of 24), Nick Lachey, more cars from the auto show on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Vanessa Williams, Anne Hathaway, “must have items for spring” on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Sci-Fi mini marathon du jour: Quantum Leap (Sci-Fi, 10am – 3pm).

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine marathon (Spike, 11am – 8pm).

The Osbournes marathon (MTV, 11am – ).

Jimmy loses Bill in a poker game and it’s up to Boba Fett to save the day (well, not exactly) on NewsRadio (Biography, Noon and 6pm).

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

The Rock, Jami Gertz on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Hugh Dancy, Keith Carradine, Jill Marie Jones, Ben Lee on The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Henry Simmons (of NYPD Blue), Kevin Nash, Char Margolis (Psychic Intuitive), The Drew Davis Band on The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Baby Dilemmas” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

Oprah visits with former POWs and soldiers in the new “Life After War” episode of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

No Buffy reruns on FX, just episodes of COPS (which really isn’t the same, now is it?).

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

Tea Leoni stars in the very first episode of her sitcom The Naked Truth (We, 5pm). Leoni is Nora, a photographer who ends up having to work for a tabloid after a messy divorce. Anna Nicole Smith appears as herself.

“In This White House” episode of The West Wing (Bravo, 6pm and 10pm).

In primetime on Tuesday expect new episodes of Scrubs, The Shield, 24, Law & Order: SVU, NYPD Blue, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Significant Others, American Idol, One Tree Hill, Navy NCIS, Frasier, Happy Family, 8 Simple Rules, I’m With Her, Whoopi, The Guardian, Judging Amy, According To Jim, It’s All Relative. No new Gilmore Girls ’til next week. Plus baseball and basketball and some cool reruns of things like Johnny Staccato and Bakersfield, P.D.. Full details on all this and more in my picks for Tuesday, which should be online sometime after midnight and before Noon Tuesday.
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