tuesday
Season finale of Summerland (WB, 8pm; airs again on Monday)
The Amazing Race 5 (CBS, 9pm; airs again on Saturday)
In The Jury Room (ABC, 9pm)
Nip/Tuck (FX, 9pm, 11pm)
Seth Green, Merrin Dungey, Akon on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings)
“Tick, Tick, Tick . . . Boom” episode of Gilmore Girls (WB, 7pm)
“Space” episode of NewsRadio (Biography, 10pm and 2am)
“Dumb Bunnies” episode of Karen Sisco (USA, 11pm)
“Black Like Me” episode of Keen Eddie (Bravo, midnight)
Olympic TV schedule is available at NBCOlympics.com.
Still interested in your opinions re Time Warner Digital Cable vs. DirecTV vs. Dish Network. And yeah, I will summarize for y’all what I find out.
TV DVDs due out today: Season 1 of Da Ali G Show, the Babylon 5 movie collection, Season 1 of Dinner For Five, Season 1 of Happy Days, Best Of Here’s Lucy, the complete Lateline (featuring Al Franken & Miguel Ferrer), Season 1 of Laverne & Shirley, and Season 1 of Saved By The Bell: The College Years. [More TV on DVD]
TCM Star of the Day is Elizabeth Taylor: Raintree County (TCM, 5am); A Date With Judy (TCM, 8:15am); Father of the Bride (TCM, 10:15am); Father’s Little Dividend (TCM, Noon); National Velvet (TCM, 1:30pm); Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait (TCM, 3:45pm); The Last Time I Saw Paris (TCM, 5pm); Ivanhoe (TCM, 7pm); Rhapsody (TCM, 9pm); Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (TCM, 11pm); The Comedians (TCM, 1am); and The Girl Who Had Everything (TCM, 3:45am).
“Band Candy” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 6am).
Sci-Fi mini-marathon du jour: Star Trek (Sci-Fi, 7am – 3pm).
Fashion and food trends in Athens on Today (NBC, 7am – 10am).
Good Morning, America (ABC, 7am – 9am).
The cast of the new Survivor series is announced on The Early Show (CBS, 7am – 9am).
Scott Baio, Guinness World Record holder Roy Berger on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).
Reruns of a bunch of interviews with Tina Fey, Lindsay Lohan, Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry on The View (ABC, check your local listings).
Charlize Theron, Brooke Shields on a rerun of The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings).
Duane Martin, Jane Seymour, Susie Essman, Katy Rose on a rerun of The Sharon Osbourne Show (syndicated, check your local listings).
“A Family in Crisis: What Does the Future Hold?” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).
“Wynonna, Ashley and Naomi Judd: A Follow-Up” on a rerun of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
“Revelations” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 1pm).
“Forgiving” episode of Angel (TNT, 4pm).
“Swiss Diplomacy” episode of The West Wing (Bravo, 3pm and 10pm).
“Spice Capades” episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 6pm).
Spices Unwrapped (Food Network, 6:30pm).
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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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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Rerun) | According To Jim (Rerun) | Less Than Perfect (Rerun) | In The Jury Room | ||
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CBS
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Navy NCIS (Rerun) | Big Brother 5 | The Amazing Race 5 (airs again on Saturday) | |||
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NBC
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Summer Olympics: Beach Volleyball, Gymnastics, Swimming | |||||
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FOX
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Trading Spouses (part 1 of 2, Rerun) | That ’70s Show (Rerun) | That ’70s Show (Rerun) | |||
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WB
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Gilmore Girls (Rerun) | Summerland (Season finale, airs again on Monday) | ||||
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UPN
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All of Us (Rerun) | Eve (Rerun) | The Player | |||
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FX
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Nip/Tuck (also airs at 11pm) | |||||
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Bravo
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Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Rerun) | Things I Hate About You (Rerun) | Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Rerun, airs again at 1am) | |||
TCM Star of the Day is Elizabeth Taylor: Ivanhoe (TCM, 7pm); Rhapsody (TCM, 9pm); Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (TCM, 11pm); The Comedians (TCM, 1am); and The Girl Who Had Everything (TCM, 3:45am).
The “Tick, Tick, Tick . . . Boom” episode of Gilmore Girls (WB, 7pm) rocks. It also contains the biggest “oh my God!” moment of the series thus far, though the season finale that came a couple of episodes later managed to top it (or maybe the previews for that episode did, which is why I recommend you don’t watch the previews at the end of episodes). I recently revisited this past season of Gilmore Girls and I think it’s far better than many people give it credit for. Or maybe it just all works better when episodes are seen in short succession.
Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers (WGN, 7pm).
The Ernie Kovacs Show (Trio, 7pm).
A behind the scenes look at King of the Jungle 2 (Animal Planet, 7pm and 10pm).
Things I Hate About You (Bravo, 8pm and 10pm) is a rerun of the first episode. Couples compete to prove which individual is more annoying.
It’s the “Last Night of Summer” on the season finale of Summerland (WB, 8pm; airs again on Monday). Yeah, I’m still watching. The show isn’t great or even especially good, but it’s okay summer fluff I guess. If you’re watching, you know that this episode will have characters contemplating change. Ava’s new boyfriend wants to get real serious, but she’s still got feelings for Johnny (and he for her). Susannah isn’t so sure about her fabulous new job. Bradin isn’t so sure about his new girl friend. Surf Shop Guy isn’t so sure about living with Surfer Girl. And the kids are still dealing with the loss of their parents. The show will be back with new episodes later this season.
I know some people who are addicted to Animal Cops: Detroit (Animal Planet, 8pm and 11pm, 9pm and midnight).
Someone breaks into Claude’s apartment on Less Than Perfect (ABC, 8:30pm).
Cameras are allowed inside a real jury room for a murder case on In The Jury Room (ABC, 9pm). Fascinating stuff.
The remaining teams travel from Cairo to Tanzania on The Amazing Race 5 (CBS, 9pm; also airs on Saturday).
Sean and Christian assist in the separation of conjoined twin on a new episode of Nip/Tuck (FX, 9pm, 11pm).
“Tropical Housewarming” and “Latin Birthday Lounge” are the two parties that need help getting started on Party Starters (Food Network, 9pm and 1am).
Queer Eye (Bravo, 9pm and midnight) is a rerun of the one with the Bravo twins.
Senator Norm Coleman (of Minnesota) on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
The brilliant “Space” episode of NewsRadio (Biography, 10pm and 2am).
Rerun of the excellent most recent episode of Rescue Me (FX, 10pm).
“Dead End” episode of Angel (TNT, 10pm).
No Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn this week.
Andy Dick, Bob Woodward on a rerun of The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
No The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, or Last Call with Carson Daly ‘cuz of Olympic coverage.
TCM Star of the Day is Elizabeth Taylor: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (TCM, 11pm); The Comedians (TCM, 1am); and The Girl Who Had Everything (TCM, 3:45am).
Seth Green (of Buffy, et al), Merrin Dungey (of Alias, Summerland), Akon on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).
Rerun of the “Dumb Bunnies” episode of Karen Sisco (USA, 11pm).
Brett Butler, Rory Culkin, Alonzo Bodden on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (CBS, check your local listings).
Rerun of the “Black Like Me” episode of Keen Eddie (Bravo, midnight).
I’m still working on picks for Wednesday.
