Laurel’s TV Picks

Gilmore Girls (WB, 7pm)
Baseball: Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees (FOX, 7pm)
Tanner on Tanner (Sundance, 8pm and 11:30pm)
Season finale of Nip/Tuck (FX, 9pm, 11pm)
Billy Bob Thornton on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight)
Jimmy Fallon, Chad Michael Murray (of One Tree Hill), Good Charlotte on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:37pm)

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“Real Me” and “The Replacement” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 6am, 7am).

“The Bachelor Party” episode of Angel (TNT, 7am). From Season 1.

More of the big Farscape marathon (Sci-Fi, 7am – 3pm).

Jimmy Fallon, Annette Bening, Bethany Hamilton on Today (NBC, 7am – 10am).

Regis Philbin, Ann Coulter, Ron Hazelton on Good Morning, America (ABC, 7am – 9am).

John Edwards on The Early Show (CBS, 7am – 9am).

Jimmy Fallon, Pauly Shore, Scissor Sisters on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Guest co-host Jenny McCarthy; with guests Hilary Duff, LeAnn Rimes, Amy Fisher on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Leah Remini, Heart on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Tales from the Danger Zone” with two journalists who were prisoners in Iraq and the widow of Daniel Pearl on The Jane Pauley Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

Who’s The Boss Reunion! Alyssa Milano, Austin Stevens, Angie Stone on The Tony Danza Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Suddenly Single” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Oprah Investigates: Emotionally Tortured Wives” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Pilot” episode of Gilmore Girls (ABC Family, 10am). The very first episode.

Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals (ESPN, Noon). National League Division Series, Game 1. If the game runs long, it’s possible it would move to ESPN2 or that the Red Sox/Angels game might start on ESPN2. Baseball : Boston Red Sox at Anaheim Angels (ESPN, 3pm). American League Division Series, Game 1.

“Out of My Mind” and “No Place Like Home” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, Noon, 1pm).

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

“The Lorelais’ First Day at Chilton” episode of Gilmore Girls (ABC Family, 4pm; tomorrow at 10am).

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

“Soup’s On” episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 6pm).

Rerun of last week’s episode of Veronica Mars (MTV, 6pm). Weevil’s grandmother is arrested for credit card fraud. Paris Hilton and Kyle Secor guest star.

Baseball: Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees (FOX, 7pm). Game 1 of this American League Division Series. Cy Young favorite Johan Santana pitches for the Twins, Mike Mussina for the Yankees.

The fine folks of Stars Hollow learn that Luke and Lorelai are seeing each other on tonight’s new episode of Gilmore Girls (WB, 7pm). And Rory goes back to school, so we finally get to see Paris (the person, that is).

Mark Harmon & company investigate when a decomposed body of a woman in a wedding dress is found in a subterranean cell decorated to resemble a 1950s bedroom on NCIS (CBS, 7pm).

Most of the networks and many cable stations have coverage of the Vice Presidential Debate which is set to start around 8pm. Some coverage starts earlier, of course.

Premiere of Tanner on Tanner (Sundance, 8pm and 11:30pm). Part 1 of 4. A new look back at the Tanner ‘88 series. Michael Murphy returns as Tanner, Cynthia Nixon as his daughter. The set up is that the daughter is making a film about failed presidential candidates. From Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau. With guest appearances by all sorts of people.

Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (Showtime, 8pm). The film follows Brian Wilson as he finishes an album he started in 1967.

Don’t worry, UPN has pulled the previously scheduled new episode of Veronica Mars (UPN, 8pm) for a rerun of last week’s episode (where Weevil goes to jail for credit card fraud). ‘Cuz odds are the show may be preempted in your area for Debate coverage anyway. This episode also airs at 6pm on MTV.

Even though Nathan and Haley are already married, they are thrown bachelor and bachelorette parties on One Tree Hill (WB, 8pm; airs again on Thursday). Which seems like a terrible idea, doesn’t it?

PAX airs the series premiere of Cold Turkey (PAX, 8pm) again and the season premiere of Doc (PAX, 9pm).

Joan Rivers guest stars on the season finale of Nip/Tuck (FX, 9pm, 10pm). Sean and Christian learn “the shocking truth about Ava!”

Series premiere of Wanda Does It (Comedy Central, 9:30pm). Wanda Sykes learns about different jobs in this new series. Tonight: she gets to learn about how to repo cars.

Billy Bob Thornton on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).

Rerun of the latest episode of The Wire (HBO, 10pm).

Rerun of the most recent episode of Rescue Me (FX, 10pm).

Charlie Viracola, Keith Robinson, Cory Kahaney, Marc Maron on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).

Annette Bening, Bill O’Reilly on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).

Dennis Miller, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Mark Knopfler on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).

Jimmy Fallon, Chad Michael Murray (of One Tree Hill), Good Charlotte on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:37pm).

Jamie Cullum, Bernie Brillstein on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).

Guest host Tom Arnold; with guests Mike Ditka, Oliver Hudson, Cake on The Late Late Show (CBS, check your local listings).

Andy Alert! Andy Richter, Rev. Al Sharpton, Sahara Hotnights on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).

“Out of My Mind” and “No Place Like Home” episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 6am, 7am).

“I Will Remember You” episode of Angel (TNT, 7am).

More of the big Farscape marathon (Sci-Fi, 7am – 3pm).

Wedding plans, diabetes research on Today (NBC, 7am – 10am).

Barry Manilow, Kelly Osbourne on Good Morning, America (ABC, 7am – 9am).

Jimmy Fallon on The Early Show (CBS, 7am – 9am).

Annette Bening, Kelly Osbourne, The Hives on Live with Regis and Kelly (syndicated, check your local listings).

Brooke Shields, Ted Casablanca, Tommy Hilfiger on The View (ABC, check your local listings).

Martin Short, Tyra Banks, Aron Ralston on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Express Yourself” with designer Anna Sui & other style makers on The Jane Pauley Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

LeAnn Rimes on The Tony Danza Show (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Exclusive: The Kerry Family” on Dr. Phil (syndicated, check your local listings).

“Around the World with Oprah” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).

“The Lorelais’ First Day at Chilton” episode of Gilmore Girls (ABC Family, 10am).

No afternoon reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on FX.

Baseball: Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves (ESPN, 3pm). Game 1 of a National League Division Series.

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

“Kill Me Now” episode of Gilmore Girls (ABC Family, 4pm).

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

“Three Chips for Sister Martha” episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 6pm).

Primetime Wednesday preview: new episodes of America’s Next Top Model, The Bachelor, CSI: NY, Hawaii, Kevin Hill, Law & Order, Lost, The Mountain, Quintuplets, Rescue Me, Smallville, That ’70s Show, Wife Swap, and others; plus more Baseball playoff games. Full coverage in my TV Picks for Wednesday.
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