Thursday, July 19, 2007
Best Bets
New Burn Notice (TNT, 9pm and midnight)
Series premiere of Mad Men (AMC, 9pm, 10pm, 3am)
Michael Moore, Frank Sulloway on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am)
Queen Latifah, Matt Groening, Fountains of Wayne on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:37pm)
Recommended Reruns
Ugly Betty (ABC, 7pm)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 8pm)
Scrubs (NBC, 8:30pm)
Men in Trees (ABC, 9pm)
News & Notes
Nominees for the 59th Annual Emmy Awards were announced today, here’s a link to the full list. I’ll comment a bit on the list tomorrow.
Primetime Grid
| Day | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Ugly Betty Rerun | Grey’s Anatomy Rerun | Men in Trees Rerun | |||
| CBS | Big Brother 8 | CSI Rerun | Shark Rerun | |||
| NBC | My Name Is Earl Rerun | 30 Rock Rerun | The Office Rerun | Scrubs Rerun | Victoria Beckham: Coming to America Rerun | |
| FOX | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? | Don’t Forget the Lyrics | So You Think You Can Dance | Local Programming | ||
| CW | Smallville Rerun | Supernatural Rerun | Local Programming | |||
| TNT | Burn Notice also at midnight | |||||
| AMC | Mad Men series premiere, also at 10pm, 3am | |||||
Primetime
It’s fashion week in NYC on Ugly Betty (ABC, 7pm) which keeps Betty and everyone else pretty darn busy. Daniel even hires Hilda to help out.
Red kryptonite causes trouble on a rerun of Smallville (CW, 7pm).
Meredith dies or at least almost dies in the “Drowning on Dry Land” episode of Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 8pm).
Various people are trying to kill Michael on a new episode of Burn Notice (TNT, 9pm and midnight). Michael tries to avoid being killed while also trying to help rescue a friend’s daughter from a prostitution ring. Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, and Sharon Gless star in this really fun new series about former spies.
Series premiere of Mad Men (AMC, 9pm, 10pm, 3am). This new series from Matthew Weiner (of The Sopranos is about people who work at an ad agency in New York City during the 1960s. The show has received some pretty great reviews, I haven’t had a chance to screen it myself and look forward to checking it out tonight. The cast includes Jon Hamm, Rosemarie DeWitt (of Standoff), Vincent Kartheiser (who was “Connor” on Angel), Elizabeth Moss (she was “Zoey Bartlet” on The West Wing), January Jones, and John Slattery. You might want to check out the website for the show for more information.
Marin’s younger sister (played by Ever Carradine) shows up just in time for her birthday on a rerun of Men in Trees (ABC, 9pm).
Late Night
Adam Sandler on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
Michael Moore, Frank Sulloway on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).
Kevin James, White Rabbit on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Don Cheadle, Miley Cyrus, Puddle of Mudd on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC, 10:35pm).
Queen Latifah, Matt Groening, Fountains of Wayne on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:37pm).
Rosie Perez, David Milch, Patti Smith on a rerun of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 11:37pm).
Sean Hayes, Chris Hansen, Kalai on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).
Floyd Landis, the Bravery on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).
