Laurel’s TV Picks

Best Bets

New The Sarah Jane Adventures (Sci-Fi, 7pm, 7:30pm)
New Doctor Who (Sci-Fi, 8pm and 10pm)
New Moonlight (CBS, 8pm)
New Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi, 9pm and 11pm)
New Numb3rs (CBS, 9pm)

Daytime

Oprah visits Tom Cruise at his home in Telluride, Colorado on a new Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings). But will he be jumping on a couch the whole time? On Monday, she’ll have Cruise in her studio for another hour. Ugh.

Primetime Grid

Primetime

NBA playoff action: Cavaliers at Wizards (ESPN2, 6pm), Celtics at Hawks (ESPN, 7pm), Rockets at Jazz (ESPN, 9:30pm).

Martin Bashir reports on whether there are secrets in the paintings in the Sistine Chapel that nobody noticed until the ceiling’s recent restoration in the special 20/20: Secrets of the Sistine: Michelangelo’s Mystery (ABC, 7pm).

Back to back episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures (Sci-Fi, 7pm, 7:30pm).

New episodes of Lemur Kingdom (Animal Planet, 7pm, 10pm, 2am) and Escape to Chimp Eden (Animal Planet, 8pm, 11pm, 3am).

Nikki Cox (of Las Vegas) guest stars on a new Ghost Whisperer (CBS, 7pm). She plays Professor Payne’s ex-girlfriend; in real life she’s married to Jay Mohr (who plays Payne). In this episode, Melinda helps Prof. Payne deal with his ex, her son, and the ghost of his dead wife.

The Doctor and Donna find themselves in Pompeii when the volcano is about to erupt on a new episode of Doctor Who (Sci-Fi, 8pm and 10pm). Yikes! It’s a tough episode for all involved. They actually filmed a bit of this episode in Rome.

Sydney Poitier on Larry King Live (CNN, 8pm, 11pm, 2am, 4am).

A starlet hires Mick as part of her security detail on a new Moonlight (CBS, 8pm). Eric Winter and Peyton List are among the guest stars.

“Aspiring models claim they were victims of a reality show disaster; the murder of a beauty queen divides two small towns in Arkansas when her boyfriend becomes the main suspect” on a new Dateline NBC (NBC, 8pm - 10pm).

A single mother (and widow) gets a new wardrobe on a new What Not To Wear (TLC, 8pm and midnight; also at 9pm and midnight on Sunday).

Robert Webb and David Mitchell star in a new episode of sketch comedy show That Mitchell and Webb Look (BBC America, 8:20pm, 11:20pm, 1:20am). The episode has a runtime of 40 minutes.

All I know about tonight’s new episode of Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi, 9pm and 11pm; also on Sunday at 10pm) is that it’s titled “The Road Less Traveled” and I’ll be watching it.

The team investigates a cult on a new Numb3rs (CBS, 9pm). Michael O’Keefe, Michelle Nolden, Jill Eikenberry, and Steven R. McQueen guest star. McQueen played “Kyle” on Everwood and is the grandson of Steve McQueen.

The parents of Madeleine McCann “speak out” on the one-year anniversary of her disappearance on a new 20/20 (ABC, 9pm).

The Enterprise faces kamikaze attacks as the U.S. Navy closes in on Okinawa to tighten the Allies’ grip on Japan and secure victory in the Pacific during World War II on Battle 360 (History Channel, 9pm and 1am).

A new 10 Years Younger (TLC, 9pm).

Late Night

Patrick Dempsey (of Grey’s Anatomy), Isabella Rossellini, Nick Lowe on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).

Sally Field, Jesse Ventura, Sleepercar on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC, 10:35pm).

Matthew Broderick, Michelle Monaghan, NASA contestant Brian Turner on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:37pm).

Lake Bell, Kal Penn on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 11:37pm).

Terrence Howard, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse (of Lost), Estelle on Jimmy Kimmel (ABC, check your local listings).

Andrew Zimmern, Matt Costa on a rerun of Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).