Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Best Bets
New MI-5 (BBC America, 8pm and 11pm)
Steve Carell on The Daily Show (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight)
Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Jane Krakowski, Martha Wainwright on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm)
Recommended Reruns
Criminal Minds (CBS, 8pm)
Mythbusters (Discovery, 8pm and midnight)
News & Notes
The Deal of the Day at Amazon today is for Deadwood: The Complete Seasons 1-3
Daytime
“Bette Midler: 62 and Heading for Vegas” on this rerun of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings) from January. Plus appearances by Martin Lawrence, Cedric the Entertainer, and Mo’Nique.
Primetime Grid
| Wed | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Wife Swap Rerun | Supernanny Rerun | Supernanny Rerun | |||
| CBS | Price is Right | Criminal Minds Rerun | CSI: NY Rerun | |||
| NBC | Deal or No Deal | Celebrity Circus | ||||
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | Local Programming | ||||
| CW | America’s Next Top Model Rerun | Farmer Wants a Wife | Local Programming | |||
Primetime
Baseball: Cubs at Rays (ESPN, WGN, 6pm) followed by Baseball Tonight (ESPN, 9pm or so).
Sophia Loren is the Star of the Month on Turner Classic Movies, you’ll find lots of movies she’s in on TCM tonight. Check out the TCM website for schedule and details.
A fighter pilot, ordnance seaman, and marine adjust to life onboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on Another Day in Paradise (PBS, check your local listings).
The Top 18 perform on So You Think You Can Dance (FOX, 7pm).
A couple more new episodes (I think) of Factory Made (Discovery, 7pm and 11pm, 7:30pm and 11:30pm).
A new “best of” episode of Most Shocking (TruTV, 7pm and 11pm).
HGTV airs new episodes of Get It Sold (HGTV, 7:30pm and 11:30pm), Design on a Dime (HGTV, 8:30pm and 12:30am), and House Hunters (HGTV, 9pm and 1am).
New (to the U.S.) episode of MI-5 (BBC America, 8pm and 11pm).
“A former Hollywood couple reclaim studio glamour with an outdoor media room, complete with a television and stylish decor” on a new Indoors Out (DIY, 8pm and midnight).
A new episode of MonsterQuest (History Channel, 8pm and midnight) focusing on the Ohio Grassman. There’s also a rerun (History Channel, 7pm and 11pm) of the “Vampire Beast” episode about a creature in North Carolina.
They’re in Chicago for a new On The Road in America (Sundance, 8pm; with additional airings later in the week).
New episode of Most Daring (TruTV, 8pm and midnight).
The first episode of All-Girl Getaways (Fine Living, 8pm and midnight, 8:30pm and 12:30am) is a new one called “Dude Ranch” and the second is a rerun of a getaway in Chicago.
There’s a huge dinner with Matt’s family on a new Farmer Wants a Wife (CW, 8pm). Plus a “shocking elimination” which is no longer as shocking as it would’ve been if I hadn’t said so. I highly doubt anyone out there reading this watches this show, but if you do I’m curious what you think of it.
Season finale of Ghost Hunters (Sci-Fi, 8pm and 10pm).
Rerun of the third episode of this past season of Criminal Minds (CBS, 8pm) which was titled “Scared to Death”. People who live in Portland and are new to the area are disappearing and the BAU is called in to help.
Reid: (of Gideon’s letter) “Yeah, yeah, you know Gideon stood toe to toe with some of the sickest people on this planet. I mean it took a lot of courage, right?”
Prentiss: “Yeah.”
Reid: “So why’d he do this?” (shows Prentiss the letter) “It’s addressed to me, but I’m not the only one that he abandoned.”
Prentiss: “Why is it addressed to you? I think you need to read that letter again.”
Reid: “I have an eidetic memory, Emily.”
Prentiss: “Yeah, I know, and an IQ of 187. But what do you remember about your father?”
Reid: “What do you mean?”
Prentiss: “He gave you ten years before he left and yet you’ve erased all those memories. And it’s too painful, I get it. But then Gideon leaves. I think you need to read that letter again and ask yourself why, of all the people, he walked away from, did he only explain himself to one person– you.”
from Criminal Minds
Rerun of the “Red Flag to a Bull” episode of Mythbusters (Discovery, 8pm and midnight).
Series premiere of Black Gold (TruTV, 9pm, 10pm, 1am, 2am). This is a new show from the creators of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers; it follows “the high-stakes world of drilling for oil in west Texas.”
A new reunion special for Top Chef (Bravo, 9pm, 10pm, 1am).
A new special called OMG! Sextuplets! (We, 9pm, 10pm, 1am; also on Sun at 4pm) looks at the journey of a couple of first time parents from pregnancy through the first few months of their babies’ lives.
Two new episodes of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS, 9pm, 9:30pm).
New episode of The Real World (MTV, 9pm and 10pm).
There’s a runway show on a new episode of She’s Got the Look (TV Land, 9pm and midnight).
The Statue of Liberty is a crime scene in this rerun of the first episode of this past season of CSI: NY (CBS, 9pm).
Lindsay: “I hear Denny’s is looking to hire some socially awkward scientists.”
from CSI: NY
Late Night
Steve Carell on The Daily Show (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
Dr. Uma Mysorekar, Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).
Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce (of the Boston Celtics), Jane Krakowski (of 30 Rock, Ally McBeal), Martha Wainwright on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a 10-year-old expert on goats and rabbits, Against Me! on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC, 10:35pm).
Mike Myers, Jordana Spiro, Dolphina on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:37pm).
Don Cheadle, Olivia Thirlby, the Fratellis on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 11:37pm).
Usher, DeAnna Pappas on Jimmy Kimmel (ABC, check your local listings).
Aviva Yael, The Game on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).
