Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Best Bets
MLB All-Star Red Carpet Parade (FOX, 6pm)
New The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family, 7pm and 11pm)
MLB All-Star Game (FOX, 7pm)
Series premiere of The Cleaner (A&E, 9pm, 10pm, 1am)
Recommended Reruns
NCIS (CBS, 7pm)
Reaper (CW, 8pm)
Without A Trace (CBS, 9pm)
Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 9pm)
Primetime Grid
| Tue | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Wipeout | I Survived a Japanese Game Show | Primetime: Family Secrets | |||
| CBS | NCIS Rerun | Big Brother 10 | Without a Trace Rerun | |||
| NBC | Celebrity Family Feud | America’s Got Talent | Law & Order: SVU | |||
| FOX | MLB All-Star Game | |||||
| CW | Beauty and the Geek Rerun | Reaper Rerun | Local Programming | |||
| Fam | Secret Life of the American Teenager also at 11pm | |||||
Primetime
Special MLB All-Star game edition of SportsCenter (ESPN, 5pm – 7pm).
See members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and other baseball stars in the MLB All-Star Red Carpet Parade (FOX, 6pm).
New The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family, 7pm and 11pm).
Flaming Killer Surf, Tumble Tubes, Dodgeball Sweeper, Dreadmill Flipper Flop, Wall Swing, and Barrel Run are among the over-the-top obstacles tonight on Wipeout (ABC, 7pm).
Vincent Pastore vs. The Girls Next Door and Kathie Lee Gifford vs. Dog the Bounty Hunter on a new Celebrity Family Feud (NBC, 7pm). Al Roker hosts.
Season premiere of Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 7pm and 10pm; also on Friday at 7pm and 10pm). Women from all over the country visit the famed Kleinfeld bridal salon in NY in search of their perfect wedding dress. I didn’t much care for what I wore on my wedding day as I never found an outfit I liked and just kindof left the house in a rush without doing anything special– I now understand a bit better why some women spend a lot of time before the wedding getting ready, so they don’t feel bad years later. (I still don’t really understand spending a lot of money on a dress you’ll only wear once the way some women do, but to each their own– I’m sure it’s inconceivable to many that I wore a baseball jersey on my wedding day and got married at the Metrodome.)
New Killing for a Living (Animal Planet, 7pm, 10pm; also on Saturday at 2pm).
Series premiere of Rock the Reception (TLC, 7:30pm and 10:30pm; also on Friday at 7:30pm and 10:30pm). Choreographers Napoleon and Tabitha D’umo help brides and grooms choreograph first dances that rock.
New episode of Not Going Out (BBC America, 7:40pm, 10:40pm, 12:40am). Second episode of second season. DVR/VCR Alert: This comedy has a running time of 40 minutes.
New episode of Deadliest Catch (Discovery, 8pm, 10pm, midnight). Followed by a new After the Catch (Discovery, 9pm and 1am).
Series premiere of Must Love Kids (TLC, 8pm and 11pm). Three single moms re-enter the dating world “as they embark on a sincere search for their soul mate.”
Two new episodes of The First 48 (A&E, 7pm and 11pm, 8pm and midnight).
New Outrageous Wasters (Sundance, 8pm). Has a runtime of 70 minutes.
Series premiere of Hurl! (G4, 8pm). I don’t recommend this show (despite not having seen it) and the fact that it exists is freaking me out a little as it sounds like the sort of show someone would make up when talking about how reality shows are going too far. Here’s a description from a G4 press release:
In each episode, five brave contestants attempt to consume the largest quantity of food in a short amount of time and are then immediately subjected to a series of challenges designed to shake them up. The one to hold his or her food down the longest claims victory and walks away with a cash prize, the Iron Stomach Award, and more importantly, serious bragging rights.
New five-minute “minisode” of Rescue Me (FX, 9pm) debuts on FX. These episodes are supposed to each stand alone. They are available online after they debut each Tuesday on FX; supposed to be available on Hulu, YouTube, MySpace, Crackle, and elsewhere.
Benjamin Bratt stars in the series premiere of The Cleaner (A&E, 9pm, 10pm, 1am). With Grace Park (“Boomer” on Battlestar Galactica) and Gil Bellows (of Ally McBeal). He’s a recovering addict who has dedicated his life to helping others get clean. He talks to God, has a somewhat strained relationship with his wife and kids, and is the boss of a team of other former addicts who help addicts. I was underwhelmed by the first episode and it didn’t really grab me, it’s very mild fare given the subject matter, but there’s potential given the premise and talent of the cast.
A look at children who have Tourette Syndrome on Primetime: Family Secrets (ABC, 9pm).
Atlantis on Mega Disasters (History Channel, 9pm and 1am).
New Flipping Out (Bravo, 9pm, 10pm, midnight, 2am).
New Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood (Oxygen, 9pm, 10pm, midnight).
“Mistresses” are the subject of a new Secret Lives of Women (We, 9pm and midnight).
Rebroadcast of the new episode of Weeds (Showtime, 9pm, 9:30pm) that debuted last night.
Late Night
Special All-Star game editions of SportsCenter (ESPN, 10pm – midnight) and Baseball Tonight (ESPN, midnight).
Rerun of the season premiere of Saving Grace (TNT, 10pm).
Pierce Brosnan on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
Jason Riley on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).
Meryl Streep, Aaron Eckhart, Randy Travis on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
David Duchovny (of Californication, The X-Files), Olympic shot putter Reese Hoffa, Jakob Dylan on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).
Julie Andrews, Raymond Crowe on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 11:37pm).
Heidi Klum, Joel McHale, Daryl Hall & KT Tunstall on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:37pm).
Andy Samberg, Minnie Driver, Shwayze on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, check your local listings).
Zachary Levi (of Chuck, Less Than Perfect), Hellogoodbye on a rerun of Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, check your local listings).
