Thursday, November 20, 2008
Best Bets
New Ugly Betty (ABC, 7pm)
New My Name Is Earl (NBC, 7pm)
New Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 8pm – 9:01pm)
New CSI (CBS, 8pm)
New The Office (NBC, 8pm)
New 30 Rock (NBC, 8:30pm)
New Life on Mars (ABC, 9:01pm)
New Eleventh Hour (CBS, 9pm)
Richard Belzer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight)
Stephen Colbert, Kristen Stewart, Super Diamond on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm)
Rosie O’Donnell, Becki Newton, Brian Wilson on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:37pm)
News & Notes
Still sick, but on the mend. Looks like I’m just gonna manage very abbreviated picks today. Hope to be back with regular editions next week.
Today’s Deal of the Day at Amazon is on The Complete Monty Python’s Flying Circus 16-Ton Megaset
Daytime
“Beauty Secrets from Around the World” on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
Primetime Grid
| Day | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Ugly Betty | Grey’s Anatomy | Life on Mars | |||
| CBS | Survivor: Gabon | CSI | Eleventh Hour | |||
| NBC | My Name Is Earl | Kath & Kim | The Office | 30 Rock | ER | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | Kitchen Nightmares Rerun | Local Programming | |||
| CW | Smallville | Supernatural | Local Programming | |||
| FX | Always Sunny | Testees | ||||
Primetime
NBA hoops on TNT, college football on ESPN, college basketball on ESPN2.
In addition to the network programming mentioned on the grid, there are also new episodes tonight of:
How Stuff Works (Discovery, 7pm and 11pm).
Designed to Sell (HGTV, 7pm and 11pm).
Throwdown with Bobby Flay (Food Network, 7:30pm and 2:30am).
Cool Tools (DIY, 8pm and midnight, 8:30pm and 12:30am).
Rate My Space (HGTV, 8pm and midnight).
Cameron Diaz and Cameron Sinclair on Iconoclasts (Sundance Channel, 9pm and 1am; also airs on Friday at 12:10pm, Saturday at 8am, Sunday at 1pm).
Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style (Bravo, 9pm and 10pm).
Naked Science (National Geographic, 9pm and midnight; also on Saturday at Noon).
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX, 9pm, 10:02pm; also on Friday at 10pm).
Ancient Discoveries (History Channel, 9pm and 1am).
American Gangster (BET, 9pm; also on Friday at 9pm and Sunday at 1:30am).
House Hunters (HGTV, 9pm and 1am).
L.A. Ink (TLC, 9pm and 11pm).
The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central, 9:30pm and 11:30pm).
Testees (FX, 9:31pm and 10:32pm; also on Friday at 10:31pm).
Late Night
Check out Sue Trowbridge’s Late Night Page for a list of late night talk show guests.
