Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Best Bets
2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee (ABC, 7pm)
John Sayles’ Lone Star (TCM, 9pm, letterboxed)
New Escape to Chimp Eden (Animal Planet, 9pm and midnight)
Billy Crystal, Prince on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC, 10:35pm)
Jack McBrayer (of 30 Rock), Janeane Garofalo, Rodney Atkins on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:35pm)
News & Notes
Amazon’s Deal of the Day (available today only, while supplies last) is on Dead Like Me: The Complete Collection
The Fall 2009 Schedule Grid includes schedule data for ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, and NBC. It also includes links to Fall Previews from all the networks. And there are “info” links after each new show named on the page; you can click those to see the official pages for those shows– many of them include video previews and other neat stuff.
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Daytime
“Weight Loss Secrets of ‘The Biggest Losers’” on a rerun of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
Primetime Grid
| Day | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals | Grey’s Anatomy Rerun | ||||
| CBS | NCIS Rerun | CSI Rerun | Without a Trace Rerun | |||
| NBC | My Name Is Earl Rerun | 30 Rock Rerun | The Office Rerun | 30 Rock Rerun | The Office Rerun | |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | Local Programming | ||||
| CW | Smallville Rerun | Supernatural Rerun | Local Programming | |||
Primetime
Turner Classic Movies airs some excellent movies tonight as part of their month long look at “Race and Hollywood: Latino Images in Film”. The movies they air tonight are: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (TCM, 7pm), Lone Star (TCM, 9pm, letterboxed), Popi (TCM, 11:30pm, letterboxed), and My Family: Mi Familia (TCM, 1:30am). You can read more about all of the films on the TCM website.
The finals for the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee (ABC, 7pm). You can catch the semifinals and final rounds on ESPN and ESPN2.
A NBA Pregame (TNT, 7pm) show is followed by NBA Basketball: Magic at Cavaliers (TNT, 7:30pm).
Baseball: Dodgers at Cubs (MLB Network, 7pm).
Rerun of NCIS (CBS, 7pm) which first aired this past October. It’s a fun Halloween episode.
Jimmy: “His brain is missing!”
Ducky: “There’s no need to get so excited, Mr. Palmer.”
from NCIS
Rerun of one of the stranger episodes of My Name Is Earl (NBC, 7pm) and that’s really saying something. Earl helps an old friend once he finds out he’s living in the wild.
If you get the HDNet Movie Channel, you can watch Trading Places (HDNetMovies, 7:05pm – 9:05pm) uncut in high definition tonight. I still love this movie that stars Eddie Murphy, Dan Ackroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, adn Denholm Elliott.
HGTV has new episodes of My First Place (HGTV, 7pm and 11pm), House Hunters (HGTV, 8pm and midnight), and For Rent (HGTV, 9:30pm and 1:30am).
Pat and Gina Neely uncover family secrets to BBQ and grilling with fans on Dear Food Network (Food Network, 8pm and 11pm; airs again on Saturday at 4pm).
The guys head to Howe Caverns in New York to “face their fears and explore caves” and Paul Jr. continues to work as a consultant while setting his sights on doing his own thing outside of the shop on a new American Chopper (TLC, 8pm and 10pm).
William Peterson was still around as Gil Grissom in tonight’s rerun of CSI (CBS, 8pm) from last year. It’s the one that featured the return of Melinda Clarke as Lady Heather. Peyton List also guest starred.
Nick: “You know I got a real dominatrix vibe from Ms. Tournay, her and Lady Heather could be sisters.”
Riley: “Who’s Lady Heather?”
Greg: “Oh, that’s a whole ‘nother Oprah.”
from CSI
A new episode of Gangland (History Channel, 8pm and midnight) covers the Crips in Anchorage, Alaska.
Debut of the special The Real Housewives of New York City Season 2: The Lost Footage (Bravo, 8pm and 11pm; also on Friday at 6pm and Saturday at 3pm and 6pm; with additional airings on Sunday as well).
Jao’s family is moved into the old adult enclosure and the new family is released into the infant enclosure on a new Escape to Chimp Eden (Animal Planet, 9pm and midnight; also on Monday at 7pm and 10pm).
A family needs serious help with their landscape after a neighbors truck crashed into their house on a new Desperate Landwcapes (DIY, 9pm and 1am).
Detectives find the body of a 34-year-old man who appears to have been shot to death behind an abandoned building on a new Crime 360 (A&E, 9pm and 1am).
I like the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair (MGMHD, 9pm – 11:10pm) from 1999 with stars Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.
Ryan and the west coast crew merge the body of a 1969 GTO with the chassis of a 2006 GTO for Tanner Faust and Sean’s patience wears thin on a new Street Customs (TLC, 9pm and 11pm).
New Southern Belles: Louisville (SoapNet, 9pm; also on Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 9pm).
The designers create a new print for an eco-friendly shoe company, the designers also have to create an outfit that complements some fancy shoes on The Fashion Show (Bravo, 9pm, 10pm, midnight). Hosted by Isaac Mizrahi and Kelly Rowland.
A paraplegic goes missing and Jack returns to leading the team in a rerun of Without a Trace (CBS, 9pm).
Late Night
Elizabeth Edwards on a rerun of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 10pm and midnight).
Walter Kirn on a rerun of The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 10:30pm and 12:30am).
Tom Hanks, the Killers on a rerun of The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Billy Crystal, Prince on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC, 10:35pm). This is the second-to-last episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as the host.
Channing Tatum, Elisha Cuthbert, Depeche Mode on a rerun of Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, 11:05pm).
Michael Caine, Matt Baetz on a rerun of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 11:35pm).
Jack McBrayer (of 30 Rock), Janeane Garofalo, Rodney Atkins on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:35pm).
Nick DeAvila, Method Man & Redman featuring Erick Sermon on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, 12:35am).
