Friday, May 29th, 2009
Best Bets for Friday
New Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Cartoon Network, 7:30pm)
Season premiere of What Not to Wear (TLC, 8pm and 10pm)
Rerun of the series premiere of Mental (FOX, 8pm)
New (to the US) Primeval (Sci-Fi, 9pm – 10:01pm, 11:01pm – 12:01am)
Conan O’Brien, James Taylor on the final episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC, 10:35pm)
Best Bets for Saturday
New episode of Pushing Daisies (ABC, 9pm Saturday)
News & Notes
I’m thinking of returning to doing TV picks for Saturdays and Sundays or at least abbreviated versions for Saturday. We shall see. I do have a Best Bet for this Saturday that I’ve just got to mention.
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.
Friday Daytime
“Women Leaving Men for Other Women” on a rerun of Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
Primetime Grid for Friday
| Fri | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Wife Swap Rerun | Un-Broke: What You Need to Know About Money | 20/20 | |||
| CBS | Walk the Line | |||||
| NBC | Howie Do It Rerun | Howie Do It Rerun | Dateline NBC | |||
| FOX | Don’t Forget the Lyrics | Mental Rerun of series premiere | Local Programming | |||
| CW | Hair Show | Local Programming | ||||
| MyTV | WWE Friday Night Smackdown! | Local Programming | ||||
| SciFi | Star Trek: TNG | Moonlight | Primeval also at 11:01pm | |||
Primetime Friday
NBA action is on ESPN tonight.
Batman’s biggest fan tries to “make Batman a better hero” but of course this causes more trouble on a new Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Cartoon Network, 7:30pm; also on Saturday at 9:30am).
Stacy and Clinton make over Mayim Bialik (of Blossom) on the season premiere of What Not to Wear (TLC, 8pm and 10pm; also on Saturday at 1pm).
I’ve not heard much about the new FOX series Mental (FOX, 8pm) and unfortunately haven’t gotten around to screening it myself. It’s a summer series and it sounds like it’s nothing special, but if you’re hard up for a new drama to watch, you might want to try it if you missed it earlier this week. Tonight’s episode is a rerun of the series premiere.
New episode of DogTown (National Geographic, 9pm and midnight; also at 5pm next Friday).
A new special about a couple who puts together high-end weddings in New York: Wedded to Perfection (TLC, 9pm and 11pm; also on Saturday at 2pm).
Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton, former New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson, actor Hill Harper, and author Michael Pollan on a new Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 9pm, 10pm; lots of other airings on various HBO stations).
New episode of The Soup (E!, 9pm; airs again on Saturday at 9am and 10pm).
Late Night Friday
Robin Williams, Wynton Marsalis on a rerun of The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Conan O’Brien, James Taylor on the last episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC, 10:35pm). Conan O’Brien takes over The Tonight Show on Monday.
Hugh Jackman, John Cho, Flo Rida on a rerun of Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, 11:05pm).
Simon Cowell, Erin McCarley on a rerun of Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 11:35pm).
Justin Long, Tony Hawk on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:35pm).
Andy Richter, Wale on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, 12:35am).
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Best Bets for Saturday
New episode of Pushing Daisies (ABC, 9pm Saturday)
Primetime Grid for Saturday
| Sat | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Wipeout Rerun | Here Come the Newlyweds | Pushing Daisies New episode! | |||
| CBS | Numb3rs Rerun | Harper’s Island | 48 Hours Mystery Rerun | |||
| NBC | NHL Hockey: Penguins at Red Wings | |||||
| FOX | Cops | Cops | America’s Most Wanted | Local Programming | ||
