Showtime's "Weeds" takes place in what suburban paradise?
A) Agrestic
B) Flatera
C) Narcisana
D) Portia Du Rose
E) Serenade
[Set your MapQuest to stun and take the high road to the bottom of the column for the right answer.]
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TV Barn's TV Picks for Friday, August 25, 2006
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings
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7 p.m.
"Ben 10" (Cartoon)
"VH1 Classic Jukebox" (VH1 Classic): Angela Bassett
7:30 p.m.
"LaToya Luckett Special: Part III" (BET)
"That's So Raven" (Disney)
8 p.m.
There's a shocking death in a Southern town on "Dateline NBC" (NBC). Is it the work of John Mark Karr or Hurricane Katrina?
"The Cheetah Girls 2" (Disney)
"Biography" (Biography): Mary Tyler Moore & George Lopez
"Meerkat Manor" (Animal Planet): "Moving On"
"Trick My Truck: Ultimate Tailgating Edition" (CMT)
"WWE Friday Night SmackDown!" (UPN)
"Metal Mania" (VH1 Classic): Dream Theater (followed by "Classic in Concert" at 9)
Preseason football (ESPN): Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
8:30 p.m.
"Up Close and Dangerous" (Animal Planet)
9 p.m.
"NOW: Friday Night Fact Down!" (PBS) profiles lawbreaking politicians and the real numbers of the U.S. debt.
UNNECESSARY MUSICAL GUEST STAR PATROL
"Monk"
(USA; season finale): Canadian mod soul power explosion Novillero.
Plot: A night at the non-opera leads to mayhem and murder as Monk tries
desperately to find Captain Stottlemeyer's son.
The crew figures out a way to use the thing to defeat the other people and accomplish something or another on "Stargate SG-1" (Sci Fi).
"The Kumars at No. 42" (BBC America): Alice Cooper
"Kath & Kim" (Sundance)
"Whistler" (Noggin)
"What Not to Wear" (TLC)
10 p.m.
Refugees
from New Orleans were not using their FEMA cards to buy John Stossel's
book. This and even more shocking details on "Katrina: Where Things
Stand" ("20/20," ABC).
UNNECESSARY TREK STAR PATROL
"Psych" (USA): George Takei. Plot: The boys go undercover at a comic book convention in the show's First Midseason Finale Ever.
Sheppard has lost his sheep and doesn't know where to find him on "Stargate Atlantis" (Sci Fi).
"Cover Shot" (TLC; also 10:30)
"Jack Dee Live at the Apollo" (BBC America): Jo Brand
"Skeleton Stories" (Discovery Health): "Drastic Measures"
"Animal Planet Heroes Phoenix" (Animal Planet)
"The Soup" (E!)
"Sexual Healing" (Showtime)
"John Edward Cross Fakery" (WE)
"UFC Live and Inside" (Spike)
10:30 p.m.
"Comedy Central Presents Brian Kiley" (Comedy Central)
"The Chelsea Handler Show" (E!)
11 p.m.
"Minor Accomplishments" (IFC)
"Live at Gotham" (Comedy Central)
11:30 p.m.
"The Business" (IFC)
midnight
"SOAPnet Reveals ABC Soap Secrets" (SOAPnet)
"IGPX" (Cartoon)
BABY, TALK TO ME
*
"Real Time With Bill Maher" returns to HBO with guests Spike Lee, Max
Cleland, Vali Nasr, Christopher Hitchens and maybe Markos Moulitsas.
* Charlie paints a less then rosy scenario for the Gulf Coast reconstruction with Jed Horne and Charles C. Mann.
* Dave is chillin' with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Bill Buford.
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Jimmy might be new tonight with Anthony Michael Hall, Joan and Melissa
Rivers and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, if my vision is accurate.
* André Benjamin, David Boreanaz and Mellowdrone are wildly angelic with Craig.
IF YOU GOT 'EM
Mary-Louise
Parker and Elizabeth Perkins are among those tending to life in the
L.A. suburb of A) Agrestic (characteristic of fields and country areas).
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