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September 16, 2006

TV Barn's TV Picks for Sept. 16-17

Who won the Flav's hand (or at least a nice set of grills) on the first season of VH1's "Flavor of Love"?

A) Cherry
B) Hoopz
C) Picasso
D) Pumkin
E) Red Oyster

TV Barn's TV Picks for Saturday and Sunday, September 16-17, 2006
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings

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SATURDAY
5 p.m.
"Child Star Confidential" (E!): "Famous Little Faces"

7 p.m.
"Fantastic Four" (Cartoon)
"Tutenstein" (Discovery Kids)
"Property Ladder" (TLC; also 8)
"Rock Countdown" (MTV2): Wolfmother

7:30 p.m.
"Growing Up Creepie" (Discovery Kids)

8 p.m.
The Florida Oranges battle the Tennessee Tuxedos (CBS).

The Nebraska Me No Questions face off against the USC Telemino Lies (ABC).

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
The original "Star Trek" episodes, digitally remastered to improve the visuals if not the acting, might be found in syndication if you try.

"Battle for the Beach" (Animal Planet)
"Cops" (Fox)
"Katrina Killings" (CNN)
"The Replacements" (Disney)
"$2 Bill" (MTV2): My Chemical Romance
"Flight 29 Down" (Discovery Kids)
"World's Most Amazing Videos" (Spike)

8:30 p.m.
"American Dragon: Jake Long" (Disney)

9 p.m.
"America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back" (Fox) investigates the new "Black Dahlia'' movie. Is it at a theater near you?

"Childhood Obesity: Danger" (Food)
"My Mums Used to Be Men" ("Hot Docs," BBC America)
"Serious" (Discovery Kids)
"Naruto" (Cartoon): "Ebisu Returns"
"Monkey Dust" (Sundance)
"Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol" (Spike)
"The Bob & Tom Comedy Tour" (Comedy Central)
"Flip That House" (TLC; also 9:30)

9:30 p.m.
"Zatch Bell" (Cartoon): "The Wonderful Majestic Twelve Return"

10 p.m.
"Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1" (HBO)
"Headbanger's Ball" (MTV2): Celtic Frost
"Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo" (Cartoon): "Begin the Bungee-Battle!"

11 p.m.
"MADtv" (Fox; season premiere): Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Xzibit

midnight
"Talkshow [sic] With Spike Feresten" (Fox; premiere): Andy Richter
"Soapography" (SOAPnet; also 12:30)

12:30 a.m.
"Bleach" (Cartoon)

1 a.m.
"Eureka 7" (Cartoon)

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SUNDAY (CBS times are approximate for Eastern and Central time zones)

FAREWELL, MICHIGAN J. FROG, WE HARDLY KNEW YE
The WB signs off (if it hasn't already in your area) and its childhood flashes before your eyes via the pilot episodes of "Felicity" (5 p.m.), "Angel" (6), "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (7 & 8) and "Dawson's Creek" (9).

7 p.m.
"dLife: For Your Diabetes Life" (CNBC)

7:30 p.m.
Howard Stern spends "60 Minutes" (CBS) on terrestrial television.

8 p.m.
A detective hears "Cries in the Dark" (Lifetime) after her pregnant sister is murdered and her baby stolen. Round up the dingos!

The priest is tired of taking confessions on "Three Moons Over Milford" (ABC Family). And I'm tired of taking what's your point.

IS IT SWEEPS YET GUEST STAR PATROL
* "The Simpsons" (Fox): The White Stripes. Plot: Bart marches to the beet of a different borscht.
* "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC; also 9): Marlee Matlin. Cause: A legally blind family is given a new tax burden.  Thank you, Sears.

"The Sahara" (History)
"Flip This House" (A&E)
"The E! True Hollywood Story" (E!): "Society Girls"
"Platinum Weddings" (WE)

8:15 p.m.
The F Troop meets the Hekawi on the gridiron (NBC, after "Football in America" at 7).

8:30 p.m.
"The Amazing Race 10" (CBS) launches "Real fast! Quack, Quack!" as the teams travel (with velocity) from Seattle to Beijing.

EVEN DOWNTOWN VOICES CARRY
"American Dad" (Fox): Azura Skye. Plot: Stan becomes anorexic on A VERY SPECIAL EMMY LOSING EPISODE.

"Let's Just Play: Go Healthy Challenge" (Nickelodeon)
"Hangin' With" (VH1 Classic): Frank Black

9 p.m.
Mister Ed's trainer is dead on "Mystery!: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Series V: In the Guise of Death" (PBS).

EVEN DOWNTOWN VOICES CARRY
"Family Guy" (Fox): Phyllis Diller, Gore Vidal. Plot: Brian gets radio active while Peter gains a new father figure.

"Celebrity Fit Club" (VH1)
"Iron Chef America" (Food): Bobby Flay vs. John Dechellis
"Assault on Waco" (Discovery)
"Building a New Face" (TLC)

9:30 p.m.
The sex talk, the chess club and dreams of stardom are on the battlefront of "The War at Home" (Fox).

10 p.m.
"Angela's Eyes" (Lifetime) are bloodshot, thanks to the unwelcome assassin from her past.

Bombshells fly on "The Wire" (HBO) as new jobs are not as they were advertised.

The ladies themselves need to agree who is lucky enough to leave the house on "The Flavor of Love" (VH1).

Makeovers and suspicious moves await "Footballers Wives: Overtime" (BBC America).

Fatherhood is troublesome for the "Brotherhood" (Showtime).

"The Girls Next Door" (Eh!): "I See London, I See France"
"Bridezillas" (WE)
"Tools of the Trade" (National Geographic): "SWAT"
"Genius: Quest for Extreme Brain Power" (CNN)
"Task Force Devil: New War on Terror" (Military)

10:30 p.m.
What is the truth about Fat Ian, and are Dan and Mike really daddies in waiting on "Mile High" (BBC America)? And what about Maleficent?

11 p.m.
"Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam" (HBO): Vince Morris, Adele Givens, Earthquake

11:30 p.m.
"Bureau of Alien Detectors" (Toon Disney)
"Robot Chicken" (Cartoon)

11:45 p.m
"Metalocalypse" (Cartoon)

midnight
"Squidbillies" (Cartoon)

12:30 a.m.
"Tom Goes to the Mayor" (Cartoon)

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CELEBREALITY
It turns out that B) Hoopz was not the love of his life. But as the Academy Awards have taught us, it's hard out there for a pimp.

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