TV Barn's TV Picks for Sept. 7

The parents on what clean-cut '80s sitcom both appeared in the sex comedy "Porky's?"

A) "Charles in Charge"
B) "Just the Ten of Us"
C) "Mr. Belvedere"
D) "Webster"
E) "Who's the Boss?"

TV Barn's TV Picks for Thursday, September 7, 2006
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings

[The correct answer to the quiz can be found at the bottom of the column, just don't cut class to get there.]

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11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Little. Yellow. Different. The equipment of "Wimbledon: NY" (USA), not brought to you by Nuprin.

7:30 p.m.
"The Black Carpet" (BET)

8 p.m.
The 2000 Year Old Man visits the 2,000,000 word man on "The Dick Cavett Show With Mel Brooks" (TCM).

It's time for the final showdown on "Big Brother: All-Stars" (CBS). Will the showmances ever catch on?

The "U.K. Music Hall of Fame" (VH1 Classic) welcomes Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, the Eurythmics, Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, the Who, the Kinks, Jimi Hendrix, Joy Division, New Order and producer John Peel.

TELE-GEBRA
"Everybody Loves Raymond" - "Raymond" = "'Til Death" (Fox)

The season begins on Sunday Night Football on Thursday as the Miami Butterfly Ballots take on the Pittsburgh Antiperspirants (NBC).

"Where Did It Come From?" (History; premiere): "Ancient Greece: Modern Ship Building"
"Signé Chanel" (Sundance; premiere): "Anticipation"

8:30 p.m.
TELE-GEBRA
"Manchild" x "Free Ride" + early cancellation = "Happy Hour" (Fox)

9 p.m.
The "MythBusters" (Discovery) are a pair of cottonpickin' chicken pluckers.

An Islamic art dealer winds up floating six feet under in "Murder City" (BBC America). How chic.

"Celebrity Duets" (Fox) plays musical chairs as the remaining seven change partners (and hopefully don't swing them 'round and 'round).

"What If: The Oil Runs Out?" (Discovery Science) Well, then we settle for a nice vinaigrette.

"Wild Weddings" (TLC; also 10)

10 p.m.
"PrimeTime" (ABC) hides secret cameras in Diane Sawyer's dressing room. Is she harboring a deadly secret that could kill Internet predators if you don't watch?

"American Eats" (History) loves beer as much as Tom T. Hall.

"Slippin': Ten Years With the Bloods" (Showtime)
"Missiles: Machines of War" (National Geographic)
"Most Evil" (Discovery): "Up Close"
"Wild 'n Out" (MTV)
"The Ultimate Fighter" (Spike)
"Throwdown With Bobby Flay" (Food): Pizza

10:30 p.m.
"Pimp My Ride" (MTV)
"Crimefighters" (BBC America): "Trouble on the Tracks"
"Ace of Cakes" (Food): "Life's a Zoo"

11 p.m.
"Modern Marvels" (History): "The Cola Wars"
"TNA iMPACT!" (Spike)

BABY, TALK TO ME
* Charlie makes time for the news of the week with Jon Meacham and Richard Stengel (postponed from Wednesday).
* Jessica Simpson is divorced from reality on "The Tonight Show."
* Kiefer Sutherland and Ben Harper are tortured by Conan for 24 minutes.
* Anthony Michael Hall, James Carville and Robert Randolph and the Family Band enter the dead zone of Jimmy Kimmel Live.
* Anthony Mackie and Rocco DeLuca & the Burden cross Carson.

THEN CAME YOU
D) Webster's adoptive parents George and Catherine Papadopoulos (a.k.a. Alex Karras and real-life wife Susan Clark) previously appeared in "Porky's" as Sheriff Brother and Cherry Forever.

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