TV Barn's TV Picks for Oct. 3

Come and knock on their door, they'll be waiting for you at 213 W 53rd Street.... The kisses there are from whom?

A) "Good Morning America"
B) The Hello Deli
B) Howard Stern
C) Regis and Kelly
E) The Soup Nazi

TV Barn's TV Picks for Tuesday, October 3, 2006
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings

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Aaron Barnhart reviews "Friday Night Lights" at tvbarn.com.

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8 p.m.
"NCIS" (CBS) investigates whether McDonald's has ever actually stopped playing the Collect and Win Monopoly(tm) game.

NEW-SENSE
You know what would be great? If "American Dreams" was less about the "Hairspray" girls doing "American Bandstand" after school and the "China Beach" subplots, and only about the football team boyfriends. And we could call it "Friday Night Lights" (NBC)!

"Dancing With the Stars" (ABC) tackles the paso doble and the fox trot.

There's a Standoff at third base when a player tries to make it back to the club House (Fox).

The "Gilmore Girls" (CW) house is turned into an "Asian-themed wonderland." There's a special promotion to all potential suitors this week only. With sex, you get egg roll.

"NOVAscienceNOW" (PBS) asks about the possible Armageddon caused by a deep impact, whether genes could make Richard Bachman thinner and whether MIT scientist Karl Iagnemma is really a robot who replaced the actual professor in a 1973 April Fool's prank.

"Emeril Live" (Food): "There's a Chef in My World"
"Top Ten Combat Rifles" (Military)
"The Most Extreme" (Animal Planet): "Pirates"

8:30 p.m.
"Masterchef Goes Large" (BBC America)

9 p.m.
"Veronica Mars" (CW) heads to college and immediately runs into a mystery. I knew she should not have applied to Wolf Lake Tech.

"Frontline" (PBS) unearths the original cut of George Lucas' least popular Star Wars film, "The Return of the Taliban."

Will "The Unit" (CBS) do things my way, Uruguay or Paraguay?

SUDDENLY SUSAN PATROL
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC): Brooke Shields. Case: A supermodel's boyfriend may have thrown more than a cell phone at her ex.

"Eureka" (Sci Fi; season finale, with a season replay starting at 9 a.m.) faces a once in a lifetime opportunity. As opposed to a Lifetime movie opportunity, where everyone would discover they have a mystery illness while their ex-husbands are stalking them.

"The Nominees" (Sundance)
"Dog the Bounty Hunter" (A&E): "Mother Knows Best"
"2006 World Series of Poker" (ESPN; also 10)
"Million Dollar Listing" (Bravo)

9:30 p.m.
"Help Me Help You" (ABC) find a pea under all these waterbed mattresses? Princess Fred was busy tonight?

10 p.m.
MAGGIE MAY GUEST STAR PATROL
"Boston Legal" (ABC): Tom Selleck. Shirley has the same as always; Ivan to be alone.

Short people got several reasons to live on "No Bigger Than a Minute" ("P.O.V.", PBS).

"Anderson Cooper 360" (CNN) focuses on the Democratic Republic of Congo. Has there been a hurricane or missing blonde gal I'm not aware of?

The "Smith" (CBS) team hijacks an empty armored truck. Have they gone beyond the Brinks?

LAME DRAGNET MOVIE REFERENCE PATROL
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit": the virgin Connie Nielsen, Leslie Caron. Plot: A rapist may get away ... until a new witness comes forward.

Her child and lover are both in a car accident down on "The Street" (BBC America).

CUTIE PATOOTIE FIX MY BOOTY PATROL
"Nip/Tuck" (FX): RosieO. Vital Signs: Christian soldiers on, Sean and Julia are reunited. Will it feel so good? And guess which character gets a standing O?

"Road Tasted" (Food): Chicago
"Inked" (A&E)
"Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty" (Oxygen)
"Fugitive Strike Force" (Discovery): "Shots Fired"
"True Life" (MTV): "I'm Addicted to Crystal Meth"
"ECW" (Sci Fi)

11:45 p.m.
"Being Bad" (Sundance)

TALK OF THE NOTION
* Charlie plumbs the depths with Bob Woodward.
* Dennis Miller wishes he were writing for "The Daily Show."
* Frank Rich and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band give Tavis a by-the-numbers interview.
* Andy Stern faces leeward over some port wine with Stephen.
* Andy Dick, Keith Olbermann and Brazilian Girls get smart with Dave.
* Helen Mirren, B.J. Novak and Jet do their laundry with Jay.
* Dax Shepard, Jordana Brewster and the Killers slay Jimmel.
* Martin Scorsese, Harland Williams and the Decemberists depart "Late Night With Conan O'Brien."
* Maura Tierney and David Cross (and possibly Diana Krall) visit Craig's (Mr.) show.
* Kerry Washington and Jimmy Carr distract Carson.

YORK SHIRE PUDDING
You can say, "been there, done that, bought the T-shirt" if kissed at 213 W 53rd St by B) Rupert Jee.

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