TV Barn's TV Picks for Oct. 25

FIGHT NIGHTS
Prior to "Moonlighting," Cybill Shepherd worked on what TV series?

A) "Bare Essence"
B) "Dallas"
C) "Falcon Crest"
D) "Flamingo Road"
E) "The Yellow Rose"

[Blue Moon Detective Agency, thanks for your call. When seeking the answer? Your eyes they should fall. It's there at the bottom, right after the guests. Do we think you're correct? Surely, you jest.]

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TV Barn's TV Picks for Wednesday, October 25, 2006
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings

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6 p.m
"It Takes a Thief" (Discovery)

7 p.m.
"Broken Borders" (CNN)

7:30 p.m.
"Access Granted" (BET): Ciara

8 p.m.
Ante up for "The 2006 World Series of Baseball" (Fox). The pot is currently two jars of pine tar, a family size tub of androstenedione and $500 in chips.

An electomagnetic pulse rocks "Jericho" (CBS). Sure, Locke, stop pushing the damned button. What harm could it do?

UNNECESSARY NOT BUTTER PATROL
"America's Next Top Model" (CW): Fabio and burlesque icon Dita VonTeese. Model behavior: Tyra takes the camera at a scary shoot, and the girls get tame when asked to turn on the flame.

Martina McBride fills time with three songs on "Dancing With the Stars: Samba Victims Unit" (ABC).

GENERIC SITCOM PLOTS #42 AND #28
Jack sets Mary and Rhoda up with blind dates before infiltrating Felix and Oscar's poker game at "30 Rock" (NBC).

"Most Shocking" (Court): "Dangerous Drivers"
"On & Off: Lil Wayne" (BET)
"Extreme Engineering" (Discovery): "John F. Kennedy International Airport: JetBlue Terminal"

8:30 p.m.
"Twenty Good Years" (NBC) tries to score twenty good points in a game of pickup basketball. Will twenty good stitches make the grade?

"Masterchef Goes Large" (BBC America)

9 p.m.
Two murdered children; two weeks; will the killer strike again twonight on "Criminal Minds" (CBS)? Probably.

A doctor and a Sunni political candidate get caught between Iraq and a hard place in "My Country, My Country" ("P.O.V.", PBS).

Jack is called into surgery on "Lost" (ABC) island. Will he do the bidding of the Others? Meanwhile, Desmond starts building a ... something that could change everything ... but probably not tonight.

How many calories in a large Mac, a $7 Burger, or a Double Whoopie? Contestants on "The Biggest Loser" (NBC) are all that and a bag of chips at guessing.

Derek has devilish intentions on "One Tree Hill" (CW).

"MythBusters" (Discovery): "More Myths Revisited"
"Beef: The Series" (BET)
"Untold Stories of the E.R." (TLC)
"Fake Ghost Hunters" (Sci Fi): "Shadow People"
"Forensic Files" (Court)
"Seconds From Disaster" (National Geographic): "Asian Tsunami"

9:30 p.m.
"Under Investigation" (Court): "Murder in Room 103"
"Next Level: Vince Young" (BET)

10 p.m.
"The Nine" (ABC) hold a bachelor party. Oh, the fun of the bank guard strip-searching the giant cake.

A concierge has the best possible tickets to "Anatomy of a Murder" on "CSI: NY" (CBS).

A chemistry prodigy goes up in smoke on "Dateline NBC" (NBC). This joke is rated TVY7-Fantasy.

Satan prepares to celebrate "Hell on Earth 2006" on "South Park" (Comedy Central). And only "a prominent religious organization, an ex-lover and the antics of the most notorious serial killers of all time" can spoil the festivities.

"Top Chef" (Bravo)
"Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV)
"Fake Psychic Detectives" (Court)
"Sci Faux Investigates" (Sci Fi): "Mothman"
"Inside the NFL" (HBO)
"Everything Must Go" (BBC America)
"I Pity the Fool" (TV Land)

10:30 p.m.
Captain Hero has an uncomfortable family reunion on "Drawn Together" (Comedy Central).

"Ham on the Street" (Food)

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


TALK TO THE HAND
* Rose: TBA at charlierose.com
* Tavis tries not to fly away from Andrew Sullivan and Nelly Furtado.
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jay Thomas and John Legend make love and war with Dave.
* Ron Rifkin, Kevin Nealon and Corinne Bailey Rae weed Craig's garden.

For more late-night listings, visit interbridge.com/lineups.html.

SYMPHONY FOR VIOLA
One of Cybill's prior personalities was Colleen Champion on E) "The Yellow Rose."

-- posted by Jon Delfin