TV Barn's TV Picks for Dec. 8-10

THE DREAD PIRATE
Before loving "Raymond," Doris Roberts won her first Emmy award for appearing on what hit series?

A) "ALF"
B) "Hill Street Blues"
C) "Perfect Strangers"
D) "Remington Steele"
E) "St. Elsewhere"

[Love the correct answer (or not) at the bottom of column.]

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TV Barn's TV Picks for Friday through Sunday, December 8-10, 2006
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings




FRIDAY
6 p.m.
"Our Generation" (History): "Duck & Cover: The Cold War"

7 p.m.
"Take Home Chef" (TLC; also 7:30)

8 p.m.
Jimmy Roberts receives a brain transplant from cartoonist Fred Willard and finds his whole world "Re-Animated" (Cartoon).

UNNECESSARY WHEAT THINS PATROL
"Justice" (Fox): Jane Seymour. Docket: "Dr. Quinn, Filicide Woman." Go ahead, look it up. We'll wait.

Nobody wins the million dollars on "1 vs. 100" (NBC).

AND IT'S "DUNDER" AND "BLIXEM"
"Rudolph" (CBS) sues Ben Affleck for defamation of character over the 2000 bomb "Reindeer Games."

"Doctor Who" (Sci Fi) and Rose are stalked by an obsessed collector.

"The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" (Disney)
"WWE Friday Night SmackDown!" (CW)
"The Lost Evidence" (History): Monte Cassino
"Discoveries This Week" (Discovery Science)

8:30 p.m.
"South of Nowhere" (Noggin)

9 p.m.
Midas mechanics determine that fixing the "thumpety thump thump" will take about three days and will run about 4 grand including parts and labor for "Frosty the Snowman" (CBS). And then "Frosty Returns" (9:30).

"NOW" (PBS), now available in decaf.

Diane Sawyer strolls through Kim's fields in "PrimeTime: North Korea" (ABC).

UNNECESSARY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE JOY AND PAIN PATROL
"Las Vegas" (NBC): Vincent Pastore, Bill Macy, Wayne Newton. Plot: It's the wedding of a lifetime for a moll marrying into da mob.

"My Family" (BBC America) goes on talk radio.

"Battlestar Galactica" (Sci Fi) faces the cosmic threat of ... food poisoning.

"Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy" (Fox)
"What Not to Wear" (TLC)
"Shootout!" (History): "Tet Offensive"
"Man vs. Wild" (Discovery): Sierra Nevada

9:40 p.m.
The boyfriend from hell makes for the "Worst Week of My Life" (BBC America).

10 p.m.
Is an escort responsible for an attorney's assassination? Find out what's worthy of Page Six and what's useful to the case on "Law & Order" (NBC).

"20/20" (ABC) has $50 zillion for you. And all you have do is send your bank account details to Nigeria.

"The Soup" (E!) of the week? Bolton Bisque.

What could turn Elliott Gould and Jason Priestley into psychotic killers? Joe Dante directs "The Screwfly Solution" for the "Masters of Horror" (Showtime).

"I Shouldn't Be Alive" (Discovery): "Blood in the Water"
"Dogfights" (History): The Zero Killer
"Cover Shot" (TLC; also 10:30)
"Paula's Party" (Food): "Paula's Favorite Foods"

10:20 p.m.
"The Robinsons" (BBC America)

11 p.m.
"Monarch Cove" (Lifetime; also midnight)
"Hardware" (BBC America)
"Celebrity Eye Candy" (VH1)
"Game Head" (Spike)

11:30 p.m.
"Black Books" (BBC America)

midnight
"MXC" (Spike)
"The Wendy Williams Experience" (VH1)

12:30 a.m.
"Web Junk 20" (VH1)


NIGHTHAWKS
* Rose: www.charlierose.com
* Freddy Rodriguez and James Traub are right, said Tavis.
* Sylvester Stallone, Parminder Nagra and Seal have the nose of the tiger on "The Tonight Show."
* Ted Danson and Mary J. Blige jam with Jim.
* Seth Meyers and TV on the Radio bring in the news and bring in da funk for Conan.
* Tyrese and John Novosad hit the links with Craig.

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SATURDAY
6 p.m.
"The E! True Hollywood Story" (E!): Christie Brinkley

7:30 p.m.
"Yu-Gi-Oh! G/X" (Cartoon)

8 p.m.
Learn how Rusty Reindeer saved "Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen" (ABC), featuring the voices of Fred Savage, Harland Williams, Gladys Knight, Fred Willard, John O'Hurley, Edie McClurg and Paul Rodriguez.

"Race to the South Pole" (History)
"Dateline" (NBC)
"Up Close and Dangerous" (Animal Planet; also 8:30)
"Cops" (Fox)
"The Replacements" (Disney)
"Little People, Big World" (TLC; also 8:30)
"Arm Wrestling: Pro Championships" (ESPN2)

9 p.m.
A city lawyer meets the parents of his country mouse mate in "What I Did for Love" (Hallmark).

"Greg the Bunny" (IFC) takes his turn "Being John Malkovich" (9:15).

"Nigella Bites Christmas Special" (Food)
"48 Hours Mystery" (CBS; two hours)
"Mr. Meaty" (Nickelodeon)
"CBS News on Logo 2006 Year in Review" (Logo)
"Naruto" (Cartoon)
"America's Most Wanted" (Fox)
"i Health Presents ... Healthy Body, Healthy Mind" (i)

9:30 p.m.
"Zatch Bell" (Cartoon; also 10)

10 p.m.
"Crazy Christmas Lights" (TLC)
"5 Takes: USA" (Travel): Austin, Texas
"NewNowNext Music" (Logo): "Best of 2006"
"Body of Evidence: From the Case Files of Dayle Hinman" (Court)
Middleweights Kassim Ouma and Jermain Taylor (HBO)


VIVA VARIETY
* Rocky Balboa and Mr. T "Bring Sexy Back" on "MADtv."
* Annette Bening hosts "Saturday Night Live" with Gwen Stefani and Akon.
* Cheryl Hines guzzles beer on "Talkshow With Spike Feresten."


ADULT SWIM on Cartoon Network
11:30 p.m., "Trinity Blood"; midnight, "Bleach"; 12:30 a.m., "Eureka 7"

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SUNDAY
CBS start times should be viewed with a gimlet eye in the Eastern and Central time zones.

7 p.m.
"America's Funniest Home Videos" (ABC) destroys Christmas.

The team learns that Andy Rooney will be responsible for the nuclear tidal wave on "60 Minutes" (CBS).

"Football Night in America" (NBC)

7:30 p.m.
"Reba" (CW) and Van break up their business.

8 p.m.
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Roth and Toni Collette hope to survive "Tsunami: the Aftermath" (HBO).

Teams of "The Amazing Race 10" (CBS) face a 12,000-foot sky-dive before the final footrace and another $1 million check.

A paralyzed LAPD officer is delivered an "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC; two hours).

Bart gains a bodyguard but loses a friend on "The Simpsons" (Fox).

Eric is in "7th Heaven" (CW) for Christmas. Is he in the city of angels or dead as the sitcom "Joey"?

George Wendt is Father Christmas and Jenny McCarthy is "Santa Baby" (ABC Family). Bah, humbug.

"The Chuck Barris Story: My Life on the Edge" (GSN)
"Alpha Company: Iraq Diary" (Military; also 9)
"In the Womb: Animals" (National Geographic)
"The Real Lost World" (Animal Planet)
"Puppet Planet: A Very New York Christmas" (Travel; see also 10)

8:15 p.m.
New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys (NBC)

8:30 p.m.
UNNECESSARY MOMENT OF ZEN PATROL
"American Dad" (Fox): Jon Stewart, Leslie Jordan. Plot: Roger and Steve tour New York. Mmmmm, prostitution.

"Nick News Special Edition" (Nickelodeon): "Online and In Danger?"

9 p.m.
"Cold Case" (CBS) is a little bit country, and 0.00% Osmond.

Just when he thought he was out, "Sleeper Cell: American Terror" (Showtime; season premiere) pulls FBI Agent Darwyn Al-Sayeed back in.

Bright lights blind the small city as a decoration debacle threatens "Christmas on Chestnut Street" (Lifetime).

"Gordon Ramsay's F Word" (BBC America) is "food labels."

"Ants! Nature's Secret Power" (Discovery Science)
"Iron Chef America" (Food): Cat Cora vs. Walter Royal

9:30 p.m.
"Breaking Bonaduce" (VH1): "The Mother of All Daddies"

10 p.m.
"The Wire" (HBO; 90 minutes) ends another season with new opportunities and old habits.

A star basketball player disappears "Without a Trace" (CBS), right as the championships approach.

The stakes are raised as the Ice Truck Killer kidnaps someone close to "Dexter" (Showtime).

The family business is in danger for "Brothers & Sisters" (ABC).

Lewis Black has the "Last Laugh '06" (Comedy).

Courtney Friel, Eric Nies, Ernie Hudson, Nicole Eggert and Willie Garson go bump in the night on the "Celebrity Paranormal Project" (VH1).

"Love Ride" (E!)
"Modern Marvels" (History) Snow. That's right, snow.
"Crazy for Christmas" (Travel)
"Intervention" (A&E)

11 p.m.
"For God and Country: A Marine Sniper's Story" (MSNBC)
"Talk Sex With Sue Johanson" (Oxygen)


ADULT SWIM on Cartoon Network
11:30 p.m. "Assy McGee"; 11:45 p.m. "Metalocalypse"; 12:15 a.m. "Moral Orel"; 12:30 a.m. "Frisky Dingo"

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MONDAY NEWS and a couple of olds
ABC: "Supernanny," "What About Brian"
CBS: "... Mother," "The Class," "Two and a Half Men," "... Old Christine," "CSI: Miami
CW: "... Chris," "All of Us," "Girlfriends," "The Game"
Fox: "House" (two hours)
NBC: "Deal or No Deal," "The Year Without a Santa Claus" (movie)
Sci Fi: "The Lost Room"
Sundance: "Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers"
Bravo: "Inside the Actors Studio: Forest Whitaker"
Showtime: "Sleeper Cell"
TNT: "The Wizard of Oz"
ABC Family: "Mary Poppins"

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ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER
She was nominated for her role as Mildred Krebs on "Remington Steele" (1985) and as a guest star on "Perfect Strangers" (1989), but lifted the golden winged statuette for the first time for appearing on E) "St. Elsewhere" as a homeless woman in 1983.



-- posted by Jon Delfin

Comments

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[Jon]

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