TV Barn's TV Picks for Jan. 16
CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION
Where are the events of Lisa Rinna's Oxygen Network competitive hairstyling series "Tease" held?
A) the Barberena
B) the Beehive
C) the Hairatorium
D) the Honeycomb
E) the Layer Lair
[Please tell us you don't actually know this and meet us at the bottom of the column for the correct answer.]
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TV Barn's TV Picks for Tuesday, January 16, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings
6 p.m.
George and Nick Clooney take "A Journey to Darfur" (American Life Network).
7:30 p.m.
"Hotwyred" (BET)
8 p.m.
Our long national nightmare begins the beguine again, not that any of the "American Idol" (Fox) contestants know what that means.
The perfect murder by a Nevada politician rolls snake eyes on "Dateline" (NBC).
The locals didn't ask and won't tell when "NCIS" (CBS) comes a-snoopin' around.
"America's Funniest Home Videos" (ABC)
"Fashion Police: The 2007 Golden Globes" (E!)
"Really Big Things" (Discovery)
"Taste of America with Mark DeCarlo" (Travel)
9 p.m.
UNNECESSARY GUEST LUNDEGAARD PATROL
"The Unit" (CBS): William H. Macy. Plot: The president gives Jonas a top-priority assignment: Get Trump and Rosie to shut the **** up.
Former altar boy Paul Cultrera performs his own investigation into the cover-ups of the Archdiocese of Boston on "Frontline" (PBS), by the "Hand of God."
"Dirty Jobs" (Discovery): "Manure Pottery Maker"
"John Ratzenberger's Made in America" (Travel; also 9:30)
"HOTrageous Celeb Couples" (VH1)
10 p.m.
A rape case at a college? Say it ain't so, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC).
A deadly secret is unearthed along with a missing freshman on "48 Hours Mystery" (CBS). Calgon water softener?
"Dirt" (FX) scours the streets for a cover story.
It's Alan Shore vs. the Homeland Security no-fly list on "Boston Legal" (ABC), brought to you by "Nancy Pelosi is the Devil, union local #8625."
"Man, Moment, Machine" (History): "JFK & the Crisis Crusader"
"Most Deadly" (Discovery): "Tornadoes"
"Fabulous Life of ..." (VH1): "Celebrity Break-Ups: Who Got What?"
"Outlaugh Festival on Wisecrack" (Logo)
"ECW" (Sci Fi)
"Warrior Nation" (MSNBC SmackDown!)
"The Real Housewives of Orange County" (Bravo; season premiere)
10:30 p.m.
View the world of Shadya Zoabi, an Israeli-Arab karate champ, through an "Independent Lens" (PBS).
11 p.m.
"Campus Ladies" (Oxygen)
midnight
"The Big Black Comedy Show" (Showtime)
ONE OF US, ONE OF US
* Rose: Howard Schultz, Ed Viesturs
* Michael Oren debates instances of "Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present" with Jon.
* Quincy Jones thrills Tavis.
* Dinesh D'Souza marches the Washington Post's headlines in front of Stephen.
* Paul Newman, auto racing star Sebastian Bourdais and Diana Ross dream a little dream with Dave.
* Matt Lauer and other All-American Rejects flunk with Jay.
* Donald Trump, Carrot Top and Radiant gel with Jimmy.
* Tracy Morgan, Jim Gaffigan and Sparta rock the casbah with Conan.
* Helen Mirren is Craig's prime guest (besides Steve Trevino and KT Tunstall).
* Dominique Swain and Aaron Lewis can't lose on "Last Call."
More talk show information is available at www.interbridge.com/lineupsdate.html and charlierose.com.
COMB OVER
Hometown stylists battle the pros for the silver scissors in C) the Hairatorium.
-- posted by Jon Delfin
