SOMEWHERE UNDER THE RAINBOW
"It's nothing like where you live, and nothing like you imagine." So said the promotional ads for the debut of which series?
A) "The Amazing Race"
B) "Farscape"
C) "Lost"
D) "The O.C."
E) "Three's Company"
[What should you ask your TV travel agent to pencil in on your itinerary? Check in at the bottom of the column.]
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TV Barn's TV Picks for Thursday, January 25, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings
7 p.m.
"UFC Unleashed" (Spike; see also 8)
7:30 p.m.
"The Black Carpet" (BET)
8 p.m.
Clark wakes up to see Bobby Ewing in his shower. Can the last six years of "Smallville" (CW) all have been an insane dream?
"Deep Sea Drillers" (National Geographic)
"Hot Pursuit" (Court; also 8:30)
"UFC Fight Night" (Spike)
"Get Fresh With Sara Snow" (Discovery Health; also 8:30)
8:30 p.m.
"The War at Home" (Fox)
9 p.m.
Having previously delivered a blistering exposé on the campaigning of George W. Bush, "Friends of God: A Road Trip With Alexandra Pelosi" (HBO) delivers a swift punch way below the Bible Belt.
Catherine and Keppler conspire against the rest of the "CSI" (CBS) team to catch a killer who delivered a swift line item veto to a popular politician.
It's the episode that changes everything: Everyone on "The O.C." (Fox) has herpes. It's merely Marissa's revenge from beyond the grave.
Bailey imagines new quarters with the creation of the "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC) free clinic. Ah, a complex simplex duplex.
Bank robbers commit suicide in a "Supernatural" (CW) manner. Come out with your spirits raised!
Tonight's "Winter X Games" (ESPN) features the Snowboard Superpipe, to be judged by Cheech and Chong.
"The First 48" (A&E)
"Best Evidence" (Discovery): "TWA Flight 800"
"Festival Dailies" (Sundance)
"The Dan Ho Show" (Discovery Health)
"American Chopper" (TLC): "Senior vs. Junior 2"
10 p.m.
Marin's new digs aren't ready yet on "Men in Trees" (ABC). If only there were some handsome dude with whom she could cohabitate while not committing premarital sex. Oh, there is? Darn.
"Nashville Star" (USA): Little Big Town
"Soundstage" (PBS): Peter Frampton, part 2
"Pros vs. Joes" (Spike): "Think You Can Stop Michael Irvin?"
"Detroit SWAT" (A&E)
"In the City" (BBC America)
"Real World/Road Rules: The Duel Reunion" (MTV)
11 p.m.
"Afro Samurai" (Spike)
11:30 p.m.
"Wild World of Spike" (Spike)
SILK TALKINGS
More talk show information is available at www.interbridge.com/lineupsdate.html.
* Rose: Bill Nighy
* Sen. Charles Schumer has the football pulled away from him by Lucy on "The Daily Show."
* Tavis bags a chat with Tom Vilsack and William Spriggs.
* Mike Wallace ticks off Stephen.
* Wanda Sykes, Sendhil Ramamurthy and the Bird and the Bee kvetch to Jay.
* Jeremy Rodham Piven, Padma Cougar Lakshmi and John "The Killer" Mellencamp serenade Jimmy "Ben Stein's Monkey" Kimmel.
BY THE DAWN SURLY LIGHT
D) "The O.C." made that bold boast with scenery of a surfer in the shadows of a sunset.
-- posted by Jon Delfin
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