TV Barn's TV Picks for Jan. 29

TICK ... TICK ... TICK ... BOMB!
Before playing Chloe on "24," actress Mary Lynn Rajskub played a character named Chloe for 15 episodes on which "Must See TV" sitcom?

A) "Boston Common"
B) "Caroline in the City"
C) "Frasier"
D) "Suddenly Susan"
E) "Veronica's Closet"

[Report your latest findings immediately to CTU and meet us at the rendezvous point at the bottom of the column for the correct answer.]

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TV Barn's TV Picks for Monday, January 29, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings



7 p.m.
New depths are reached at "Lincoln Heights" (ABC Family).

7:30 p.m.
"My Super Sweet 16 Remix" (MTV; also 8, and see 9)

8 p.m.
Case #11 on "Deal or No Deal" (NBC) contains the evidence that will clear Lincoln and Michael.

Michael, Lincoln and Kellerman are sending out a bottled message, hoping to track down Sarah on "Prison Break" (Fox). RANDOM BIT PLAYER WHOSE CHARACTER NAME WE LIKE:  Anthony Fleming as Trumpets.

"Everybody Hates Chris" (CW) opts to become a hall monitor, while Marcia gets hit in the nose with a football and Bobby and Cindy look for Kitty Carryall.

Mario Lopez dances with the scars on "The 2007 Miss America Pageant" (CMT).

Avatar trains at Raintree on "Wildfire" (ABC Family). And we all know what that means.

"Beach Patrol" (Court; also 8:30)
"Antiques Roadshow" (PBS): Philadelphia
"Incredible Journeys" (Animal Planet)
"Gay, Straight or Taken?" (Lifetime; also 8:30)
"Emeril Live" (Food): "Emeril's Football Party"

8:30 p.m.
Justice is (not) blind dating for "All of Us" (CW).

9 p.m.
Jack smothers brothers on "24" (Fox).

UNNECESSARY BEAM ME UP GUEST STAR PATROL
"Heroes"  (NBC): George Takei. Plot: EXCLUSIVE SPOILER: Hiro is actually Claire's father.

"Girlfriends" (CW) snoop in their boyfriends' medicine cabinets and worry that their sonfriends are interested in girlfriends of their own.

Can depression be cured through "The Kindness of Strangers" (BBC America)? Probably not.

Heather Locklear questions her sanity in Wyoming in "Nora Roberts' Angels Fall" (Lifetime). Hey, wouldn't you?

William Shatner is too busy to host "Digging for the Truth: Lost Empire of Genghis Khaan" (History).

"I Love New York" (VH1) enough to build a doghouse for her.

"The Liberace of Baghdad" (Sundance)
"American Experience" (PBS): "The Berlin Airlift" (no, not David Hasselhoff's hairstyle)
"Supernanny" (ABC), (no, not David Hasselhoff's hairstyle)
"My Super Sweet 16" (MTV)
"Futureweapons" (Discovery): "No Escape" (no, not David Hasselhoff's hairstyle)
"Combat Zone" (Military)
"WWE Monday Night RAW" (USA)
"Unwrapped" (Food): "Lone Star Snacks"
"E-Vet Interns" (Animal Planet)

9:30 p.m.
"The Game" (CW) is up in the air when Melanie discovers she may be expecting.

"Engaged & Underage" (MTV)

10 p.m.
UNNECESSARY "WE COULD BE HIRO JUST FOR ONE DAY" GUEST HOST PATROL
"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC): Masi Oka. Plot: Danny and Jordan are trapped on the roof in sitcom and soap opera cliché # 541.

"What About Brian" (ABC) visits a lake house where he learns that he's actually living five years apart in "7th Heaven."

"The Electrifying Conclusion" (Starz Cinema)
"High Maintenance 90210" (E!) (no, not David Hasselhoff's hairstyle)
"The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman" (PBS)
"The Hills" (MTV) (no, not David Hasselhoff's hairstyle)
"Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" (Travel): Russia
"Suburban Secrets" (Court; also 10:30)
"Stunt Junkies: Go Big or Go Home" (Discovery; also 10:30) (no, not David Hasselhoff's hairstyle)
"Weaponology" (Military)
"The White Rapper Show" (VH1)
"Extreme Celebrity Scandals" (WE)

10:30 p.m.
"Dance Life" (MTV)
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (E!) (no, not David Hasselhoff's hairstyle)
"Leave No Trace" (BBC America)


GAY, STRAIGHT, OR TALKIN'
More talk show information is available at www.interbridge.com/lineupsdate.html.
* Rose: Jon Robin Baitz, Steve Wozniak, Margaret Atwood
* Bill Gates upgrades "The Daily Show XP."
* Sen. Charles Schumer and Audra McDonald announce their presidential bids to Tavis.
* Barry M. Lando sells the new "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" DVD set on "The Colbert Report."
* Bill Cosby, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Katharine McPhee eat the delicious pudding pops with Jay.
* Dylan McDermott, Connie Nielsen and Billy Bragg boast about chatting with Craig.
* Brad Garrett, Sarah Silverman and Peter Bjorn & John love Conan and/or Raymond.


SWING CHLOE SWEET CHARIOT
Chloe 1.0 appeared on E) "Veronica's Closet."



-- posted by Jon Delfin