TV Barn's TV Picks for Jan. 30

POTENT POTABLES
The final scene of most episodes of "Boston Legal" finds Denny Crane and Alan Shore sitting on the balcony of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, smoking cigars and hoisting glasses of which beverage?

A) beer
B) bourbon
C) brandy
D) red wine
E) Scotch whisky

[Bottoms up at the bottom of the column. Please answer responsibly.]

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TV Barn's TV Picks for Tuesday, January 30, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings




7:30 p.m.
"One Night Only" (BET): "Fame Comes Part 2"

8 p.m.
Character references, economics class and custody battles make for the most exciting "Gilmore Girls" (CW) ever ... in this time slot tonight.

IT'S THE EPISODE THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING
Seth and Summer finally kiss on "American Idol" (Fox).

"Dateline: To Catch a Predator: Cheap Time Slot Filler" (NBC)
"Really Big Things" (Discovery): "Giant Tree Spade"
"Taste of America With Mark DeCarlo" (Travel)

9 p.m.
The "Big Day" (ABC) reaches its daybreak as the kids get hitched and Detective Brett Hopper solves the mystery of who really killed Assistant District Attorney Alberto Garza.

A rape victim at the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital clinic refuses to be treated by anyone but "House" (Fox). RANDOM BIT PLAYER WHOSE CHARACTER NAME WE LIKED: Ray Chavez as Sick Patient.

"Veronica Mars" (CW) helps track down a one-night stand with a secret -- New Powder Fresh Secret(r) Platinum Invisible Solid.

The CBC explores a terror cell so deadly they planned mass murder in both Atlanta and Toronto on "Frontline/World" (PBS).

"Ancient Discoveries" (History): "Cars & Planes"
"Dirty Jobs" (Discovery): "Well Digger"
"Road Rules: Viewer's Revenge" (MTV)
"Celeb Showdown 3" (VH1)

9:30 p.m.
Golden Globe nominee for "Best 'Jackass' Spin-Off" Bam Margera prepares for his wedding and eventual divorce on "Bam's Unholy Union" (MTV).

10 p.m.
"Boston Legal" (ABC) holds an off-season costume party.

Lucy tries to use the tabloid on "Dirt" (FX) to ruin the career of Grant Show. As if he's had one since "Melrose Place."

"The Hunt for the Boston Strangler" (National Geographic)
"Two-A-Days" (MTV)
"48 Hours Mystery: Cheap Time Slot Filler" (CBS)
"Miami Ink" (TLC)
"Warrior Nation" (MSNBC): "Ultimate Fight Night"
"The Real Housewives of Orange County" (Bravo): "Ultimate Fight Night"
"ECW" (Sci Fi): "Penultimate Fight Night"
"Outlaugh Festival on Wisecrack" (Logo)
"The Bad Girls Club" (Oxygen; also 10:30): "Pencil-Ultimate Fight Night"

11 p.m.
"King of Cars" (A&E; also 11:30)
"Campus Ladies" (Oxygen)

midnight
"The Big Black Comedy Show" (Showtime)


THE ANGINA MONOLOGUES
DVR alert: "Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" may require manual setting.

* Rose: BIll Gates
* "The Daily Show" strings Neil deGrasse Tyson along .
* Calvin Trillin and Connie Nielsen make for the perfect couplet with Tavis.
* Donna Shalala gets nostalgic for Jon Bauman on "The Colbert Report."
* Diane Keaton, Ivanka Trump and the Soweto Gospel Choir buy and sell Jay.
* Christina Applegate, Patton Oswalt and James Morrison wish they had their own decent sitcoms to star in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
* Kristin Davis, Bob Saget and Paolo Nutini are two jokers and a queen with Conan still waiting for a decent hand.
* Things go swimmingly for Julie Bowen, Terry Crews and Michael Meehan with Craig.
* Carson's order is up for Michael Irvin and a side of Padma Lakshmi at "Last Call."


ON THE ROCKS HORROR PICTURE SHOW
The "guy love" practitioners hop E) Scotch each week.



-- posted by Jon Delfin