SITTIN' HERE ON CAPITOL HILL
Norman Lear's "The Powers That Be" featured cast members from all of the following series but ...?
A) "Frasier"
B) "Lost"
C) "3rd Rock From the Sun"
D) "24"
E) "Two and a Half Men"
[Find out if your William becomes a law at the bottom of the column.]
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TV Barn's TV Picks for Wednesday, January 31, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings
7 p.m.
"What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann" (Cinemax)
7:30 p.m.
"Access Granted" (BET; also 8): Diddy featuring Keyshia Cole; the Game
8 p.m.
Watch out, "Bones" (Fox) might get what she's after. Cool babies. Strange but not a stranger. I'm an ordinary guy, burning down the house.
Riggins learns the identity of his father on "Friday Night Lights" (NBC): Anakin Skywalker?!
The boys of "Beauty and the Geek" (CW) try to get chicks' phone numbers while walking a dog, while the girls are tasked with building Rover a house.
UNNECESSARY GUEST STARRING WITH THE DANCE PATROL
"George Lopez" (ABC): Stacy Keibler. Plot: There's nothing a man loves more than a wife faking a pregnancy.
"America's Ballroom Challenge" (PBS)
"Mega Builders" (Discovery): "Extreme Elevation"
"Weapons Races: The Race for the Aircraft Carrier" (Military)
8:30 p.m.
UNNECESSARY "WILL SCREECH FOR FOOD" GUEST STAR PATROL
"The Knights of Prosperity" (ABC; new time): Dustin Diamond. Plot: Mick Jagger's gay security guard takes an interest in one of the knights after dark.
9 p.m.
"The Supreme Court" (PBS) experiences the Civil War. How will they vote in the landmark case of Peter Parker v. Tony Stark?
UNNECESSARY "WHO?" PATROL
"Deal or No Deal" (NBC): Fisherman Roland Martin
"American Idol" (Fox) heads to Texas, or as Dennis Miller, back when he was still funny, referred to the "Deep South": ''To be frank, I find those people anything but deep.''
Mocking Brangelina is easy, "According to Jim" (ABC, new time).
"Earth 2100: Wild Weather Ahead" (Discovery Science)
"Seconds From Disaster" (National Geographic): "Space Shuttle Explosion"
"UFC Fight Night" (Spike)
"Turn Back Your Body Clock" (BBC America)
9:30 p.m.
A financial scheme unravels, and a hooker wants to be let off the hook, "In Case of Emergency" (ABC). RANDOM BIT PLAYER WHOSE CHARACTER NAME WE LIKED: Keith Oney as guy on table.
"Influences" (BETJ): Goapele
10 p.m.
"Medium" (NBC) meets "Magic" as a kid's doll commits child's play.
Marcel and Ilan carve one another up as one is finally named "Top Chef" (Bravo). What, no reunion show?
"Myths & Legends" (TV Land) loves Lucy's alleged Communism, is horrified by Amityville, and presses its luck with an ice cream truck driver.
"Naked Science" (National Geographic): "Glacier Meltdown"
"The Wow Factor" (BBC America)
"Dominick Dunne: Power, Privilege & Justice" (Court)
"Good Eats" (Food): "Tortillas Again"
"PrimeTime: Medical Mysteries" (ABC)
"Modern Marvels" (History): "Canning"
"The Real World: Denver" (MTV)
"Inside the NFL" (HBO)
"Tragedy in Amish Country" (TLC): "Glacier Meltdown"
"The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" (Oxygen)
"My Model Looks Better Than Your Model" (BETJ)
10:30 p.m.
"The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show" (Comedy) head on a vision quest.
"Dinner: Impossible" (Food): "Miles Off the Coast: Fundraiser: Impossible"
"Maui Fever" (MTV)
11 p.m.
TELE-GEBRA
"Top Chef" x "Project Runway" + formica = "Top Design" (Bravo) with Todd Oldham. Yes, HGTV has already done this show ... but they're not Bravo. And because of that fact, the show is bound to have 27% more gay contestants.
Boxing (Showtime)
WILL THE DEFENDANTS PLEASE RISE?
* Rose: Nicolas Sarkozy
* Sen. Joe Biden vetoes "The Daily Show."
* Tavis, Senator Mary Landrieu and Billy Dee Williams relax with some Colt 45.
* Jed Babbin has a showdown with "The Colbert Report."
* Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera and Daniel Powter stop the insanity with Jay.
* Kevin Bacon, Sofía Vergara and Robin Thicke with Pharrell separate themselves from Jimmy.
* Sienna Miller, Goran Visnjic and Paul Weller law down the law with Conan.
* Chad Lowe and RZA let life go on with Craig.
* Nate Corddry and Emily Haines may already be a winner at "Last Call."
HOW I HOPE AND PRAY THAT IT WILL
The senatorial spoof made use of the glorious talents of A) David Hyde Pierce, C) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, D) Peter MacNicol and E) Holland Taylor, but no major "Losties" ... yet.
-- posted by Jon Delfin
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