... AND FELIX
Which sitcom can claim three Academy Award winners in its supporting cast?
A) "The Facts of Life"
B) "The Golden Girls"
C) "Laverne & Shirley"
D) "Murphy Brown"
E) "Roseanne"
[Fish your acceptance speech out of your dress and meet us at the bottom of the column for the winning answer.]
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TV Barn's TV Picks for Wednesday, January 10, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings
Aaron Barnhart reports from the Television Critics Association tour in Pasadena at tvbarn.com.
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7:30 p.m.
"Access Granted" (BET): Lil' Flip
8 p.m.
The players of "Friday Night Lights" (NBC) wait nervously to find out which one of them will be playing Sandy on Broadway.
TELE-GEBRA
"The Surreal Life" x "Reno 911" = "Armed & Famous" (CBS). Erik Estrada, La Toya Jackson, Jack Osbourne, Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña and Trish "Who?" Stratus endure police training to become ... Gary Coleman?
Nude portraiture and museum tour guiding are the tasks for "Beauty and the Geek" (CW).
Frogs vanish, an Iraq War veteran attempts to become bionic, a Neanderthal man gets his DNA tested and the secrets of the knuckleball are revealed on "Science Investigators" (PBS). Though, granted it does sound like the prime time lineup on Fox News Channel.
The guinea pig is doomed, "According to Jim" (ABC; also 8:30). Rudy will have to flush it after Mr. Cosby says something stentorian. Awwwwwwww.
"Mega Builders" (Discovery): "Madrid's Big Dig"
"Most Shocking" (Court): "High Speed Pursuits 2"
"Weapons Races: The Race for the Ballistic Missile" (Military)
9 p.m.
A George Bush address will disrupt program start times for the Eastern and Central time zones. At this writing, CBS will air complete reruns of "Criminal Minds" and "CSI: NY" after the speech; NBC joins a "Deal or No Deal" rerun in progress leading to a new "Medium"; Fox is preempting one sitcom rerun; and ABC will delay "The Knights of Prosperity" and "In Case of Emergency" starting on or close to 9:25 and 9:55, followed by a curtailed "PrimeTime." In other time zones, normal start times should apply.
Power plays and the changing expectations of gender define "China From the Inside" (PBS; also 10).
The Revolution begins an evolution as "One Punk Under God" (Sundance) prepares to move to New York, with Jay writing a farewell sermon to his Atlanta flock.
WHAT THE BLEEP?
"The Sopranos" (A&E) and "The Wire" (BET) begin their post-HBO lives.
"MythBusters" (Discovery) goes up with the Hindenburg.
"Dealing With Dickinson" (BBC America)
"Tease" (Oxygen; premiere)
"Timeless" (BET): Lou Rawls
"Forensic Files" (Court): "Live Wire"
"Seconds From Disaster" (National Geographic): "Oil Fire in Texas"
9:25ish p.m.
UNNECESSARY RED GLASSES GUEST STAR PATROL
"The Knights of Prosperity" (ABC): Sally Jessy Raphael, "24's" Reiko Aylesworth. Tonight's task: Seduce the woman who holds the keys to the kingdom: the PIN necessary to break into Mick Jagger's apartment. Perhaps next year they can go after the Monkees and pilfer from Davy Jones' locker.
9:30 p.m.
"Influences" (BET): Meshell Ndegeocello
9:55ish p.m.
Psycho cops, a reputation going down in flames and a stalker await on "In Case of Emergency" (ABC). Oh wait, that's the morning show on Fox News Channel.
10 p.m.
"Medium" (NBC) hopes to rescue a boy trapped in a well, while also investigating a congressman's death. Oh wait, that's so sexist of us to assume gender. Whaddaya think we are, psychic?
TELE-GEBRA
"MythBusters" x "Miss Hathaway" = "TV Land Myths & Legends" (TV Land)
The "Top Chefs" (Bravo) hope to beat the clock with a midnight snack.
"Inside the NFL" (HBO)
"The Real World: Denver" (MTV)
"Action Hero Makeover" (Discovery Health)
"My Model Looks Better Than Your Model" (BET)
"The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" (Oxygen; season premiere)
"Dirty Dancing: Living the Dream" (WE)
10:25ish p.m.
"PrimeTime Medical Mysteries" (ABC): "Primordial Dwarfism"
midnight
"The Real Housewives of Orange County" (Bravo): season 2 preview
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
* Rose: Analysis of Bush's speech with Rep. Rahm Emanuel, William Kristol, Ken Duberstein, Thomas Ricks, Fareed Zakaria, Robin Wright
* Gov. Mike Huckabee hearts "The Daily Show."
* Cybill Shepherd and Guillermo Del Toro amaze Tavis.
* David Kamp kitsches up "The Colbert Report."
* Peter O'Toole, Marc Maron, Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn hoist a cool one with Dave (late start Eastern/Central).
* Former senator John Edwards, Terri Irwin and Mindy Smith are a croc on "The Tonight Show."
* Jerry O'Connell, Giada De Laurentiis and Lindsey Buckingham slide some White Castle hamburgers Jimmy's way.
* David Arquette, Lonny Ross and Chuck "The Iceman" Lidell are lukewarm about chatting with Conan.
* LL Cool J, Masi Oka and Chris Daughtry are on Craig's list.
* Kelly Hu and Unwritten Law break glass at "Last Call."
SANKA VERY MUCH
E) "Roseanne's" mother (Estelle Parsons), grandmother (Shelley Winters) and one of her bosses (George Clooney) have all held aloft the golden naked dude with the sword. No, not Kevin Sorbo.
-- posted by Jon Delfin
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