TEN HUT!
Where did Major Dad show up for duty?
A) Camp Lejune
B) Camp Pendleton
C) Ellsworth Air Force Base
D) Quantico
E) The Presidio
[Drop and give me 20 minutes to read the column or scroll down now for the correct answer.]
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TV Barn's TV Picks for Friday through Sunday, March 23-25, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings
FRIDAY
7 & 9:30 p.m.
College basketball (CBS)
6 p.m.
"The Animal Extractors" (National Geographic)
"ION Life" (ION)
6:30 p.m.
"El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera" (Nickelodeon)
7 p.m.
"Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea" (Cartoon)
"Take Home Chef" (TLC; also 7:30)
"The Planet's Funniest Animals" (Animal Planet)
8 p.m.
Is THAT your "Identity" (NBC)?
Mr. McMahon invades "WWE Friday Night SmackDown!" (CW).
"Trick My Truck" (CMT; also 8:30)
"Video Justice" (Court)
"Shootout!" (History): "Afghanistan's Deadliest Snipers"
"40 Greatest Internet Superstars" (VH1)
8:30 p.m.
"Cory in the House" (Disney)
"Instant Star" (Noggin)
9 p.m.
Laura tries to love again on "Six Degrees" (ABC; new night and time).
Meet America's next crack-addicted lesbian party girl on the "Miss USA 2007 Results Show" (NBC).
Runaway Bride #3 demands another chance at happiness from "The Wedding Bells" (Fox).
The Beating of the Bounds ceremony occurs on "Clatterford" (BBC America). And we all know what that means.
"Now" (PBS)
"Beyond the Break" (Noggin)
"Country Fried Home Videos" (CMT)
"What Not to Wear" (TLC)
9:30 p.m.
"Karaoke Dokey" (CMT)
10 p.m.
"20/20" (ABC) investigates why they brought back "Six Degrees."
"The Soup" (E!) du jour is tainted Alpo chowder.
"Intervention" (A&E)
"The Investigators" (Court): "Final Analysis: The Susan Polk Case"
"Crank Yankers" (MTV2)
"Acceptable.TV" (VH1)
"Paula's Party" (Food): "Fair Food"
"Animal Planet Heroes Phoenix" (Animal Planet)
10:30 p.m.
"Celebrity Deathmatch" (MTV2)
11 p.m.
"Spoons" (BBC America)
"Best Week Ever" (VH1)
"Gunslinger Girl" (IFC)
"Debbie Does Dallas Again" (Showtime)
11:30 p.m.
"Basilisk" (IFC)
midnight
"Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry" (HBO; season finale)
"The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" (Cartoon)
IT'S LATE AT NIGHT, YOU'RE WIDE AWAKE AND YOU'RE NOT WEARING PANTS
* John Legend, Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin, David Frum, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Zbigniew Brzezinski spend real time with Bill Maher.
* Rose: John F. Burns, Henry Kissinger
* Smiley: Jane Smiley, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
* Nick Nolte, bug expert Rudd Kleinpaste and Guster spend 48 minutes with Jay.
* Don Cheadle, Joe and Gavin Maloof and Paolo Nutini reign over Jimmy.
* Liv Tyler, Gerard Butler and the Fratellis have a rich time with Conan.
* Piper Perabo and Unwritten Law will themselves to chat with Carson.
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SATURDAY
1, 4:30 & 7 p.m.
College basketball (CBS)
5 p.m.
"40 Smokin' On-Set Hookups" (E!)
7 p.m.
"Full Metal Corset: Secret Soldiers of the Civil War" (History)
"Stan Lee Presents: The Condor" (Cartoon)
"Sell This House!" (A&E)
8 p.m.
"Dateline" (NBC)
"Moving Up" (TLC)
"Cops" (Fox)
"Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" (Nickelodeon; also 8:15)
"Kappa Mikey" (Nicktoons)
"Special Investigations Unit" (CNN): "Grady's Anatomy"
8:30 p.m.
"The Naked Brothers Band" (Nickelodeon)
"Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo" (Cartoon)
"The Secret Show" (Nicktoons)
"American Dragon: Jake Long" (Disney)
9 p.m.
"Robin Hood" (BBC America) is marked for death just after he finds an abandoned baby in Sherwood Forest. Holy Moses.
"Reign of the Gargoyles" (Sci Fi)
"Skyland" (Nicktoons)
"Naruto" (Cartoon)
"America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back" (Fox)
"Accident Investigator" (Discovery Health)
9:30 p.m.
"One Piece" (Cartoon)
9:45 p.m.
Boxing (HBO)
10 p.m.
"Top of the Pops: The True Story" ("Backstage Pass," BBC America)
"Trading Spaces" (TLC)
"Designer to the Stars: Kari Whitman" (WE)
11 p.m.
"Take This House and Sell It" (WE; also 11:30)
midnight
"Bleach" (Cartoon)
"Style by Jury" (WE; also 12:30)
12:30 a.m.
"Blood Plus" (Cartoon)
1 a.m.
"Eureka 7" (Cartoon)
VIVA VARIETY
Peyton Manning and Carrie Underwood rush "Saturday Night Live," while Spike punts Seth MacFarlane.
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SUNDAY
2:30 & 5 p.m.
College basketball (CBS)
7 p.m.
"Volunteers eat E. coli-contaminated spinach to prove that new technology could solve the problem of E. coli in produce" on "Dateline" (NBC). Please let it be the losers from that "Grease" reality series.
There goes the bride on "America's Funniest Home Videos" (ABC).
"60 Minutes" (CBS; time approx.)
"Shalom in the Home" (TLC)
"Wild Kingdom" (Animal Planet)
7:30 p.m.
Larry and Dave bond as Caucasian rappers in "The War at Home" (Fox).
"Just Jordan" (Nickelodeon)
7:55 p.m.
"Minuscule" (Disney)
8 p.m.
The leads are finally chosen by the loyal viewing audience* on "Grease: You're the One That I Want" (NBC). (* Those still tuned in to NBC desperately hoping for a second season of "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.")
GOLDEN GIRLS GUEST STAR PATROL
"The Simpsons" (Fox): Peter Wolf, Harry Hamlin, Betty White, Jon Lovitz. Plot: Justice finally prevails for a raped and murdered six-year-old.
I heard a girl in a dress say her face was a mess.I heard there's no reason why. I heard that now's the time to buy on "Planet Earth" (Discovery; also 9 & 10).
Tanzania awaits on "The Amazing Race: All-Stars" (CBS; time approx.), where "We're going to trade you for food now."
Trailer, for sale or rent. Rooms to rent, $50,000, thanks to the new plasma screen TVs and infinity pool on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC).
"Abducted: Fugitive for Love" (Lifetime)
"Emeril Live" (Food): "I Love Noodles"
"Zoey 101" (Nickelodeon)
"Decoding Disaster" (Discovery Times)
8:30 p.m.
A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY GUEST STAR PATROL
"King of the Hill" (Fox): Tom Petty, Trace Adkins. Plot: Prom proves problematic.
9 p.m.
The celebs vote someone out of the tribe on "Surreal Life Fame Games" (VH1).
"Family Guy" (Fox) starts a restaurant. Check, please!
A private dick is deep-sixed in "The Dresden Files" (Sci Fi).
Mark Antony returns to J. Lo in "Rome" (HBO; finale).
Marge protects all her prized family photos while Homer becomes one of the paparazzi on "Cold Case" (CBS; time approx.).
"Bill Engvall: 15 Degrees Off Cool" (Comedy Central)
"Gordon Ramsay's F Word" (BBC America)
"Gene Simmons Family Jewels" (A&E; season premiere, also 9:30)
9:30 p.m.
"American Dad" (Fox) packs up and moves to the mountains, thanks to a CIA nuclear drill.
10 p.m.
Sam's sister has slipped away "Without a Trace" (CBS; time approx.).
IT'S THE EPISODE THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING, UNLESS IT DOESN'T
So ... was the human race actually built to serve the Cylons on "Battlestar Galactica" (Sci Fi)? I'm not telling.
Iraq awaits on "The L Word" (Showtime; season finale).
Theme park tickets are shilled on "The Apprentice: Los Angeles" (NBC). Oh good, they can actually jump the shark at the Universal Studios tour.
"Who Cares About Girls?" (Oxygen): "Mothers in Prison and the Daughters Left Behind"
"Blood Ties" (Lifetime)
"Dice: Undisputed" (VH1)
"Footballers Wives: Overtime" (BBC America)
10:30 p.m.
"Paradise City" (E!)
11 p.m.
"Talk Sex With Sue Johanson" (Oxygen)
11:45 p.m.
"Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job" (Cartoon)
midnight
"Saul of the Mole Men" (Cartoon)
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MONDAY NEWS IN BRIEF
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars," "What About Brian"
CW: "... Chris," "All of Us," "Girlfriends," "The Game"
Fox: "Prison Break," "24"
NBC: "Deal or No Deal," "The Black Donnellys"
PBS: "Antiques Roadshow," "Pilgrimage to Karbala: A Wide Angle Special"
FX: "The Riches"
ABC Family: "Lincoln Heights," "Wildfire" (season finale)
Lifetime: "Spotlight 25," "The Party Never Stops"
Sundance: "The Year of the Yao"
BBC America: "Silent Witness"
HBO: "The UCLA Dynasty"
Court: "'Til Death Do Us Part," "Suburban Secrets"
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TEN SHUN!
Major John McGillis, his wife and kids lived first at B) Camp Pendleton, followed by a tour at Camp Hollister.
-- posted by Jon Delfin
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