TV Barn's TV Picks for May 4-6
WE REPRESENT THE LOLLIPOP GUILD
Which of the following series does not contain the first or last name of one of the presidents on Mount Rushmore?
A) "Washington Week in Review"
B) "The Joe Franklin Show"
C) "The Famous Teddy Z"
D) "The Jeffersons"
E) "Live From Lincoln Center"
[Scroll down (or across) for the correct answer.]
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TV Barn's TV Picks for Friday through Sunday, May 4-6, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings
Tom is still scraping stardust from his pores. Snark should resume next week.
FRIDAY
7 p.m.
"Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" (Cartoon)
"Rogue Nature" (Discovery)
"The Planet's Funniest Animals" (Animal Planet)
7:30 p.m.
"Take Home Chef" (TLC)
8 p.m.
"Stargate SG-1" (Sci Fi)
"Ghost Whisperer" (CBS)
"Dateline NBC" (NBC)
"WWE Friday Night SmackDown!" (CW)
"The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search" (CMT)
8:30 p.m.
"NOW" (PBS)
9 p.m.
"High School Musical: The Concert" (Disney)
"Bill Moyers Journal" (PBS)
"Close to Home" (CBS)
"Stargate Atlantis" (Sci Fi)
"CMT Comedy Stage" (CMT)
"Wife, Mom, Bounty Hunter" (WE)
9:30 p.m.
"Bandits vs. Smokies" (CMT)
10 p.m.
"Law & Order" (NBC)
"Numb3rs" (CBS)
"Painkiller Jane" (Sci Fi)
"20/20" (ABC)
"The Soup" (E!)
"Ballers" (BET)
"Dangerous World" (National Geographic)
"Acceptable.TV" (VH1)
10:30 p.m.
"Comedy Club" (CMT): Jon Reep
11 p.m.
"Mail Call" (History)
"The Henry Rollins Show" (IFC): Iggy Pop, the Stooges
Boxing (Showtime): Chambers vs. Guinn, Arreola vs. Vargas
11:30 p.m.
"Basilisk" (IFC)
midnight
"P. Diddy Presents: The Bad Boys of Comedy" (HBO)
INTO THE WORDS
King: Bill Maher et al. (rescheduled)
Maher: former Rep. Harold Ford Jr., Sean Penn, Garry Shandling, Tommy Thompson, Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Rose: Bill Maher, Christopher Hitchens
Smiley: Sari Nusseibeh, Khandi Alexander [think she'll mention her days on "Bob Fosse's Dancin'"? /jd]
Letterman: Ray Romano, Reggie Reg, Dennis Haysbert
Leno: Thomas Haden Church, 102-year-old golfer Elsie McLean, Ne-Yo
Kimmel: Peter Krause, Garry Marshall
O'Brien: Snoop Dogg, Tom Waits
Ferguson: Molly Shannon, Duane Martin, Ozomatli
Daly: Michael Rosenbaum, the Nightwatchman
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SATURDAY
6 p.m.
"The E! True Hollywood Story" (E!): Rachael Ray
7 p.m.
"Sell This House!" (A&E)
8 p.m.
"Barbaro: A Nation's Horse" (NBC)
"Time and Again" (Lifetime Movie Network)
"Moon for Sale" (Discovery)
"The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time" (GSN): 50-46
"Emeril Live" (Food): "Emeril's Hawaiian Market"
"Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" (Nickelodeon)
"Spring Watch USA" (Animal Planet)
9 p.m.
"The Original Latin Divas of Comedy" (Showtime)
"Roving Mars" (Discovery)
"Robin Hood" (BBC America)
"A Stranger's Heart" (Hallmark)
"Food Network Caters Your Hawaiian Wedding" (Food)
"America's Cutest Puppies" (WE)
"The Real Deal" (TLC)
"Flip This House" (A&E)
9:30 p.m.
"The Andy Milonakis Show" (MTV2)
"Adventures in Doggie Daycare" (WE)
10 p.m.
"Wild at Heart" (BBC America)
"The States" (History): New York, Louisiana, Oregon, New Mexico, Vermont
"48 Hours Mystery" (CBS)
"My First Home" (TLC; also 10:30)
10:30 p.m.
"Showtime Championship Boxing: 20 Years Later" (Showtime)
CARTOON NETWORK
"Yu-Gi-Oh! G/X" (7:30 p.m.), "Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo" (8:30), "Naruto" (9), "One Piece" (9:30), "Mar" (10), "The Prince of Tennis" (10:30), "Bleach" (midnight), "Blood Plus" (12:30 a.m.)
VIVA VARIETY
"MADtv" (Fox, after NASCAR and news): Tito Ortiz
"Saturday Night Live" (NBC): "Best of 2006/07"
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SUNDAY
7 p.m.
"60 Minutes" (CBS)
"Dateline NBC" (NBC)
"America's Funniest Home Videos" (ABC)
"Wild Kingdom" (Animal Planet)
7:30 p.m.
"King of the Hill" (Fox)
8 p.m.
"Koppel: Living With Cancer" (Discovery & Discovery Health)
"The Amazing Race: All-Stars" (CBS): season finale
"The Simpsons" (Fox)
"7th Heaven" (CW)
"Nature" (PBS): "Sharkland"
"Deal or No Deal" (NBC)
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC)
"Emeril Live" (Food): "Southern Comfort"
9 p.m.
"Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation" (NBC)
"Cold Case" (CBS): season finale
"The Sopranos" (HBO)
"Desperate Housewives" (ABC)
"Beau Brummell: This Charming Man" (BBC America)
"Family Guy" (Fox)
"Iron Chef America" (Food): Cat Cora vs. David Myers
"Gene Simmons Family Jewels" (A&E)
"Celebrity Fit Club" (VH1)
"Real World Denver Clip Show 2" (MTV)
9:30 p.m.
"American Dad" (Fox)
10 p.m.
"Entourage" (HBO)
"The Tudors" (Showtime)
"Brothers & Sisters" (ABC)
"Without a Trace" (CBS)
"The Amazing Story of Superman" (History)
"Blood Ties" (Lifetime)
"Lost Kings of the Bible" (National Geographic)
"Footballers Wives: Overtime" (BBC America)
"Mind of Mencia" (Comedy Central)
"Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School" (VH1)
"The Girls Next Door" (E!)
"Snapped" (Oxygen)
10:30 p.m.
"Reno 911!" (Comedy Central)
11 p.m.
"Talk Sex With Sue Johanson" (Oxygen)
"The Springer Hustle" (VH1)
midnight
"Saul of the Mole Men" (Cartoon) and "Moral Orel" (12:15 a.m.)
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MONDAY NEWS IN BRIEF
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars," "The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman"
CBS: "... Mother," "... Christine," "Two and a Half Men," "The King of Queens," "CSI: Miami"
CW: "... Chris," "All of Us," "Girlfriends" (one hour)
Fox: "24"
NBC: "Deal or No Deal," "Heroes," "The Real Wedding Crashers"
FX: "The Riches"
BBC America: "Waking the Dead"
PBS: "Antiques Roadshow"
Sundance: "Sir! No Sir!"
ABC Family: "Falcon Beach"
Lifetime: "Tell Me No Lies"
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HAIL BOP
Of the Roosevelt (fifth) cousins, Gutzon Borglum liked B) Teddy best.
-- posted by Jon Delfin
