OBVIOUSLY WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF MATERIAL
Which TV series was not born the same year as Thomas Heald, coauthor of this nonsense?
A) "All in the Family"
B) "The Bob Newhart Show"
C) "Columbo"
D) "The Electric Company"
E) "Soul Train"
[Skip to the bottom of the column for the correct answer.]
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TV Barn's TV Picks for Friday through Sunday, June 22-24, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings
FRIDAY
6:30 p.m.
"Our Generation" (History)
7 p.m.
"My Gym Partner Is a Monkey" (Cartoon)
8 p.m.
Bon Jovi is "Unplugged" and MTV's to blame. Lead singer Jon gives mullets a bad name. (So what's CMT offering on Sunday at 9?)
SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
The Asgard hand over the keys to the kingdom to "Stargate SG-1" (Sci Fi).
Encore presents a documentary about Dusko Popov, the spy who may well have been the "True [James] Bond." (Gosh, you think that might lead into a weekend-long marathon or something?)
"A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies" (Ovation)
"The Naked Brothers Band" (Nickelodeon): "The Song"
"Luvan' Musiq" (BETJ)
"WWE Friday Night SmackDown!" (CW)
8:30 p.m.
"NOW" (PBS)
9 p.m.
"Standoff" (Fox) meets "Big Love" as the negotiators hope to divorce a polygamous cult leader from his trailer house.
Paris Hilton, having missed the hunky princes on "Dateline NBC," is likely not having her "Best Week Ever" (VH1).
EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY
* "Stargate Atlantis" (Sci Fi) sinks back beneath the sea. Give our best to Patrick Duffy.
* "National Bingo Night" (ABC): O-thank goodness, I-was afraid I'd have to B-gin again.
"Gil Mayo Mysteries" (BBC America)
"What Not to Wear" (TLC)
"Bill Moyers Journal" (PBS)
"Man vs. Wild" (Discovery): "Iceland"
"Wife, Mom, Bounty Hunter" (WE)
"Dr. G: Medical Examiner" (Discovery Health)
10 p.m.
"The Soup" (E!) du jour is Space Shuttle Atlantis Heat Shield Jambalaya.
"Painkiller Jane" (Sci Fi) hopes that new age religion isn't leading young women to early old age.
NEW SEASON, NEW NAME
"Exposé: America's Investigative Reports" (PBS) returns with a look at security issues at chemical sites.
TELE-GEBRA
"Queer Eye" + "American Chopper" x "Project Runway" = "I've Got Nothing to Wear" (TLC)
"20/20" (ABC)
"Tribal Secrets" (National Geographic)
"Prankville" (CMT)
"Intervention" (A&E)
10:30 p.m.
"Bandits vs. Smokies" (CMT)
"Wildest Dating Show Moments 2" (E!)
11 p.m.
"Born Country" (CMT)
11:30 p.m.
"Basilisk" (IFC)
midnight
"Live at Gotham" (Comedy Central): Michael Kosta, Julie Goldman, Dan Boulger, Eric Andre, John Hoogasian, Brian Scolaro
"Action Sports" (USA)
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
* Rollins: Gene Simmons, Queen of the Stone Age
* Rose: David Steinberg, Jack Lang
* David de Rothschild and Michael Ondaatje do their thing for Tavis.
* Cedric the Entertainer, Chip Foose and Kelly Clarkson break away from Jay.
* Lauren Graham, Steve Zahn and Rooney skate by on their charm to Conan.
* Eddie Izzard, John Roy and the Goo Goo Dolls are rich from their time with Craig.
* Kathy Griffin and Enrique Iglesias visit Carson on the F-List.
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SATURDAY
6 p.m.
"The E! True Hollywood Story: Brandy" (E!). At least she's no longer working with Hasselhoff.
"Divine Canine: With the Monks of New Skete" (Animal Planet)
8 p.m.
How can she just leave him standing alone in a world that's so cold? Maybe he's just too demanding; Maybe he's just like his father, too bold. Maybe she's just like his mother. She's never satisfied. Why do they scream at each other? This is what it sounded like when "300" star Gerard Butler played "The Phantom of the Opera" (Hallmark).
DOES DONALD TRUMP KNOW ABOUT THIS?
"Mrs. World 2007" (WE)
"Emeril Live" (Food): "Taste of Key West"
"The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" (Disney): "Sounds of Key West"
"Cops" (Fox): "Smell of Key West"
"The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time" (GSN): "12-9 of Key West"
8:30 p.m.
"Life With Derek" (Disney)
9 p.m.
A security guard has major insecurities while being terrorized by "Stan Lee's Harpies" (Sci Fi). Let's spin the "Wheel of Baldwins" and see who's unlucky enough for this one ... (click, click click, cltch). Do your best, Stephen!
"Hex" (BBC America): "You Lose"
"The Emperor's New School" (Disney)
"America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back" (Fox)
"Flip This House" (A&E)
"The Real Estate Pros" (TLC)
"Naruto" (Cartoon)
"The Ultimate Fighter" (Spike)
9:30 p.m.
"Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes" (Cartoon)
"Kim Possible" (Disney)
10 p.m.
"The Graham Norton Show" (BBC America) welcomes Louis Walsh and Jenny Eclair. (We haven't the faintest either).
"Dateline NBC" (NBC)
"Confessions of a Matchmaker" (A&E; also 10:30)
Boxing: Jose Luis Naruto Castillo vs. Ricky Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo Hatton (HBO)
"The States" (History): Georgia, Colorado, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland
"5 Takes Latin America" (Travel): Easter Island, Chile
"Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo" (Cartoon)
"Engaged & Underage I Do Re-Do" (MTV)
"Girls of Reality TV" (Playboy)
"Backyard Nation" (TLC)
10:30 p.m.
"Robin Thicke: Live" (MTV)
"One Piece" (Cartoon)
midnight
"Bleach" (Cartoon)
12:30 a.m.
"Blood Plus" (Cartoon)
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SUNDAY
7 p.m.
Andy Rooney does the Sunday New York Times crossword on "60 Minutes" (CBS).
"Dateline" (NBC; two hours) sexes up a rescue mission in the mountains of Afghanistan.
CHECKERED FLAG
"Fast Cars & Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race" (ABC; one hour)
7:30 p.m.
Sam makes a charity donation that costs him more than he's prepared for, throwing him for "The Loop" (Fox; see also 8:30 & 9:30).
"Life After Film School" (FMC): Tim Story
7:45 p.m.
CLIP FEST
"Big Love '07: In the Beginning" (HBO)
8 p.m.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
"Gary Moore Live," "Jeff Healey Band Live," "Moody Blues Live" (Ovation; also 9 & 10)
"Crossroads" (CMT): Kelly Clarkson & Reba McEntire
"Christie's Revenge" (Lifetime)
"Hannah Montana" (Disney)
8:30 p.m.
Sam feels like a complete Freud when he discovers the size of Meryl's superego on "The Loop" (Fox).
"Let's Just Go Play Healthy" (Nickelodeon)
9 p.m.
"The Next Food Network Star" (Food) elicits guidance from Paula Deen and Giada De Laurentiis as the gang serves the few soldiers who weren't in "Hell's Kitchen" on Monday.
Sam is stricken with something serious on "Foyle's War, Series IV: Bad Blood" ("Mystery!", PBS).
Is there something supernatural at work on "John From Cincinnati" (HBO)? Probably.
"The 4400" (USA) have nothing to fear but a man with the power to create fear itself.
"Engineering the Impossible" (National Geographic; also 10): "The Colosseum" & "The Great Pyramid"
"Time" (Discovery Science; also 10)
"Bon Jovi Unplugged on CMT" (CMT)
"Gangland: Aryan Brotherhood" (History)
"Bridezillas" (WE)
9:30 p.m.
Sam (not the one from "Foyle's War") worries about selling out to corporate sponsors on "The Loop" (Fox). Gee, if only he hadn't met that marketing representative from Stride (TM), the ridiculously long-lasting gum.
10 p.m.
Lisa Ling asks, "Who Cares About Girls?" (Oxygen) in her documentary, "Hidden Away: Slave Girls of India"
Billy won't be a hero on "Entourage" (HBO) as he's feeling too much of a zero to screen the first edit of "Medellin" to the boys.
Bad news travels fast for "Army Wives" (Lifetime). Not as fast as post-traumatic stress disorder, but darned quickly.
Danny gets cross, while Mark cross-dresses in the "Meadowlands" (Showtime).
Leggo Johnny's ego in "The Dead Zone" (USA).
EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY
"Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School" (VH1)
Keith Boykin and Sheryl Lee Ralph discuss black homophobia and hip-hop culture on "Meet the Faith" (BET).
"Ice Road Truckers" (History) haul water to a diamond mine. And we all know what that means.
"Love Me, Love My Doll" (BBC America)
"ION Life" (ION)
"The Simple Life Goes to Camp" (E!): "Flirting With Disaster"
"Platinum Weddings" (WE)
10:30 p.m.
Is Bret ready to fly solo on "Flight of the Conchords" (HBO)? Probably not.
"This Obedience" (PBS)
"Diary" (CMT): Martina McBride
"Sunset Tan" (E!)
10:50/10:55 p.m.
"Shorty McShorts' Shorts" & "Minuscule" (Disney)
12:15 a.m.
TCM is running a handful of Fatty Arbuckle shorts through to 2 a.m. We mention this to satisfy the demand of our readers who have been demanding to be kept informed about black-and-white silent slapstick films. (Followed, by some bizarre logic, by Luis Buñuel's "The Exterminating Angel," which has nothing to do with a dead starlet.)
CARTOON NETWORK'S OVERNIGHT LIGHT
"Saul of the Mole Men" (midnight), "Moral Orel" (12:15 a.m.)
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MONDAY NEWS IN BRIEF
ABC: "Ex-Wives Club" (season finale)
CBS: "Creature Comforts"
Fox: "Hell's Kitchen"
NBC: "Age of Love," "Science of Love"
TNT: "The Closer," "Heartland"
ABC Family: "Kyle XY"
HBO: "Big Love"
Lifetime: "Girl, Positive"
PBS: "History Detectives," "Simon Schama's Power of Art"
CNBC: "Conversations With Michael Eisner": Larry King, Mark Burnett, Sarah Silverman
Sundance: "Red Without Blue"
Starz Cinema: "Paul Weller: As Is Now"
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CALGON TAKE US AWAY
B) "The Bob Newhart Show" had a 1972 debut, while all of the other series are from 1971.
-- posted by Jon Delfin
Hello,
is it possible to get a copy of the documentary "Hidden away: Slave girls in India"? I need it for university studies.
I would be very pleased for an answer!
Sincerly,
Henriette Müller
Posted by: Henriette Müller | July 05, 2007 at 08:27 AM