TV Barn's TV Picks for June 4

EXTRA! EXTRA!
At which Los Angeles newspaper did Lou Grant work after leaving WJM-TV?

A) the Beacon
B) the Gazette
C) the Sun
D) the Times
E) the Tribune

[The correct answer can be found decidedly below the fold at the bottom of the column.]

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TV Barn's TV Picks for Monday, June 4, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings



6:30 p.m.
"Chuck D's Musicians Studio" (Sundance): Quincy Jones

7 p.m.
"Storm Hawks" (Cartoon)
"Falcon Beach" (ABC Family)

7:30 p.m.
"Hotwyred" (BET)

8 p.m.
TELE-GEBRA
"Wallace & Grommit" - Wallace - Grommit = "Creature Comforts" (CBS)

June is Gay Pride Month (which Charles Nelson Reilly seems to have chosen to skip this year), and it's being celebrated by the programmers at Turner Classic Movies by fleshing out Richard Barrios' book "Screened Out: Gay Images in Film." Kicking things off are the effeminate "Algie, the Miner" (1912) and his adventures out West; Johnny Arthur minces in "The Monster" (1925, 8:30); gay priss Franklin Pangborn attempts to "Exit Smiling" (1926, 10:15); Drew Demarest gives the straight guys a queer eye as a fashion designer for "The Broadway Melody" (1929, 11:45); William Haines almost comes way out "Way Out West" (1930, 1:45 a.m.); Blanche Friderici is a tough dame in "The Office Wife" (1930, 3); and Jay Eaton is a flamboyant dance instructor helping "Stage Mother" (1933) torture her little JonBenét (4:15).

Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks on "Cities of the Underworld" (History; see also 9).

Julia Louis-Dreyfus pimps the final-season "Seinfeld" DVDs "Inside the Actors Studio" (Bravo).

"Six Days in June" (PBS) looks back 40 years and hangs a "Mission Accomplished" sign.

NHL Stanley Cup finals (NBC)
"Little People, Big World" (TLC; also 8:30)
"Oil, Sweat and Rigs" (Discovery): "OSFI," the next Van Halen album title
"Saddam's Tribe: Bound by Blood" (Discovery Times)
"Party Police: Mardi Gras" (Court)
"IFL Battleground" (MyNetworkTV)

8:30 p.m.
"It's Me or the Dog" (Animal Planet)

9 p.m.
Welcome to "Hell's Kitchen 3" (Fox), where a dozen more people compete for the chance to barely see Gordon Ramsay after the show ends.

Petula Clark wasn't kidding about the subways in New York, as "Cities of the Underworld" (History) notes.

"The Ex-Wives Club" (ABC) tutors a military vet after a breakup and helps a fat nanny switch from spoons full of sugar to Splenda (TM).

"Inside the Taliban" (National Geographic)
"Gay Sex in the '70s" (Sundance)
"Big Medicine" (TLC): "Doctor Doctor"
"Unwrapped" (Food): "Ice Cream"
"WWE Monday Night RAW" (USA)

10 p.m.
EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY
"The Riches" (FX) live out the stateroom scene from "A Night at the Opera."

"Be Real" (Logo) revisits high school as memories of one man's brutal treatment resurface at his 25th reunion. Plus, a trans woman meets her stepsister for the first time.

"Park City: Where Music Meets Film" (WE)
"Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" (Food): "Local Legends"
"'Til Death Do Us Part" (Court)

10:30 p.m.
AT LAST
British soap opera "Hollyoaks" (BBC America) makes its U.S. debut in midstream (tune in at 10 for a catch-up special).

"The Secret Life of ... California Cuisine" (Food)


IN THE THICKE OF THE NIGHT
* Rose: Carl Bernstein
* Rep. Ron Paul accepts the nomination of "The Daily Show."
* Lou Adler and Rep. Xavier Becerra show Tavis how to hire with his head.
* Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Leon Botstein better know "The Colbert Report."
* Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti, Matt Damon and Bright Eyes were bourne to chat with Dave.
* Jessica Alba, Seth Rogen and Lucinda Williams think Jay is fantastic.
* Paul Rudd, Elisha Cuthbert and Kings of Leon make Conan the object of their affection.
* Dennis Hopper, Eddie Pence and Darryl Worley see Craig in dreams.


READ ALL ABOUT IT
Grant was granted the job of city editor at E) the Los Angeles Tribune.

-- posted by Jon Delfin