TV Barn's TV Picks for June 5

TICKET TO RIDE
If his aunt and uncle had refused him shelter, who else might "The Fresh Prince" have crashed with in Bel Air?

A) Jonathan and Jennifer Hart
B) George and Marsha Owens
C) Rob and Laura Petrie
D) Henry and Muriel Rush
E) Drew and Libby Thatcher

[Your parents just don't understand why the correct answer is at the bottom of the column.]

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TV Barn's TV Picks for Tuesday, June 5, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings



8 p.m.
"Deal or No Deal" (NBC) is willing to come to your front lawn. We wish we were kidding.

SUDDENLY THEY'RE ALL ALIVE AGAIN
"MI-5" returns to our shores as BBC America starts it from the beginning, running two episodes (less the eight or ten minutes replaced by commercials) each Tuesday.

"On the Lot" (Fox; most current time slot)
"Runway Moms Special" (Discovery Times)
"The Most Extreme" (Animal Planet): "Bodysnatchers"

9 p.m.
Beyoncé performs at the "2007 American Latino Media Arts Awards" (ABC) ... for some reason.

TELE-GEBRA
* "The Apprentice" x "American Inventor" - "The Benefactor" = "Dragon's Den" (Fox Reality)
* "America's Got Talent Season 1" - Regis + Jerry Springer - the judge who seems to have accidentally killed someone + Sharon Osbourne = "America's Got Talent Season 2" (NBC). Bring on more Russian drag queens and future JonBenét Ramseys!

MY, WHAT A LOVELY CLIP SHOW!
"The Punk'd Awards" (MTV)

"Kathy Griffin: Everybody Can Suck It" (Bravo; see also 10)
"Big Ideas for a Small Planet" (Sundance)
"John Ratzenberger's Made in America" (Travel)
"The Universe" (History): "Mars: The Red Planet"
"Deadliest Catch" (Discovery; see also 10): "Trials of the Greenhorns"

9:30 p.m.
"Road Tasted" (Food): "Miami Spice"
"Scarred" (MTV)
"Dog the Bounty Hunter" (A&E)

10 p.m.
EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY
"The Shield" (FX) engages in "Spanish practices" as Hiatt errs, Billings gathers stares, and Vic pretends to care.

Kathy Griffin practices enough to get to Carnegie Hall on "My Life on the D-List" (Bravo).

"Criss Angel Mindfake" (A&E; season premiere) floats 500 feet above the famed [insert publicity-seeking Las Vegas hotel's name here].

"College Hill" (BET; season finale)
"After the Catch" (Discovery)
"Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Inferno 3" (MTV)
"ECW" (Sci Fi)
"Secret Lives of Women" (WE)
"The Bad Girls Club" (Oxygen)

10:30 p.m.
"Hollyoaks" (BBC America) will continue to air each weeknight at this time (following a replay of the previous episode at 10), with late-night and weekend repeats, and that's the last we'll speak of it here.

"Rob & Big" (MTV)

11 p.m.
"The Springer Hustle" (VH1)
"BodogFight" (ION)


INTO THE NIGHT
* Rose: Richard Serra
* Paul Rudd makes friends with Jon.
* Nancy Wilson has a heart-to-heart with Tavis. [Not to step on Tom's joke, but: Not that Nancy Wilson. /jd]
* Jessica Valenti rates Stephen.
* Chevy Chase, Amanda Beard and Perry Farrell's Satellite Party are on with Dave. And you're not.
* George Clooney, senior-citizen band the Zimmers and Rihanna gamble with Jay.
* Carmen Electra, Peter Jones and 2007 Spelling Bee champion Evan O'Dorney begin stealing summer with Jimmy.
* Brian Williams, Leslie Mann and Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy fly right to Conan.
* Rosie Perez, David Milch and Patti Smith make Craig jumpy.
* Daly: Andy Richter, Gary Jules


AND THEY DON'T CARE
A) Mr. & Mrs. Hart brought home the bacon to Bel Air.

-- posted by Jon Delfin