TV Barn's TV Picks for June 6

NEXT!
Sure you remember "Next Best Thing" "celebrity" judge Lisa Ann Walter, she had her own sitcom called ...

A) "Almost Grown"
B) "The Good Life"
C) "Life's Work"
D) "The Mommies"
E) "Permanent Record"

[Flip down to the bottom of the column for the correct answer, as we cue the laugh track.]

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TV Barn's TV Picks for Wednesday, June 6, 2007
by Tom Heald with Jon Delfin
All times Eastern
For PBS programs, check local listings




7 p.m.
"Camp Lazlo" (Cartoon)
"War Wounds: Home and Still Fighting" (TLC)

8 p.m.
A not-so-old (well, okay, age of consent) flame from rehab visits Johnny among the "Hidden Palms" (CW). But that's nothing compared to the explosive secret that awaits in his e-mail.

INEVITABLE GUEST STAR PATROL
"Footballers Wives" (BBC America; season premiere, 90 minutes): Joan Collins. Plot: Various wives variously seek revenge, divorce and remarriage.

Turner Classic Movies presents "Screened Out: Gay Images in Film Night 2" - "Gays Before the Code," a look at the "debauchery" that was put back under wraps by the 1934 Motion Picture Production Code. Charles Laughton fiddles while Rome burns in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Sign of the Cross" (1932), with a lesbian seduction dance from Joyzelle (8 p.m.); gay director George Cukor films gay author Somerset Maugham's "Our Betters" (1933) with Tyrell Davis as a light-loafered dance instructor (10:15); Ann Harding and William Powell marry in "Double Harness" (1933, 11:45) because "it's the decent thing to do"; Greta Garbo seduces Elizabeth Young as "Queen Christina" (1933) -- a film which was sanitized to scrub away the fictional heterosexual dalliances its screenwriters had come up with (1 a.m.); men are dancing cheek to cheek at the "Wonder Bar" (1934, 2:45); and "Boy meets boy; boy loses boy; boy gets boy" as William Gargan and Joel McCrea march in "The Sport Parade" (1932, 4:15).

The begathon continues as "Great Performances" intermittently proclaims, "We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song" (PBS).

NHL Stanley Cup finals (NBC)
"The Next Best Thing: Who Is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?: NY" (ABC)
"Samantha Brown: Passport to Latin America" (Travel; also 8:30)
"American Heiress" (MyNetworkTV)
"Most Shocking" (Court): "Stopped by the Law 3"

9 p.m.
TYLER-GEBRA
"The Cosby Show" - the Huxtables = "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS; also 9:30). As season two begins in its cable window, Malik learns to deal with the school bully in sitcom cliché #14.

The kids of "One Tree Hill" (CW) prepare for non-team sports, lives as mothers and ... murder?

"So You Think You Can Dance: Vegas" (Fox)
"American Inventor 2: LA & SF" (ABC)
"Conspiracy Test" (Discovery Times): "The RFK Assassination"
"Saints & Sinners" (MyNetworkTV)
"XM Presents: Nasio" (BETJ)
"Fake Ghost Hunters" (Sci Fi): "Irish Ruins"
"MythBusters" (Discovery): "Big Rig Myths"
"World Poker Tour" (Travel)

9:30 p.m.
"House of Payne" (TBS) celebrates Curtis' 50th birthday.

10 p.m.
HBO presents a documentary that tells the tragic tale of the racehorse "Barbaro."

Tyler and Jay head to Yale to avoid going to jail in their search for the mysterious Will "Traveler" (ABC).

YOU'RE A SUPERSTAR, YES, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE
Harold, Stephen, Tiffani and Dave Martin return to face off against Ilan, Sam, Elia and Marcel in a $20,000 charity cook-off on a "Top Chef: 4 Star All Stars" (Bravo) special.

"Good Eats" (Food): "Milk Made"
"Destination Truth" (Sci Fi; premiere, "fake" label pending): "Iguanodon and Mermaid"
"Cash Cab" (Discovery; also 10:30)
"Reunited: The Real World Vegas" (MTV)
"Business Nation" (CNBC)
"Dangerous Liaisons" (MSNBC)

11 p.m.
Comedy hour on Starz!: "Head Case," "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up" (11:15), "Bronx Bunny" (11:45)


NIGHTLIFE WITH DAVID BRENNER
* Rose: Richard Serra (part 2), Michael Kimmelman, Hal Foster
* Michael Barone reminds "The Daily Show" why he loves Raymond.
* If Tavis chats with Dennis Hopper and Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. for more than 55 minutes, the show will blow up.
* Carl Bernstein learns how deep Stephen's love is.
* Nicole Richie, Artie Lange and Chrisette Michele think Dave's show is "hot."
* Bernie Mac, Cat Deeley and Chris Cornell plant tulips in Jay's garden of sounds.
* Kevin Costner, Leslie Mann and Patrick Wolf dance with Jimmy.
* Debra Messing, Marc Maron and Nelly Furtado are maneaters with Conan.
* Carl Reiner, Jonah Hill and Bright Eyes meet the head of Craig.
* Olivia Wilde and Peter Bjorn & John drop by in time for "Last Call."


ALL WORK AND NO PLAY
Costarring Larry Miller and Michael O'Keefe, it's as if nobody from the Comedy Store's main stage actually starred on C) "Life's Work."

-- posted by Jon Delfin