Al Jazeera English to focus on "Gaza in Ruins"

Here's another reason to download that Livestation software and start watching AL Jazeera English live.... a new special on the chaos wreaked in Gaza the past few weeks.

Talking the Olympics: What will NBC really show us?

Paul Harris is filling in on KIRO Radio in Seattle. We talked about how the Olympics will look and if NBC will "have the guts" to tell it like it is in Beijing

• Audio: KIRO 8-4-2008 (MP3)

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I TRY TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE ALL OUR LITTLE JOYS RELATE
Which of the following actors was on "M*A*S*H" the longest?

A) Gary Burghoff
B) Larry Linville
C) David Ogden Stiers
D) Wayne Rogers
E) McLean Stevenson

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 28

A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE
Whose "So-Called Life" was it?

A) Claude Casey
B) Angela Chase
C) Veronica Chase
D) Lindsay Fünke
E) Susan Keane

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 27

SUE, DOUGH NYM!
Which TV character has "written" the most books that one could find in the Library of Congress?

A) the dog from "Frasier"
B) Laura Palmer
C) Morris the Cat
D) Me, the Pets.com/Bar None sock puppet
E) Roseanne Roseannadanna
F) Tabitha Lenox

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 26

IT'S SO EASY, A TV BARN READER COULD DO IT
Cavemen, shmavemen. Which commercial mascot/portrayer didn't have their own TV series?

A) the baby from the Quiznos and Freeinternet.com ads
B) the Isuzu "Liar"
C) Josephine, the Plumber
D) Rosie, the Bounty paper towel waitress
E) the shirtless Diet Coke construction worker

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 25

THE VILLAGE PERSONS
"In the Navy, you can sail the seven seas" and/or "put your mind at ease." Who once served as a new recruit?

A) Arthur Fonzarelli
B) Michael Knight
C) Ben Matlock
D) Adrian Monk
E) Jack Tripper

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 22-24

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"

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 21

ACT NOW!
"Hey, you're young and swingin', No time to think about tomorrow" offered whose infamous ad campaign?

A) "The Brady Bunch's" variety show
B) Happy Fun Ball
C) Randall Ferryman
D) the Regal Beagle
E) "Logan's Run"

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 20

FORGET ME NOT
"Remembering You" is the name of the song that ran over the end credits of which series?

A) "All in the Family"
B) "The Andy Griffith Show"
C) "Cheers"
D) "M*A*S*H"
E) "The Wonder Years"

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 19

CARNEGIE HALL
Which guest star didn't win an Emmy for work on "The Practice"?

A) Charles S. Dutton
B) John Larroquette
C) William Shatner
D) Sharon Stone
E) Henry Winkler

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 18

THAT'S A TOTALLY DECENT QUESTION, I MUST SAY
Which other "SCTV" character(s) regularly appeared in live-action format on NBC's cartoon version of Martin Short's "The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley"?

A) Count Floyd
B) Harry, the Guy with the Snake on his Face
C) Sammy Maudlin
D) Bob and Doug McKenzie
E) Edith Prickley

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 15-17

SINGIN' THE BLUES WHEN THE RED SOX LOSE, IT'S A CRISIS IN YOUR LIFE
Gary Portnoy, noted alumnus of the Forest Road School who is most famous for the "Cheers" theme, was also responsible for which other show's opening number?

A) "Family Ties"
B) "It's a Living"
C) "Jennifer Slept Here"
D) "Mr. Belvedere"
E) "Punky Brewster"

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 14

DAVID SPADE AND NEUTERED
What was the first right price from Contestants' Row on Bob Barker's "The (New) Price Is Right" in 1972?

A) $1
B) $49
C) $501
D) $595
E) $1999

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 13

I'M A FAT MAN, REGIS!
Who won the first televised "fastest finger" competition, earning the right to be the first contestant on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"?

A) Michael Galanda
B) David Korotkin
C) Gregory Stanko
D) Doug Van Gundy
E) David Zinkin

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 12

SPY GLASS
Which was Jack Warden?

A) "Cute as a Bug's Ear"
B) "Clear as Mud"
C) "Crazy Like a Fox"
D) "Old as Methuselah"
E) "Nutty as a Fruitcake"

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 11

Is there life after "The Sopranos"?

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 8-10

HULKAMANIAC
David Banner hit the road on CBS' "The Incredible Hulk," going on the run from tabloid reporter Jack McGee after Banner's alter ego, "the creature," allegedly killed ...?

A) his mother
B) his sister
C) his twin brother
D) his wife
E) another scientist

TV Barn's TV Picks for June 7

VILLA IDIOT
Pamela Anderson was actually not the original "Tool Time" girl cast on "Home Improvement." Whose shoes (if nothing else) did Pam fill?

A) Gillian Anderson
B) Kristin Chenoweth
C) Khrystyne Haje
D) Ashley Judd
E) Mia Sara

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"