President Bush gives his State of the Union address at 9pm, which
means that everything on ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX from 9pm to 11pm is pre-empted! - At 8, FOX has more American Idol auditions, while ABC has repeats of According To Jim and Rodney. CBS has a repeat NCIS at 8, and NBC has a new Fear Factor.
- On the WB at 8, a new Gilmore Girls, followed by a new Supernatural. Over on UPN, still more repeats: Girlfriends, Eve, and Veronica Mars.
- ABC Family has Home Alone 4 at 8.
- At 9, Food Network has a new Recipe For Success.
- HGTV has a new Decorating Cents at 9, followed by a new ep of Mission: Organization, a repeat House Hunters, a repeat Buy Me, and then new eps of My Parent's House and Designer Finals.
- 9pm movies: Anaconda: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid, while Starz has Man of the House and Lifetime has When Strangers Appear.
- ESPN has coverage of the Winter X Games at 9.
- FX has a new The Shield at 10, while Comedy Central has a new Distraction.
- At 10: Spike has a new King Of Vegas.
- Also at 10: a new Las Vegas Law on Court TV.
- At 11, the Sci-Fi Channel has They Live, and G4 has a new X-Play.
- Midnight movies: WE has 9 To 5 and TCM has My Fair Lady.
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What's on tonight: State of the Union, new Shield, Fear Factor, Idol
What's on tonight: American Idol, Scrubs, Love Monkey, Dennis Miller
FOX has more wacky auditions on a 2 hour American Idol at 8pm. - ABC has all-new eps of According To Jim, Rodney, Commander-in-Chief, and Boston Legal.
- CBS has a new NCIS, followed by a repeat CSI: Miami, and then a new episode of Love Monkey.
- NBC has a new Fear Factor at 8, followed by two new eps of Scrubs and then a repeat Law and Order: SVU.
- Gilmore Girls and Supernatural are both reruns on the WB, while UPN has repeats of Girlfriends, Eve, One On One, and All Of Us.
- TLC is all new tonight: Overhaulin' at 8, then Beyond the Bull and Miami Ink.
- If you want to watch Adam Sandler's The Waterboy for some reason, it's on ABC Family at 8.
- FX has The Transporter at 8. I've always wanted to see this but for some reason never have. Tivo, here I come!
- Just a reminder that Keith Olbermann's Countdown airs at 8 on MSNBC. Good show.
- At 8:30, Oxygen has Sandra Bullock and Ryan Gosling in the thriller Murder By Numbers.
- At 9, Lifetime has a very Lifetime-ish movie: Down Will Come Baby, about a nanny that slowly takes over the home of a husband, wife, and baby.
- HGTV has a new lineup tonight: at 9, it's Decorating Cents, followed by Mission: Organization, Dream House 2006, My Parent's House, and Designer Finals.
- Have you ever wondered what Barney Fife's apartment looks like? Find out on The Andy Griffith Show, on TV Land at 9.
- GSN has a new Anything To Win, focusing on Arnold Schwarzenegger's California gubernatorial campaign. I think they're stretching the whole premise of this show. Does it really fit in with their game show theme?
- HBO2 has Johnson Family Vacation at 9, while Starz has the Wes Craven werewolf flick Cursed.
- At 10, Bravo has a new Queer Eye, while FX has a new ep of The Shield (it's repeated at 11, in case you miss it).
- ESPN2 has coverage of The Australian Open at 10.
- Comedy Central has a new ep of the game show Distraction. It's on at 10 too.
- Around 10:20 (you know how premium cable can be), HBO has Dennis Miller's new special All In.
- At 11 on the History Channel, a new Modern Marvels about "Custom Cars."
- At midnight, Bravo has a new ep of Party Party.
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