TVSquad

It's another holiday, and that means more TV marathons and specials! Here's a handy guide to the 4th (and the 5th and 6th).

July 4

• AMC has Planet of the Apes movies all morning, then the Jaws movies starting at 10:30am.
• At 6am, USA has a Walker, Texas Ranger marathon.
• TMC has episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (80s version) at 6, then Hitchcock movies all day.
• At 7, ESPN2 has coverage of Wimbledon Tennis.
• At 8, A&E has a marathon of Paranormal State.
• Biography has a City Confidential marathon starting at 8.
• There's a Twilight Zone marathon starting at 8 on Sci-Fi.
• At 9, TruTV has a Beach Patrol marathon.
• FX has a King of the Hill marathon at 9.
• At noon, NBC has more Wimbledon.
• At 2pm, TV Land has an I Love Lucy marathon.
• At 3, HGTV has a Design Star marathon.
• At 8, PBS has A Capitol Fourth.
• At 9, NBC has the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular.
• At 10, CBS has the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.

He's best known for his role as Police Chief Martin Brody in the first two Jaws films, but Roy Scheider had a long television career as well.

He played Captain Nathan Bridger on Seaquest DSV in the mid-90s, and also had a regular role on Third Watch. His other TV appearances included spots on Law and Order: CI, Cannon, Saturday Night Live, Coronet Blue, Love of Life, The Edge of Night, and the TV movie Assignment: Munich. His other film roles include All That Jazz (a role that got him a Best Actor Oscar), The French Connection (an Oscar nomination), Klute, Marathon Man, Sorcerer, The Men's Club, Naked Lunch, The Peacekeeper, The Rainmaker, and two movies that are still in production, Dark Honeymoon and Iron Cross.

He died on Sunday in Little Rock, AR at age 75.

Friday's TCA, which continued cable TV presentations, felt like three days rolled into one.

Just how jam-packed and eclectic are the programs and announcements that were made?

Here's a sample: Dynasty diva Joan Collins is checking into BBC America's Hotel Babylon, Richard Dreyfus (Jaws) is not afraid to get back into the water as host of The Discovery Channel's Ocean of Fear: The Worst Shark Attack Ever and Jonny Fairplay (Survivor) of CMT's Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull-Riding Challenge sadly announced that his beloved grandmother passed away two weeks ago.

• At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother: All-Stars, followed by a new Rock Star: Supernova.
• NBC has a new Fear Factor at 8, followed by a new Last Comic Standing.
• AMC has Jaws at 8.
• Also at 8: ESPN has two new episodes of The 2006 World Series of Poker (circuit championships, from Atlantic City and Las Vegas).
• At 9, ABC has a new ep of The One.
• Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9.
• TLC has a new Overhaulin' at 9, followed by a new Miami Ink.
• There's a new episode of Work Out on Bravo at 9.
• Also at 9: Sci-Fi Channel has a new Eureka.

Discovery Channel's Shark Week, possibly my favorite seven days devoted to deadly marine life, will be popping its crazy dorsal fin out of the water from July 30 through August 4. Hang on, that's only six days, isn't it? I want a full seven days of deadly, man-eating fish, dag blast it. Whose chum bucket do I have to kiss to make that happen, huh? Well, whatever, I guess six days is okay. The first night of Shark Week will begin at 9 p.m. with a special episode of Dirty Jobs titled Dirty Jobs: Jobs That Bite. Host Mike Rowe will go underwater with great whites (as opposed to them coming above water to see him, I guess) and also visit a place in Florida that creates replicas of sharks fishermen have captured. Rowe will also finish Shark Week with Dirty Jobs: Jobs That Bite Harder on August 4.

Other shows to air throughout shark week include Shark Attack Survivors; Perfect Shark; Sharks: Are They Hunting Us?; Shark Rebellion; and Science of Shark Sex. Click here for a video preview.

• At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes.
• NBC has a new Dateline at 7.
• E! is running a Girls Next Door marathon all night, while VH-1 has a My Fair Brady: We're Getting Married marathon.
• At 8, OLN has stage one of the Tour de France.
• AMC has Jaws at 8.
• At 9, USA has a new The 4400, followed by a new Dead Zone.
• HBO has a new Deadwood at 9, followed by new episodes of Entourage and Lucky Louie.
• At 9:30, Showtime has Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

• FOX has a new Cops tonight at 8, followed by a repeat Cops, and then a new America's Most Wanted.
• ABC has the NFL Playoffs, the Patriots vs. the Jaguars (go Pats!) at 8.
• CBS has Jennifer Lopez in Enough, followed by a new 48 Hours Mystery. 
• NBC has all repeats: Crossing Jordan at 8, Medium at 9, and Law and Order: SVU at 10.
• TBS has Save The Last Dance at 8, starring Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas, followed by Sleepless in Seattle, starring...oh, you know.
• More 8pm movies: A&E has Jaws, TNT has Along Came A Spider, and AMC has The Goonies.
• On a new Emeril Live, Queen Latifah joins Emeril in the kitchen. It's on Food Network at 8.
• Lots of new stuff on Cartoon Network: Teen Titans at 8, followed by Zatch Bell, Naruto, a repeat One Piece, and then back to new stuff with Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo and IGPX.
• Also at 8: Tom Hanks stars in The Man With Red One Shoe on Fox Movie Channel, while IFC has Neil Labute's Your Friends & Neighbors.
• At 9, HGTV has a new My First Place, followed by a repeat reDesign and then a new Design on a Dime.
• Dick Van Dyke stars in a new mystery movie series on Hallmark at 9. Murder 101 is the first in a series of flicks. He plays a criminalologist.
• VH-1 has Howard Stern's Private Parts at 9.
• At 10, TMC has Jack Black in School of Rock.
• At 11:30, NBC has a repeat Saturday Night Live, with Eva Longoria and Korn.
• CSPAN2 is running a Book TV marathon all day and night.