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If a show like Top Chef never found a meal, would you watch it? If Ice Road Truckers couldn't find snow, would you pay attention?

Yet, every week, paranormal investigation shows like Ghost Hunters or Paranormal State hit the air and unveil the whole pile of absolute squat they found. Now, there's a new contender in the "Hey! Look! We found pretty much nothing!" category with the Discovery Channel's Ghost Lab.

Each week two thick slabs of Texas beef named Brad and Barry Klinge (right) take their Everyday Paranormal investigation team out into the wild haunted yonder. They come armed with their traveling "ghost lab" -- a 24-foot car hauler "capable of providing 200,000 watts of electricity to power audio, video and photo analysis stations; flat-screen televisions and an interactive touch-screen smartboard."

• TNT has Basketball Playoffs all night.
• Sci-Fi has a Star Trek: TNG marathon all night.
• At 7, ESPN has the Red Sox/Yankees game.
• Bravo has a new Inside The Actor's Studio (with Denis Leary) at 7.
• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new Castle.
• CBS has a new Big Bang Theory, then new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
• NBC has a new Deal or No Deal, followed by a new, two-hour Medium.
• FOX has a new House at 8, then a new 24.
• The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, then a new One Tree Hill.
• There's a new Antiques Roadshow on PBS at 8, followed by a new American Experience.
• ABC Family has a new Greek at 8, then four new episodes of Roommates.
• MyNetwork TV has a new Masters of Illusion at 8, then a new Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed.
• Also at 8: Food Network has a new Good Eats.
• At 9, HBO has three new episodes of In Treatment.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• History Channel has a new Ax Men at 10.
• A&E has a new Paranormal State at 10.
• MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by new episodes of Surviving Suburbia and Castle.
• CBS has a new Big Bang Theory at 8, then new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
• NBC has a new Chuck at 8, followed by new episodes of Heroes and Medium.
• FOX has new episodes of House and 24.
• PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow at 8, then a new American Experience.
• There's a new Greek on ABC Family at 8, followed by a new Roommates.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 8.
  
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
• At 8:30, Food Network has a new Will Work For Food, then a new Unwrapped.
• At 9, HBO has three new episodes of In Treatment.
• At 10, TNT has a new Saving Grace.
• Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
• History Channel has a new Ax Men at 10.
• MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10.
• Also at 10: A&E has a new Paranormal State.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• At 6, GSN has the series premiere of The Newlywed Game.
• 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by the series premiere of Surviving Suburbia and a new Castle.
• NBC has a new Chuck at 8, then new episodes of Heroes and Medium.
• FOX has new episodes of House and 24.
• PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow at 8.
• ABC Family has a new Greek at 8, followed by a new Roommates.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
• Nickelodeon has a new Penguins of Madagascar at 8.
• At 8:30, Food Network has a new Will Work For Food, then a new Unwrapped.
• At 9, CBS has the NCAA Tournament Final.
• There's a new Monday Night RAW on USA at 9.
• ESPN has the Oakland A's vs. the Los Angeles Angels at 9.
• At 9:30, HBO has two new episodes of In Treatment.
• At 10, TNT has a new Saving Grace.
• Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
• MTV has the season premiere of The Hills at 10 (two episodes).
• Also at 10: A&E has a new Paranormal State.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• Sci-Fi has a Star Trek: TNG marathon all night.
• TV Land has an Andy Griffith Show marathon all night.
• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, then a new Castle.
• CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother at 8.
• NBC has new episodes of Chuck, Heroes, and Medium.
• The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, followed by a new One Tree Hill.
• ABC Family has the season finale of The Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then the series premiere of Roommates.
• TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
• Also at 8: BBC America has a new Top Gear.
• At 9, FOX has a new 24.
• USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
• At 9:30, Food Network has a new Will Work For Food, then a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• At 10, TNT has a new Saving Grace.
• A&E has a new Paranormal State at 10.
• There's a new Ax Men on History Channel at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, then a new Castle.
• CBS has a new Big Bang Theory at 8, followed by new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
• FOX has new episodes of House and 24.
• The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, followed by a new One Tree Hill.
• ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then a new Kyle XY.
• Also at 8: ESPN has coverage of the World Baseball Classic.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• At 9:30, Food Network has a new Will Work For Food, then a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• TCM is showing The Brain That Wouldn't Die at 9:30.
• At 10, TNT has a new Saving Grace.
• History Channel has a new Ax Men at 10.
• A&E has a new Paranormal State at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Bachelor, followed by a new True Beauty.
• NBC has a new Superstars of Dance at 8, then the miniseries The Last Templar.
• FOX has new episodes of House and 24.
• PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow at 8, followed by a new American Experience.
• There's a new Secret Life of the American Teenager on ABC Family at 8, then a new Kyle XY.
• Bravo has a new Inside The Actor's Studio at 8, with Conan O'Brien.
• Also at 8: Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8, followed by a new Will Work For Food.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then the series premiere of Trust Me.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
• A&E has two new episodes of Paranormal State at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Well, this was probably inevitable. With the success of A&E's Paranormal State hanging over the heads of the SciFi Channel, the network has given a thumbs-up to a new Ghost Hunters pilot that will join the original as well as Ghost Hunters International and Ghost Hunter Babies. All right, there is no such thing as Ghost Hunter Babies, but it would be a good idea. Think about it for a moment -- the babies would literally be peeing and pooping in their pants when they saw or felt something ghost-like rather than just saying that they did.

The new pilot is called Ghost Hunters: College Edition. In this edition the hunters would be, you guessed it, college students. Instead of teaming up and performing investigations on their own -- like they do on Paranormal State -- these students would team up with professional investigators to examine claims of paranormal events across the globe. In other words, look for some cross-overs between this show and its two older siblings.

I understand that Ghost Hunters is one of the SciFi Channel's hits, but isn't the network heading towards the point of saturation by adding a third series? With three series you begin to parse out smaller and smaller groups of viewers to each show, which brings down the popularity of the original. Something to think about, network executives, when you decide on giving a green light to Ghost Hunters: The Animated Series.

This summer, filmmaking brothers Tony and Ridley Scott will begin production on a miniseries version of Michael Crichton's novel The Andromeda Strain for A&E. The brothers will executive produce the miniseries, which is being directed by Mikael Solomon (whose TV credits include Rome and Nightmares and Dreamscapes) and written by Robert Schenkkan (The Quiet American).

Crichton's novel was also made into a motion picture in 1971.

The miniseries could run as long as six hours. In addition, A&E has plans for more original series to air in 2008, including The Cleaner, about an addict who helps others kick their habit; Homestead, a cop drama; The Beast, an FBI drama; Takedown, a drama about U.S. Marshals; and Under, about a mob informant turned NY City cop.