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Posted Jan 30th 2008 4:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by a repeat of the season finale of Lost, with new on-screen info.
- FOX has a new American Idol at 8, then a new Moment of Truth.
- The CW has a new Crowned at 8.
- There's a new America's Ballroom Challenge at 8 on PBS.
- CNN has a Republican Presidential Debate at 8.
- Also at 8: G4 has a new X-Play.
- At 9, Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters International.
- At 9:30, Food Network has a new Good Eats.
- HBO has a new In Treatment at 9:30, then a new Inside the NFL.
- At 10, NBC has a new Law and Order.
- TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Dec 26th 2007 4:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, PBS has a new Wired Science, followed by the American Masters tribute to Bob Newhart.
- The CW has a new Crowned at 8.
- G4 has a new X-Play at 8.
- Lifetime Movie Network has the movie Under the Misletoe at 8.
- At 9, CBS has The 30th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, with honorees Steve Martin, Martin Scorcese, Diana Ross, Brian Wilson, and Leon Fleischer.
- TBS has the Funniest Commercials of the Year: 2007 at 9, followed by new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne.
- Also at 9: HBO has Real Sports with Bryant Gumbal, then a new Inside the NFL.
- At 9:30, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted May 18th 2007 5:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, CBS has the special That's The Way It Is: Cronkite at 90, then another special with the horrible Dr. Phil, Caged?
- PBS has a new NOW at 8, then new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
- The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
- TNT has an NBA playoff game at 8.
- At 9, ABC has - are you ready? - the premiere of National Bingo Night.
- Larry King interviews Hugh Hefner on CNN at 9.
- G4 has a new X-Play at 9, focusing on Star Wars.
- At 10, CBS has the season finale of Numb3rs.
- HGTV has a new House Hunters at 10.
- At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Bradley Whitford, Senator Chris Dodd, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, and Russell Simmons.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Apr 3rd 2007 5:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, CBS has a new NCIS, followed by a new episode of The Unit.
- NBC has a new Dateline at 8, then new episodes of Law and Order: CI and Law and Order: SVU.
- FOX has a new American Idol at 8, then a new House.
- PBS has a new Nova at 8, then a new Frontline.
- Also at 8: G4 has a new X-Play.
- At 9, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new Boston Legal.
- The CW has a new Pussycat Dolls Present at 9.
- There's a new Deadliest Catch on Discovery at 9.
- The Travel Channel has a new John Ratzenberger's America. It's on at 9 too.
- At 10, TLC has a new Miami Ink.
- A&E has two new episodes of Driving Force at 10.
- FX has a new ep of The Shield at 10.
- Bravo has a new Work Out at 10.
- At 10:30, Food Network has a new Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Feb 13th 2007 5:17PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, PBS has a new Nova, followed by a new Frontline.
- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then a new episode of The Unit.
- NBC has a new Dateline at 8, then new episodes of Law and Order: CI and Law and Order: SVU.
- There's a new American Idol on FOX at 8, then a new House.
- The CW has new eps of Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars.
- On USA at 8, the closing night of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, where they'll give out the award for Best in Show.
- Also at 8: G4 has a new X-Play.
- At 9, ABC has a new Primetime, then a new Boston Legal.
- HGTV has a new Decorating Cents at 9.
- Nickelodeon has another Growing Pains marathon starting at 9.
- At 10, Discovery has two new episodes of Survive This.
- TLC has a new Miami Ink at 10.
- There's a new Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo at 10.
- Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
- Also at 10: FX has a new Dirt.
- At 10:30 Rachael Ray explores L.A. on a new Tasty Travels.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Feb 5th 2007 5:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by a new Supernanny and the special In Style Celebrity Weddings.
- CBS has new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, The Class, Two and a Half Men, the premiere of Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal, then new episodes of Heroes and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
- There's a new Prison Break on FOX at 8, then a new 24.
- The CW has a new Everybody Hates Chris, then new eps of All Of Us, Girlfriends, and The Game.
- Lifetime has two new episodes of Gay, Straight, or Taken?, then another Nora Roberts movie, Montana Sky.
- Also at 8: ABC Family has a new Wildfire.
- At 9, USA has a new WWE Monday Night RAW.
- At 9:30, G4 has a new episode of X-Play, then a new episode of The Block.
- At 10, Anthony Bourdain tries out the food in L.A. on a new No Reservations.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Jan 29th 2007 5:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has a repeat Wife Swap, followed by new episodes of Supernanny and What About Brian.
- CBS has a repeat How I Met Your Mother at 8, followed by repeats of The Class, Two and a Half Men, Old Christine, and CSI: Miami.
- FOX has a new Prison Break, then a new 24.
- NBC has new episodes of Deal Or No Deal, Heroes, and Studio 60.
- The CW has new episodes of Everybody Hates Chris, All Of Us, Girlfriends, and The Game.
- ABC Family has a new Wildfire at 8.
- There are two new eps of Gay, Straight, or Taken? on Lifetime at 8, followed by the new movie Nora Roberts' Angels Falls, which is rather hard to say.
- Some cool shows on American Life at 8: Harry O, 77 Sunset Strip, and Surfside 6.
- The Science Channel has a marathon of 2057 all night.
- G4 has a new X-Play at 8.
- Also at 8: Mario Lopez hosts the 2007 Miss America Pageant, on CMT.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- There's a new Unwrapped on Food Network at 9, about "Texas Snacks."
- Hallmark has a new Murder 101 movie with Dick Van Dyke at 9: College Can Be Murder.
- At 10, NFLNet has a new ep of America's Game, followed by a Super Bowl preview.
- Discovery has two new eps of Stunt Junkies, starting at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Jan 8th 2007 5:11PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by new episodes of Supernanny and What About Brian.
- CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother, followed by new episodes of The Class, Two and a Half Men, Old Christine, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has a new Deal or No Deal, then two repeats of Heroes.
- FOX has the Tostitos BCS National Championship college football game at 8.
- There's a repeat Everybody Hates Chris on The CW at 8, followed by repeats of All Of Us, Girlfriends, and The Game.
- Lifetime has two new eps of Gay, Straight, or Taken at 8.
- ABC Family has two new eps of Wildfire starting at 8, then the debut of Lincoln Heights.
- TCM has West Side Story at 8.
- Also at 8: G4 has a new X-Play.
- At 9, Food Network has a new "Breakfast Foods" episode of Unwrapped.
- Kellie Martin stars in a new Mystery Woman movie, Wild West Mystery. It's on Hallmark at 9.
- Sci-Fi has a Star Trek: Enterprise marathon tonight.
Posted Dec 12th 2006 5:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
At 8, ABC has the 40th Anniversary showing of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It's followed by a new Big Day, a new Help Me Help You, and Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2006.
- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, followed by a new episode of The Unit and a repeat Criminal Minds.
- NBC has a new Friday Night Lights at 8, followed by repeats of Law and Order: CI and Law and Order: SVU.
- There's a new Standoff at 8 on FOX, followed by a new House (really, it's new tonight!).
- The CW has a repeat Gilmore Girls at 8, then The 8th Annual Family Television Awards.
- ABC Family has the movie Santa Baby at 8, followed by Pinnochio's Christmas.
- At 9, Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs.
- Food Network has Christmas in America at 9, hosted by...Rachael Ray!
- Nickelodeon has an Xmas ep of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air at 9.
- G4 has a new X-Play at 9.
- Sci-Fi has a new ep of The Lost Room, also at 9.
- At 10, Comedy Central has Lewis Black's Last Laugh '06.
- There's a new Miami Ink on TLC at 10, while FX has the season finale of Nip/Tuck.
Posted Dec 8th 2006 6:05PM by Jay Black
Filed under: The Five, Watercooler Talk, Retro Squad

Looking at a picture of me, it's nearly impossible to tell that in my early days I was a geek (ahem). But it's true, I was the kid sitting behind you in chemistry class who, when the teacher was too hungover to make it to the end of the period and so gave the class some time to talk amongst themselves, took out a science fiction book and read quietly. You maybe wanted to beat me up, but if you had any kind of heart you would have realized that I was already bullied by fate (fate in this case being a shy disposition and a love of
Star Trek novels).
Geeks require a very specific kind of TV woman to crush on. She needs to be hot, yes (I mean, after all, we are guys), but she can't be so hot as to be unattainable. Pamela Anderson could be admired, but like the captain of the cheerleaders, she was way out of our league. We needed girls that radiated geek waves back at us. There needed to be something in her demeanor that screamed, "Yes, I know you're different and terribly uncoordinated and made a fool out of yourself on
President's Council on Physical Fitness day in gym class, but, dammit, I'm willing to take a chance on you." Also, it helped if she wore a super-hero costume.
Continue reading The Five: All-time greatest geek crushes
Posted Feb 8th 2006 3:30PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
CBS has The Grammy Awards at 8.
- The Hollywood portion of American Idol begins on FOX at 8, followed by a new Bones at 9.
- ABC has new eps of George Lopez, Freddie, Lost, and Invasion.
- NBC has a two hour edition of Biggest Loser, followed by a new Law and Order.
- The WB has a new One Tree Hill at 8, followed by a repeat Beauty and the
Geek.
- New eps of South Beach and Veronica Mars on UPN, starting at 8.
- ABC Family has Cruel Intentions (what's so family about that?), while AMC has the Bond
flick Licence To Kill.
- The History Channel has a new Modern Marvels, also at 8.
- Emeril has a new ep at 8, "Latin Chic."
- PBS has a new ep of African-American Lives. Check local listings.
- At 9, Oxygen has When Harry Met Sally...
- At 10, Sundance has I'm Losing You, with Rosanna Arquette, Buck Henry, and Amanda Donohoe.
- Also at 10: HBO has a new Inside The NFL (hey, isn't the season over?)
- Comedy Central has a new ep of Drawn Together at 10:30.
- At 11, G4 has a new X-Play, naming the worst video games of 2005.
- At midnight, TNT has an Alias marathon, starting with the very first episode.
Posted Jan 31st 2006 2:42PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
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.
Posted Jan 16th 2006 2:50PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
At 8pm, NBC has The Golden Globes (we'll have coverage of the red carpet
arrivals at 6, and Cinematical will live blog the show at 8).
- CBS has repeats of The King of Queens, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men,
Out of Practice, and CSI: Miami.
- ABC has a repeat of Wife Swap at 8 and then The Bachelor: Paris
at 9 (they've taken Emily's Reasons Why Not off the sked this week), and then a new The
Bachelor: Paris.
- FOX has another 2 hour episode of 24 at 8.
- The WB repeats of 7th Heaven and Related, while UPN has all new episodes One on
One, All of Us, Girlfriends, and Half and Half.
- ABC Family has a new ep of Wildfire at 8, followed by a repeat of Gilmore Girls.
- HGTV has a new Cash in the Attic at 8, followed by a repeat Dream House, and
a new World's Most Extreme Homes.
- Also at 8: FX has Jet Li in Kiss of the Dragon, and HBO has Jamie Foxx in Ray.
- At 9, USA has a new WWE Monday Night Raw.
- Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 9, focusing on "Rainy Day Snacks," whatever they are.
- The Cartoon Network has the Chris Elliott movie Snow Day at 9. Is that a cartoon?
- Fuel has a new The Daily Habit at 9, followed by a new The Surf Vault at 9:30.
- Also at 9: ESPN has college basketball. At 9:30, ESPN2 continues their coverage of The Australian
Open.
- At 9:30, Discovery Kids has a new Time Warp Trio.
- At 10, Comedy Central has the standup special Greg Behrendt is Uncool.
- The Disney Channel has a new That's So Raven at 10.
- Also at 10: Food Network has a new The Secret Life Of..., focusing on "Comfort
Foods."
- At 11, G4 has a new episode of X-Play.
- You can watch Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube battle a giant Anaconda on TBS at 11.
- Discovery Channel has a new Roush Racing: Driver X. It's on at 11 too.
- At midnight, Emeril cooks up some "Winter Treats" on Food Network.