As per the usual Saturday night there is not much worth get excited for on the networks. Today you will also find some of the cable networks having TV show marathons. Not as many as the last couple of days but still a few. What show would you like to sit and watch all day if you could? Yesterday I created my own little mini-marathon of Friends Thanksgiving episodes. Later tonight Saturday Night Live is a repeat but MADtv in new.

Prime Picks

Cold Case (CBS): Lily looks into the case of an unsolved murder of a prominent district attorney after he is linked to a scandal.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): Repeat of the Nesting Dolls episode.

48 Hours Mystery (CBS): A 30 year old case is looked at after some investigators uncover a new suspect.

Solid Selections

Most Outrageous TV Moments (NBC): The name of the show says it all. Although they term outrageous is usually overstating it a bit.
Runaway Bride (NBC): Starts halfway through the first hour of primetime and runs for two and a half commercially interrupted hours. Stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere as they try to recreate the chemistry that made Pretty Woman such a hit.

Other Options

Cops (Fox): Cops in Vegas.
Cops (Fox): Repeat that involves suspects that resist arrest.

America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back (Fox): Find out who the worst female felons are tonight.

No good third hour options tonight not that many of the others are that good.

Cable Choices

Moving Up (TLC): A second story is removed. Wouldn’t that make it hard to move up?

Trading Spaces (TLC): A bedroom and a kitchen are redone in Portland.

Design on a Dime (HGTV): A retro-themed Christmas party is thrown to celebrate the new home.
Design on a Dime (HGTV): A tropical pool area is created in this repeat.

Sports Notes

In the afternoon you will find The State Farm Bayou Classic featuring Grambling State versus Southern with the battle of the bands at halftime on NBC. Also in the afternoon you will find Virginia at Miami in College Football action and later will be Notre Dame against Stanford on ABC. Again in the afternoon on CBS you will also find Florida playing Florida State. You will find College Football games throughout the day on both ESPN and ESPN2.

Holiday Weekend TV Show Marathons

Family Channel – Eight straight episodes of 7th Heaven.
Oxygen – Eight episodes of Roseanne in a row.
FX – Spin City plays 16 times consecutively.
BET – Seven straight episodes of The Ultimate Hustler.
SpikeTV – Four more James Bond movies in a row.
VH1 – The Surreal Life plays 12 consecutive episodes.
MTV – You will find 10 episodes of My Super Sweet Sixteen.
Discovery Kids Channel – Watch Skunked TV 10 times in a row.
BBC America – You will find 15 episodes of Absolutely Fabulous in the morning into the afternoon and in the evening watch eight episodes of Changing Rooms.
Style – Six showings of Whose Wedding is it Anyway?

Are you still full from yesterday? Happy Day After ThanksgiVing. So you’ve been shopping or recreating in some way today hopefully. How about some picks and such for what is on TV tonight and once again we must remember that it is Friday and there is not much to work with on the networks. Since it is a holiday though many cable channels are once again running some TV show marathons.

Prime Picks

Ghost Whisperer (CBS): Beware the ghost bride.

Close to Home (CBS): Members of a gang try to scare Annabeth of a case by using her daughter.

NUMB3RS (CBS): The team uses math and other means to track down someone who is tampering with products being sold.

Solid Selections

The Family Man (NBC): A guy who has taken a wrong turn and become very successful in the stock market but not in life in general or in love wakes to find himself married to his college sweetheart that he had left to pursue his career 13 years ago. Now he is married to her and they have children. This was a pretty good movie although watching it over three hours with commercial interruptions it might not be as fun.

Other Options

What I Like About You (WB): Repeat of last weeks Thanksgiving episode.
Reba (WB): This is a repeat of what is actually the funniest episode of this show so far this season.

Hope & Faith (ABC): Only getting picked here because it is new and nothing else is in this time slot.
Hot Properties (ABC): Can’t believe this show is actually still on. But since it is new and nothing else is it gets the nod.

20/20 (ABC): ABC investigates and tells you what they have found.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): Kick off you holiday party planning with this repeat about Christmas parties.

$40-a-Day (Food Network): Vancouver, Canada
$40-a-Day (Food Network): Vermont

$40-a-Day (Food Network): Aspen
$40-a-Day (Food Network): Telluride, Colorado

Sports Notes

In NBA Basketball action tonight we have the Dallas Mavericks at the Miami Heat followed by the New Jersey Nets at the Phoenix Suns on ESPN.
You will find College Football games on ABC, CBS, Fox Sports Net and ESPN2 throughout the day.

TV Show Holiday Marathons

Discovery Channel – Seven episodes of MythBusters followed by five episodes of Dirty Jobs.
ESPN – Six episodes of the 2005 World Series of Poker.
Speed Channel – American Muscle Car all day long and into the night.
Food Network – They are not playing the same show but every show on today has a Christmas or Holiday theme.
Travel Channel – You will find 17 straight episodes of John Ratzenberger’s Made in America playing today.
TLC – Seven episodes of Trading Spaces followed by eight episodes of Moving Up.
Animal Planet – There will be 12 consecutive episodes of The Planet’s Funniest Animals.
Oxygen – I don’t know if they are all from the same season but they are playing 22 straight episodes of Roseanne today.
A&E – Find 15 consecutive episodes of 24. Not playing all 24 in a row and leaving you hanging just seems mean.
TNT – You will find 12 episodes of Law & Order.
TBS – You will find 16 episodes of Home Improvement.
SpikeTV – Five straight James Bond flicks.
MTV – Watch 15 True Life episodes in a row.
E! – All five parts of 101 Most Sensational Crimes of Fashion! in the morning and six episodes of Dr. 90210 later in the day.
Bravo – In the afternoon you will find back to back to back showings of Celebrity Poker Showdown.
HGTV – As with the Food Network every show today is holiday themed.
G4 – Braniac times 20.
BBC America – Six episodes of Keeping Up Appearances followed by six episodes of The Robinsons.
Discovery Health Channel – Eight episodes of Medical Fraud Investigators.

A Happy ThanksgiVing to everyone out there. There are actually some new shows on tonight. I don’t recall this as being normal for this holiday. Do you? What TV shows will you feast on tonight? Will you be watching a marathon of a favorite show? Here are some ideas of what can be found the holiday TV buffet.

Pie Picks

Joey (NBC): It’s a Joey Thanksgiving. Makes me remember all those great Friends Thanksgiving episodes.
Will & Grace (NBC): Jack offers Grace some help with her mother as only Jack can.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): Did a guy really eat himself to death. If you could do it anywhere it would be Vegas.

Without a Trace (CBS): A friend of Jack’s is missing.

Stuffing Selections

Everybody Hates Chris (UPN): Tonight everybody hates Greg.
Love, Inc. (UPN): You should really change the channel to Will & Grace after Chris.

The Apprentice (NBC): Clip Show.

The Apprentice (NBC): They get mixed up in the perfume business.

Oven Options

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (ABC): This is a holiday classic.
Finding Nemo (ABC): Starts after Charlie Brown and runs for two and a half hours.

Cable Cranberries

Jingle All the Way (Family Channel): Arnold Schwarzenegger looking for a toy for his kid in this movie to get you ready for the Christmas shopping season.

Iron Chef America (Food Network): Iron Chef Bobby Flay against Govind Armstrong in this repeat episode.

Sports Notes

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is on NBC this morning.
The Atlanta Falcon at the Detroit Lions in the early game on Fox.
The Denver Broncos at the Dallas Cowboys in the late game on CBS.
You will find Pittsburgh at West Virginia in College Football tonight on ESPN.
The Seattle Supersonics face off against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center in LA on TNT tonight.

TV Show Holiday Marathons

Discovery Channel - Three episodes of America’s Deadliest Season: Alaskan Crab Fishing followed by eleven episodes of Deadliest Catch that then partially repeats some episodes after that.
ESPN – Eight episodes of the 2005 World Series of Poker leading up to the College Football game mentioned above.
ESPN2 – Eight episodes of Bound for Glory in a row.
Speed – 22 episodes of American Thunder.
OLN – Has a Survivor marathon today.
History Channel – American Eats: History on a Bun, More American Eats, Home For the Holidays: History of Thanks Giving, Modern Marvels and then each replays again in the same order.
TLC – 14 episodes of Bringing Up Baby followed by 10 episodes of What Not to Wear.
Nickelodeon – 17 episodes straight of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
MSNBC – A Headliners & Legends marathon.
Oxygen – Grace Under Fire all day.
A&E – Is playing Crossing Jordan with a couple of episodes of Cold Case Files thrown in the mix.
FX – Has 26 straight episodes of That ‘70s Show.
TBS – You will find run of Everybody Loves Raymond episodes.
Spike – Is showing 6 consecutive James Bond movies.
Sci-Fi – You will find a marathon of Return of the Living Dead movies.
E! – They are having a The E! True Hollywood Story marathon followed by a Gone Bad marathon.
Bravo – Seven episodes of Being Bobby Brown followed by five episodes of Kathy Griffin.
BBC America – 12 straight episodes of My Family.
Biography – Has eight episodes of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries.

Once again there is really nothing all that special to watch in the first hour of primetime tonight. Which is followed by too much good stuff in the next hour. It is famine before feast on Wednesday night.

Prime Picks

Still Standing (CBS): Bill and Judy try to get the attention of some new friends but each for themselves.
Yes, Dear (CBS): It is all about looking good by comparison tonight.

Lost (ABC): The two groups collide when they meet up.

Invasion (ABC): A lot of big reveals last week. Still don’t know what is going on totally but they have let the viewer in a few things. Like they are not body snatchers but replacers.

Solid Selections

E-Ring (NBC): If you don’t like comedy you could try this or just wait till the next hour of programming

Veronica Mars (UPN): This is a well-written show. They have been able to accomplish in their second season what Desperate Housewives so far has not. That being an overall mystery that you care about and want to watch unfold as it gets closer to being solved.

CSI: NY (CBS): Dolls, dolls and more dolls at least in pieces of dolls anyways.

Other Options

One Tree Hill (WB): Repeat of the season premiere.

Criminal Minds (CBS): Hostages on a train and one of them is a BAU team member.

Law & Order (NBC): The detectives try and find who is behind a hit list that includes DA McCoy.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): This repeat about cooking a classic Thanksgiving is your last chance for T-Day tips before you start cooking tomorrow.

Behind the Bash (Food Network): Summer parties in the Hamptons are profiled.
Sugar Rush (Food Network): Sweets and treats that you find at weddings.

Good Eats (Food Network): Alton cooks up the perfect stuffing in this repeat airing.
Good Eats (Food Network): Alton cooks up some leeks in this repeat episode.

Note

Scifi Channel is showing four straight episodes of Firefly tonight.