It is the last day of the year. As usual there is not much on the networks worth watching. Just repeats and movies but today is a day of TV Show Marathons to keep you glued to your tube. See below for some ideas of what is on. The best marathon is definitely on the Sci Fi Channel. They will be running The Twilight Zone episodes starting today and will continue through Tuesday morning. Now that is a TV Show Marathon.

Happy New Year!!

Update 12.31.2007: Check out the 2007 New Year’s Eve TV Marathons.

Prime Picks

Bones (FOX): Repeat of Boy in a Tree.

House (FOX): Repeat where Cuddy’s handyman falls off her roof and she joins the team to try and figure out what is wrong with him. This was a really fun episode.

No third hour Prime Pick.

Solid Selections

Cold Case (CBS): Repeat.

Without a Trace (CBS): Repeat.

No third hour Solid Selection

Other Options

A Knight’s Tale (NBC): This is a fun romp through the times of knights and jousting. Runs three hours.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): Party food repeat.

Trading Spaces Best of 2005 (TLC): Repeat showing of a montage of memorable moments from the past year.

What Not to Wear Best of 2005 (TLC): See some of the best moments from the past year for this show.

Sports Notes

NFL Football on CBS with the Broncos playing the Chargers. On ESPN they have the Giants at the Raiders tonight.

College Football Bowl games will be found on ESPN and ESPN2. First on ESPN2 this morning your will find the Meineke Car Care Bowl with North Carolina State against South Florida from Charlotte, NC. Following that will be the EV1.Net Houston Bowl with Iowa State versus Texas Christian from Houston, TX. On ESPN you will find the Autozone Liberty Bowl with Fresno State facing off against Tulsa from Memphis, TN.

New Year’s Eve TV Show Marathons

Update 12.31.2007: Check out the 2007 New Year’s Eve TV Marathons.

Discovery Channel: It is disaster day today.
Hallmark Channel: Lonesome Dove miniseries plays today.
Travel Channel: World Poker Tour all day.
TLC: 10 episodes of Ballroom Bootcamp.
Cartoon Network: 17 episodes of Naruto.
MSNBC: Six episodes of Headliners & Legends followed by nine episodes of MSNBC Investigates.
CourtTV: Five episodes of The Investigators.
Oxygen: 24 episodes of Grace Under Fire.
A&E: 15 episodes of 24 and catch the other nine tomorrow.
BET: Notarized: Year End Video Countdown plays for eight hours and then repeats.
USA: 14 episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Sci Fi Channel: The Twilight Zone plays most of today, all of tomorrow and the morning of the 2nd.
CMT: Eights hours of the Dukes of Hazard including the reunion show twice.
VH1: Five episodes of I Love the ‘70s followed by five episodes of I Love the ‘80s Strike Back.
MTV: Episodes of Run’s House followed by Real World/Road Rules Challenge followed by My Super Sweet Sixteen followed by Making the Band 3 followed by more Real World/Road Rules Challenge.
MTV2: Two to three hour blocks of multiple shows.
Discovery Kids: Eight episodes of Strange Days at Blake Holsey High.
Game Show Network: 12 episodes of $100,000 Pyramid.
BBC America: Eight episodes of Cash in the Attic in the morning follow by episodes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus the rest of the day.
TVLand: Six episodes of Bonanza followed by the 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments.
Fine Living: 12 episodes of Fantasy Camp.
Discovery Health: Eight episodes of The Critical Hour.
Discovery Science: Seven episodes of Beyond Tomorrow.

Note: Check your local listings for exact times.

New Year’s Eve Specials

ESPN and ESPN2 will be playing a special look back at the year in sports tonight. Fox News Channel has a look at the news stories of the past year. Disney has a Totally Suite New Year’s Eve to close out the night. Also BET and MTV both have shows to close out the year. On the Networks you will find Regis on Fox, Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest on ABC and Carson Daly on NBC.

Tomorrow is New Years Eve. Can you believe another year has gone by? At least with the start of the New Year we will have some new episodes of are favorite TV shows. For a TVaholic this is one of the times of years where you can go through withdrawals. Good time to have some DVDs of your favorite shows lying around.

Prime Picks

The Simpsons (FOX): Repeat where Lisa develops a disappointment disorder.
Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (FOX): Given what else on this sounds pretty good.

Close to Home (CBS): Annabeth goes after the Madam of a soccer mom prostitution ring in this repeat episode. This was one of the better episodes of this show so far.

NUMB3RS (CBS): Repeat where Don and the team investigate a jewelry store heist where the owner’s wife and daughter have been kidnapped.

Solid Selections

Ghost Whisperer (CBS): Repeat where Melinda tries to help a woman who died during what was supposed to be routine surgery. Still can’t believe that people keep watching this show.

Hope & Faith (ABC): Repeat.
Hot Properties (ABC): Still burning off eps of this unfunny sitcom.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC): Goren and Eames investigate a missing chef and a dead food critic in this repeat episode.

Other Options

Dateline NBC (NBC): Two hours of NBC News investigative reporting.

20/20 (ABC): If you still need to watch some investigative reports then watch these from ABC News.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): Emeril throws together some ladies only dishes in this repeat.

Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (ABC Family): Rudolph is on the search for Happy, the New Year baby.

The Comedy Central Roast (Comedy Central): Pamela Anderson is roasted in this replay of the event.

Sports Notes

ESPN has the Independence Bowl with Missouri versus South Carolina from Shreveport, LA. Later they will have the Chik-Fil-A Peach Bowl with LSU facing off against Miami from Atlanta, GA.

So what type of year has it been for ABC, let us take a day-by-day look at what they have offered up so far this season.

Sunday: By far this networks best night from start to finish. Desperate Housewives has been a little uneven in its second season. No big mystery that you care about to keep you coming back like last season. Grey’s Anatomy, which started as a short run midseason replacement at the end of last season, has taken that and turned into one of the best shows on TV right now.

Monday: Monday Night Football had one of its best ratings performances in years. I don’t know if the games were better or because it was the final season on network TV but it sure did well.

Tuesday: New show Commander in Chief is off to a great start. Well ratings wise anyway. Boston Legal has gone wacky to the extreme but is still fun to watch.

Wednesday: The new sitcom Freddie has been picked up for the season for some unknown reason. This show is just not funny. No sophomore slump for Lost, this show has picked up right where it left off. Keeping you guessing and glued to your TV screen. The other new show on this night Invasion is pretty good in my opinion. Once they finally started giving the audience a little info to work with it only got me more intrigued about what is going on in this little town.

Thurday: Not a good night for ABC. Alias with the death of Vaughn and the move to this night have gone downhill ratings wise. I still find the show fun to watch and the new characters interesting. The new show The Night Stalker tanked in the ratings, as it should have given the competition at this hour and the fact that it just wasn’t that good.

Friday: The night has wasted away on ABC. Remember TGIF and a block of comedies for the family. Now the low rated Supernanny and Hope & Faith. The newcomer on this night Hot Properties was unbelievably cold. A beautiful cast with nothing funny to say, not the worst show this season but close. Which is why it was canceled.

Saturday: Movies of the week and repeats of their hit shows. This is not a good night for any network.

Overall: Five new shows and two of them canceled. All in all a good season so far for ABC, mostly living off of last years hits Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy.

Things to look out for in 2006 on ABC: The new comedy Emily’s Reasons Why Not, the return of Less Than Perfect and the new drama What About Brian. At first glance these are shows I will be interested in checking out as the Winter TV season begins.

What do you think about ABC so far this TV season? Leave your thoughts in comments.

When there are repeats you want to know which ones are worth you time. Well get an idea below. The Prime Picks are definitely your best bets tonight as not much else even comes close. Happy viewing!

Prime Picks

Smallville (WB): Repeat where Clark has to get his powers back in time to stop a missile from obliterating Smallville.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): Repeat where in the course of an investigation Grissom and the team come upon a group of dead cult members but one is missing. This was a pretty good episode.

Without a Trace (CBS): A long ago repeat with Malone stuck in a deposition for his divorce where he has to address his affair with Sam.

Solid Selections

Joey (NBC): Repeat of the double episode that includes a trip to Tijuana and a Christmas party where Joey decides that he has feelings for Alex also but things don’t turn out well for him.

Will & Grace (NBC): Repeat after the one where Karen finds out Stan is alive.
Will & Grace (NBC): Repeat where Jack lets Karen know that he thinks she should be with Stan.

ER (NBC): Repeat with guest Cynthia Nixon as an ailing soccer mom.

Other Options

Criminal Minds (CBS): A decent episode of this show with the team trying to track down a kidnapper who has taken one of a pair of twin sisters. A bit predictable as to who the bad guy was but still enjoyable.

Primetime (ABC): ABC News investigative reports.

Primetime (ABC): ABC News investigative reports.

Cable Choices

Holiday Celebration on Ice (Bravo): Olympic skating champions perform to holiday classics performed by Bruce Hornsby and Josh Gracin among others. Runs two hours.

House Hunters (HGTV): See what a young couple faces when looking for a new home in my neck of the woods, Seattle.
House Hunters (HGTV): Repeat episode.

Sports Notes

In College Football action today you will find Bowl games on ESPN. First will be the Emerald Bowl from San Francisco, which will feature Georgia Tech vs. Utah. Next will be the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl from San Diego with Oklahoma facing off against Oregon.

If you are in the mood for some NBA hoops flip on over to TNT where you will find the Miami Heat at the Detroit Pistons followed by the Seattle Supersonics at the Denver Nuggets.