Helping You Find the Prime in Primetime
New TV shows on DVD are released every Tuesday. So what came out today? Well take a look at the list below and see. Are there any TV shows here that you find of interest? What will you be adding to your TV on DVD collection? Check out this week’s Prime Pick for your viewing pleasure.
Prime TV on DVD Pick
Newsradio - The Complete Third Season
For some reason when this show was on I never really watched but now when I come across reruns somewhere I stop and watch and am always entertained. I then wonder why was it that I never watched in the first place. I still don’t know. What I do know is that this is a show that will probably end up in my TV on DVD collection. The show had a great ensemble cast. Dave Foley before being the Celebrity Poker Showdown joker, Maura Tierney before playing doctor on ER, Joe Rogan before grossing people out on Fear Factor, Khandi Alexander before talking to dead people on CSI: Miami, Andy Dick before Less Than Perfect, Stephen Root and Phil Hartman’s best character post Saturday Night Live. The DVD set gives you everything a good one should. It has all 25 episodes on three discs. Special features include commentaries on 10 episodes, a gag reel and some featurettes.
Other TV on DVD Options
The Avengers - The Complete Emma Peel Megaset (Collector’s Edition)
Beast Machines Transformers: The Complete Series
The Best of Art Linkletter’s Kids Say the Darndest Things, Vol. 2
The Beverly Hillbillies - Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2
Bleak House
C.O.P.S.
Charmed - The Complete Fourth Season
Combat!: The Best of Hanley
Combat!: The Best of Saunders
The Drew Carey Show (Television Favorites Compilation)
Ellen - The Complete Season Three
The Lawless Years: First Complete Season
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: Graham Chapman’s Personal Best
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: John Cleese’s Personal Best
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: Terry Gilliam’s Personal Best
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: Terry Jones’ Personal Best
Night Court (Television Favorites Compilation)
The Real Ghostbusters - Creatures of the Night
The Real Ghostbusters - Slimefighters
The Real Ghostbusters - Spooky Spirits
Rosemary and Thyme - Series Two
Rumpole of the Bailey: The Complete Series
Weird U.S., Vol. 1
Weird U.S., Vol. 2
Weird U.S., Vol. 3
Welcome Back, Kotter (Television Favorites Compilation)
I am glad to see Scrubs back on NBC. It seemed like the Winter Olympics were never going to end. A few repeat shows around tonight as compared to last night. The ninth version of The Amazing Race begins tonight on ABC. I have never gotten into that racing around the world stuff at all. American Idol gives the gals another chance to show America what they have. Things I wish I were able to watch tonight would be the removed from the TV schedule Love Monkey. How many out there wish they could still love their monkey each Tuesday night?
Prime Picks
NCIS (CBS): An ambulance carrying the remains of a Marine explodes mysteriously and the team investigates.
Scrubs (NBC): An intern who is annoyingly perfect upsets J.D.
Scrubs (NBC): Kelso orders the Janitor to get rid of a bird that is flying around the hospital.
Boston Legal (ABC): Denny gets married to Bev and then before the festivities are even over he is caught with another woman in another coatroom.
Solid Selections
Gilmore Girls (WB): Lorelai offers to baby-sit for Christopher to help him out but is horrified at the little girls behavior.
Supernatural (WB): It looks like the brothers catch up with their father at least for a bit.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC): A student from Montreal on a class trip disappears and three cocky prep-school teens are suspected.
Other Options
American Idol (FOX): The ten remaining female contestants sing in tonight’s 90 minutes show.
The War at Home (FOX): Dave finds a pregnancy test in the trash and wonders whose it is.
No third hour option tonight.
Cable Choices
Emeril Live (Food Network): Repeat of Emeril reopening his New Orleans restaurant Delmonico.
Overhaulin’ (TLC): New episode.
The Shield (FX): Kavanaugh’s obsession with the Strike team comes to a head as he deals with his ex-wife and the circumstances of her return.
Sports Notes
ESPN has college hoops action with LSU at South Carolina followed by Illinois at Minnesota. ESPN2 has St. Joseph’s at Xavier.
How great is it to look at the primetime schedule and not see any repeats or Winter Olympics on the schedule? Great indeed even though not everything on is great. The Apprentice starts another run at finding the top candidate in its new timeslot in the second hour of primetime and Deal or No Deal is back for another weeks run on NBC starting tonight. Over on ABC The Bachelor: Paris comes to an end finally. What will you be watching now that the TV schedule is back to normal?
Prime Picks
The King of Queens (CBS): Arthur brings back bug-infested sheets from a trip to Florida and they take over the house.
How I Met Your Mother (CBS): We get to see Barney before he became the Barney he is today and it doesn’t look pretty. Everyone has to tell his or her most embarrassing moments to get Barney to come clean.
24 (FOX): Jack meets up with the man who recruited him into counterterrorism. Meanwhile the first lady has taken a ride with the Russian President and his wife that is about to be attacked. What will the wishy washy President Logan do?
CSI: Miami (CBS): A child molester who was previously convicted is found murdered in the neighborhood where Alexx lives.
Solid Selections
Skating With Celebrities (FOX): The final two couples skate their final routines before the judges.
Two and a Half Men (CBS): Mia has been trying to get Charlie to eat better and live healthier but he is starting to not be able to handle it. This leads to burgers, beer and cigars having to be snuck in the garage.
Courting Alex (CBS): Alex tries to fix-up Molly by getting Scott to get one of his friend to go out with her but things don’t go very well.
Medium (NBC): Allison’s feeling for a boy on trial leads her to not be able to be impartial regarding the case.
Other Options
Deal or No Deal (NBC): Howie Mandel is back asking people what the deal is or isn’t.
Related (WB): Ginnie is having more complications with the pregnancy leaving her and Bob scared and spending more time at the hospital.
No other options that I can recommend in the third hour of primetime tonight.
Cable Choices
Wildfire (ABC Family): Kris doesn’t get along very well with a legendary trainer and Charlie proposes to Jean.
Unwrapped (Food Network): Atomic treats are looked at.
Unwrapped (Food Network): Repeat look at spices.
American Chopper (Discovery Channel): Senior goes about building himself a vintage bike after returning from the trip to Europe.
Sports Notes
ESPN has college hoops with Pittsburgh at West Virginia followed by Oklahoma State at Oklahoma.
Watch Cold Case in the first hour of primetime. In the second hour flip back and forth between Dancing With the Stars and the Winter Games or watch chefs battle it out in Kitchen Stadium. In the third hour of primetime flip back over to Grey’s Anatomy. Then if you must you can still watch the last hour of the Closing Ceremonies. In other TV happenings CBS has last season’s Quentin Tarantino directed two-hour episode of CSI on tonight. Also The Simpsons is new if you are looking for some laughs. What will you be watching tonight?
Prime Picks
Cold Case (CBS): A recent string of bank robberies may have given the team some insight as to the murder of a bank teller in 2000.
No second hour of primetime pick.
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): Meredith and George aren’t getting along at work and Bailey who is still on maternity leave is treating Addison for something unusual.
Solid Selections
Dancing With the Stars (ABC): One last dance to be scored. All the teams return to fill the final two hours until they finally reveal whom the winner is. All of this for a disco ball trophy.
No third hour primetime selection.
Other Options
XX Olympic Winter Games (NBC): Four hours of Closing Ceremony coverage. Is there anybody else glad that they are finally over?
Cable Choices
Emeril Live (Food Network): Emeril whips up some classic New Orleans dishes.
Iron Chef America (Food Network): Iron Chef Mario Batali faces off against Chef John Besh in what I think the advertisements say is battle andouille sausage. Sounds good.
The Shield (FX): Repeat of Man Inside from earlier this week. Runs 64 minutes.
Sports Notes
ABC has NBA hoops with the Detroit Pistons versus the Cleveland Cavaliers followed by coverage of the 36-hole final round of the Accenture Match Play Championship. NBC has Olympic Winter Games coverage early and then Arena Football later and more coverage of the final events of the Winter Games. CBS has college basketball. FOX has NASCAR Nextel Cup racing. ESPN has the Boston Celtics playing the Los Angeles Lakers for some more NBA hoops action.
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