I wonder what Sunday Night will look like next Fall when NBC has football. Will CBS program TV shows instead of made-for-TV movies. Will ABC split up Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy and send one of them off to anchor their new Monday night lineup, as they will no longer have football. What will the new The CW be playing on Sunday nights? All these questions and more will be answered next month when the networks announce their Fall TV schedules. What will you be watching tonight on TV?

Prime Picks

The West Wing (NBC): Vinick wonders what he will do next while family issues overwhelm the First Lady.

Desperate Housewives (ABC): There will be no more repeats until the season finale. Tonight Edie goes off when she learns of Karl and another woman.

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): New episodes until the season finale. Tonight it looks like more of the same at the hospital so it should be good.

Solid Selections

Cold Case (CBS): A case from 1945 is reopened.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC): Goren and Eames investigate when a school chancellor dies.

Crossing Jordan (NBC): Macy tries to find a young boy who is being held hostage.

Other Options

The Simpsons (FOX): A new principal divides the school by male and female so Lisa dresses as a boy to get in the other side.
The War at Home (FOX): Hillary makes a mistake while learning to drive and Dave takes the blame.

Jessie Stone: Death in Paradise (CBS): Tom Selleck is back as the small town police chief who investigates when a young girl is found dead in the lake. Runs two hours.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): Emeril cooks up some red-hot food items.

Iron Chef America (Food Network): Iron Chef Bobby Flay goes up against Chef Ralph Pagano.

Thief (FX): Repeat from Tuesday. This is episode five of six. Next Tuesday is the finale.

Sports Notes

ABC has an NBA Playoff doubleheader with the Miami Heat at the Chicago Bulls followed by the Phoenix Suns at the Los Angeles Lakers. NBC has a NHL Playoff game. CBS has final PGA golf tournament coverage after final round coverage of an LPGA event. FOX has NASCAR racing. ESPN has the remaining rounds of the NFL 2006 Draft and Sunday Night Baseball late on that night. TNT has the evening NBA Playoff doubleheader with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Washington Wizards in followed by the San Antonio Spurs at the Sacramento Kings. TBS has a Braves baseball game.

Tonight Saturday Night Live plays a new Best of episode featuring the cartoon bits from the TV Funhouse segment of SNL. These are some of the most outrageous yet funny things to appear on TV. You sit there laughing and at the same time not believing what you just saw. Will you be watching? It is usually the best part of any recent episode of Saturday Night Live. So having a whole night of them should be great.

Prime Picks

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): Repeat of a very good episode where a man covered in body hair is found dead and the team investigates.

Criminal Minds (CBS): Repeat where the team travels to San Diego to profile a man who commits rape and murder in the middle of the day.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC): Repeat where Logan and Barek investigate after a body is found after falling from and airplane wheel well.

Solid Selections

Pearl Harbor (ABC): The big budget Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay actioner starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale. Runs three hours.

Other Options

Dateline NBC (NBC): To help solve a murder a woman assumes the identity of her twin.

America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back (FOX): The NYPD uses an elite computer unit to track down online pedophiles.

48 Hours Mystery (CBS): The case of a marriage proposal that ended in murder.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): Emeril prepares one-pot dishes.

Trading Spaces (TLC): Edward with carpenter Amy redoes a master bedroom while Christi and carpenter Carter makeover a girl’s room.

Hustle (AMC): Repeat of the second episode of this series. It is very good and fun to watch. Runs 75 minutes.

Sports Notes

NBC has a NHL Playoff game. CBS has third round coverage of a PGA golf tournament. FOX has NASCAR racing. OLN has an NHL Playoff doubleheader. ESPN has NFL 2006 Draft coverage followed by an NBA Playoff doubleheader with the Detroit Pistons at the Milwaukee Bucks followed by the Los Angeles Clippers at the Denver Nuggets. ESPN2 has continuing coverage of the NFL 2006 Draft. Earlier in the day TNT has an NBA Playoff doubleheader with the New Jersey Nets at the Indiana Pacers followed by the Dallas Mavericks at the Memphis Grizzlies. TBS has the New York Mets at the Atlanta Braves in MLB action.

Late Night

NBC has a new Best of Saturday Night Live with feature Robert Smigel’s TV Funhouse. The AG Duo will host the show. Let the outrageous hilarity begin. FOX has a new MADtv with a spoof of Medium.

Everything is pretty much new tonight. Will you be watching? The TV season is winding down but we won’t have to wait long to see what will be on the schedule next season. Most of the networks will be releasing their “upfronts” next month. This will let’s the advertisers know what will be on the tube next season and the rest of us too. There are a few shows I hope make it another season. We will all find out their fates soon.

Prime Picks

Deal or No Deal (NBC): They say they are going to not play it over the summer and bring it back in the Fall so they don’t kill it off like Millionaire over at ABC.

Las Vegas (NBC): Ed and Jillian go on a retreat that turns out not to be much of one while Danny deals with a guy who wants to make $1 million dollar a hand bets.

NUMB3RS (CBS): A gunmen opens fire at the FBI office and Charlie doesn’t want to go back after.

Solid Selections

Ghost Whisperer (CBS): I wonder if this show has gotten any better. Did they develop an overarching storyline? Or, is it still the ghost of the week?

Reba (WB): Barbara Jean and Reba overwhelm Cheyenne over the plans for her re-wedding to Van.
Modern Men (WB): The Doc asks the guys to be completely selfless.

Conviction (NBC): The death of a teen in a choking game results in a tough prosecution for Steele and Desmond.

Other Options

The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (ABC): Tom Bergeron and Kelly Monaco host the event honor the best in Daytime Television. Runs three hours.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): Emeril cooks up some finger licking good ribs in this repeat.

What Not to Wear (TLC): An art student from Utah gets overhauled before heading out into the job market.

Monk (USA): Repeat where it looks like Monk’s dead wife is still alive.

Sports Notes

ESPN has an NBA Playoff doubleheader with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Washington Wizards followed by the Phoenix Suns at the Los Angeles Lakers. Over on ESPN2 you will find the San Antonio Spurs at the Sacramento Kings followed by Friday Night Fights. OLN has an NHL Hockey Playoff tripleheader.

Well there was no bottom three tonight on American Idol. Ryan put the six into three groups of two. One of the groups being the highest two vote getters another was the middle two and the third was the bottom two. The top two being Katharine and Chris and the middle two being Elliott and Taylor. That left the bottom two of Paris and Kellie. So my bottom three prediction was pretty close considering that Taylor was in the middle two. He was whom I would have had in the bottom three with Paris and Kellie.

Elliott and Taylor were sent to safety and then we were sent to commercial. When they came back they finally sent Katharine and Chris to safety and then Paris leaving Pickler as the one picked to go home this week.

Personality and likeability can go along way to keeping you in this competition but you must back it up with strong singing performances to win. Kellie just wasn’t up to it the last couple of weeks.

With five left the updated TVaholic rankings of who has the best chance to become the Season Five American Idol are:

1. Chris Daughtry – Has done nothing to relinquish his top spot. He went from the bottom three in last week’s results to the top two this week.
2. Katharine McPhee – Still at #2 but it is an extremely close second. Randy and Simon even said they were a bit harsh regarding her performance this week and apologized. She both sounded and looked great on stage this week.
3. Elliott Yamin – Jumps up three spots this week after an outstanding performance. No longer lingering near the bottom of the list.
4. Taylor Hicks – Remain at #4 after a so-so performance but a bad performance could see him go as early as next week. Must go all out next week.
5. Paris Bennett – She has a woman’s voice trapped in a girls body. She needs to pick something young and fun. With next week’s theme she should be able to do that. If not it could be her last week next week.

That is how TVaholic sees it. How do you see it? Who do you think has the best chance of becoming the American Idol this season?

Next week on American Idol each contestant will be singing two songs. They have to choose one from the year they were born and the second will be picked from this week’s Billboard Top 10 Chart. Do you think anybody will have a problem? Who do you think will do well? Let us know in the comments.