Friday is just crying out for next week when it will actually have some new shows worth watching. Monk returns on USA and he has a new partner on the night with Psych. Psych looks like it might be fun. As for tonight check out the replay of the series premiere of Kyle XY the John Doe looking show that started Monday on ABC Family. What will you be watching tonight on TV?

Prime Picks

24 (FOX): Repeat. The next two hours of Day 5 continue tonight as Jack reunites with Audrey and CTU must investigate internally. Two episodes air back to back.

Numb3rs (CBS): Repeat. Really good episode involving a stolen equipment at the college who they find out did it and why.

Solid Selections

America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC): Repeat. Attacking insects, Easter egg hunt misfortunes and bad baseball.

Kyle XY (ABC) Repeat. If you missed the series premiere of this very good show on ABC Family on Monday night then her is your chance to see what happened. Probably won’t be a regular occurrence. Just trying to drum up some extra viewers who may not have heard about the cable chow yet. Read our review.

Law & Order (NBC): Repeat. This is going to be this shows new timeslot come fall. Will you be watching?

Cable Choices

Take Home Chef (TLC): New. Chorizo and cheese stuffed chilies are just a couple of the dishes prepared tonight.
Take Home Chef (TLC): New. The pear fritters and sorbet for dessert sound good.

Monk (USA): Repeat. New episodes premiere next Friday in this timeslot followed by the new show Psych.

Rescue Me (FX): Repeat. Replay of Tuesday night’s “Chlamydia” episode with guest star Marisa Tomei.

Other Options

• Biography (A&E): New. Johnny Depp is profiled. Runs two hours.
• Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels (Food Network): New. Rachael roles into Portland, Oregon to check out what there is to do and eat.
• Who’s Line Is It Anyway? (ABC Family): Repeats. Six episodes of the Drew Carey hosted improve comedy show air tonight.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has second round coverage of the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament.
• ESPN2 has Friday Night Fights with a light welterweight match. Earlier you will find World Cup Soccer and Wimbledon tennis coverage.

Danny DeVito makes his return to series TV with the second season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadephia on FX. The show is a half hour comedy about a group of friends that own a bar. You may have caught an episode or two the last few week’s on Sunday nights on FOX after Family Guy. I have yet to see an episode but it is supposed to be pretty good from what I have read. Have you seen it? Is it any good? Should I check it out tonight? Let me know in the comments.

Prime Picks

My Name Is Earl (NBC): Repeat. Earl once stole a badge and when he and his brother come across it again he tries to return it.
The Office (NBC): Repeat. The hilarious “Christmas Party” episode is replayed tonight. Michael turns Secret Santa into a game of swapping for the best one. This leaves the mostly personalized gifts being pushed aside for the one gift that Michael bought for Ryan that was over the specified gift cost limit.

My Name Is Earl (NBC): Repeat. Earl tries to make up for shooting a girl with a BB as a child.
The Office (NBC): Repeat. Michael burns his foot at home and then demands sympathy for his injury from the staff at Dunder Mifflin.

Windfall (NBC): New. The rest of the lottery winners are told of Zoe’s disappearance. Cameron and Nina continue to have problems. Damien tries to show Frankie how he feels about her. Not a great show but at least it is something new.

Solid Selections

Gameshow Marathon (CBS): New. Could be fun watching Leslie Neilson and Tim Meadows play Family Feud. I wish they would have used more shows that are not still on in some form.

So You Think You Can Dance (FOX): New. Find out which two get eliminated.

Without a Trace (CBS): Repeat. A good episode that looks like a teacher who has disappeared might be having an improper relationship with a student who is also missing.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): Repeat. Chef Martin Yan joins Emeril in the kitchen for some Asian inspired cooking.

Drew Carey’s Sporting Adveture (Travel Channel): New. His travels take him to Stuttgart and Nuremburg.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX): Season Premiere. Charlie must start using a wheelchair and Danny DeVito returns to series television. The episode replays again after the next episode.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX): New. Second episode of the night as the group does whatever they can to save the bar. Plays again after the season premiere replay.

Other Options

• Last Comic Standing (Bravo): Repeat. If you missed Tuesday’s episode with the Adam Carolla radio challenge then her is your chance to see what happened.
• Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (A&E): Repeat. Documentary about the history of Superman from his comic book origins to TV and big screen movie adaptations.
• Monk (USA): Repeats. A couple of episodes play tonight.
• Overhaulin’ (TLC): Repeat. Replay of “Lemama’s Boy.”
• The Showbiz Show with David Spade (Comedy Central): Season Finale. The second season of this funny show comes to a close tonight.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has Thursday Night Baseball with the New York Mets facing the Boston Red Sox at Fenway. Earlier in the day there is coverage of the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament.
• ESPN2 has Wimbledon tennis coverage.

Show: Kyle XY (ABC Family)
Episode: Pilot – Series Premiere (Season 1)
Originally Aired: Monday, June 26th 2006
Rating: 3 out of 4 stars
Download: This episode at or get a Season 1 Pass

Quick Synopsis: Teenager wakes up in forest with no knowledge of who he is.

Long Synopsis: A boy who comes to be known as Kyle awakes in the forest covered in clear goo. He knows absolutely nothing. Similar to what a baby must be thinking after being born. Yet he has quick reflexes and a keen sense of sound along with an ability to learn fast. He is taken in by a social worker until the state can find a place for him, as he does not belong at the children’s detention center. At the home of the Trager family, who don’t seem interested in having moms work follow her home, he starts to pick up on things like talking and music and math. A stranger in a beater pickup seems to have an interest in him. By the end of the episode the family has accepted that he might be there for a while.

Review: The comparisons to John Doe, the short-lived FOX show, are inevitable. I mean a person wakes up naked in the forest not knowing who he is or how he got there. The comparisons end there as Kyle is like a baby in a teenager’s body. He is learning everything for the first time. John Doe seemed to know everything except who he was.

They did a good job in this opening episode of setting up plenty to wonder about besides the big “Who is Kyle XY?” question. Like who is that guy in the beater truck with a file about Kyle or who he used to be maybe? Is he a suped up clone? Is he an alien? What is the deal with the lack of belly button? Has he gone through some sort of experiment that rebooted him with the full use of his entire brain? Is he a danger? Is he in danger? Well we will have a 10-episode season to maybe get some answers to these questions and more.

They also did a good job with the learning of new things yet the voice over thing is a bit cheesy at times. It tries to be a highbrow look at life as a human and how we interact with each other. If they can provide more insight than silliness it may prove to be a solid part of the show. Kyle seems to be looking back on his life from somewhere in the future and narrating what it was like to partake of this world from a completely blank slate.

The show setup an interesting premise and did it well. It left you wanting to know more about this person, being, creature, alien or whatever. Can’t ask much more from a show than to be entertaining and leave you wanting more. I just hope ABC Family doesn’t John Doe us and take us through a season and then leave with the “Who is Kyle XY?” question left unanswered.

What did you think of the series premiere of Kyle XY? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

Spike TV unleashes their first foray into scripted television tonight with the two-hour series premiere of Blade: The Series. Hustle returns to AMC tonight for some more long con action. On regular TV people think they can dance so we see if they have any talent and The WB continues burning off Blue Collar TV eps. Where will your channel surfing stop tonight? Leave your thoughts on tonight’s TV happenings or what you think is worth watching tonight in the comments.

Prime Picks

Blue Collar TV (WB): New. The focus is aging and there is a sketch called “The O.C.: Ozark County.”
Blue Collar TV (WB): Repeat. Find out about lying country style.

America’s Got Talent (NBC): New. Regis Philbin hosts and we see what talent there is to be judged by David Hasselhoff and Brandy.

Lost (ABC): Repeat. Get a look at the first 48 days for the tale survivors. This is the second of two episodes tonight.

Solid Selections

So You Think You Can Dance (FOX): New. The 16 remaining perform. Runs two hours.

CSI: NY (CBS): Repeat. A woman is killed at a museum and is seen by a child who confuses things with his comic book.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): Repeat. Mario Batali joins Emeril for some Italian favorites cooking.

The Secret Life Of … (Food Network): Repeat. Find out the history of pancakes.
Sugar Rush (Food Network): Repeat. Look-a-like sweets are looked at.

Hustle (AMC): New. Season Premiere. Season 3 begins tonight with the gang coming back from a trip to Las Vegas and needing another job to get back on their feet financially. Runs 75 minutes. Gets the nod over the new Blade series on Spike because I haven’t seen that and the last couple seasons of this show were very good.

Other Options

• Celebrity Poker Showdown (Bravo): New. Tonight Christopher Meloni from L&O: SVU, Joy Behar from The View, Andy Dick from Less Than Perfect, singer Macy Gray, and Robin Tenney from Prison Break all compete for their favorite charities at the Harrah’s in New Orleans. Runs two hours. Last week’s episode airs right before.
• Blade: The Series (Spike): Series Premiere. The comic book character brought to life on the big screen by Wesley Snipes gets the small screen treatment with a two-hour pilot episode tonight. The series I think is supposed to take place in the time frame before the events of the movie trilogy. We find Blade heading to Detroit to investigate a clan of vampires in the opener. This is the first scripted show for Spike TV.
• World Poker Tour (Travel Channel): New. The WPT Championship Season IV is played in Las Vegas. Runs two hours.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has the 2006 NBA Draft with the New York Yankees playing the Atlanta Braves earlier in the day.
• ESPN2 has Wednesday Night Baseball with the New York Mets at the Boston Red Sox followed by Wednesday Night Fights with a heavyweight bout and coverage of Wimbledon tennis earlier in the day.