On network TV if you are not a hockey fan then your best bet is to park the dial on CBS for the night. On cable TV TNT is the place to be. What will you be watching on TV tonight? What looks good to you?
Prime Picks
The King of Queens (CBS): Repeat. In this funny rerun Doug convinces Carrie to cut her hair short so they can sell it to a wig maker and use the money to go on a cruise.
How I Met Your Mother (CBS): Repeat. One of my favorite episodes of the first season where Ted and Marshall get into a sword fight to see who will get to keep the apartment when Marshall gets married.
Two and a Half Men (CBS): Repeat. Charlie ends up in therapy.
The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS): Repeat. Christine allows her friend Barb to set her up on a blind date.
CSI: Miami (CBS): Repeat. Marisol witnesses a robbery and needs to be protected. Horatio comes to her aid.
Solid Selections
Hell’s Kitchen (FOX): Repeat. This episode from last week is where both sides have setbacks but one of the chefs cracks under all the pressure.
Hell’s Kitchen (FOX): New. The battle of the sexes continues as each side tries to show up the other.
How to Get the Guy (ABC): New. Tonight the four women have dinner while blindfolded. They enjoy the company of a different date for each course of the meal. At the end they choose which one they would like to see for dessert.
Cable Choices
Emeril Live (Food Network): New. Emeril whips up some more quick and easy dishes for you eating pleasure.
The Closer (TNT): New. Last week’s season premiere had the all time highest ratings for a scripted cable show. This week Brenda’s mom pops in for a surprise visit. It looked pretty good according to the ads, Thank yew! Repeats again after Saved.
Saved (TNT): New. Wyatt tries to help out an old school friend while Sack tries to bond with his kid.
Other Options
- American Chopper (Discovery Channel): New. Two episodes. The guys at OCC and Sunoco get together to build a bike for the benefit of Kyle Petty’s Victory Junction Camp Gang.
- Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel): New. The cuisine and culture of Indonesia is profiled.
- Falcon Beach (ABC Family): New. Jason enters the wakeboarding contest and Paige learns a little more about whom father really is.
- The Secret Life Of … (Food Network): New. Sugary desserts are explored.
- Unwrapped (Food Network): New. Get under the wraps of some delectable delights.
- Windfall (Bravo): Repeat. NBC sure gives you a lot of chances to catch each episode of this show. If you missed it last Thursday, Friday or Sunday on NBC here is yet another chance for you to see what happened.
Sports Notes
- ESPN has Monday Night Baseball with the New York Yankees visiting the Philadelphia Phillies with and NCAA World Series game earlier in the day.
- ESPN2 has an NCAA World Series game with three World Cup Soccer matches earlier in the morning.
- NBC has the deciding game of the NHL Finals as the Edmonton Oilers and the Carolina Hurricanes battle it out for the Stanley Cup.
