It is Monday and cable is the place to be for your TV viewing pleasure tonight. StarTomorrow may be interesting but how many music competitions can there be before people get tired of them. With The One on ABC cancelled after just two weeks I would have to say not too many more. So, this one better have something special. It sounds like American Idol for undiscovered bands with some Internet voting thrown in. Will you be playing record producer and voting for your favorites? Or, will this just be another lame summer show that most people avoid?

Prime Picks

The King of Queens (CBS): Repeat. This was a really funny episode centering on a hideous oil painting of Doug and Carrie given to them for their anniversary by Deacon and Kelly.
How I Met Your Mother (CBS): Repeat. In this fun episode Marshall has taken the internship at Barney’s office but has changed his personality to fit in with those who work there.

Two and a Half Men (CBS): Repeat. Alan ends up paying for his girlfriend’s bills and has a bit of a cash crunch of his own.
How I Met Your Mother (CBS): Repeat. Turns out nothing good does happen after 2:00 a.m.

CSI: Miami (CBS): Repeat. Delko gets busted for buying weed and Horatio must fight to keep him on board once the reason is found out.

Solid Selections

StarTomorrow (NBC): New. Scour the Internet for singers and bands that have yet to be discovered. Narrow them down to the top 100. Post the music on NBC.com for everyone to vote on. Then have the winners compete against each other for a recording deal. Tonight you can see how it all is going to work with a casting special.

Treasure Hunters (NBC): New. Only five teams left.

Medium (NBC): Repeat. A psycho doctor’s spirit haunts Allison’s daughter.

Cable Choices

Kyle XY (ABC Family): New. Kyle may be starting to remember and some info on Declan’s family is found out.

The Closer (TNT): New. Bodies are found in the bay and it appears to be a ritual suicide but Brenda feels that there is more to it.

Saved (TNT): New. Oooh! “Secrets and Lies.”

Other Options

• Blade: The Series (Spike): Repeat. Last week’s episode “The Evil Within” replays.
• Dark Angel (Sci Fi Channel): Repeats. Four more episodes of the series play tonight.
• Falcon Beach (ABC Family): New. Jason goes to Paige for help after his uncle puts the marina’s future in jeopardy. Danny tries to cheer up Erin while Tanya tries to get back with Jason.
• Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo): New. House’s Hugh Laurie sits in the hot seat.
• Radio (FX): Released 2003. This is a very good movie starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as a differently-abled man who is mentored by a football coach in the 1970s.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has Monday Night Baseball with the Cleveland Indians at the Boston Red Sox.

If you haven’t heard and you are into that sort of thing Shark Week on the Discovery Channel begins today. Maybe you would rather catch up on the adventures of the Daywalker then turn your TV to Spike where they will be playing the first six episodes of Blade: The Series. If that doesn’t work for you then how about finding out What Not to Wear over on TLC with seven episodes in a row today. What will you be watching tonight or today?

Prime Picks

The Simpsons (FOX): Repeat. Homer gives a star baseball player marriage advice and things look good until he sees Homer giving his wife a neck massage.
American Dad (FOX): Repeat. Stan tries to get a promotion by kissing his boss’ ass.

Desperate Housewives (ABC): Repeat. Susan invites the young Doc she met to meet Karl after he finds out about their arrangement.

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): Repeat. Burke and Yang are at odds over a young boy who looks like he needs a heart transplant but doesn’t want one.

Solid Selections

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC): Repeat. Some Boston Red Sox players help in the rebuild for the Johnson family.

Cold Case (CBS): Repeat. A case that Valens was apart of as an undercover cop is reopened and he looks like a suspect.

Without a Trace (CBS): Repeat. The team searches for a kidnapped 5 year old but during the investigation Danny notices Martin’s apparent addiction to painkillers.

Cable Choices

Top Ten Fun Food Factories (Travel Channel): Repeat. Ten factories are toured that produce some of your favorite and famous tasty treats.

The 4400 (USA): New. Tonight the Burkoff who has been injecting himself with Promicin goes on the run after he finds that someone has found out about his research. How far will he go to protect what he is doing? Runs 61 minutes and plays again after House.

The Dead Zone (USA): New. Johnny is having multiple visions, which causes him to question his reality. Plays again later in the night.

Other Options

• Angela’s Eyes (Lifetime): New. An investigation comes to a screeching halt when a wealthy socialite takes sanctuary in a church. Also Angela goes to visit her dying mother in prison.
• Deadwood (HBO): New. Wyatt Earp arrives in Deadwood.
• Entourage (HBO): New. It looks like “Queens Boulevard” is going to get a wide release and Ari makes a deal.
• Iron Chef America (Food Network): New. Iron Chef Mario Batali goes up against the duo of Rick Tramato and Gale Gand.
• Rescue Me (FX): Repeat. Last Tuesday’s episode “Karate” where Tommy and Angie are still seeing each other. Runs 63 minutes.

Sports Notes

• ABC has the final round of the Senior British Open golf tournament followed by Firestone Indy 400 from Michigan.
• CBS has the final round of the U.S. Bank Championship golf tournament.
• ESPN has Sunday Night Baseball with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at the Boston Red Sox.
• TBS has MLB action with the New York Mets at the Atlanta Braves.

TV Show Marathons

• SpikeTV has the first six episodes of their new show Blade: The Series today.
• TLC has seven episodes of What Not to Wear leading up to a new episode of The Messengers.

If you have heard about the new show Saved starring Tom Everett Scott as a slacker paramedic whose dad wanted him to go to medical school then today is your day. TNT will be running the first seven episodes from pilot to last Monday’s episode. It is a pretty good show. It has some interesting characters. Will you be watching?

Prime Picks

NCIS (CBS): Repeat. Guest star Charles Durning as an old man who shows up to NCIS and confesses to a murder of his long time friend.

The Italian Job (NBC): Released 2003. Mark Wahlberg as a master thief who is double-crossed by one of his team. Later they find him and set out to get back what they stole from him. Runs two hours.

Solid Selections

Celebrity Debut (ABC): Repeat. See stars before they became famous with footage and interviews from when they first got their start. Halle Berry, John Travolta and Kate Winslet are just some of the people profiled.

Practical Magic (ABC): Released 1998. Stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as sisters in a family with a history of witchcraft. Runs two hours.

Cable Choices

Good Eats: Behind the Eats (Food Network): New. Get a behind the scenes look at the making of Alton Brown’s show Good Eats.

Feasting on Asphalt (Food Network): New. Alton hits the road on his motorcycle in this four part series to see what there is to eat out there with stops at funky truck stops, a little camping and sitting down to eat with Joe Public. Sure sounds like good watching to me.

Road Tasted (Food Network): Repeats. Two half hour episodes of the Deen boys’ traveling as they try to find hand made goodness to eat.

Other Options

• The Replacements (TNT): Released 2000. Underrated sports comedy starring Keanu Reeves as a washed up quarterback who gets a shot at playing when a coach played by Gene Hackman recruits him to play while the team’s players are out on strike. Runs two and a half hours.
• Trading Spaces (TLC): New. Two San Francisco area college students get their apartments upgraded.

Sports Notes

• ABC has the third round of the Senior British Open golf tournament.
• CBS has the third round of the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee.
• FOX has MLB Baseball.
• Golf Channel has the final round of the Evian Masters golf tournament.
• TNT has NASCAR with the Gateway 200.

Late Night

• MADtv (FOX): Repeat. Fred Willard makes a guest appearance in a sketch.
• Saturday Night Live (NBC): Repeat. Hosted by Steve Carell with musical guest Kanye West.

TV Show Marathons

TNT has the first seven episodes of their new show Saved today.

Are you a sci-fi Friday fan? Do you love the Stargates? What do you love so much about them? Why do you watch? I used to watch SG-1 way back when it first started but lost track and interest. Should I be watching it again? Tell me what I am missing in the comments below. I want to know.

Prime Picks

NCIS (CBS): Repeat. In this rerun Tony opens the letter that has a mystery powder in it and he and Kate must be quarantined.

Kyle XY (ABC): Repeat. In this episode from Monday over on ABC Family Kyle and the rest of the Trager kids head to school. For Kyle it is his first day of school ever that he can remember. It was a pretty good episode.

Numb3rs (CBS): Repeat. Don and his team are surprised by what they find during a school shooting investigation.

Solid Selections

That ‘70s Show (FOX): Repeat. Fez meets an older woman at the beauty shop that wants him for more than just a wash and rinse.
That ‘70s Show (FOX): Repeat. Jackie almost gets her and Fez evicted before making everything all right because of her fashion skills.

The Unit (CBS): Repeat. The team goes to SERE training as what they think will guards but end up as prisoners. This was one of the best episodes of the first season of this show.

Law & Order (NBC): Repeat. Murder and illegal alien smuggling are investigated.

Cable Choices

Take Home Chef (TLC): New. Well the poached pears with vanilla ice cream sounds good.
Take Home Chef (TLC): New. Not so much loving the yellowtail snapper but the crème caramel sounds really good.

Monk (USA): New. Monk becomes mysteriously blind and he actually likes it at first. Plays again tonight after House.

Psych (USA): New. The guys get their first non-police client and case. It plays again after the second showing of Monk, which is after House.

Other Options

• 24 (FOX): Repeat. Jack tries to avenge the lives lost but there are shocking developments.
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX): Repeats. The two episodes from earlier this week replay.
• Stargate Atlantis (Sci Fi) New. The Wraith captures Ronon and hunts him as a runner. Plays twice.
• Stargate SG-1 (Sci Fi) New. The team has a plan to defeat the Ori and travel to Atlantis to put it in motion. Plays twice.
• What Not to Wear (TLC): New. A 25 year old who dresses like a Rastafarian hippie gets a makeover from dreadlocks to spiffy new shoes.

Sports Notes

• ESPN2 has Friday Night Fights with a heavyweight bout scheduled for 12 rounds.
• Golf Channel has the Evian Masters tournament from France that Michelle Wie is playing in.