Tonight on the Tube: Prison Break, Heroes, Studio 60 and Monday Night Football

My hometown Seattle Seahawks try to get off the snide tonight as the lowly Oakland Raiders come to town with a couple of wins under their belt. Hopefully the Seahawks will put an end to that little win streak and start up one of their own. Go Seahawks!!!

Prime Picks

Prison Break (FOX): New. Mahone wants to keep Sara and Michael apart while Lincoln who has been caught gets a little help from a fatherly figure. Meanwhile Sucre is devising a plan to get away with Maricruz.

Heroes (NBC): New. Hiro is questioning himself after not being able to save the gamblers while Nathan is planning his final strategy for election victory. Last week’s episode replays on Sci Fi tonight.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC): New. Tom gets arrested in a small Nevada town and Matt and Danny try to figure out how to get back before the show starts that night with John Goodman guest starring as the town’s judge.

Solid Selections

How I Met Your Mother (CBS): New. Marshall is dating someone new and the guys try to convince him that she is wacko.
The Class (CBS): New. Ethan and Kat go on other people’s blind dates. Duncan asks Nicole if she will come see him and his old band perform.

Two and a Half Men (CBS): New. Sara Rue (Less Than Perfect) guest stars as Berta’s pregnant daughter and Alan tries to satisfy a secret fetish.
The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS): New. Ritchie wins a raffle where the prize is a playdate with the teacher. Christine finds the idea of this thrilling until she learns it coincides with Richard’s time with his son.

CSI: Miami (CBS): New. A man performing a stunt is decapitated and it looks like an accident until the team learns that the hydraulics system being used was tampered with.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): New. Emeril tries to give you a taste of Rome with his recipe choices tonight.

American Chopper (Discovery Channel): New. The gang begins work on a bike for the Lugz footwear company.

The Secret Life Of… (Food Network): New. Get the history of cowboy food.
The Secret Life Of… (Food Network): Repeat. Find out the history of fried chicken.

Other Options

• Justice (FOX): New. A billionaire from the dot-com boom’s wife is found dead and the firm must prove it wasn’t him.
• Threshold (Sci Fi): Repeats. The first three episodes of the series play tonight.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has Monday Night Football with the Oakland Raiders up here in my neck of the woods taking on the Seattle Seahawks. For those in the Seattle area, that don’t have cable, you will be able to find the game on your local The CW station.