Prime Picks
American Idol (FOX): New. Well there isn’t really anything else on in the first hour of primetime and these are the auditions from the Seattle area where I am posting this from, so it makes the top spot today. Runs two hours.
CSI: NY (CBS): New. A man is found dead while competing in a shopping cart race and the team investigates.
Solid Selections
Friday Night Lights (NBC): Repeat. The “Homecoming†episode replays with the big game and the huge after party.
Criminal Minds (CBS): New. A serial killer who has taken more than a hundred lives over a thirty-year period confronts the team.
Medium (NBC): New. Allison is having dreams of a boy in a well that she doesn’t get while trying to help on another case.
Cable Choices
Essence of Emeril (Food Network): Repeat. Comfort food is prepared.
Tyler’s Ultimate (Food Network): New. Winter comfort foods are made.
Paula’s Home Cooking (Food Network): New. Paula whips up some meatloaf.
Barefoot Contessa (Food Network): New. Some breakfast, lunch and dinner comfort foods are prepared.
Good Eats (Food Network): New. Find out just what you need to know about cooking with lentils with Alton Brown.
Good Eats (Food Network): Repeat. Alton cooks up some pocket pies.
Other Options
- In Case of Emergency (ABC): New. Still not all that funny but I really like the cast.
- The Knights of Prosperity (ABC): New. The Knights need a little training in the self-defense area.
- MythBusters (Discovery Channel): New. The guys test whether the cannonball or the shrapnel was a greater hazard to a pirate ship. Arrrggg!
Sports Notes
- ESPN has college basketball with North Carolina at Clemson followed by the Los Angeles Lakers at the San Antonio Spurs in NBA action.
- ESPN2 has college basketball and then day 4 tennis coverage at the Australian Open.
- Golf Channel has the first round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.
