Tonight on the Tube: Burn Notice, Dead Like Me Marathon & The Closer Replays

Unbelievably, Big Brother is back on CBS for its 8th incarnation tonight. I don’t get the fascination with watching people trapped in a house like hamsters treating each other like crap while trying to win a boatload of cash. This seems to bring out the worst in many of the people they cast, which is why they were chosen, all to feed the voyeur appetite of those who watch. Will you be watching Big Brother 8 tonight? Let us know why, I would really like to know.

Prime Picks

My Name Is Earl (NBC): Repeat. Joy finds out that she has a half sister while preparing for her trial.
30 Rock (NBC): Repeat. Liz finally dumps her beeper salesman boyfriend and decides to hit the singles scene with Jenna.

The Office (NBC): Repeat. Ryan is taken on his first sales call and Dwight takes it upon himself to initiate him with a great scene in the barn where Dwight is peppering him with questions.
Scrubs (NBC): Repeat. J.D. is hot for a new physical therapist but can’t seem to ask her out while Turk has to go back to residency after breaking his arm and not being able to perform surgeries.

Men in Trees (ABC): Repeat. Marin is starting to adapt to living in a small town, even though a raccoon is stalking her.

Solid Selections

Smallville (The CW): Repeat. Clark heads up hear to my neck of the woods to track down a Zoner that is slaughtering dockworkers.

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): Repeat. The doc’s are all kissing the Chief’s ass while Meredith’s mom comes into the hospital with a change in her condition.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): Repeat. The team investigates a serial killer who recently started killing again with a new team member played by Liev Schreiber.

Cable Choices

The Closer (TNT): Repeat. Monday night’s episode, “Saving Face,” replays, which reading the title now, completely gives away who did it.

The Next Food Network Star (Food Network): Repeat. Last Sunday’s episode where Alton Brown just wanted to send them all home and start over replays. Plays again later.

Burn Notice (USA): New. The best friend of Michael’s mother is being taken for a ride by a con artist and he sets out to put and end to it. I really liked the first episode of this show last week. This is the best bet of the night on network or cable tonight.

Other Options

• Emeril Live (Food Network): New. Emeril is throwing a backyard party tonight. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has first round coverage of the U.S. Senior Open Championship golf tournament.
• TBS has the Atlanta Braves at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

TV Marathons

Nickelodeon has 16 episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air starting late.
Sci Fi has the really good first season of Dead Like Me with all 14 episodes, plus the first two of season two for a total of 17 hours of couch potato pleasure.
TLC has 10 episodes of American Chopper today and then the last four replays.

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