Prime Picks
Set for Life (ABC): New. This is a game show where contestants try to win money that could include weekly or monthly installments for life.
Jericho (CBS): Repeat. It looks like the Marines have arrived and things could be looking up for the town. Esai Morales (Vanished, NYPD Blue) will be joining the cast for its second season.
Numb3rs (CBS): Repeat. Charlie thinks a group of murders may be linked to a voter-fraud ring. It was announced recently that Val Kilmer is going to appear in the season four opener as the guy who is behind all the events from last season and Granger being a mole.
Solid Selections
Austin Powers in Goldmember (FOX): Released 2002. Mike Myers plays Austin Powers and many others in the third installment of the funny franchise. Runs two hours.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC): Repeat. An astronaut’s lover is murdered and the detectives investigate.
Cable Choices
Good Eats (Food Network): Repeat. The perfect loaf of bread is baked. Plays again later.
Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food Network): Repeat. Places that are worth the trip are explored, including a place up here in the Seattle area near me. I missed this episode the first time around, but will be tuning in tonight to find out all about the place near me that is worth the trip.
Monk (USA): New. There is a murder at a nude beach and Monk is called in to investigate. Plays again later.
Psych (USA): New. The Feds show up to investigate a counterfeiter and they have their own psychic, which creates a little tension and competition. Lou Diamond Philips guests as an FBI agent. Plays again later.
Other Options
- Doctor Who (Sci Fi): New. People are disappearing in depression era New York. This is Part 1 of 2. Plays again later.
- Las Vegas (NBC): Repeat. A mobster who is on the blacklist has purchased the Montecito’s million dollar wedding package and hi-jinks ensue. Wayne Newton makes an appearance.
- Painkiller Jane (Sci Fi): New. Jane thinks that a faith healer may be messing with them and their attempt to find a Neuro. Plays again later.
- What Not to Wear (TLC): New. A legal secretary wants to follow her dream in Los Angeles, but first she needs some new clothes and a makeover. Plays again later.
Sports Notes
- ESPN2 has Friday Night Fights followed by boxing from the Pan American Games.
- Versus has the Tour de France, Stage 18 a bunch of times over the day.
Late Night
- Burn Notice (USA): Repeat. Last night’s new episode, “Identity,” replays.
- Damages (FX): Repeat. The “Pilot” episode replays. Read the review.
- Rescue Me (FX): Repeat. This past Wednesday’s episode, “Balance,” replays.
- Side Order of Life (Lifetime): Repeat. Last Sunday’s episode, “A Separate Truth,” replays.
TV Marathons
MTV has 12 episodes of America’s Next Top Model.
MTV2 has 16 episodes of Pimp My Ride tonight.
Sci Fi has seven episodes of Jake 2.0 early.
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