If you missed the last episode of The Kill Point on Spike, Army Wives or State of Mind on Lifetime or Kyle XY on ABC Family, then tonight is your second chance opportunity. I wish that Saturday would become a second chance day for both network and cable shows. I really like how you can find one of the cable shows on multiple times throughout the week. What do you think of multiple airings of episodes on cable?

Prime Picks

The Unit (CBS): Repeat. Most of the team heads into Pakistan for an assignment while the one that stays home may be getting out for good.

Without a Trace (CBS): Repeat. A 911 operator goes missing after a threatening call comes in for her by name.

Medium (NBC): Repeat. A serial killer that is psychic and was caught with the help of Allison has escaped and he wants revenge.

Solid Selections

The Singing Bee (NBC): Repeat. If you don’t know the song, then you won’t win the cash. Runs 30 minutes.
America’s Got Talent (NBC): Repeat. “Performance Episode 2” replays with 20 contestants showing what they can do. Runs 90 minutes.

America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC): Repeat. The first $100,000 prize is given to one of six contestants.

Cable Choices

Emeril Live (Food Network): Repeat. Emeril does some grilling. Plays again later.

The Kill Point (Spike): Repeat. The two-hour premiere of this nine-hour series replays tonight with the bank heist hostage situation beginning. Runs two Hours.

Other Options

• Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade Grilling (Food Network): New. Get some grilling tips and techniques to speed up the preparation time, but still taste great. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• FOX has MLB action with FOX Saturday Baseball.
• Versus has the Tour de France, Stage 19 multiple times today.

Late Night

• Army Wives (Lifetime): Repeat. Last Sunday’s episodes, “Only the Lonely,” replays.
• Kyle XY (ABC Family): Repeat. Last Monday’s episode, “Free to Be You and Me,” replays.
• MADtv (FOX): Repeat. Wrestler Edge joins in the fun.
• Saturday Night Live (NBC): Repeat. This is the one hosted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus and musical guest Snow Patrol.
• State of Mind (Lifetime): Repeat. Last Sunday’s episode, “Motherlode,” replays.

TV Marathons

Bravo has six episodes of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List today.
Discovery Channel has 13 episodes of Deadlieast Catch.

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There is plenty to keep you glued to the tube tonight. Whether it is a Jericho repeat on CBS or a new Monk and Psych on USA, there is actually a lot of good stuff on tonight. What looks good to you tonight?

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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Tonight in the second season premiere of Who Wants To Be A Superhero? and the series premiere of Mind Control With Derren Brown on Sci Fi Channel. Over on Bravo is the series premiere of workplace reality show, Welcome to the Parker. You will also find a few of the scripted cable shows replaying their most recent episodes in late night. What will you be watching tonight on TV?

Prime Picks

My Name Is Earl (NBC): Repeat. Earl used to torture a foreign exchange school student and decides to fly him over and show him what America has to offer to make up for it.
30 Rock (NBC): Repeat. Tracy is trying to figure out what type of product he could endorse while Jenna is waiting for the release of her new movie.

The Office (NBC): Repeat. It is Phyllis’ wedding and she rues the day she gave Michael a job to do at it.
Scrubs (NBC): Repeat. J.D. and Turk try to figure out how to treat an uninsured patient.

Men in Trees (ABC): Repeat. Patrick and Buzz find out that they are related. Marin and Annie try to find a salon.

Solid Selections

Smallville (The CW): Repeat. Someone is stalking Lana and Jimmy breaks things of with Chloe because he thinks she is still hung up on Clark.

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): Repeat. The one where Meredith almost dies and gets a visit from Denny and the bomb squad guy, while the rest of the docs continue to try and revive her.

Shark (CBS): Repeat. Stark is after a college quarterback for rape, but the code of silence among team members is making things hard for him.

Cable Choices

The Secret Life Of … (Food Network): New. The history of movie snacks is shown. Plays again later.
Unwrapped (Food Network): New. Get a look behind the scenes of the new movie, No Reservations with Catherine Zeta Jones and Aaron Eckhart. Plays again later.

Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (Sci Fi): Season Premiere. A new season begins with new wannabe superheroes to competing to win the prize of being featured in a comic book and having an action figure made. Plays again later. Episodes from season one play earlier in the day.

Burn Notice (USA): New. Tonight is all about the “Family Business.” Plays again later.

Other Options

• Ace of Cakes (Food Network): New. A duck hunt cake is made after some real life research is done. Plays again later.
• American Chopper (TLC): New. The guys start on a bike to celebrate the charitable works of golfer Byron Nelson. Plays again later.
• American Hot Rod (TLC): New. The Elvis tribute car is finished. Plays again later.
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): Repeat. Grissom tries to get a confession out of a suspect by getting him to help find a missing boy who they think he took.
• Mad Men (AMC): New. The first episode of this show last week was really something. They really seemed to have done a great job capturing the time period, the 1960s, in which the show is set. Plays twice. The series premiere replays earlier in the day.
• The Next Food Network Star (Food Network): Repeat. The “Finale” replays if you wanted to see how it all went down. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• TBS has MLB action with the Atlanta Braves at the San Francisco Giants.
• Versus has the Tour de France, Stage 17 on multiple times today.

Late Night

• The 4400 (USA): Repeat. Last Sunday’s episode, “The Marked,” replays.
• The Dead Zone (USA): Repeat. Last Sunday’s episode, “Switched,” replays.
• Saving Grace (TNT): Repeat. The “Pilot” episode replays. If you missed it Monday night, you should watch tonight, as it is really good and Holly Hunter is quite spectacular. Although, when the show opens, you will swear you are watching HBO and not TNT.
• Side Order of Life (Lifetime): Repeat. Last Sunday’s episode, “A Separate Truth,” replays.

TV Marathons

Bravo has six episode of Top Chef.
Sci Fi has six episodes from season one of Who Wants to Be a Superhero?

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Tonight is a bit of a let down after the last few nights of TV programming, well unless you missed something. Check out the Other Options and Late Night listings for info on shows from the last few nights that will be replaying tonight. Tomorrow night is the return of Who Wants To Be A Superhero? on Sci Fi Channel.

Prime Picks

The King of Queens (CBS): Repeats. In the first of two episodes tonight, Doug tells Carrie that he got into IPS management, but he didn’t and in the second, Doug finds that he and Deacon’s wife have more in common than he and Deacon do.

Criminal Minds (CBS): Repeat. Elle makes a bad decision that ultimately gets her booted from the job.

CSI: NY (CBS): Repeat. During a U.N. fundraiser the handler of a young girl is murdered and the team investigates.

Solid Selections

The Next Best Thing: Who Is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator (ABC): New. The finalists are paired off to perform and America votes for the winner.

Last Comic Standing (NBC): New. The last five spots in the finals get filled tonight.

American Inventor (ABC): New. Watch the final hour and see who the final three will be.

Cable Choices

Good Eats (Food Network): Repeats. A couple of episodes about the tortilla replay. Both play again later.

Food Network Challenge (Food Network): New. Tonight four cake designers go after the prize in “The Simpsons Cake Challenge.” Check out some photos of the competition. Plays again later.

Rescue Me (FX): New. A little “Balance” is needed. Runs 66 minutes and plays again later after a replay of the Damages premiere.

Other Options

• Dinner: Impossible (Food Network): Repeat. The second season premiere replays on its normal night. In this one, Chef Robert Irvine must cook a meal for 200 people by the seventh inning of a baseball game, but he can’t start until he throws out the first pitch. Plays again later.
• The Kill Point (Spike): Repeat. The two-hour premiere replays. Runs two hours.
• Mad Men (AMC): Repeat. The series premiere episode from last Thursday, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” replays twice.
• Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS): New. Two new episodes play after the baseball game finishes.
• World Poker Tour (Travel Channel): New. It is the final table from the “World Poker Challenge.” Runs two hours.

Sports Notes

• ESPN2 has Wednesday Night Baseball with the Chicago Cubs at the St. Louis Cardinals.
• TBS has MLB action with the Atlanta Braves at the San Francisco Giants with Barry Bonds still three away from the homerun record.
• Versus has the Tour de France, Stage 16 on multiple times.

Late Night

• The 4400 (USA): Repeat. Sunday’s episode, “The Marked,” replays.
• Damages (FX): Repeat. Last night’s series premiere replays. If you missed it last night or forgot to TiVo it, here is another shot. It is definitely worth checking out.
• Heartland (TNT): Repeat. Monday’s episode, “Domino Effect,” replays.

TV Marathons

Bravo has six episodes of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List today and later six episodes of Top Chef tonight.
MTV has seven episodes of True Life tonight.
Oxygen has 16 episodes of Living Single followed by 10 episodes of Snapped.
Sci Fi has eight episodes of The Outer Limits early.
Travel Channel has 10 episodes of Best Places to Find Cash today.

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