Next Friday is the series premiere of Flash Gordon on Sci Fi Channel, more to come on that over the weekend.
Prime Picks
Set for Life (ABC): New. A firefighter and a landscaper go for the monthly paychecks.
Jericho (CBS): Repeat. April goes into premature labor and the only doctor in town must get over his post-traumatic stress to operate. This was a really good episode.
Numb3rs (CBS): Repeat. Don and his team uncover a potential threat against the LA water supply by terrorists.
Solid Selections
1 vs. 100 (NBC): Repeat. Another contestant goes up against the mob for the money.
Las Vegas (NBC): Repeat. It is Christmas and everyone is reluctantly joining in on Ed’s gift exchange. Delinda can’t wait for her first holiday with Danny.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC): Repeat. A boy dies suspiciously and later his former stripper mother dies in much the same way.
Cable Choices
Feasting on Asphalt (Food Network): Repeat. Part 1 of 4 has Alton Brown starting out in South Carolina and heading for the west coast and checking out good eats along the way. Plays again later. Feasting on Asphalt 2 begins tomorrow night.
Monk (USA): New. It is “Mr. Monk and the Bad Girlfriend” tonight. Plays again later.
Psych (USA): New. Someone goes “Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds” tonight. Plays again later.
Other Options
- Doctor Who (Sci Fi): New. Part 2 of 2. Humanity could be saved, but The Doctor has to create a deadly alliance. Plays again later.
- Fallen (ABC Family): Repeat. Part one of what is now a three part six-hour miniseries. A boy on his 18th birthday ends up in a centuries old battle between good and bad angels. Runs two hours. Part two plays tomorrow night and part three on Sunday.
- Painkiller Jane (Sci Fi): New. Jane’s boyfriend and another friend seem to have no memory of who Jane is thus making her want to know what is going on. Plays again later.
- What Not to Wear (TLC): New. A young interior designer gets a new more professional look.
Sports Notes
- ESPN and ESPN2 have X Games 13 coverage.
- TNT has round two of the Women’s British Open golf tournament.
Late Night
- Damages (FX): Repeat. Last Tuesday’s episodes, “Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker,” replays.
- Rescue Me (FX): Repeat. Last Wednesday’s episode, “Seven,” replays a couple of times tonight.
- Side Order of Life (Lifetime): Repeat. Last Sunday’s episode, “Separation Anxiety; Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” replays.
TV Marathons
Discovery Channel continues with “Shark Week.”
MTV2 has 10 episodes of Boiling Points.
Sci Fi has eight episodes of Stargate SG-1 early.
Spike has five episodes Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol.