Happy New Year’s Eve everyone, today you will find listings of late night New Year’s Eve specials and holiday TV marathons. There are a few really good marathons that start today and run into tomorrow, like The Beverly Hillbillies on TV Land, Law & Order on USA, and The Twilight Zone on Sci Fi. Now, those are some serious TV marathons. Also, if you haven’t yet, check out the Buy One TV DVD, Get One Free deal going on at Amazon right now that was mentioned yesterday. There are some pretty sweet deals.

Prime Picks

Saturday Night Live in the ‘90s: Pop Culture Nation (NBC): Repeat. A retrospective of the decade of the nineties with interviews with cast members Dana Carvey, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, and others. Runs two hours.

Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (ABC): New. Host Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest present Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Fergie and OneRepublic for your performing pleasure.

Solid Selections

How I Met Your Mother (CBS): Repeat. The “Columns” episode from last season replays, where the gang finds out about a naked picture Lily did of Marshall and Barney wants one.
The Big Bang Theory (CBS): Repeat. The “Pilot” episode replays, where Leonard and his roommate meet their new neighbor Penny.

Two and a Half Men (CBS): Repeat. An episode from last season with guest star Brooke Shields replays.
Rules of Engagement (CBS): Repeat. Jeff finds out the hard way not to get a message from a woman that isn’t his wife in this episode from last season.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC): Repeat. The “Avatar” episode replays, where Benson and Stabler use a victim’s online identity to track her kidnapper.

Other Options

• Aliens in America (The CW): Repeat. The “The Metamorphosis” episode replays, where Raja convinces the hottest girl in school that she shouldn’t dress so provocatively, to the dismay of the rest of the guys at school.
• Friends (TBS): Repeats. Two episodes play. The first is “The One With the Vows” and the second is “The One With Chandler’s Dad.”

Sports Notes

• CBS has the Brute Sun Bowl with Oregon vs. South Florida.
• ESPN has the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl with Air Force vs. California followed by the Gaylord Hotels Motor City Bowl with Florida State vs. Kentucky and then the Chik-Fil-A Bowl with Auburn vs. Clemson.
• ESPN2 has the Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl with Fresno State vs. Georgia Tech.
• NBA TV has the Toronto Raptors at the New Orleans Hornets.
• NFL Network has the Insight Bowl with Indiana vs. Oklahoma State.
• Versus has NHL action.

Late Night

• 10 Items or Less (TBS): Repeats. The five-episode first season replays.
• 106 & Party: New Year’s Eve ’07 Special (BET): Special. Runs two hours.
• Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN): Special. A 90 minute New Year’s Eve Special.
• Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008 (ABC): Special. Host Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest present musical performances by Akon, Fergie, Carrie Underwood and others. Runs 2½ hours.
• NBC’s New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly (NBC): Special. Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz will perform. Runs 60 minutes.
• New Year’s Eve in the Virtual Lower East Side (MTV2): Special. Runs eight hours.
• New Year’s Eve Live (FOX): Special. Performers include Blake Lewis, Fallout Boy and Lifehouse. Hosted by DJ Cat Deeley. Runs 90 minutes.
• Tila Tequila’s New Year’s Eve Masquerade 2008 (MTV): Special. Mary J. Blige, Kid Rock, Paramore, Wyclef Jean and more perform. Runs 90 minutes.

New Year’s Eve TV Marathons

A&E has six episodes of The First 48 early followed by eight episodes of Intervention.
Bravo has 14 episodes of Project Runway.
Court TV has nine episodes of Party Heat followed by six episodes of Most Shocking.
CMT has 24 episodes of Country Fried Home Videos.
Discovery Channel has 13 episodes of MythBusters.
Food Network has the nine-episode second season of The Next Food Network Star.
FOX Reality has nine hours of Biggest Loser Australia early followed by nine hours of There’s Something About Miriam.
G4 has 16 episodes of Cheaters early.
GSN has 16 episodes of The $100,000 Pyramid.
History Channel has parts 1-5 of the ten part series The States playing twice today.
Military Channel has 13 episodes of Futureweapons.
MTV has 10 episodes of Run’s House and then later tonight has five episodes of A Shot of Love With Tila Tequila.
Oxygen switches between episodes of The Bad Girls Club and The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency all day.
Sci Fi has The Twilight Zone episodes all day, all night and all day tomorrow.
Spike TV has 14 episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
TLC has nine episodes of Jon & Kate Plus 8.
TNT has six episodes of Without a Trace early and then is followed by 35 hours of Law & Order episodes that run thru tomorrow night.
Travel Channel has 14 episodes of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.
TV Land starts playing 27 hours of The Beverly Hillbillies episodes this evening.
USA has 15 episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
VH1 has episodes of I Love New York all day long.
WE has 12 episodes of Platinum Weddings.

There are no premieres or finales to report tonight, well except the final Sunday Night Football game on NBC, but thought you might be interested in a Buy One TV DVD Set, Get Another One Free Sale that is going on at Amazon right now. There are 171 eligible TV DVD sets from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment available to choose from. I just bought season four and eight of Seinfeld and it only set me back $38.65. That’s less than $20 a set. I just couldn’t pass it up. Other season sets available, in addition to Seinfeld, include: All in the Family, Bewitched, Charlie’s Angels, Dawson’s Creek, Good Times, The Jeffersons, Kidnapped, Married With Children, Newsradio, Party of Five, Rescue Me, Sanford & Son, Soap, Starsky & Hutch and more. So, if you choose sets that are equal in price, you’ll be getting your sets at half off Amazon’s already discounted prices. Also, there doesn’t seem to be a limit, for every two sets you buy off the list, one of them is going to be free. That’s a steal of a deal to end the year.

Prime Pick

Sunday Night Football (NBC): The Tennessee Titans play at the Indianapolis Colts and with a win will be in the playoffs. Unfortunately, for the Cleveland Browns, it looks like the Colts will be resting a lot of their players for much of the game, which should give the Titans a good shot at winning and the Browns left watching the playoffs instead of playing in them. Broadcast starts at 8:15 p.m. ET.

Solid Selections

The Simpsons (FOX): Repeat. “I Don’t Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” from earlier this season replays with guest voice Steve Buscemi, as a bank robber that Marge convinces to turn himself in.
King of the Hill (FOX): Repeat. “Death Picks Cotton” from earlier this season replays, where Cotton looks after Bobby so Hank and Peggy can go out.

Cold Case (CBS): Repeat. “The Red and the Blue” from last season replays, where Lily and Scotty travel to Tennessee to investigate a case from 2000 of a male singer’s murder.

Shark (CBS): Repeat. The second episode of season one, “LAPD Blue,” replays, where the mayor wants Stark to redeem himself with the LAPD by convicting the killer of an undercover narcotics officer. Former NYPD Blue star Henry Simmons makes his first appearance as the partner of the murdered officer.

Cable Choices

Food Network Challenge (Food Network): Repeat. Food artist compete to make the best buildings out of breakfast cereals. Plays again later.

Iron Chef America (Food Network): Repeat. Chef Joey Campanaro challenges Iron Chef Cat Cora. Plays again later.

Throwdown With Bobby Flay (Food Network): Repeat. Bobby is challenge to a hot dog duel. Plays again later.
Dinner: Impossible (Food Network): Repeat. Robert has to cook a meal for employees of the Mall of America without leaving the mall in only eight hours. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• CBS has NFL action.
• ESPN has the PetroSun Independence Bowl with Alabama vs. Colorado.
• FOX has NFL action including the Dallas Cowboys at the Washington Redskins, where if the Redskins win, they’re in. Otherwise the Vikings or the Saints will have a shot.
• NBA TV has the Boston Celtics at the Los Angeles Lakers.
• NBC has Sunday Night Football with the Tennessee Titans at the Indianapolis Colts. See Prime Pick above for more info.

TV Marathons

A&E has five episodes of The First 48.
BBC America has six episodes of Robin Hood.
CMT has 25 episodes of Trick My Truck.
Discovery Channel has 15 episodes of Deadliest Catch.
Discovery Times has episodes of 48 Hours: Hard Evidence all day again today.
ESPN has six hours of coverage from the World’s Strongest Man Competition: 2007.
ESPN2 has 17 hours of the 2007 World Series of Poker main event.
FOX Reality has 15 episodes of Biggest Loser Australia early.
G4 has 12 episodes of Cops early.
Lifetime has three TV movies based on Nora Roberts’ novels: Carolina Moon, Montana Sky and Angels Fall.
MTV has 10 episodes of Parental Control early.
The N has 19 episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation.
NBA TV has shows dealing with the Celtics and Lakers leading up to tonight’s game between the two teams.
Spike TV has nine hours of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes.
TLC has six episodes of Say Yes to the Dress tonight.
Travel Channel has 10 hours of Tribal Life: Meet the Namal episodes.
TV Guide Network has nine episodes of Celebrity Fit Club early followed by six hours of Strange Love episodes.
USA has 18 episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
VH1 has 16 hours of The Flavor of Love episodes.
WE has six episodes of Rich Bride, Poor Bride.

Well then, this post is for you. Showtime has sent over some photos and info on the upcoming fifth season of The L Word that you may be interested in. The season premiere is Sunday, January 6th, 2008. But, if you have a good Internet connection, you won’t have to wait that long. OurChart.com will have the premiere episode of season five via streaming video starting at 9:00 a.m. PT on Monday, December 31st, 2007, or otherwise known as New Year’s Eve.

Not ready for season five, yet? Haven’t watched season four, or just want to see it again? Well, Showtime is going to try and help you out with a little marathon of season four starting on New Year’s Eve, as well. They will play two or three episodes each night, Monday thru Friday, leading up to next Sunday’s premiere, with the season four finale episode replaying in the hour before season five begins.

The L Word creator and executive producer, Ilene Chaiken, says, “If anything defines season five it’s a return to the magical friendship among our ladies and the humor it brings to their lives and our stories. At the same time, our characters are growing up and their core relationships to each other and as a group are shifting. In season five, I wouldn’t be surprised to see friendships take unexpected, dangerous, heartbreaking…or even romantic detours.”

If that’s not enough for you, then check out these photos from the fifth season premiere:

Prime Pick

Saturday Night Football (CBS, NBC, NFL Network): The NFL Network’s broadcast of the New England Patriots going for a perfect 16-0 regular season against the New York Giants will be able to be seen by anybody with a TV, as it will be on CBS, NBC and NFL Network tonight. Hopefully, Bryant Gumbel has put in a little time this week preparing for the broadcast, because it usually sounds like he hasn’t. Broadcast starts at 8:00 p.m. ET with kickoff around 8:15 p.m. ET.

Solid Selections

Samantha Who? (ABC): Repeat. The first four episodes of the series replay. It has been the only comedic bright spot this fall and is well worth checking out if you aren’t a football fan. In the “Pilot” we learn what happened to Samantha and meet the rest of the characters. In “The Job” she finds that her old workaholic lifestyle is not for her anymore. In “The Wedding” she finds out that she had no longer been invited and wasn’t a bridesmaid any longer. In “The Virgin” she realizes that she has no memory of sex and contemplates whether she should try to re-experience with Mr. Right Now or wait for Mr. Right.

Women’s Murder Club (ABC): Repeat. The “The Past Comes Back to Haunt You” episode replays, where Lindsay thinks she may be pregnant and the club is trying to prove that an innocent man is about to be executed.

Cable Choice

Broken Trail (AMC): Released 2006. This is the story of an old cowboy and his nephew who save some Chinese girls from prostitution while on a trek from Oregon to Wyoming. Runs four hours. Stars Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church.

Other Options

• House (USA): Repeat. The “Failure to Communicate” episode from season two replays, where House is out of town with Stacy dealing with questions about past cases when the team has to deal with a woman that loses the ability to speak clearly after coming to the hospital because she collapsed. The next episode from season two, “Need to Know” follows.

Sports Notes

• CBS has the New England Patriots at the New York Giants in NFL action.
• ESPN has the Meineke Car Care Bowl with Connecticut vs. Wake Forrest followed by the AutoZone Liberty Bowl with Central Florida vs. Mississippi State followed by the Valero Alamo Bowl with Penn State vs. Texas A&M.
• ESPN2 has six college basketball games today.
• NBA TV has the Miami Heat at the Washington Wizards.
• NBC has the New England Patriots at the New York Giants in NFL action.
• NFL Network has the New England Patriots at the New York Giants in NFL action.

Late Night

• MADtv (FOX): Repeat. The “MADtv’s Most Wanted” compilation episode replays with sketches of fan favorites like Stuart and Miss Swan.
• Saturday Night Live (NBC): Repeat. John C. Reilly hosted and My Chemical Romance was the musical guest.

TV Marathons

Bravo has five episodes of Project Runway early.
CMT has 17 episodes of Country Fried Home Videos.
Discovery Channel has six episodes of Fearless Planet tonight.
Discovery Health has eight episodes of Skeleton Stories early.
Discovery Times has episodes of 48 Hours: Hard Evidence all day today and tomorrow.
FOX Reality has 11 episodes of The Academy.
G4 has 14 episodes of Cheaters early.
History Channel has eight episodes of Modern Marvels.
MTV has 12 episodes of Made.
The N has 21 episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Science Channel has 22 episodes of How It’s Made.
Sci Fi has the three-part six-hour Dinotopia miniseries tonight.
TV Guide Network has nine episodes of Close Up followed by six hours of The Surreal Life.
TV One has 15 episodes of Baisden After Dark.
VH1 has the five-part 100 Greatest Kid Stars followed by the five-part 100 Greatest Teen Stars.