Tonight on the Tube: Smallville, Lost, Supernatural, Eli Stone & Lipstick Jungle

News & Notes

Download Lipstick Jungle Episodes at Amazon UnboxTonight, CBS has the season premiere of Survivor: Micronesia and NBC has a the series premiere of Lipstick Jungle.

Over on cable, BBC America has the series premiere of Last Restaurant Standing and MTV has the series premiere of Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew.

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Prime Picks

Smallville (The CW): New. The Green Arrow reappears in town and Lex has conviced the Black Canary that he is a terrorist. Four episodes remain after tonight, but it looks like we will have to wait until mid March for the last three to air after next week’s new episode.

Lost (ABC): New. Four strangers arrive on the island and the castaways start to question the intentions of the rescuers. Runs 63 minutes.

Lipstick Jungle (NBC): Series Premiere. One is a movie executive with a family, another is a fashion magazine editor that wants to move up and the third is a designer looking for romance. All three are friends who support each other and help each out. Based on the Candace Bushnell book of the same name. As of this writing, this episode is still available as a free download at Amazon Unbox.

Solid Selections

Lost (ABC): Repeat. Last week’s season four premiere, “Through the Looking Glass,” replays, which had a Hurley flash-forward.

Supernatural (The CW): New. Bobby has gone into a coma and the brothers go to be at his side. They have to go inside his dream state to save him, but must face their own demons to do so. Check out a clip from tonight’s episode, “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” below.

Eli Stone (ABC): New. Eli has returned to work after his trip feeling great, as he has not had any visions in two weeks. When he resists taking the case of a Mexican couple, the visions return and push him in that direction.

Cable Choices

Friends (TBS): Repeats. First up is “The One With Two Parties,” where Rachel’s separated parents both show up to her surprise party and the second is “The One With the Chicken Pox” with guest star Charlie Sheen.

American Chopper (TLC): New. The guys continue work on the My Name Is Earl bike. Plays again later.

Ace of Cakes (Food Network): New. A repeat episode is followed by a new episode where Duff and the gang build a Noah’s Ark and a Delta Airlines cake. Both episode play again later.

Other Options

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): Repeat. The team is investigating a death that may have something to do with illegal dog fighting. Meanwhile, Warrick is still trying to clear his name in this replay from this season, “Lying Down With Dogs.”
  • Without a Trace (CBS): Repeat. A violent drug dealer may be behind the disappearance of his sister in “Baggage” from this season.

Sports Notes

  • ESPN has a college basketball doubleheader with West Virginia at Pittsburgh followed by Indiana at Illinois.
  • ESPN2 has a college basketball doubleheader with Clemson at Virginia followed by Xavier at St. Louis.
  • TNT has a NBA doubleheader with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Houston Rockets followed by the Chicago Bulls at the Golden State Warriors.

Late Night

  • Breaking Bad (AMC): Repeats. The “Pilot” episode (read review) replays and then later episode two, “Cat’s in the Bag…” replays. Get caught up before the next new episode this Sunday night. Find out more about the series.
  • Psych (USA): Repeat. Last Friday’s episode, “Dis-Lodged,” replays.

TV Marathons

Bravo has seven episodes of Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style early and five episodes of Make Me a Supermodel tonight.
MTV has nine episodes of America’s Next Top Model.
Oxygen has 12 episodes of Roseanne early.
Sci Fi has eight episodes of The Outer Limits early.

What looks good to you tonight?

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Jason the TVaholic
2 comments… add one
  • Vicky Edwards Feb 7, 2008, 1:43 pm

    I’m a Lost fan and love Survivor plus, I like knowing what’s coming on without my having to scroll through the entire Dish Site.

  • Jason the TVaholic Feb 8, 2008, 4:43 am

    Vicky, glad you find the picks, etc. helpful. I find putting them together helps me keep up with feeding my TV need.

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