Tonight on the Tube: Bones, House, Chuck, Monk & Stargate Atlantis

News & Notes

On cable tonight, CMT has the third season finale of Country Fried Home Videos and the first season finale of My Big Redneck Wedding, Discovery Channel has the first season finale of Fight Quest and Lifetime has the series premiere of Your Mama Don’t Dance.

WWE SmackDown! has found a new home for next season, as at the end of this season it will no longer be on The CW. When it returns in the fall, it will be on MyNetworkTV.

Prime Picks

Bones (FOX): Repeat. The body of a burned woman is found in a car along with evidence that she had a child that may have been kidnapped.

House (FOX): Repeat. A former band-mate of House’s brings in a girl having hallucinations about Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile, Cuddy is looking for a sperm donor.

Numb3rs (CBS): Repeat. A player of an alternate reality game plunges to his death and the team investigates. Amita having played the game before is a big help.

Solid Selections

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): Repeat. Meredith’s father comes to the hospital looking for her. A busload of teenagers crashes and many of them are brought into the ER. Dr. Bailey treats and old high school crush.

20/20 (ABC): Repeats. If you don’t like what ABC investigative reporters have dug up, then you can always watch Dateline NBC and see what they have found. Neither is a great selection, but is the best you can do after the Prime Picks on this Friday night in the second and third hours of primetime.

Cable Choices

Chuck (Sci Fi): Repeat. Episode five, “Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp,” replays, where Chuck is caught between helping a Chinese spy and going against the agents assigned to him.

Monk (USA): Repeat. The sixth season premiere episode, “Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan,” replays.

Stargate Atlantis (Sci Fi): New. Part two of “The Kindred” plays, where the team races against time to save a missing teammate. Plays again later. Part one replays right before. Next week is the fourth season finale. Production on the fifth season has already begun.

Other Options

• Paula’s Party (Food Network): Repeat. Paula’s “Black and White Ball” with guests Elmo and Bobby Flay replays. Replays again later.
• What Not to Wear (TLC): New. A college student about to graduate needs a new look before entering real life. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has doubleheader NBA action with the Washington Wizards at the Chicago Bulls followed by the Los Angeles Clippers at the Denver Nuggets.
• ESPN2 has Friday Night Fights.
• Golf Channel has round two action from the Honda Classic.

TV Marathons

Bravo has five episodes of Top Chef early and later has six episodes of The Millionaire Matchmaker.
MTV has 12 episodes of America’s Next Top Model.
Nickelodeon has 14 episodes of Home Improvement late.
Sci Fi has episodes 11-18 of Stargate SG-1 season seven early.
TLC has 10 episodes of What Not to Wear.

What do you think is worth watching tonight?