News & Notes
Bold Italic Items signify what shows the TVaholic is watching, or recording, or watching on demand, etc., tonight. Let me know what you will be watching tonight in the comments. Let’s find out if you watch more or less than the TVaholic? Since this is the first week in a while that everything is new, I thought it would be fun to add this to this week’s posts.
Prime Picks
Smallville (The CW): New. Clark gets a look at what things would have been like had he never arrived on Earth. Seems like a storyline for a December episode.
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): New. Addison is back in Seattle to perform an operation and can’t believe all that has changed since she left for California. Alex gets some news from Rebecca. How great was last week? Really looking forward to tonight. Runs 62 minutes.
Lost (ABC): New. Jack falls ill and it is up to Juliet and Kate to keep him alive. Sawyer, Miles, Claire and Aaron run into some trouble on the way back to the beach.
Solid Selections
My Name Is Earl (NBC): New. Earl now out of his coma is looking for Billie. Meanwhile, Darnell and Joy end up moving into the Crab Shack.
Scrubs (NBC): New. Dr. Cox has a new title, but doesn’t like all the problems that come with it.
The Office (NBC): New. Stanley goes off on Michael and Michael decides that Stanley needs an attitude adjustment. Pam has to deal with something unexpected after spending the night at Jim’s place. Runs 31 minutes.
30 Rock (NBC): New. Jack gets demoted and wonders what his future is going to be. Liz’s ex Floyd needs a place to stay when his flight gets delayed.
Without a Trace (CBS): New. The winner of the lottery goes missing and the team investigates, but thinks that foul play could be involved.
Cable Choices
Overhaulin’ (TLC): New. A Chevrolet pickup is restored. Plays again later.
American Chopper (TLC): New. The guys are building a bike for Manitowoc Crane Company. Plays again later.
Ace of Cakes (Food Network): New. It is wedding cake season at Charm City Cakes. A repeat about wedding cakes follows. Both episodes play again later.
Other Options
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): New. Multiple deaths are investigated, where the victims all have green blood. Gary Dourdan, who plays Warrick Brown, was arrested on drug charges this week. Last week it was announced that he was let go from the show for unspecified reasons, maybe this was it.
- Supernatural (The CW): New. Dean might have a way out of his deal, after he talks to his dead father on the phone. Sam doesn’t believe it is the case and thinks Dean needs to be careful. Watch a clip of the call below. (RSS and eMail Subscribers may need to click to the site to view the video)
Sports Notes
- Golf Channel has first round coverage of the Wachovia Championship.
- TNT has NBA playoff action with the Detroit Pistons at the Philadelphia 76ers.
- Versus has doubleheader NHL playoff action with the Pittsburgh Penguins at the New York Rangers followed by the Detroit Red Wings at the Colorado Avalanche.
Late Night
- Burn Notice (USA): Repeat. Episode three, “Fight or Flight,” replays, where Michael helps out a woman set to testify against a drug trafficker. Plays again later. Episode four plays next week. The second season begins in July.
TV Marathons
Oxygen has 11 episodes of Roseanne.
Sci Fi has eight episodes of Kindred: The Embraced early.
Travel Channel has six episodes of Into Alaska With Jeff Corwin.
