News & Notes
Over on cable, Discovery Channel has the second season finale of Storm Chasers, HBO has the miniseries premiere of House of Saddam followed by part two, History has a 70’s Fever special, TNT has the TV movie premiere of The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice and the series premiere of Leverage, and WE has the third season premiere of Rich Bride, Poor Bride and Wedding Central returning from hiatus.
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Prime Picks
BCS Selection Show (FOX): Sports Special. Find out who is going to be playing in the National Championship game and the other BCS Bowl Games.
The Simpsons (FOX): New. Mr. Burns wants to build a new sports arena, but the plans will endanger the bee population in the town and Lisa fights to stop him.
Desperate Housewives (ABC): New. Carlos comes to a fuller realization of what Gaby has sacrificed for their family. Bree tries to show Andrew that she fully accepts him for who he is. Susan and Mike realize something about their relationship. Runs 61 minutes.
Brothers & Sisters (ABC): New. It’s Thanksgiving for the Walker clan and you know what that means, but an emergency with baby Elizabeth brings the family closer together.
Solid Selections
The Amazing Race (CBS): New. Find out who makes it to the finish line in Portland, OR first and wins the million-dollar prize. Will it be your favorite?
Front of the Class (CBS): TV Movie Premiere. A man with Tourette’s syndrome overcomes it to become a great teacher. Runs two hours.
Cable Choices
Brotherhood (Showtime): New. “The Chimes at Midnight”
Dexter (Showtime): New. I still haven’t watched last week’s episode yet, so I didn’t want to read or see anything about this week’s episode. Plays again later.
Leverage (TNT): Series Premiere. Read Review. A group of thieves it brought together to steal back airplane plans for the company they were stolen from, but… Plays again later and again on Tuesday before the next episode plays on its regular night. Check out some photos. Listen to my interview with Gina Bellman & Executive Producer Dean Devlin.
Other Options
- Californication (Showtime): New. A party is being held at Ashby’s for Mia’s book. Charlie tells Marcy he wants to end things. Becca catches her boyfriend kissing another girl at the party. Plays twice.
- Holiday Extravaganza (Food Network): New. Food Network stars give out tips and tricks for entertaining this holiday season. Plays again later.
- The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (TNT): TV Movie Premiere. Noah Wyle (ER) stars as an Indiana Jones type character that gets involved in trying to keep a vampire from being brought back to life and procuring another artifact for safe keeping. I have never seen the first two and didn’t know what to expect, but it comes off really cheesy, but I think that is what they are going for. All I can say, is that it didn’t really get me interested in watching either of the first two, which replay leading up to tonight’s premiere. Runs two hours. Plays again later two times and again on Tuesday.
- Skins (BBC America): New. Jal is struggling with what to do with her pregnancy and Chris has no idea. Plays again later.
Sports Notes
- CBS has NFL action.
- FOX has NFL action.
- NBC has Sunday Night Football with the Washington Redskins at the Baltimore Ravens.
- NBA TV has the Portland Trail Blazers at the Toronto Raptors this afternoon.
Late Night
- The Starter Wife (FX): Repeat. Last Friday’s episode, “Her Old Man and the Sea,” replays.
TV Marathons
A&E has six episodes of CSI: Miami.
ABC Family has three Harry Potter movies.
Discovery Channel has eight episodes of Storm Chasers.
Hallmark Channel has Christmas and holiday themed TV movies all day.
Spike has 11 hours of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes.
TNT has all three of The Librarian movie including the premiere of the third one tonight.
Travel Channel has nine episodes of Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern.
VH1 has the five-part 100 Greatest Songs of the ’90s.
