News & Notes

On cable tonight, Food Network has the season premiere of Dinner: Impossible, Sci Fi has the first season finale of Ghost Hunters: International, truTV has the series premiere first season finale of Stringers: LA, and TV Land has the first season finale series premiere of Family Foreman.

Prime Picks

Bones (FOX): Repeat. Brennan’s father goes on trial and the rest of the team all testify for the prosecution, in “The Verdict in the Story” from this past season.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX): Repeat. John is defending Cameron to Derek and Sarah comes close to meeting up with a Terminator, in “Vick’s Chips.” The first season finale episode replays on Sunday night. Season two premieres on Monday, September 8th.

CSI: NY (CBS): Repeat. A shark and a salesman wash up on the beach and the team investigates, in “Like Water for Murder” from this past season.

Solid Selections

Summer Olympics 2008 (NBC): Day 13. Tonight’s events include track & gymnastics, field, beach volleyball, and cycling. Coverage runs four hours.

Cable Choices

Iron Chef America (Food Network): Repeat. Iron Chef Batali competes in a battle where each side has a mixologist along to make drinks to go with each dish. Both episodes play again later.

MythBusters (Discovery Channel): Repeat. The guys test whether someone could learn to land a plane in an hour, along with some parachuting myths. Plays again later. Another episode replays right before and both episode play again later.

Dinner: Impossible (Food Network): Season Premiere. Iron Chef Michael Symon is the new chef on the show and he has to cook dinner for 125 people on Alcatraz Island. A repeat episode follows. Both play again later.

Other Options

• Criminal Minds (CBS): Repeat. Gideon goes after Frank on his own and the team must profile him to find him and Frank, “No Way Out, Part II: The Evilution of Frank.”
• Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS): Repeats. Four episodes replay tonight.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has Little League World Series action.
• ESPN2 has Wednesday Night Baseball with the Los Angeles Angels of Anahiem at the Tampa Bay Rays.
• NBC along with other various NBC Universal owned cable outlets will have Olympic coverage. Checkout NBCOlympics.com for listings of what events are playing when and where over the next five days.

TV Marathons

Bravo has six episodes of Project Runway tonight.
Oxygen has 14 episodes of Roseanne.
TNT has five episodes of Law & Order tonight.
Sci Fi has the first eight episodes of Special Unit 2 early.
VH1 has nine episodes of America’s Next Top Model.

News & Notes

On cable tonight, BBC America has the second season finale of Not Going Out, BET has the second season finale of Baldwin Hills, FX has the ninth Rescue Me minisode, MTV has the season premiere of Making the Band 4, and Oxygen has the third season finale of Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.

Prime Picks

House (FOX): Repeat. House brings in some new candidates for his team and turns his next patient into a competition, “The Right Stuff,” from this past season.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX): Repeat. Sarah comes across a file on her time in the institution and finds out about one of her doctors that became a convert to what she was telling him, in “The Demon Hand.”

Without a Trace (CBS): Repeat. A tow truck driver that saved a boy’s life goes missing, in “Driven” from this past season.

Solid Selections

NCIS (CBS): Repeat. Abby is in jeopardy of losing her job when she refuses to think that a dog was behind what looks to be a fatal mauling, in “Dog Tags” from this past season.

Reaper (The CW): Repeat. Sam is trying to find out where the leak in Hell is after he returns a soul that he has already caught once before, in “The Leak.”

Primetime (ABC): Repeat. Medical mysteries are investigated.

Cable Choices

Secret Life on the American Teenager (ABC Family): New. Amy’s grandmother visits and will do what she can to help and Grace and Adrian are starting to become friends. Plays again later.

Eureka (Sci Fi): New. Carter gets stuck reliving Alison’s wedding day over and over again. Plays again later and again next week before the new episode. Last week’s episode, “Best in Faux,” replays right before.

The Cleaner (A&E): New. A boy asks William for help with his father and the team goes undercover only to find the dad is embroiled in a meth ring. The whole thing causes William to think about the relationship he has with his son. Plays twice and again later twice.

Other Options

• The Closer (TBS): Repeats. Three episodes from previous seasons replay tonight, including a two-parter that has Brenda’s mom visiting, which is always a good thing. The episodes with Brenda’s family are some of the funniest episodes of the series.
• Food Detectives (Food Network): New. This week, “Swallowing Gum” is looked into among other food myths. Plays again later.
• The Office (TBS): Repeats. It is “Cocktails” and then The Negotiation.”
• Road Tasted With the Neelys (Food Network): New. The Neelys visit Raliegh, North Carolina. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has Little League World Series early.
• ESPN2 picks up the coverage of the Little League World Series where ESPN leaves off.
• NBC along with other various NBC Universal owned cable outlets will have Olympic coverage. Checkout NBCOlympics.com for listings of what events are playing when and where over the next six days.

Late Night

• Mad Men (TNT): Repeat. Sunday’s episode, “Three Sundays,” replays.
• Saving Grace (TNT): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “Are You an Indian Princess?,” replays.

TV Marathons

Bravo has eight episodes of Flipping Out.
Oxygen has 10 hours of Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood episodes.
Sci Fi has eight episodes of Stargate SG-1 early.

News & Notes

On cable tonight, Discovery Channel has a Raging Nature special followed by the series premiere of Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein, HBO has a Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House special, and MTV the fourth season premiere of The Hills followed by the series premiere of Busted and Spike has part two of the Kung Fu Killer miniseries.

Prime Picks

The Big Bang Theory (CBS): Repeat. Penny decides to plan a surprise party of Leonard after she finds out that he doesn’t usually celebrate his birthday, in “The Peanut Reaction.”
How I Met Your Mother (CBS): Repeat. Marshall gets verbally emasculated by his new boss and wonders why he took this job in the first place, in “The Chain of Screaming” from this past season.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX): Repeat. The Stranger with a connection to them fights for his life and remembers what the future was like before he was sent back, in “Dungeons & Dragons.” This is episode six and episodes seven and eight play tomorrow and Wednesday and the first season finale episode replays on Sunday.

CSI: Miami (CBS): Repeat. Alexx’s son becomes a suspect in a murder case, in “Rock and a Hard Place” from this past season.

Solid Selections

Prison Break (FOX): Repeat. Michael has to move up the escape because of the heavy rains and another inmate gets added to the escape, in “Under & Out” from this past season.

Two and a Half Men (CBS): Repeat. Alan thinks that Charlie may be out of control with his womanizing, in “Rough Night in Hump Junction” from this past season.
The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS): Repeat. Christine is trying to get over breaking up with Mr. Harris, in “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” from this past season.

Summer Olympics (NBC): Day 11. Gymnastics, track & field and beach volleyball play during the four hours of coverage tonight.

Cable Choices

Army Wives (Lifetime): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “Mothers & Wives,” replays. Plays again Saturday late night and Sunday right before the next new episode.

The Closer (TNT): New. Brenda is trying to figure out whether a missing 12 year old has been abducted or ran away. Last week’s episode, “Dial M for Provenza,” replays right before. Plays again later.

Saving Grace (TNT): New. A murder woman’s son has been kidnapped and the team searches for him. Ham is still having trouble with his recent loss. Plays again later. Read an interview with Holly Hunter.

Other Options

• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel): New. Anthony explores “Spain.” Plays again later.
• Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food Network): New. Guy finds places with great food in “Totally Unexpected” places. A repeat episode follows. Both episode play again later.
• Gossip Girl (The CW): Repeat. Serena starts to fall back into old habits with the return of Georgina and Rufus’ band gets invited to play at an event, in “Woman on the Verge.”
• The Middleman (ABC Family): New. A demonic puppet is on the loose. Was about to give up on this show about half way through the season, but it has really come into its own in the last couple of episodes. Plays again later.
• One Tree Hill (The CW): Repeat. Lucas gets some bad news and Haley is struggling with making a new album, in “Hate is Safer Than Love” from this past season.
• Weeds (Showtime): New. Nancy finds that the tunnel is being used for another purpose than transporting drugs. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has Little League World Series action followed by preseason Monday Night Football with the Cleveland Browns at the New York Giants.
• ESPN2 has Little League World Series action followed by Monday Night Baseball with the Houston Astros at the Milwaukee Brewers.
• NBC along with other various NBC Universal owned cable outlets will have Olympic coverage. Checkout NBCOlympics.com for listings of what events are playing when and where over the next seven days.

TV Marathons

E! has the five-part 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments.
MTV has 10 episodes of America’s Next Top Model.
Sci Fi has eight episodes of Wolf Lake early.

News & Notes

On cable tonight, A&E has the second season finale of The Two Coreys, BBC America has the two-hour series premiere of Skins, Comedy Central has a Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget special, G4 has the second season finale of Code Monkeys, Lifetime Movie Network has the TV movie premiere of Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story, Oxygen has the sixth season finale of Snapped, Sci Fi has the TV movie premiere of Black Swarm, Spike has the miniseries premiere of Kung Fu Killer, and USA has the first season finale of In Plain Sight.

I will be on a special Sunday edition of TV Talk with Shaun OMac today. You can listen live at 3:00 p.m. PT. I will be on about 3:20 p.m. PT. I will also post the player here when it becomes available. Or, you can download the show later at iTunes .

Prime Picks

The Simpsons (FOX): Repeat. Marge is reminiscing about her college years, in “That ’90s Show” from this past season.
Aliens in America (The CW): Repeat. Raja starts smoking and it gets others smoking again and then they all have to try and quit, in “Purple Heart.”

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX): Repeat. Sarah is still worried about the capabilities of Andy’s computer and Agent Ellison finds some evidence where a Terminator fight took place, in “Queen’s Gambit.”

Desperate Housewives (ABC): Repeat. Bree and Katherine may be starting a business together and Mike finds out the truth behind his accident, in “Hello, Little Girl” from this past season.

Solid Selections

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC): Repeat. A family in New Hampshire that lost their house in a flood gets a new one from the team.

Million Dollar Password (CBS): Repeat. Steve Schirripa (The Sopranos) was one of the celebrity participants.

Cold Case (CBS): Repeat. The team enters the world of cheerleading when a case gets reopened after new direction is found as part of an art exhibit, in “A Dollar, a Dream” from season four.

Cable Choices

Food Network Challenge (Food Network): New. It’s an “Ice Cream Clash.” Four chefs compete to make the best ice cream. Plays again later.

Iron Chef America (Food Network): New. It’s a special “Brain Freeze Battle” between Iron Chef Bobby Flay and chef Jose Garces. Plays again later.

Mad Men (AMC): New. Peggy’s family is hosting a lunch for the new priest at church. Don and Betty have a nice weekend. Plays twice and again later.

Other Options

• Army Wives (Lifetime): New. It’s all about “Mothers & Wives” tonight. Last week’s episode, “Duplicity,” replays right before. Both episodes play again later.
• Generation Kill (HBO): New. Part six of seven. First Recon is trying to help civilians that are fleeing Baghdad. Runs 75 minutes. Plays again later.
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA): New. Logan is reopening a 16 year old case and it turns into his last. Chris Noth leaves the Law & Order franchise for the second time tonight. Plays again tomorrow morning after Olympic coverage.
• Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story (Lifetime Movie Network): TV Movie Premiere. Read a synopsis and my short review. Plays again later.
• In Plain Sight (USA): Season Finale. I smell a cliffhanger coming, as Mary has to figure out how to save her sister and herself from the FBI hot to get someone for the death of two of their agents. Stan and Marshall try and get Spanky to talk about who was really behind the drugs. Plays again tomorrow morning after Olympic coverage. USA has picked the show up for a second season.
• Skins (BBC America): Series Premiere. Watch a couple videos and read more about the show. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• ABC has Little League World Series action.
• ESPN has NASCAR racing with the Sprint Cup: 3M Performance 400 and later Sunday Night Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies at the San Diego Padres.
• ESPN2 has Little League World Series action.
• NBC along with other various NBC Universal owned cable outlets will have Olympic coverage. Checkout NBCOlympics.com for listings of what events are playing when and where over the next eight days.
• NFL Network has preseason football action with the New England Patriots at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
• TBS has MLB action with the Milwaukee Brewers at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Late Night

• Breaking Bad (AMC): Repeat. Episode four “Cancer Man” replays. Episode five plays next week.

TV Marathons

Discovery Channel has 11 episodes of MythBusters.
MTV has five episode of Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew followed by 11 hours of The Hills programming.
Oxygen has 26 episodes of Snapped.
TLC has seven episodes of What Not to Wear.
USA has 10 episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent including tonight’s new episode.