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A look at this week’s top TV draws |
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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7 a.m. |
NBC |
"Today" (N) |
Ralph Nader guests, discussing his new book. |
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8 p.m. |
Fox |
"American Idol" (R) |
The judges head to Birmingham, where they've had much success finding talent in the past. |
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8 p.m. |
CW |
"Gilmore Girls" (D) |
Rory heads back to Yale after winter break and tries to apologize to Lucy. |
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9 p.m. |
Fox |
"House" (D) |
A homeless man with lung cancer refuses treatment, even though he'll likely die without it. |
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9 p.m. |
MTV |
"Road Rules" (R) |
Season premiere. In this, the 14th season, viewers help choose who gets eliminated. |
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10 p.m. |
FX |
"Dirt" (D) |
Lucy bails Don out of jail and then publishes his photos in the magazine. |
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10 p.m. |
MTV |
"Two-a-Days" (R) |
Season premiere. The team looks to win its fifth state championship in six years. |
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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8 p.m. |
NBC |
"Friday Night Lights" (D) |
Should see a slight ratings uptick with "Idol" airing at 9 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. tonight. |
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9 p.m. |
Fox |
"American Idol" (R) |
More auditions, these ones from San Antonio. |
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9 p.m. |
Oxygen |
"Tease" (R) |
Stylists take two twins and try to give them different looks. |
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9 p.m. |
ESPN |
"NBA Basketball" (S) |
They’re not quite the caliber of the Malone and Stockton years, but this year's Utah Jazz are good. Tonight they take on the Spurs. |
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10 p.m. |
NBC |
"Medium" (D) |
Allison has creepy visions of a father physically abusing his son. |
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10 p.m. |
ESPN Classic |
"Who's #1?" (S) |
The top NFL playoff performances of all time. |
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10 p.m. |
TLC |
"Tragedy in Amish Country" (N) |
A look at the grisly incident from last October when five Amish girls were murdered in a schoolhouse. |
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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8 p.m. |
ABC |
"Ugly Betty" (D) |
Betty tries to prepare herself for a Mode event during Fashion Week in NYC. |
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8 p.m. |
TNT |
"NBA Basketball" (S) |
LeBron and the Cavs take on Shaq, D-Wade and the Heat. |
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8:30 p.m. |
NBC |
"The Office" (C) |
Karen tries to get Pam to tell her about her past with Jim. |
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9 p.m. |
CBS |
"CSI" (D) |
An ex-con’s body is found badly burned and stripped of various tissues. |
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9 p.m. |
ABC |
"Grey's Anatomy" (D) |
Proposers O’Malley and Burke wait to hear back from proposees Callie and Cristina. |
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9 p.m. |
NBC |
"ER" (D) |
Ames tries to get revenge on Kovac, and Sam is suspicious about how the house caught on fire. |
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10 p.m. |
MTV |
"Juvies" (R) |
Series premiere. Cameras follow some inmates at Lake County Juvenile Center in Indiana. |
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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7 a.m. |
NBC |
"Today" (N) |
Jeremy Schaap guests to discuss about his new book about Jesse Owens and the Olympics. |
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8 p.m. |
Fox |
"Nanny 911" (R) |
Nanny Stella tries to help a couple parents who use bribery to get their kids to behave. |
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8 p.m. |
CBS |
"Ghost Whisperer" (D) |
A guy who dies in a street race haunts his fiancée, whom he thinks was responsible. |
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9 p.m. |
NBC |
"Las Vegas" (D) |
Ed's rage leads him to an anger management class. |
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9 p.m. |
CBS |
"Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials 2007" (A) |
Jim Nantz and Daisy Fuentes count down the top commercials in Super Bowl history. |
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10 p.m. |
Noggin |
"Degrassi: The Next Generation" (D) |
Manny tells Toby to keep a secret from Liberty, but that's easier said than done. |
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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3:30 p.m. |
ABC |
"College Basketball" (S) |
In-state rivalry game between North Carolina and North Carolina State. |
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4 p.m. |
CBS |
"College Basketball" (S) |
Huge Big Ten game between Ohio State and Michigan State. |
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8 p.m. |
Fox |
"Cops" (R) |
Two separate cops in different parts of Florida both deal with crack users. |
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9 p.m. |
ESPN |
"College Basketball" (S) |
Two teams having great seasons, Texas A&M and Kansas, face off in a big conference game. |
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9 p.m. |
Showtime |
"Boxing" (S) |
Undefeated middleweights Tomasz Adamek and Chad Dawson fight in Miami for Adamek's title. |
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10 p.m. |
ESPN |
"ESPN After Dark: Miami" (A, S) |
Miami athletes show viewers what it's like to live, work and play in Miami. |
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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2 p.m. |
CBS |
"Super Bowl Today" (S) |
Get pumped up for the game with three-plus hours of pregame. |
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2:30 p.m. |
ABC |
"NBA Basketball" (S) |
The Pistons take on the Cavs in a game to have on while you make your Super Bowl food. |
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6:25 p.m. |
CBS |
"NFL Football" (S) |
Finally, after all the hype, it's Bears versus Colts in Super Bowl XLI. |
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8 p.m. |
ESPN |
"Figure Skating" (S) |
For those not into football, a replay of last weekend's U.S. Championships. |
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9 p.m. |
HBO |
"Rome" (D) |
Octavian lets it be known that he's returning to Rome with an army. |
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10 p.m. |
CBS |
"Criminal Minds" (D) |
First of a two-parter in which the team looks for killers who record their crimes with webcams. |
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10:30 p.m. |
HBO |
"Extras" (C) |
Andy embarrasses himself at the BAFTA ceremony. |
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A = awards show or special, C = comedy, D = drama, DD = daytime drama, G = game show, K = kids, M = movie, N = news/documentary, R = reality, S = sports, T = talk/variety show. |
