| A
look at this week’s top TV draws |
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MONDAY,
JANUARY
5 |
|
Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
|
8 p.m. |
PBS |
“Antiques Roadshow”
(R) |
“Good Morning America’s”
Lara Spencer joins the cast. |
|
|
Cinemax |
“The Day I Will Never Forget”
(N) |
Original documentary. Powerful
take on female circumcision in Kenya. |
|
8 p.m. |
Discovery Channel |
“American Chopper” (R) |
Viewers’ choice marathon
runs for six hours. |
|
9 p.m. |
A&E |
“House of Dreams” (R) |
Series debut. This
vote-off show is essentially “Big Brother” with building
challenges. |
|
10 p.m. |
NBC |
“Average Joe: Hawaii”
(R) |
Season debut. New girl,
new geeks. These ones are rumored to be even uglier/fatter. |
|
10 p.m. |
A&E |
“Airline” (R) |
Series debut. What’s
more tedious than waiting five hours for a delayed flight?
Watching it on television. |
|
11 p.m. |
ESPN2 |
“Pop Warner Championship”
(S) |
Proving that no athlete is
unexploitable, no matter what his or her age, ESPN2 televises
the kiddie football league’s title game. |
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 6
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|
Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
|
7:30 p.m. |
Comedy Central |
“Mad TV” (C) |
If you missed the early
days of this funny Fox skit show, rejoice. Comedy Central starts
showing reruns. |
|
8:30 p.m. |
ABC |
“I’m With Her” (C) |
Guest-starring kissing cad
Bob Guiney, aka “The Bachelor.” |
|
8:30 p.m. |
NBC |
“Whoopi” (C) |
“Golden Girl” Rue
McClanahan makes a much-welcomed return to NBC, even if it is on
“Whoopi.” |
|
9 p.m. |
A&E |
“Martha Stewart: Recipe
for Ruin” (N) |
Having trouble keeping the
civil and criminal cases apart? Watch this report on Martha’s
legal woes. |
|
9 p.m. |
E! |
“E! True Hollywood
Story: Martha Stewart” (N) |
More Martha! Did you know
she started out as a model? |
|
9 p.m. |
Travel Channel |
“John Ratzenberger’s
Made In America” (N) |
Series debut. Instead of
simply dropping by “Frasier,” “Cheers” alum Ratzenberger
journeys cross country to see different American factories. |
|
10 p.m. |
MTV |
“Real World XIV” (R) |
Season debut. The setting
is San Diego, where in November an alleged rape took place at
the “Real World” house. Odds are that won’t make the cut. |
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7
|
|
Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
|
9 p.m. |
ABC |
“Life After Extreme
Makeover” (R) |
Is everything hunky dory
after you’ve had your face rearranged? |
|
9 p.m. |
NBC |
“West Wing” (D) |
John Goodman returns. |
|
9:30 p.m. |
Court TV |
“North Mission” (N) |
Series debut. Looking at
the LA County coroner’s office. |
|
10 p.m. |
ABC |
“Celebrity Mole Yucatan”
(R) |
Season debut. Of all the
celebrities to return, ABC inexplicably chose Corbin “DOA
since LA Law” Bernsen and Stephen “Which One’s He?”
Baldwin. |
|
10 p.m. |
ESPN2 |
Figure skating: U.S.
Championships |
The pairs and ice dancing
programs. |
|
10:25 p.m. |
AMC |
“Bond Girls Are Forever”
(A) |
“The Living Daylights’”
Maryam d’Abo hosts a look at 007 gals past and present. |
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8
|
|
Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
|
6:30 p.m. |
TCM |
“Viva Las Vegas” (M) |
Shake your groove thing
with Elvis and Ann-Margret. |
|
8:30 p.m. |
NBC |
“The Apprentice” (R) |
Series debut. Ninety
minutes of The Donald primping and prepping would-be executives
to join his company. |
|
9 p.m. |
CBS |
“CSI” (D) |
Charleston, S.C., resident
Charlene Hubenthal won CBS’s “Early Show” contest and gets
a guest appearance on the show. As a corpse. |
|
10 p.m. |
ABC |
“PrimeTime” (N) |
Pete Rose reportedly
admits that he bet on baseball in his new autobiography. ABC
gets the scoop – he’ll be on “Good Morning America”
tomorrow, too. |
|
10 p.m. |
Showtime |
“Chris Isaak Show” (C) |
Season debut. In this odd
hybrid show, Isaak (who plays himself) performs a benefit
concert at an Indian casino. |
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 9
|
|
Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
|
8 p.m. |
HGTV |
“Debbie Travis’
Facelift” (R) |
Series debut. Where have
we seen this before: making over an unsuspecting relative’s
home while they’re away. Oh, yeah, one hour later on TLC’s
“While You Were Out.” |
|
9 p.m. |
CMT |
“CMT Crossroads” (A) |
Dave Matthews jams with
Emmylou Harris. |
|
9 p.m. |
Oxygen |
“Absolutely Fabulous”
(C) |
The fifth season opened
last week, but we were off, so consider this your alert. |
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 10
|
|
Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
|
4:30 p.m. |
Fox |
NFL playoffs (S) |
St. Louis hosts a
second-round NFC game. |
|
8 p.m. |
CBS |
NFL playoffs (S) |
Watch regular-season No. 1
New England try to make the AFC championship game. |
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 11
|
|
Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
|
1 p.m. |
CBS |
NFL playoffs (S) |
See who else makes the AFC
title game with Kansas City facing the wild card game winner. |
|
4:45 p.m. |
Fox |
NFL playoffs (S) |
Donovan McNabb rebounded
nicely from all that controversy, didn’t he? The top-seeded
Eagles host a second-round NFC matchup. |
|
9 p.m. |
CBS |
“The 30th Annual People’s
Choice Awards” (A) |
The people choose quite
differently than Emmy voters, you’ll note. |
|
9 p.m. |
WB |
“The Surreal Life” (R) |
Season debut. Welcome to
season two of watching celebrity has-beens like Vanilla Ice and
Erik Estrada play wacky roommates. |
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A = Awards show or special,
C = comedy, D = drama, K = kids, M = movie, N =
News/Documentary, R = reality, S = Sports, T = Talk/Variety
show.
Source:
Media Life
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