| A
look at this week’s top TV draws |
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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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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