What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Country’s Night to Rock
If you like country music, this is your night. It seems that anybody who is anybody in country music is performing at the CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock. Let me just throw a few names out there. Kenny Chesney. Kid Rock. Martina McBride. Sugarland. Brad Paisley. Taylor Swift. I’m not really even in to country music, and it’s enough to make me tune in.
1. Regis and Kelly. Nominations for the annual “Relly Awards” are announced with categories such as “Live Gone Wild and Best Regis. The nominees include Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks, Amy Poehler, Kelly Ripa, and Regis Philbin. Syndicated, check local listings.
2. Nights In Rodanthe. It’s the second movie for Richard Gere and Diane Lane together, as she stars as a woman taking care of a friend’s inn while debating where to go in her marriage and meets him, a doctor struggling with something on his mind as well. 9:30 AM CT Cinemax East
3. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Mel Gibson again stars as an actioner hero in a postnuclear time, going against Tina Turner in a “duel to the death” challenge. This character was America’s first introduction to the Aussie actor. 12:20 PM CT Retro
4. CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock. Tonight’s performers include Trace Adkins, Jason Aldeann, Dierks Bentley, Brooks and Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Julianne Hough, Jamey Johnson, the Judds, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Jake Owen, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, John Rich, Darius Rucker, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, and Zac Brown Band. 7:00 PM CT ABC
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Another Big Brother Cliffhanger
They did it to us again For the second week in a row, Big Brother left us hanging over who the new HoH is going to be. No matter who it is, it’s going to be an interesting week. With Russell gone we only have strong comp players in Jeff, Michele, and Kevin. Who wins the HoH, though, won’t be nearly as important as who wins the power of veto.
1. NFL: Exhibition: Bills at Steelers. Preseason game between Buffalo and Pittsburgh. 12:00 PM CT NFL
2. You Don’t Mess With the Zohan. It’s not a bad movie and has some laughs, but it gets a little insulting at times. Yet, it has a good message if you really look for it. 2:35 PM CT Starz East
3. From Justin to Kelly. The movie that nearly killed Kelly Clarkson’s career before it started. Thank God there was never a From Clay to Ruben or from David to David. Think we’ll see a From Adam to Kris? 3:00 PM CT Fuse
4. 60 Minutes. Reports include electronic refuse being shipped illegally to China and credit-default swaps and how they have effected the economy. Also included is a profile on the creator of the medical respirator. 6:00 PM CT CBS (more…)
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – R.I.P. Teddy Kennedy
Today you’ll get the chance to watch the last of the Kennedy brothers’ funeral. Senator Kennedy will be laid to rest. MSNBC is having an all day nine-hour affair from funeral to burial, if you really want to absorb every moment of the process. If you want just a little of the mass, tune in to CBS in the morning, and if you’re into watching burials, tune in to CNN this afternoon. Andthen wake yourself up by watching the 2th Anniversary of Wrestlemania. It’s the wonders of television, going from funeral mass to wrestling.
1. Edward M. Kennedy Funeral Mass. R.I.P. ‘Nuff Said. If you want even more than just a few hours, turn on MSNBC for nine straight hours. Not exactly the way I wanted to spend my Saturday 9:00 AM CT CBS
2. Liar Liar. It takes Jim Carrey to pull off the comedy of this role of a pathological liar who is stricken with always having to tell the truth because of a wish his son makes. 1:56 PM CT USA
3. Edward Scissorhands. Come to think of it, I am in need of a little trim. But more than that, I need to get rid of these grays. 4:30 PM CT A&E
4. Edward M. Kennedy Burial Service. The title says it all. 3:00 PM CT CNN (more…)
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Teen Heroism
It seems the best we have on network TV (read all we have in terms of new programming) are newsmagazine shows. Both Dateline NBC and 20/20 seem to have good ones. 20/20 features a story on teen heroism, a boy that sacrificed his own life jumping 65 feet from a cliff into chopping water to save a girl, and Dateline features updates on a plot that included an investment scam and a faked death, along with the disappearance of a groom on his honeymoon cruise.
1. Regis and Kelly. Guests today are Denzel Washington, Cloris Leachman, Whitney Port, Taylor Hicks, and Oscar Blandi. Syndicated, check local listings.
2. Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Michael Cera plays his usual, a young guy with insecurities with great comic timing. He’s bemoaning the loss of a girlfriend, and doesn’t even realize who’s right next to him the whole time (Kat Dennings). 8:25 AM CT Starz West
3. The Princess Diaries. What girl doesn’t dream of waking up and finding out she’s a princess? A young Anne Hathaway and not so young Julie Andrews star. 10:45 AM CT Starz East
3. Smart People. Very well-acted movie with Dennis Quaid, Ellen Page, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Thomas Hayden Church, which has Quaid as a widowed English professor, and Page as his disapproving daughter. 2:45 PM CT Starz East
4. NFL Football: Exhibition: Patriots at Redskins. It’s a preseason game for New England and Washington. 7:00 PM CT CBS (more…)
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Lions, Big Brother, and Tyson … Oh My!
I think you’d have to be made of stone not to find that video of Dave Salmoni and the baby lion below incredible cute. It’s like a big kitten! Unfortunately, it’s thoughts like that that make people want them for unusual pets. Watch more tonight on Into the Pride. If you DVR the two, you can watch Big Brother after that and find out if the house has the guts to take out the biggest competitor, Russell, and later Mike Tyson guests on the Tonight Show.
1. Regis and Kelly. The guests today are Matthew Fox, Allison Janey, Kiefer Sutherland, Danny Gokey, and hairstylist Johnny Wright. Syndicated, check local listings.
2. The Final Season. What happens to this legendary team and coach, just isn’t right. Sean Astin stars in this true story. 10:35 AM CT Starz In Black
3. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Brendan Freaser returns as Rick O’Connell, who with his wife (now played by Maria Bello) and now-adult son are duped into searching for a Chinese emperor who has come back to life. 11:20 AM CT Action Max East
4. Big Brother 11. Who’s leaving tonight? Natalie or Russell? If it’s an endurance cmp for HoH, it could be interesting with Jeff not allowed to play, if Russ gets eliminated. 7:00 PM CT CBS (more…)
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Crash Course
How do you feel about your driving abilities? Everyone that knows me, knows that it’s not one of my better skills. I try, but my mind is always on more important things like what’s on TV tonight. Tonight is a new reality show, Crash Course, where teams compete in driving course challenges.
1. Enchanted. Disney did it up well in this one as they parody themselves and their fairy tale/princess movies. It stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Susan Sarandon. 1:35 PM CT Starz Comedy
2. Goodfellas. It’s my most favorite mob movie ever, and the soundtrack is among the best as well. Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, and Robert DeNiro are fantastic actors on their own, and together they just make you sit back and say wow. It’s like they took the life of a typical “real” mobster, cut it open, examined it, and showed it for what it was. Brilliant. 4:00 PM CT AMC
3. America’s Got Talent Did you miss last night? Get a review of everything that happened right here. 7:00 PM CT NBC
4. Wipeout. It’s back! The obstacles include Ballsy-Go-Round, Mesh Mosh Run, and Swinging Cereal Killer. 7:00 PM CT ABC (more…)
Thomas Pendelton Talks About the Direction of the Tattoo Industry
Tattoo artist Thomas Pendelton, of the current Tattoo Highway on A&E, and originally from the show Inked, has been in the business a long time, longer than many of the tattoo artists out there, and long enough to form opinions of the different tattoo genres that have come and gone in his time in the business. I was lucky enough to talk to him recently, as he has some very definite ideas about the direction of the industry.
Not that Pendelton stayed with this particular art. He came up through the ranks the old-fashioned way, cleaning toilets, sweeping up, and making coffee, then becoming an apprentice, and finally earned his own shot at it. He left it for a short time to learn a different medium of art, and did movie sets for awhile in Hollywood. It wasn’t the last time he left, and it probably won’t be the last. He does it from time to time as he feels it makes him a better all-around artist. He also admits to needing to leave tattooing occasionally for the money, as with four babies in diapers, it can be tough for him, as there are only so many tattoos he can do in a day. (more…)
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Big Brother’s Crucial Competition
Tonight will be the all-important Power of Veto competition and ceremony. veryone will be playing, and everyone has a stake in it. If Natalie or Kevin win, they’ll take themselves off the block and Russell will go up. If MIchele or Ryan win, they’ll keep the nominstaions the same and either Natalie or Kevin will go home, and if Jeff or Jordan win, they’ll take either Natalie or Kevin off the block and Russell will be the replacement with the intention of him going home. Jeff and Jordan have been waffling, as they don’t want to make a mistake, but I think they feel they have better odds with Kevin and or Natalie than Russ.
1. Regis and Kelly. Today’s guests are Tom Hanks, Hugh Jackman, Ciara, and Ouidad. Syndicated, check local listings.
2. Crocodile Dundee. A country guy from Australia is brought to New York City and experience a total culture shock. Crikeys! 12:00 PM CT TBS
3. Wild Hogs. Four middle-aged men, Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy, take off on “Hogs” riding across the country trying to prove they’re still young, with hilarious results. 3:00 PM CT FX
4. Hell’s Kitchen. The chefs roll dice to figure out what ingredients they will use in their challenge dish, and the winning team gets to go to las Vegas. Chef Ramsay’s chefs from other restaurants participate in the dinner service, which once again has too many mistakes and a bossy teammate. 7:00 PM CT Fox (more…)
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – More Hoarding
While it sounds like an odd idea for a show, it also seems fascinating at the same time. Hoarders is an offshoot of Obsession which finished a few weeks back. Along with having someone on with compulsive shopping and hoarding habits, tonight we also have a guy living amongst garbage, trash, and feces … human feces. What makes that oay?
1. Regis and Kelly. Guests include Russell Crowe, Cristina Applegate, Andy Samberg, Corbin Bleu, and Frederic Fekkai. Syndicated, check local listings.
2. An Officer and a Gentleman. It’s funny, but we think about this as a really romantic movie, because of the song and the last scene, but some of that stuff in the middle was anything but. 11:00 AM CT CMT
3. Oh, God!. WE know Morgan Freeman as God from the Almighty movies, but what about the guy to come before him, George Burns? Who was the better one? 12:35 PM CT Retro
4. Great American Road Trip. The last two families make their way to the California coast in the season finale. 7:00 PM CT NBC (more…)
What’s Hot On TV – Last Chance For a Millionaire
While it’s too late for Megan to find a millionaire after one of the guys from the show was being sought after in the questioning of his dead wife, forcing VH1 to pull the plug on the show, it’s not too late for the hopeful on the last episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire tonight. It could be the last chance ever, or just the last chance during this special anniversary set of episodes. Whoever wins, Megan wants to talk to them after.
1. We Are Marshall. Matthew McConaughey stars as a football coach saddled with the task of rebuilding a college football team that perished in a plane crash. Read why it could be one of the top 10 movies of 2006 at Film Monthly. 11:30 AM CT TNT
2. What Would Brian Boitano Make? Olympic figure skater Brian Boitano is more than just a champion on the ice. Brian demonstrates his culinary skills and talent for one-of-a-kind entertaining.12:00 PM CT Food Network
3. The Goonies. Is there a better kid adventure movie than this? I don’t think so. Stars Sean Astin and Josh Brolin in their youth. 4:00 PM CT G4
4. 60 Minutes. In a tribute to the 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt who passed away this year, a retrospecitive of his life and reminiscences by correspondents are included. 6:00 PM CT CBS (more…)