What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympics
It was great while it lasted, but it is time to say goodbye. I think it only lasts a couple weeks on purpose. Really, do you want to watch any more Olympics? They’re making sure they don’t overstay their welcome on their dials, not that we even have dials on our TVs anymore. It’s goodbye for four more years until Sochi, Russia, but not until the all-important gold medal game in Men’s hockey.
1. 31 Days of Oscar. To celebrate the upcoming Academy Awards, Turner Classic Movies is running 31 Days of Oscar, 360 films in all. Today they’re showing Intermezzo: A Love Story, The Philadelphia Story, You Can’t Take It With You, Pennies From Heaven, The Road to Morocco, Road to Utopia, The Greatest Shown On Earth, Ben-Hur, Oliver, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, and Lolita. Be sure to enter the contest to win an Oscar Party Prize Pack. Begins at 6:00 AM CT Turner Classic Movies
2. Winter Olympics: Men’s hockey, cross-country skiing. The gold medal game for men’s hockey. 11:00 AM CT NBC
3. The Other Side of the Mountain. This is one of my favorite books and movies of all time. When I was in junior high I read the book, then saw the movie. It’s an amazing true story, no matter the venue, of a young woman headed for the Olympics as a downhill skier who suffers a paralyzing accident on the slopes, then struggles to go through life bound to a wheelchair. 11:15 AM CT Retro
4. Supercross: Four Legends. The careers of four supercross stars are examined 12:00 PM CT CBS
5. NBA Basketball: Suns at Spurs. On Dece. 15, the Suns beat the Spurs even though Tim Duncan had 34 points and 14 rebounds. 12:00 PM CT ABC
6. College Basketball: Richmond at Xavier. Richmond has won eight in a row, while Xavier has won four. 12:00 PM CT ESPN2
7. College Basketball: Louisville at Connecticut. On Feb. 1, Connecticut beat Louisville 82-69. 1:00 PM CT CBS
8. NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup In Las Vegas. The Spring Cup Shelby American. Kurt Buch has the pole, while Kyle Busch won the Race last year. 1:00 PM CT Fox
9. NBA Basketball: Nuggets at Lakers. Chauncey Billups at a career high 39 mpoints against L.A. on Feb. 5. 2:30 PM CT ABC
10. College Basketball: Michigan State at Purdue. A clash of the Big Ten heavyweights. 3:00 PM CT CBS
11. 60 Minutes. Reports on China spying on the U.S., the Turks forcibly deporting and massacring native Armenians, and a profile of director Kathryn Bigelow. 6:00 PM CT CBS
12. Winter Olympics: Closing Ceremony. The parade of athletes, musical performances, and the passing of the Olympic flag to Sochi, Russia, where the 2014 Winter Olympics will be held. 6:00 PM CT NBC
13. America’s Funnies Home Videos. Clips include skydiving gaffes, a fake bug frightening a man in the kitchen, dogs making odd noises, a grandmother playing pinball, and woman who calls the police to get rid of a spider. 6:00 PM CT ABC
14. ‘Til Death. In the first half hour, Joy goes overboard planning Ally and Doug’s wedding, then Eddie talks them into eloping, and Kevin agrees to perform the ceremony on the top of Eagle Rock, only to have Eddie and Joy have changes of heart. In the second half hour, they decide to stick Simona and Stephen with the tab at a restaurant, and a war breaks out between the douples. Joy makes Eddie miserable at work. 6:00 PM CT Fox
15. The Amazing Race 16. The teams travel from Chile to Argentina, as one team ends up in the emergency room, and another doesn’t do well using a compass. 7:00 PM CT CBS
16. Undercover Boss. Going undercover tonight is White Castle co-owner Dave Rife. 8:00 PM CT CBS
17. Desperate Housewives. Celia gets chicken pox, and Gaby has to stay away, so stays with Bob and Lee, getting a taste of the single life again. Lynette and Tom forget Penny’s birthday, Bree brings in a new employee with promise, Katherine makes a discovery, and Angie worries about Danny, who is missing 8:00 PM CT ABC
18. Platinum Weddings. Two elements characterize the wedding of Cristina and Jorge - their Cuban heritage and perfectly executed pops of color. Since they’re in South Beach, FL, their chef will incorporate Cuban spices and fruits into a steak and lobster dinner to create a modern “Floribbean” feast. The décor will include crystal-filled vases topped with a stunning cube-shaped design of 600 bright pink flowers per centerpiece. The cake will be complete with layers draped in black fondant fronted with fuchsia and white rectangles, with alternating layers of acrylic boxes filled with crystals! Also included, two wedding gowns for the bride, a 100 ft. hand painted monogrammed runner and a surprise 10-minute fireworks display. 8:00 PM CT WE
19. Big Love. Marilyn comes up with a plot that could affect Bill’s political career, Barb gets the attention at a ladies-only event, and Bill looks for clues about J.J.’s schemes. Sarah shocks the rest of the family with her future plans. 8:00 PM CT HBO East
20. Cold Case. Lilly and the others go to a colleeague’s wedding, and are persuaded to investigate whether or not the bride killed her last fiance two years before after he called off the wedding. 9:00 PM CT CBS
21. Brothers & Sisters. Lu’s problems with a visa brings on a dilemma for Sarah, who wonders if she’s the only woman in his life, Rebecca struggles with a life-changing experience, Kevin considers working for someone else, and Holly finds Ojai’s hidden value 9:00 PM CT CBS
22. Rich Bride, Poor Bride. A bride who spends money liberally takes advantage of her agreeable fiance. 9:00 PM CT WE
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Winter Olympics Champions Gala
For the first time in recent memory, I didn’t hear anything about the female figure skaters from the U.S. While it’s good that there was no knee-bashing scandal, it also means there weren’t really any serious medal contenders. However, with the men it was quite different. We heard a lot about both Johnny Weir and Evan Lysacek. Tonight Evan will be featured in the performances of figure skating medal winners at the Champion Gala.
1. 31 Days of Oscar. To celebrate the upcoming Academy Awards, Turner Classic Movies is running 31 Days of Oscar, 360 films in all. Today they’re showing Tom Sawyer, Dick Tracy, The Manchurian Candidate, From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry, The Nun’s Story, Tom Jones, Titanic, Gold Diggers of 1935, Stage Door, and Smilin’ Through. Be sure to enter the contest to win an Oscar Party Prize Pack. Begins at 6:00 AM CT Turner Classic Movies
2. College Basketball: Notre Dame at Georgetown. Last year Irish took the win in the battle of Big East. 11:00 AM CT CBS
3. Winter Olympics: Men’s Curling. Bronze medal game. 11:00 AM CT USA
4. College Basketball: Michigan at Ohio State. Early in January Michigan won against Ohio State with star Evan Turner out with an injury. 11:00 AM CT ESPN
5. College Basketball: Northeastern at George Mason. A CAA regular season finale.11:00 AM CT ESPN2
6. Winter Olympics: Speedskating, snowboarding, cross country skiing. 12:00 PM CT NBC
7. Mad Money. Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes star in this movie as women who devise a plan to steal from the Federal Reserve bank from the inside. Somehow it’s still hard to imagine Keaton’s character devising this plan. 10:00 AM CT Starz West
8. College Basketball: North Carolina at Wake Forest. UNC leads the overall series 151-65. 1:00 PM CT CBS
9. College Basketball: Texas at Texas A&M. Three Longhorns had double-boules in the OT win over A&M last month. 1:00 PM CT ESPN
10. College Basketball: Mississippi at Alabama. Mississippi came back from being down 23 points to beat Alabama 74-67 on Feb. 6. 1:00 PM CT ESPN2
11. College Basketball: Kansas at Oklahoma State. Kansas won last season 76-67. 3:00 PM CT CBS
12. NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series In Las Vegas. The Sam’s Town 300, whigh Greg Biffle won last year. 3:30 PM CT ESPN2
13. Winter Olympics: Men’s curling. The live gold-medal match. 4:00 PM CT CNBC
14. College Basketball: MIssissippi State at South Carolina. MSU has won the last three meetings. 5:00 PM CT ESPN
15. Winter Olympics: Snowboarding, Alpine skiing, bobsledding, figure skating. Figure skating’s Olympic medal winners will skate in the Champions Gala. 7:00 PM CT NBC
16. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It’s the fifth film adaptation in the series of books by J.K. Rowling. 7:00 PM CT ABC
17. Cops. Police find out that a drunk driving suspect has two identities, and a woman backs into a police car and gets ticketed for drug and alcohol misdemeanors. 7:00 PM CT Fox
18. College Basketball: Illinois State at Northern Iowa. An MVC regular season finale. 7:00 PM CT ESPN2
19. America’s Most Wanted. The episode looks at international fugitives, including a U.S. chess master, a convinced sex offender who failed to register after his release from prison who was them caputured in Belize a year later. Other fugitives include a pilot wanted for drug smuggling and a Nigerian wanted for financial scams. 8:00 PM CT Fox
20. College Basketball: Villanova at Syracuse. 8:00 PM CT ESPN
21. Year One. Jack Black and Michael Cera star in this comedy about a pair of hunter/gatherers who are forced out of their village. With the talent in this film, which also includes David Cross and Christopher Mintz-Passe, it could have been better. 8:00 PM CT Starz
22. 48 Hours Mystery. A look into the West Memphis Three murders. Many, including some celebrities, believe the three teens convicted are innocent. 9:00 PM CT CBS
23. Pit Boss. Season finale. Shorty organizes a fundraiser to help with the cost of his dog rescues, and Ronald loses it with an acting coaach. 9:00 PM CT Animal Planet
24. Wanda Sykes Show. Chris Rock, Ray Romano, Cheryl Hines, Colin Quinn, and Eddie Izzard and Wanda’s guests. 10:00 PM CT Fox
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Apolo Ohno Goes for Gold Again!
Apolo Ohno is at is again. He’ll wrap up his chances at gold tonight, and get two more shots, both at the men’s 500m, as well as the team relay. He’s already got the record for most medals won by a U.S. Winter Olympian, but can he had some more gold to that?
1. 31 Days of Oscar. To celebrate the upcoming Academy Awards, Turner Classic Movies is running 31 Days of Oscar, 360 films in all. Today they’re showing The Red Danube, Mrs. Miniver, That Forsyte Woman, The Enchanted Cottage, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Victor/Victoria, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Ordinary People, Serpico, Seconds, The Reivers. Be sure to enter the contest to win an Oscar Party Prize Pack. Begins at 6:00 AM CT Turner Classic Movies
2. The View. Regis and Joy Philbin perform, and Dr. Gadget reports on products from the Consumer Electronics Show. 10:00 AM CT ABC
3. Ellen DeGeneres Show. Jimmy Kimmel is the guest today. Syndicated, Check local listings.
4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. My son likes to think he’s Ferris. In fact, he thought he would get a computer for his 16th birthday like Ferris. Not in this economy. My son is probably the only person I know that would actually get on a float in a parade and do this, though. 11:30 AM CT AMC
5. Winter Olympics: Men’s hockey. The U.S. is up against either Finland or Czech Republic for a place in the gold medal game. 2:00 PM CT NBC
6. Winter Olympics: Speedskating. Men’s semifinals and women’s quarterfinals in team pursuits. 2:30 PM CT MSNBC
7. NBA Basketball: Mavericks at Hawks. Atlanta is looking for its second sweep of Dallas since 1998. 6:00 PM CT ESPN
8. Winter Olympics: Speedskating, Alpine skiing, bobsledding. Apolo Ohno skates for gold in the 500m and also leads his team i the 5000m relay. 7:00 PM CT NBC
9. Blades of Glory. Typical Will Ferrell, as he’s joined by Jon Heder. The two of them on skates is funny enough as it is, let alone seeing them skating together as a pair. 7:00 PM CT ABC
10. Smallville. A doctor who had been dead, then used for experiments by the Kandorians escapes along with hostages, in order to provethat aliens do exist on Earth. He kidnaps Lois, who then refuses to write about his mission. Zod finds the doctor’s lab and is shot just as Clark arrives. 7:00 PM CT CW
11. NAACP Image Awards. Anika Noni Rose and Hill Harper host, with Tyler Perry receiving the Chairman’s Award and Wyclef Jean receiving the Vanguard Award. 7:00 PM CT Fox
12. Shameless. During an argument between Yvonne and her kids, Stan gets caught in the crossfire, then finds himself in the line of fire during an armed robbery at Yrvonne’s shop. 7:00 PM CT Sundance
13. Caprica. Joseph Adama reaches out to his son, while his daughter finds a new side of the virtual world. 8:00 PM CT Syfy
14. Larry King Live. Spouses of convicted killers are Larry’s guests. 8:00 PM CT CNN
15. Live From Abbey Road. In a special season premiere artists record songs from the Beatles Abbey Road album at Abbey Road. See Small Screen Monthly for a review and more details. 7:00 PM CT Sundance Channel
16. NBA Basketball: Magic at Hornets. It’s the second time these two teams have met this month. 8:30 PM CT ESPN
17. 20/20. A jewish woman discusses her battle with her ex. She had him arraigned after he took their daughter to a Catholic church, violating her court order. Also, a report on ritual killings of children in Uganda, which are paid for by the people who believe the sacrifice will make them wealthier. 9:00 PM CT ABC
18. Most Haunted. The team travels to western Scotland to investigate paranormal activity , including a gray lady who walks the halls, inside Inveraray Castle. 9:00 PM CT Travel Planet
19. Turn the Beat Around. A young dancer biding her time in her stepfather’s flooring store teams up with a nightclub owner to bring back disco. Find out more in the review at Small Screen Monthly 9:00 PM CT MTV
20. Spartacus: Blood and Sand. With the drought now just a memory, Batiatus stands before his gladiators and calls forth the Bringer of Rain, the Slayer of the Shadow of Death, and the new Champion of Capua: Spartacus. As Batiatus strolls through his villa with Spartacus and Lucretia, making grandiose claims of the empire he aims to build, he reveals that Sura has been found and is on her way to the Ludus. Upon hearing this news, Spartacus tells his only friend Varro that once he is reunited with Sura, he plans for both of them to escape. However, as Spartacus stands ready to implement his plans for escape and prepares to welcome Sura, his scheme painfully unravels. 9:00 PM CT Starz
First Winner Announced In Turner Classic Movies Contest!
Our first winner is announced in the Turner Classic Movies Contest! The first winner of an Oscar Party Pack courtesy of TCM is Helen McGlynn Nooner. Congrats, Helen! Her favorite Academy-Award winning movie is Titanic. It’s not too late to enter to win one of the remaining prizes. Here’s the information again, in case it was missed the first time:
It’s Oscar time again, and it seems to be creating a buzz, being even more exciting than usual, thanks to having movies nominated that people have actually had a chance to see. It’s hard to get excited about it when you haven’t seen the movies, and the ones that you saw and enjoyed seem like also-rans. But this time we have movies like Blind Side, Avatar, Inglourious Basterds, Up In the Air, etc.
Turner Classic Movies has been celebrating all month, with continual Oscar-winning movies playing throughout the month. 360 movies in all. We may not have seen the movies originally, but they’re giving us a chance to see them all now. This includes movies from throughout the 82 years of Academy Awards.
In support of Turner Classic Movies month-long celebration, we’re giving away four “Oscar Party Packs” compliments of TCM. While we can turn on this classic movie station throughout the month and see any number of classic Oscar-winning movies, if you had to pick only one Oscar-winning movie to watch this month, which one would it be? There’s a lot to choose from, isn’t there? The Goodbye Girl would be my choice. It has to be something that makes me feel, think, and laugh, and that one definitely does it.
Click on the handy widget below to get any idea of all the great movies on Turner Classic Movies this month, then email me your choice of movie (it does not have to appear on this list, only has to be Oscar-winning) to LauraBelle@realityshack.com. I’ll be picking four winners at random this week on Wednesday and Friday and next week on Monday and Wednesday. Only one entry per email address.
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Survivors Play In the Mud!
Okay, I’m not sure what it says about me, but one of my favorite types of challenges to watch on Survivor are when they have to wrestle and fight each other. And in the very first challenge of the season, we saw some of the most aggression ever. Tonight promises us a lot more as they fight in mud. James, Mr. “Shut Your Mouth” is supposed to get overly aggressive. And who knows who makes it to tribal council, but it looks like the Villains are going to stop playing nice.
1. 31 Days of Oscar. To celebrate the upcoming Academy Awards, Turner Classic Movies is running 31 Days of Oscar, 360 films in all. Today they’re showing The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, Step Lively, There Goes My Heart, General Spanky, A Day at the Races, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Hail the Conquering Hero, The Killers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Dirty Dozen, Ice Station Zebra, and An American Dream. Be sure to enter the contest to win an Oscar Party Prize Pack. Begins at 6:00 AM CT Turner Classic Movies
2. Ellen DeGeneres Show. Guests today include Felicity Huffman and Jesse Willaims. Syndicated, check local listings.
3. Last Chance Harvey. Dustin Hoffman plays a sad sack who loses his job just before his daughter’s wedding in London. He strikes up a conversation with a stranger and winds up bringing her as his date. Emma Thompson costars. 12:10 PM CT Starz West
4. Winter Olympics: Cross-country skiing. 2:00 PM CT NBC
5. Winter Olympics: Women’s hockey. U.S. vs. Canada in the game for the gold medal. 5:00 PM CT MSNBC
6. Survivor Heroes vs. Villains. James gets too physical in a challenge, and a female survivor realizes a real threat and works to get that person out. 7:00 PM CT CBS
7. Winter Olympics: Figure skating, freestyle skiing, Nordic combine. U.S. fkgure-skating champion Rachael Flatt is up against Kim Yu-Na and Joannie Rochette of South Korea and Canada in the women’s free skate. 7:00 PM CT NBC
8. The Deep End. Season finale. Cliff tries to infiltrate himself back into Susan’s life, Addy and Malcom deal with a deceitful insurance company, and Dylan and Beth are on a case revolving around a text message photo. 7:00 PM CT ABC
9. American Idol. In the first results s how of the season, two guys and two gals will be eliminated. 7:00 PM CT Fox
10. NBA Basketball: Cavaliers at Celtics. Last time the two teams met was on opening night where Boston beat Cleveland. 7:00 PM CT TNT
11. Kitchen Nightmares. Chef Ramsay heads to Mojito’s, a Cuban restaurant in Brooklyn, which was purchased by the owners when they were newlyweds, and now seven years later they’re getting the itch as their marriage and business are both in trouble. 8:00 PM CT Fox
12. Larry King Live. Howard Dean and Bill Frist are guesting tonight to discuss health care reform. 8:00 PM CT A&E
13. Police Women of Maricopa County. Season premiere. As the series now moves to Maricopa County, AZ, one female deputs particpates in a high speed chase involving a naked man, and another halts a van with illegal immigranats. 8:00 PM CT TLC
14. Burn Notice. Fiona takes care of a paranoid kidnapper with a secret, and Michael works on bringing down a black operative, but it gets out of control. 9:00 PM CT USA
15. Archer. A luxury airship’s maiden voyage is in jeopardy with a bomb threat, forcing the ISIS crew into action. 9:00 PM CT FX
16. Important Things With Demetri Martin. A pair of loan sharks rough up some neighborhood deadbeats with their brand-new bikes. While watching the show, check out the game Important Things Game Too. 9:00 PM CT Comedy Central
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17. Real Housewives of Orange County. After the other wives verbally attack Vicki, she turns to an old friend for comfort, Jeana. Alexis and her mom look into a possible nip-tuck, Lynne reexamines her marriage, and Gretchen looks forward to launching her makeup line. 9:00 PM CT Bravo
18. LA Ink. Kat’s new shop manager doesn’t make a good first impression with all of the staff, and Aubry applies for a job at American Electric Tattoo. 9:00 PM CT TLC
19. Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew. The top eight crews face off against each other choreographing routines inspired by current music videos. 9:00 PM CT MTV
20. Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew. As the patients near the end of their stay in rehab, they worry about maintainin their sobriety after they get out. I want to know what happened to Heidi Fleiss. 9:00 PM CT
21. Sarah Silverman Program. Newly-elected Mayor May Kadoody outlines her three-point plan for bringing Valley Village into the modern era. 9:30 PM CT TNT
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22. NBA Basketball: Nuggets at Warriors. Last month Chauncey Billups scored ten points in OT to help win the game for Denver. 9:30 PM CT TNT
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – American Idol Guys’ Top 12 Perform
There were a few great ones last night in the Girls’ Top 12, and I think we’ll have the same tonight. We’ll have a few that we’re talking about tomorrow, but the rest are doomed to make the same mistake and choose a song they like to sing on the radio, instead of choosing something that shows off their talent and makes us remember them enough to pick up the phone.
1. 31 Days of Oscar. To celebrate the upcoming Academy Awards, Turner Classic Movies is running 31 Days of Oscar, 360 films in all. Today they’re showing Higher and Higher, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Treasures of the Sierra Madre, Duel In the Sun, Indiscretion of an American Wife, The Diary of Anne Frank, Alfie, A Room With a View, Mrs. Brown, and Room at the Top. Be sure to enter the contest to win an Oscar Party Prize Pack. Begins at 6:00 AM CT Turner Classic Movies
2. Ellen DeGeneres Show. The guests today include Woody Harrelson and skier Julia Mancuso. Syndicated, check local listings.
3. Winter Olympics: Men’s hockey. the men’s hockey quarterfinals begin. 2:00 PM CT NBC
4. Good Morning, Vietnam. Classic Robin Williams. This phrase gets stuck in your head after seeing it, so be forewarned. 2:00 PM CT VH1 Classic
5. Winter Olympics: Curling. Ever wonder how they settle ties in curling? Here’s your chance with live curling tiebreaker coverage. 4:00 PM CT CNBC
6. Winter Olympics: Men’s Hockey. The men’s hockey quarterfinals continue. 6:00 PM CT CNBC
7. Winter Olympics: Freestyle skiing, bobsledding, speedskating, Alpine skiing. Lindsey Vonn and Apolo Ohno go for more meals. 7:00 PM CT NBC
8. American Idol. Tonight the Guys Top 12 perform for the first time in front of an audience. 8:00 PM CT Fox
9. Larry King Live. Judge Judy Sheindlin is Larry’s guest. 8:00 PM CT CNN
10. NBA Basketball: Lakers at Mavericks. The Lakers are carrying a 2-1 lead in the season’s series. 8:00 PM CT ESPN
11. Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns. In the first half hour, The Colonel’s daughter wants Edna to sign a prenup, and Brown and Derek join an exercise class. In the second half hour, Vera recovers from laser eye surgery at the Brown house, and Sasha and Will try to keep her news that she’s pregnant from getting around. 9:00 PM CT TBS
12. Psych. Shaun and Gus become part of an organization designed to protect a tycoon from an assassination, and after the group breaks up, they find out it was one of the members who was plannng an attack. 9:00 PM CT USA
13. Nip/Tuck. Julia goes to see SEan and Chrisitian with life-changing news, and passes up the advances made by both. One of matt’s exes shows up as he gets ready to commit to someone else. Liz reveals she is pregnant. 9:00 PM CT FX
14. High School Reunion. One of the classmates gets fed up with John as well as the Cheerleaders party and decides to leave. A surprise proposal leads to the first wedding of this season. 9:00 PM CT TVLand
15. Shear Genius. The stylists leave the comfort of the salon to attend a real Indian wedding. After, they are charged with the task of styling the bridesmaids’ hair before the wedding reception begins, while over 400 guests await their grand entrance. Tabatha Coffey, former Shear Genius contestant and star of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover, is their guest judge. Adee seems to be a deer in headlights when he finds his talent hinders him from getting back to the basics of hair cutting. 9:00 PM CT Bravo
16. Real World DC. Playful fighting turns real, tearing apart a relationship. Josh faces his infidelity issues. 9:00 PM CT MTV
Win an Oscar Party Prize Pack Courtesy of Turner Classic Movies
It’s Oscar time again, and it seems to be creating a buzz, being even more exciting than usual, thanks to having movies nominated that people have actually had a chance to see. It’s hard to get excited about it when you haven’t seen the movies, and the ones that you saw and enjoyed seem like also-rans. But this time we have movies like Blind Side, Avatar, Inglourious Basterds, Up In the Air, etc.
Turner Classic Movies has been celebrating all month, with continual Oscar-winning movies playing throughout the month. 360 movies in all. We may not have seen the movies originally, but they’re giving us a chance to see them all now. This includes movies from throughout the 82 years of Academy Awards.
In support of Turner Classic Movies month-long celebration, we’re giving away four “Oscar Party Packs” compliments of TCM. While we can turn on this classic movie station throughout the month and see any number of classic Oscar-winning movies, if you had to pick only one Oscar-winning movie to watch this month, which one would it be? There’s a lot to choose from, isn’t there? The Goodbye Girl would be my choice. It has to be something that makes me feel, think, and laugh, and that one definitely does it.
Click on the handy widget below to get any idea of all the great movies on Turner Classic Movies this month, then email me your choice of movie (it does not have to appear on this list, only has to be Oscar-winning) to LauraBelle@realityshack.com. I’ll be picking four winners at random this week on Wednesday and Friday and next week on Monday and Wednesday. Only one entry per email address.
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – American Idol Top 12 Female Contestants
This is pretty much what we were waiting for. Sure the auditions were great, but they dragged on. We wanted to see Ellen DeGeneres on American Idol. And then we heard her and Simon weren’t getting along, but is it in the same way he and Paula Abdul didn’t get along, meaning it was all with a wink wink? We’ll get a chance to see tonight for the first time. Regrettably, it’s only an hour, when usually the first night of Hollywood is two hours. Perhpas their aim this year is to always leave us wanting more.
1. 31 Days of Oscar. To celebrate the upcoming Academy Awards, Turner Classic Movies is running 31 Days of Oscar, 360 films in all. Today they’re showing The Merry Widow, 42nd Street, Carefree, Topper Takes a Trip, My Favorite Wife, The Awful Truth, Artists & Models, Topper, Ruggles of Red Gap, One Hour With You, Gigi, An American In Paris, The Barkleys of Broadway, and Good News. Be sure to enter the contest to win an Oscar Party Prize Pack. Begins at 6:00 AM CT Turner Classic Movies
2. Oprah Winfrey. The Family of Amanda Knox, convicted of killing a roommate in Italy, speaks out. Syndicated, check local listings.
3. Winter Olympics: Women’s curling, men’s hockey. U.S. takes on China in women’s curling. 11:00 AM CT USA
4. Ellen DeGeneres Show. The guests today are Ewan McGregor, Gordon Ramsay, Shelby Dressel, and a women who helped a man having a heart attack while driving on an interestate highway Syndicated, check local listings.
5. Spotlight on Goldie Hawn. This month Encore is putting its spotlight on Goldie Hawn, today showing Everyone Says I Love You, Crisscross, Town & Country, Seems Like Old Times, Housesitter, and Bird On a Wire. Begins at 1:45 PM CT Encore
6. Winter Olympics: Speedskating, biathlon, freestyle skiing. The man’s 10,000m in speedskating, women’s 4×6km relay biathlon, and women’s ski cross in freestyle skiing. 2:00 PM CT NBC
7. Winter Olympics: Figure skating, bobsledding, skiing. women’s figure skating starts tonight with the short program, and we also bobsledding and skiing. 7:00 PM CT NBC
8. American Idol. The top telve female singers perform tonight. 7:00 PM CT Fox
9. River Cottage Treatment. People that exist on take out foods are shown some healthy alternatives, then end up operativing a stall that sells organic fare and preparing meals for local soccer fans. 7:00 PM CT Sundance Channel
10. Lost. Hurley wants Jack to go with him on an unspecified mission, and Sawyer runs into an old friend. 8:00 PM CT ABC
11. Wild Recon. Donald Schultz heads to the Costa Rican rainforests to finds poison dart frog samples, as well as those of several snake species, and a three-toed sloth. 8:00 PM CT Animal Planet
12. RuPaul’s Drag Race. The queens do celebrity inpersonatons on a TV Game show. Niecy Nash, Lisa Rinna, Alec Mapa, and Phoebe Price appear. 8:00 PM CT VH1
13. The Forgotten. When a woman’s body is found in a derailed train’s wreckage, the network looks into a secret society of roving nightclubs. 9:00 PM CT ABC
14. Southland. Season finale … of the NBC repeats. A gang member is found ead outside of Dodger Stadium, and Lydia ends up taking in Janilla into her home to be sure she remains protected. Salinger is upset he’s growing further apart from his daughter. Next week brand new episodes begin. 9:00 PM CT TNT
15. White Collar. Neal’s old nemesis puts forth a challenge to recreate a rare bottle of wine onced owned by Ben Franklin, and Peter steps in to help. 9:00 PM CT USA
16. Millionaire Matchmaker. Patti takes on former-client to see if she can find him love a second time around. But Patti is nervous that the cocky, over-confident bachelor hasn’t changed his ways – including his infamous referral to himself in the third person! Patti’s other client this week proves to be a handful as well when he expresses his laundry-list of the perfect woman. But when Patti presses him on his expectation for religious values and sex, he gets defensive;. 9:00 PM CT Bravo
17. Winter Olympics: Women’s curling. U.S. takes on Switzerland, the team that won silver in both of the last Olympics. 7:00 PM CT NBC
18. Little Couple. With Bill and Jen moving into a temporary rental, it gets hectic when Bill loses his watch and Rocky gets loos in the new neighborhood. 9:00 PM CT TLC
19. Bad Girls Club. Highlights of season 4. 9:00 PM CT Oxygen
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – The Bachelor’s Women (Including Rozlyn) Tell All
It’s the Women Tell all episode, and this always gets juicy as the women attack each other, and a few have some really tough questions for the Bachelor. But this one will be even more so as Rozlyn appears to … take the stand. What gets me is her insistence that none of this is anyone else’s business. Umm, you’re on a reality show first off, and signed some type of contract which most likely made it everyone’s business. Secondly, you’re there to create a romance with the Bachelor, and you start a secret relationship with another man. Yes, it is the show’s business. Amd on a show like this, they’re going to make it our business as well.
1. 31 Days of Oscar. To celebrate the upcoming Academy Awards, Turner Classic Movies is running 31 Days of Oscar, 360 films in all. Today they’re showing The Stratton Story, The White Cliffs of Dover, Night Must Fall, The Divorcee, The Broadway Melody, The Hollywood Revue, Sunset Boulevard, Five Graves to CAiro, The Fighting Sullivans, It Happened One Night, The Egg and I, Naughty Marietta, and Going Places . Begins at 5:00 AM CT Turner Classic Movies
2. Regis and Kelly. Guests include Ethan Hawke and gold medalist Shaun White, and Coast to Coast Ambush Makeover Week begins. Syndicated, check local listings.
3. Mulan. I recently made a list of my favorite Disney movies that I could watch again and again, and this one made it at #8. Eddie Murphy’s comedy helps the film along quite a bit. 9:30 AM CT Disney
4. Ellen DeGeneres Show. Randy Jackson is today’s guest. Syndicated, check local listings.
5. Winter Olympics: Men’s curling, women’s hocky. U.S. takes on Canada in men’s curling and takes on Sweden in women’s hockey. 11:00 AM CT USA
6. Winter Olympics: Cross-country skiing. Men’s and women’s teams in team sprints. 2:00 PM CT NBC
7. Winter Olympics: Women’s hockey, men’s curling. Women’s semifinal in hockey, and the U.S. takes on China in men’s curling. 4:00 PM CT CNBC
8. Winter Olympics: Figure skating, freestyle skiing, ski jumping. Ice-dancing final, men’s aerials in freestyle skiing, and large hill ski jumping. 7:00 PM CT NBC
9. The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love – The Women Tell All. The women that Jake has rejected so far get together to dish, and one of the women that appears is Rozlyn, the women that was taken from the house by ABC after an affair with a producer. 7:00 PM CT ABC
10. One Tree Hill. Haley and Quinn look to Taylor as Lydia’s illness worsens, and Nathan prepares Jamie for what lies ahead. Brooke hands Julian and Alex’s actions, and Clay tries to ward off Katie’s advances. 7:00 PM CT CW
11. Secret Life of the American Teenager. After the dance, Ben realizes he misses Amy and Ricky leaves town. Amy is console by Jimmy, and Ashley begins to fall for Griffin’s cousin. 7:00 PM CT ABC Family
12. Animal Cops: Miami. While trying to save a manatee’s flipper, agents uncover a secret, and investigators search for cattle poachers. 7:00 PM CT Animal Planet
13. Life Unexpected. Cate and Ryan’s bosses want Baze to join them on the air to rehash their problems. Lux tries to get Jones to drop the charges against Bug. 8:00 PM CT CW
14. 24. President Taylor tries to move forward with peace, but failure is still on the horizon, with some looking for scapegoats.. 8:00 PM CT Fox
15. Make It Or Break It. The girls pick up their training getting ready for the competition aganst the Chinese team, but are troubled by problems at home and confidence issues. The moms hold a fundraiser to help with the Chinese team’s travel expenses. 8:00 PM CT ABC Family
16. RuPaul’s Drag Race. On a TV game show, the contestants do celebrity impersonations. Niecy Nash and Lisa Rinna are the guests, and Alec Mapa and Phoebe Price appear as well. 8:00 PM CT CNBC
17. Larry King Live. The Dalai Lama is tonight’s guest. 8:00 PM CT CNBC
18. Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp. Bobby Brown gets fearful in a prison break challenge that includes aggressive guard dogs, and he threatens to leave boot camp. Nicole has a surprise for the weigh-in. 8:00 PM CT VH1
19. Men of a Certain Age. Season finale. Joe’s new home creates financial problems, and Terry faces deepening struggles because of an acting gig. Owen reaches a breaking point in his relationship with his father. Ray Romano cowrote the episode. 9:00 PM CT TNT
20. Damages. Patty tussles with the DA over access to a key witness, and a Hewes and Shayes job candidate questions Ellen about Patty. 9:00 PM CT FX
21. NFL Full Contact. The NFL makes its third trip across the pond to bring America’s game to the U.K., with a game between the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It may seem like a regular game on TV, but for the people behind the scenes, it’s a daunting task. 9:00 PM CT truTV
22. Greek. Casey is the matchmaker for Rusty and Katherine on Valentine’s Day, and she and Cappy get competitive finding romantic gifts. Ashleigh debouts Pete’s fidelity, Grant tries to spice it up with Calvin, and Evan gives a special present to Rebecca. 9:00 PM CT ABC Family
23. Kell On Earth. Kelly, Emily, and Robyn travel to the UK to promote London Fashion Week and have consultations with industry insiders. Kelly has a reunion with her daughter’s father. Back in NYC, Stefanie is rattled by a lagging team spirit and overhwleming managing ills. 9:00 PM CT Bravo
24. The Buried Life. The guys attempt to play basketball with President Obama, and try to help reunite with old friends. 9:00 PM CT MTV
25. Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Belle offers relationship advice to Ben when it does’t go well with Jackie, as well as Bambi, who is dating Byron, her client. She breaks all those rules of the advice she doles out, however, when it comes to her own lovelife. 9:00 PM CT Showtime
26. My Life as Liz. Part 1 of 2. With the prom coming up, Liz tries to get the courage to ask Bryon to accompany her. 9:30 PM CT MTV
27. Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union. Tracey impersonates Susan Boyle, the first lady of France, an Idaho meth cooker, a man who was kidnapped as a child and held hostage for 40 years, and a security screener. 9:30 PM CT Showtime
28. La La Land. When Gary tries to project a better image, it leads to a meeting with a fashin guru and a lesson in self-cibfudebce, Shirley’s role in s puschic showcase is threatened by her strange behavior. Brendan wants to document the building of a nabitaton for homeless humanity for his latest film project. 10:00 PM CT Showtime
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – The Amazing Race, Week 2
When the title of an episode of The Amazing Race is “The Cow Kicked Me In the Head,” you know it’s going to be good, and after some of the stupidity that went around last week, I don’t even think we can begin to guess wha they’re referring to. Who knows if it’s even a cow. It could be a horse or a camel or a bird, if someome mistakes one continent for another, confusing China and Chile. And tht was from the people that are in first place.
1. 31 Days of Oscar. To celebrate the upcoming Academy Awards, Turner Classic Movies is running 31 Days of Oscar, 360 films in all. Today they’re showing Bachelor In Paradise, Citizen Kane, Lust for Life, The Bridge On the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, On the Waterfront, North by Northwest, To Catch a Thief, The Solid Gold Cadillac, and Executive Suite. Begins at 6:00 AM CT Turner Classic Movies
2. College Basketball: Ohio State at Michigan State. When the teams met up in the conference tourney last season, Ohio State came out the victor. 11:00 AM CT CBS
3. Winter Olympics: Men’s hockey, freestyle skiing, biathlon. Freestyle skiing comes to the Olympicswith four skiiers racing down the hill at the same time. 11:00 AM CT NBC
4. Winter Olympics: Women’s curling. U.S. vs. Canada. The United States has never medaled in this particular event. 11:00 AM CT MSNBC
5. What Happens In Vegas. Two strangers get married in Vegas, and the next morning realize soberly their mistake, only to win the jackpot the next morning. 11:00 AM CT HBO Comedy East
6. NBA Basketball: Cavaliers at Magic. Just ten days ago, the two teams played each other with LeBron James coming within two rebounds of a triple-double. 12:00 PM CT ABC
7. College Basketball: Dayton at Duquesne. Dayton beat Duquesne last January 9. 12:00 PM CT ESPN2
8. PGA Tour Golf: WGC-Match Play Championship. Final round play in Marana, AZ. 1:00 PM CT CBS
9. NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup In Fontana, CA. Jamie McMurray, winner of the Daytona 500, takes the pole in the Sprint Cup Auto Clulb 500. It could be his year. 1:00 PM CT Fox
10. NBA Basketball: Celtics at Nuggets. Least season, Boston’s margin of victory in Denver was 38 points. 2:30 PM CT ABC
11. Winter Olympics: Men’s curling. U.S. vs. Great Britain. Four years ago U.S. beat Great Britain to take the bronze. 11:00 AM CT CNBC
12. 60 Minutes. Reports on the military transport plane crash in Afghanistan in 2004, Bloom boxes which can generate power without a connection to an electric grid, and the absence of a memorial at Ground Zero. 6:00 PM CT CBS
13. Winter Olympics: Speedskating, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding. 6:00 PM CT NBC
14. America’s Funnies Home Videos. Clips include a firefighter playing a prank on a colleague, a dog that ruins a Halloween costume, a kitchen with a fake rat, and a woman groggy from anesthesia at the dentist’s office. Also, a salute to Wisconsin. 6:00 PM CT ABC
15. ‘Til Death. In the first half hour, Although Eddie objects, Joy invests a couple she doesn’t know well to dinner, but they click with Eddie and ignore Joy. Kenny has job competition as a free sample guy at the supermarket. Kevin Nealon and Susan Yeagley guest star. In the second half hour, Eddie gets a checkup from Simona, then gets a bad head cold right before a big interview. Joy can’t understand why Simona won’t give her a compliment. 6:00 PM CT Fox
16. Winter Olympics: Men’s hockey. It’s U.S. vs. Canada. Eight years ago the Canadians beat the U.S. to take the first hocky gold in fifty years. 6:00 PM CT MSNBC
17. The Amazing Race 16. The race continues in Chile. 7:00 PM CT CBS
18. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. A family’s home that doubles as a music school is rebult with the help of Ty and his team, and the group KISS, who donates instruments, and Marvel Entertainment artists, who create a superhero-themed bedroom for the 7-year-old boy. 7:00 PM CT ABC
19. The Simpsons. For a school project, Lisa researches her ancestors, and finds they once heled slaves escape to freedom. 7:00 PM CT Fox
20. Cleveland Show. Cleveland Jr. gets a jog at the Stool., and Roberta competes with the rich girl at school. Guest voices include Ashley Tisdale, Kristen Wiig, Ed Asner, and David Lynch. 7:30 PM CT Fox
21. Undercover Boss. Going undercover tonight is 7-11 president Joseph DePinto. 8:00 PM CT CBS
22. Desperate Housewives. Susan invites Robin to her home, and she turns heads and makes a friend. Bree gets seduction tips from the ex-stripper and wants to reengage Orson. Gaby thinks Robin could help with Ana, but Lynette is unsure, as she has teen boys at home. 8:00 PM CT ABC
23. Platinum Weddings. Natalie and Bob spare no expense for their $1.25 million dollar wedding, with Sacramento’s Tsakopoulos Library decked out in their wedding décor. The soaring space will be draped in 48-yard-long panels of red fabric, and underneath will be exquisite tablescapes of silver-edged place settings and centerpieces created from 20 types of red flowers. With an architectural lighting director on hand to make sure the sparkle from the brides’ $1 million dollars worth of wedding day jewelry hits the light just right, the couple will treat their guests to a gourmet meal and a photo shoot. 8:00 PM CT WE
24. Big Love. Lois ad Frank’s need Bill and Joey to rescue them in Mexico after their smuggling goes awry. Nicki is shocked by Adaleen’s news, Margene tries to stop Ana and her faincé from leavng the country, and Barb and Tommy respond to a startling event at the casino. 8:00 PM CT HBO East
25. American Dad! After Stan speaks of his admiration for the 1980 U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team, Roger reveals he was a member of that team. Reginald and Hayley go to a concert. 8:30 PM CT Fox
26. Cold Case. The death of a teen aerialist who died after a fall in a dangerous stunt is investigated after new evidence shows it might not have been an accident. Doors music is featured in the episode. 9:00 PM CT CBS
27. Brothers & Sisters. Kitty runs for Robert’s senate seat and hires Buffy as her campaign maanger. Sarah gets back together with Luc for Valentine’s Day, and Holly makes a decision about her future at Ojai. 9:00 PM CT CBS
28. Las Vegas Jailhouse. In the first half hour, an inmate apologizes by performing with his guitar, a couple is caught trying to pass off a fake prescription, and the police arrest a pot farmer during a traffic stop. In the second half hour, a gang member is caught selling prescription drugs, a woman claims to not have assaulted her husband, and two cousins end up in isolation after threatening police. 9:00 PM CT truTV
29. Rich Bride, Poor Bride. A man’s spending is limited by his future intended, a self-proclaimed “anti-bride.” 9:00 PM CT WE