What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Freshman Father
When we think about young single parents, we automatically thing about young women, but it can happen the other way too. In tonight’s Hallmark movie, Freshman Father, is a fact-based story of a young man who is abandoned by his new bride just after the birth of their son. It makes him a little extra-busy, as he also he’s also attending Harvard on a scholarship and has to keep his grades up to keep that, while also taking care of an infant. It would be hard whether you’re a single mom or single dad.
1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Judd Apatow and Steve Carell together is just too good to pass up. 11:00 AM CT USA
2. PGA Tour Golf: Memorial Tournament. Third-round play at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, OH. 2:00 PM CT CBS
3. Dog Competition: Incredible Dog Challenge. In St. Petersburg, FL. 2:00 PM CT ABC
4. Rugby: Rugby Sevens Collegiate Championship. Preliminary round action from the Invitational in Columbus, OH. 3:00 PM CT NBC
5. MLB Baseball: Brewers at Cardinals. Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals. 3:00 PM CT Fox
6. The Notebook. James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Ryan Gosling, and Rachel McAdams star in this move of a man who chooses a unique way to refresh his wife’s mind on their life together after she gets Alzheimer’s. 3:00 PM CT ABC Family
7. Belmont Stakes: From Belmont Park. The 142nd running of the Belmont Stakes. 4:30 PM CT ABC
8. Three Rivers. After a bride is gunned down during her wedding, the team members try to harvest her lungs so they can put them into an NCAA basketball player. 7:00 PM CT CBS
9. Cops. Police send in the canines to look for armed robbery suspects, officers keep a man for lewd conduct, and a drunk man attempting to change his tired is stopped by the police. 7:00 PM CT TNT
10. Dateline: Real Life Mysteries. The antifreeze poisoning death of Julie Keown is investigated. 7:00 PM CT TLC
11. It’s Me Or the Dog. A pair of Dobermans that are kept apart from their owners are trained. 7:00 PM CT Animal Planet
12. NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series in Nashville. The Nationwide Series Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. 1:30 PM CT ESPN2
13. America’s Most Wanted. Featured fugitives include a Little League coach charged with sex crimes again children, a man wanted in a sex-slavery case, a man who escaped prison after being convicted of shooting a police officer, and a killer who tortured and stabbed a man to death in his home. 8:00 PM CT Fox
14. Freshman Father. Inspired by a true story, high school sweethearts get pregnant, then get married and move to Cambridge so the father-to-be can make use of his Harvard scholarship. After the birth of their son, the young mom leaves the new family, leaving him to care for the infant and attend school, without losing his scholarship. 8:00 PM CT Hallmark
15. Larry King Live. They switch it up on us, as Donald Trump interviews Larry about his 25 years with the cable news network. 8:00 PM CT CNN
16. Disappeared. In the first hour, the case of an Atheism advocate and two members of her family who disappeared along with a large chunk of money. In the second hour the case of an NBA star and his girlfriend who disappeared in the South Pacific, with his brother being the main suspect. 8:00 PM CT TLC
17. District 9. A field operative is exposed to alien biotechnology at a South African internment camp that houses extraterrestrial refugees. 8:00 PM CT Starz
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Uncorked
Hallmark presents another original movie tonight, this one based in wine country in California. It looked so relaxing, both in the beautiful vineyards, and everyone always sitting around sipping wine. It makes me want to go there … and makes me want to pour a glass of a nice cabernet.
1. College Basketball: West Virginia at Villanova. A Beat East regular-season finale. 11:00 AM CT CBS
2. A Goofy Movie. This is one of my favorite Disney movies, believe it or not. It has such a great, strong message of family in it as Goofy works on bonding with his teenage son. Find out more at Sazze. 11:00 AM CT Disney
3. College Basketball: Texas A&M at Oklahoma. A&M has won three of their last four Big 12 contests. 11:00 AM CT ESPN
4. College Basketball: Florida State at Miami. FSU’s sophomore Luke Loucks scored 19 ponts off the bench to secure the 71-65 win over Miami last month. 11:00 AM CT ESPN2
5. Gymnastics: American Cup. All-around finals in the American Cup. 12:00 PM CT NBC
6 College Basketball: Kansas at Missouri. Kansas is on a 7-1 run against their border rivals. 1:00 PM CT CBS
7. College Basketball: Syracuse at Louisville. Back on Valentine’s Day, Louisville rallied for their fifth straight win over Syracuse. 1:00 PM CT ESPN
8. College Basketball: South Carolina at Vanderbilt. Back in January, Vanderbilt beat South Carolina 89-79. 1:00 PM CT ESPN2
9. PGA Tour Golf: Honda Classic. Third round play in the $5.6 million Honda Classic. 2:00 PM CT NBC
10. Banff 2010 Celebrity Sports Invitational. Nordic skiing, giant slalom, broomball, and snowshoe and toboggan races will be featured, with Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon, Peter Fonda, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Matthew Modine, and Tim Robbins competing. 2:00 PM CT ABC
11. Terms of Endearment. Debra Winger and Shirley MacLaine star as mother and daughter in this movie that takes us through a range of emotions. Jack Nicholson appears to give us a little more of the emotion and a lot of laughs. 2:00 PM CT WE
12. College Basketball: UCLA at Arizona State. A Pac-10 season finale. 3:00 PM CT CBS
13. College Basketball: Texas at Baylor. Baylor has had back-to-back wins after losing 24 straight to Texas. 3:00 PM CT ESPN
14. Race to March Madness. A look back at the college basketball season, as well as top moments from the last decade. 4:00 PM CT ABC
15. College Basketball: Tennessee at Mississippi State. A rematch of last season’s SEC championship game. 5:00 PM CT ESPN
16. Cops. A triple arrest for possession comes out of a suspicious-person investigation, and a mother/son burgling duo are caught stealing a cake from a bakery. 7:00 PM CT Fox
17. It’s Me or the Dog. Two jittery dogs causing problems for their newlywed owners get help. 7:00 PM CT Animal Planet
18. Life Unexpected. Baze and Ryan face off in a contest held at the radio station, Lux helps Tasha find her mother when she finds she might have to relocate to a foster home far away, and Cate considers giving Ryan full disclosure about her and Baze. 8:00 PM CT CW
19. America’s Most Wanted. President Obama dsicusses anticrime initiatives in an interview with John Walsh in the 1000th episode of the series. A series retrospective is included as well as reports on missing children. Featured fugitives include a man accused of killing his girlfriend, and a former corrections officer charged with killing his wife and mother-in-law. 8:00 PM CT Fox
20. Uncorked. A workaholic finds relaxation on a business trip to wine country, while a local chef tries to get over the loss of his wife and help his parents with their independent wine vineyard that’s having a hard time keeping up with the big dogs. 8:00 PM CT Hallmark
21. Underdog to Wonderdog An overweight puggle gets help getting into shape. 8:00 PM CT Animal Planet
22. College Basketball: North Carolina at Duke. The Blue Devils are trying to snap a four-game home losing streak to North Carolina. 8:00 PM CT ESPN
23. 48 Hours Mystery. The murder of a funeral director’s wife, found dead in a swimming pool at her home, is investigated. 9:00 PM CT CBS
24. Wanda Sykes Show. Tracey Ullman, Nick Cannon, Greg Giraldo, and Wesley Snipes are Wanda’s guests. 10:00 PM CT Fox
25. Saturday Night Live. Zach Galiflanakis guest hosts, and Vampire Weekend is the musical guest. 10:30 PM CT NBC
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – The Start of the Bowl Season
It’s the start of the bowl games today with the New Mexico Bowl and the St. Petersburg Bowl games. Not exactly the Rose Bowl or Sugar Bowl. We also have a Saturday night NFL game. If you’re not into football, we have a lot of college basketball on, and if you’re avoiding sports altogether, we’ve got a new Hallmark movie starring Dean Cain, and Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married. That is, if you’re not procrastinating and have all your shopping done.
1. College Basketball: Michigan at Kansas. Jayhawks are putting their 47-game winning streak at home on the line. 11:00 AM CT ESPN
2. Cheaper By the Dozen. Fun remake with Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt raising a family of twelve kids, while managing separate careers. 12:00 PM CT TNT
3. College Basketball: UCLA at Notre Dame. Last year Notre Dame took quite the beating. 1:00 PM CT CBS
4. College Basketball: North Carolina vs. Texas. This match takes place at Cowboys Stadium. 1:00 PM CT ESPN
5. College Basketball: Xavier at Butler. An A-10/Horizon matchup. 1:00 PM CT ESPN2
6. Firehouse Dog. This was actually a very cute family movie, with a terrier mix that happens to look a lot like my dog. 2:30 PM CT FX
7. College Basketball: Duke at Gonzaga. Both teams feature outstanding shooters. 3:00 PM CT CBS
8. College Basketball: Western Kentucky at Louisville. Louisville was upset by Western Kentucky last season 68-54. 3:00 PM CT ESPN2
9. New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State vs. Wyoming. We’re kicking off the bowl season! 3:30 PM CT ESPN
10. College Basketball: Memphis vs. Massachusetts. The Tigers handed UMass quite a beating last season. 5:00 PM CT ESPN2
11. Elf. I caught this for the first time last year, surprisingly enough. I thought it would have some off-color humor in it, not that I would mind, but I figured it would. Instead, it was a really cute family holiday flick with Will Farrell. 7:00 PM CT CBS
12. Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa. The Muppets accidentally stop three letters from reaching Santa Claus, prompting Kermit and the others to attempt to deliver the letters themselves. Guest appearances include Whoopi Goldberg, Uma Thurman, and Nathan Lane. 7:00 PM CT NBC
13. The Santa Clause 2. Tim Allen is Santa again, and finding out it will all end if he doesn’t get himself a Mrs. Claus. It’s fun, but not as magical as the first. 7:00 PM CT ABC
14. The Three Gifts. Dean Cain stars as Jack Green, a toymaker who, along with his wife (Jean Louisa Kelly), temporarily takes in three unruly orphans during the holiday season. The troublemakers soon turn their act around when they think that the Greens are considering adopting one of them, and do their best to get off the Naughty List. The film also stars Mimi Kennedy and Reginald Vel Johnson. 7:00 PM CT Hallmark
15. St. Petersburg Bowl: Central Florida vs. Rutgers. UCF has never won a bowl game, while Rutgers has won four straight. 7:00 PM CT ESPN
16. Saturday Night Football: Cowboys at Saints. Dallas is on a two-game losing streak, and New Orleans is still unbeaten on the season. 7:00 PM CT NFL
17. Californication. In the season finale, Hank gets a surprise visit from Mia and her lowlife boyfriend. Karen discovers Hank’s past involvement with her. Charlie needs to realize his relationship with Marcy could be over. 7:00 PM CT Showtime 2 West
18. WWE Tribute to the Troops. It’s the WWE’s seventh annual trip to Iraq. 8:00 PM CT NBC
19. America’s Most Wanted. A look at the FBI’s Highway Serial Killings Initiative which focuses on bodies of murdered women left along Interstate 40 in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi, and an update on the ID process of twelve bodies found in a mass grave in NM. The fugitives featured include a woman who stands accused of murdering her husband and fleeing to her native Brazil, and an ex-Chicago police sergeant wanted on drug and racketeering charges. 8:00 PM CT Fox
20. My Name Is Bruce. Bruce Campbell has one giant undead homicidal problem 8:00 PM CT Syfy
21. Rachel Getting Married. Anne Hathaway stars in this very dark story as a young woman who gets out of rehab to go to her sister’s wedding. It’s much darker than Hathawa y’s usual roles. 8:00 PM CT Starz
22. 48 Hours Mystery. A federal prosecutor recalls being kidnapped at gunpoint on his birthday. 9:00 PM CT CBS
23. Wanda Sykes Show. It’s a holiday theme with Tim Meadows, Paula Poundstone, and Michelle Rodriguez. 10:00 PM CT Fox
24. Saturday Night Live. Guest host is James Franco and Muse is the musical guest. 10:30 PM CT NBC
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Teach Your Dog to Pour You a Beer!
Sit? Stay? Roll over? Child’s play. How abot teaching your dog to put down the toilet seat, or paying for your manicure, then getting the car keys out? How about teaching your dog to bowl or to pour your beer? Perhaps you could combing then all together by getting a pedicure, then going out for bowling and beers, and having to use the bathroom while you’re there. Find out how to teach your dog these unique tricks on SuperFetch tonight on Animal Planet.
1. College Football: Wisconsin at Minnesota. It’s the battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe. 11:00 AM CT ESPN
2. 101 Dalmations. Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, and Joely Richardson star in this live action version of the Disney classic. 12:00 PM CT Hallmark
3. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp star as brothers in a very dysfunctional family, with DiCaprio playing the part of a mentally disabled boy, while Depp is saddled with taking care of him. 1:00 PM CT WE
4. College Football: LSU at Georgia. Both teams won last week, despite a close call. 2:30 PM CT CBS (more…)
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Bad Boys, Bad Boys
Fear not. Although Cops had the summer off, there are still plenty of bad boys, and girls, for them to chase with the series making its season premiere tonight with two new half hour episodes. America’s Most Wanted is new, too, although they found a way to creatively have different content on throughout the summer here and there. Regardless, it’s back and needing our help to locate some fugitives. Speaking of locating, The Locator is back tonight tonight, looking to hook us some estranged daughters and fathers.
1. The Holiday. This is just a great romantic comedy. You’d expect to see Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, and Jude Law in a movie like this, but Jack Black? And the most surprising thing? He was completely charming here! 10:10 AM CT TBS
2. College Football: Fresno State at Wisconsin. Both quarterbacks are coming off wins after their first ever starts. 11:00 AM CT ESPN
3. College Football: Notre Dame at Michigan. Notre Dame won big against Michigan last season. 2:30 PM CT ABC
4. Beverly Hills Cop. Every time I see the name of this movie, I hear the instrumental theme song in my head, and I just think, wow, could that be any more 80s? Eddy Murphy plays a Detroit cop relocated to Beverly Hills. 2:00 PM CT Comedy Central (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 – Echo …
Hearing that echo? That’s an empty night, well almost, with not much on. Mostly reruns tonight, some gymnastics, dogs, fugitives, and George Lopez. There just isn’t a whole heckuva lot on, as we wait for the new season premieres to start. Some already have started with others finishing out, but Saturday is always slow, and at this time of year, it’s even worse.
1. 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 East
2. RV. I have to admit, traveling around in an RV doesn’t sound like the best vacation to me, unless I can park it for awhile at a beach, yet if I had to do it, I’d want Robin Williams with me. 1:15 PM CT TBS
3. Walk the Line. It’s still odd to me that Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar for her role here as June Carter, yet Joaquin Phoenix didn’t for his role as Johnny Cash. Not that I think she did badly, but throughout, Phoenix was Johnny Cash. 4:00 PM CT FX
4. Gymnastics: Visa Championships. It’s the women’s all-around that includes Olympic medal winners Nastia Liukin, Samantha Peszek, and Bridgette Sloan. 7:00 PM CT NBC (more…)
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Mystery Solved!
Have you been following the mystery on Harper’s Island? Tonight the case is solved in the season finale. I wonder if this series was just a one time thing or if they’ll find another serial killer to follow for a second season, proving to perhaps be the bigger mystery. Another series, Eli Stone, wraps for good tonight.
1. Swimming: U.S. National Championships. Is there a Michael Phelps in this bunch? 12:00 PM CT NBC
2. Must Love Dogs. A lonely couple meet up with each other through a computer dating site. It doesn’t have as much to do with dogs as it sounds, but is still a cute movie. 2:45 PM CT TBS
3. When Harry Met Sally. Before you head out to see Meg Ryan in her latest film, The Women, see her in one of her most famous roles. I originally saw this movie on my honeymoon. 5:00 PM CT Lifetime Movie Network
4. 48 Hours Mystery. Featured tonight are a string of bank robberies on Long Island that were allegedly committed by Wall Street trader Stephen Trantel. 7:00 PM CT CBS (more…)
What’s Hot On TV Tonight - Ellen In Primetime
You thought you’d have to wait all summer to see more of Ellen DeGeneres, didn’t you? It’s like a bonus. On top of getting to see new Ellen, it’s in primetime on TBS. She takes on the Windy City here in Ellen’s Bigger, Wider, and Longer Show. TV Land will honor the memory of Farrah Fawcett with a tribute presentation of two Charlie’s Angels episodes and the first two episodes of Chasing Farrah. A Michael Jackson tribute will air on Sunday
1. Road to Perdition. Tom Hanks plays a mob hit man who goes hiding with his son and is betrayed by his boss. It was filmed in the Chicago suburbs here and was big doings at the time. 11:00 AM CT TNT
2. NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series in Loudon, NH. The Nationwide Series Camping World 200 was won last year by Tony Stewart, with a different winner driver winning each year. 2:00 PM CT ABC
3. Bruce Almighty. Morgan Freeman plays God and gives Jim Carrey as a TV reporter some of his powers. He’s just hoping it helps him in his relationship with Jennifer Aniston, but does try to do things the right way and help the people who need it … eventually. 3:00 PM CT USA
4. Charlie’s Angels. In the first episode, Sabrina pretends to be a race car driver, and in the second, the Angels go behind bars to uncover a murder-extortion scheme at a prison-farm. 6:00 PM CT TV Land (more…)