What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Saturday Night Live Season Finale
I’m definitely aging myself here, but as we get ready to watch the 35th season finale of Saturday Night Live, I have to admit I remember when it started. And tonight, for this momentous event, we have the man who is tying the record for most times hosted, Alec Baldwin. He shares the record with Steve Martin. I’m amusing myself thinking of Betty White hosting last weekend and wishing we could have had her NPR Delicious Dish character and her muffin, along with Baldwin’s character and his Schweddy Balls.
1. Ransom. Ron Howard directed this thriller that stars Mel Gibson as a dad whose son is kidnapped. 12:00 PM CT TNT
2. NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series in Dover, Del. The Nationwide Series Heluva Good! 200 at Dover. 1:30 PM CT ABC
3. PGA Tour Golf: Valero Texas Open. Third-round play in the Valero Texas Open at the TPC San Antonio. 2:00 PM CT CBS
4. Ghostbusters. I don’t know about you, but I’m gonna call Billy Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis. 2:30 PM CT TVLand
5. MLB Baseball: Phillies at Brewers. Philadelphia Phillies at Milwaukee Brewers. 3:00 PM CT Fox
6. Preakness Stakes: From Pimlico Race Course. The second race of horse racing’s Triple Crown with the Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver looking to repeat. 3:30 PM CT NBC
7. The Bourne Ultimatum. The third in the Bourne series starring Matt Damon as amnesiac Jason Bourne searching for his real identity with the CIA assassins following him. 7:00 PM CT CBS
8. Just Like Heaven. Mark Ruffalo and Reese Witherspoon star in this film about an architect who sublets an apartment haunted by its former tenant’s ghost. 7:00 PM CT ABC
9. Cops. In the first half hour, a kicked-in car door helps police find a man violating a restraining order, and a Houston man finds out the woman he met online is wanted. In the second half hour, police resopnd to a domestic disturbance call and see the inebriated suspect tackle someone, and a man offends others with his ringtones and gets arrested for disorderly intoxication. 7:00 PM CT Fox
10. It’s Me or the Dog. Two fighting female dogs are tamed. 7:00 PM CT Animal Planet
11. America’s Most Wanted. A report on Chicago’s efforts to stem violent crime, Jon Walsh meets with members of Purpose Over Pain, founded by family members of children who were shot to death, a 19-year-old shot during a block-party fight, and the shooting at a clothing store which killed five women. 8:00 PM CT Fox
12. G-Force. Intelligent guinea pigs who go on a dangerous mission saving the world from an evil billionaire. 8:00 PM CT Starz
13. Saturday Night Live. Season finale. Alec Baldwin is the guest host and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is the musical guest. 9:00 PM CT NBC
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – “Everybody Loves Marie”
That’s right, everyone loves Marie Barone. Overcontrolling as she may be, we love this particular mom. Tonight on TVLand, they’re celebrating Raymond and Robert’s mother in an Everybody Loves Raymond marathon. In more early Mother’s Day celebrating, there’s a Hallmark special starring Lori Loughlin, Meet My Mom.
1. Jerry Maguire. Cruise really loves Renee Zellweger, yet doesn’t feel the need to jump on a couch to get her at hello. Find out more about this movie that is both emotional and funny at Sazze. 12:05 PM CT TBS
2. Gymnastics: NCAA Women’s Championships. Individual and team events. 2:00 PM CT CBS
3. PGA Tour Golf: Players Championship. Third-round play in the Players Championship at the TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. 1:00 PM CT NBC
4. MLB Baseball: Yankees at Red Sox. New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox. 2:00 PM CT Fox
5. Empire Records. The owner and employees of a record store try to stop the business from being taken over. Anthony LaPaglia and Liv Tyler star, and it’s yet another movie that has me not liking Tyler’s acting. 2:30 PM CT Fuse
6. NBA Playoff: Game 3: Magic at Hawks. Orlando leads the series 2-0. 4:00 PM CT ESPN
7. NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup In Darlington, SC. The Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. 6:00 PM CT Fox
8. Everybody Loves Raymond. Flowers, cards, hugs…and Marie?! A marathon featuring hand-picked episodes saluting Marie Barone — TV’s beloved mother and mother-in-law. Tune in as the loveable yet overbearing Marie takes over the bridal shower that Debra throws for best friend and future sister-in-law Amy, gives Debra the silent treatment and discovers that the family threw out her special chicken cacciatore and ordered out Chinese food instead in this marathon that will make viewers glad they won’t have to answer to Mrs. Marie Barone this Mother’s Day! 7:00 PM CT Marie
9. It’s Me or the Dog. An erratically misbehaving dog is putting its owner and her two kids in danger, and gets help from Victoria. 7:00 PM CT Animal Planet
10. NBA Playoff: Game 3: Lakers at Jazz. Los Angeles leads the series 2-0. 7:15 PM CT ABC
11. Mongolian Death Worm. Treasure hunter Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints, Young Indiana Jones) and U.N. aide worker Victoria Pratt (Day Break) find themselves battling local bandits while searching for Genghis Khan’s secret tomb in central Mongolia. The crypt is guarded by man-eating Mongolian death worms, who grow very angry at being disturbed. 8:00 PM CT Syfy
12. Meet My Mom. A recent divorcee moves across the country to start a new life and falls for a soldier who becomes her young s on’s mentor. Lori Loughlin and Johnny Messner star, with Stefanie Power and Charles Henry Wyson as well. 8:00 PM CT Hallmark
13. Pandorum. After hypersleep, resulting in no memory of the mission, astronauts wake up and find thei 60,000 passengers on their spacecraft have disappeared. Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster star. 8:00 PM CT Starz
14. 48 Hours Mystery. Investigated tonight is the British Virgin Islands drowning death of a woman who was scuba diving with her husband. 9:00 PM CT CBS
15. Saturday Night Live. Betty White is the guest host and Jay-Z is the musical guest. 9:00 PM CT TLC
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Sandra Bullock In The Proposal
There’s no denying Sandra Bullock has had a tumultuous couple of weeks. She won an Oscar for The Blind Side, and immediately after started dealing with reports and/or rumors about her husband, Jesse James, and other women. One of her other movies from last year, The Proposal, is on tonight, and it’s much lighter than both The Blind Side, and everything else going on in her life.
1. NFL Draft: Rounds 4-7 in New York. Day 3 coverage. 9:00 AM CT ESPN
2. Yours, Mine, & Ours. Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo take on this remake, and do a great job, but I still prefer the original with Lucille Ball. 11:10 AM CT TBS
3. Champion Tour Golf: Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. Seond-round play in the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf at the Savannah Harbor Golf Resort. 12:00 PM CT CBS
4. NBA Playoff: Game 3: Magic at Bobcats. Orlando Magic at Charlotte Bobcats. 1:00 PM CT TNT
5. Bewitched. Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman star in what isn’t exactly of a remake of the series, but is about a woman starring in a remake who is a real witch. 1:10 PM CT TBS
6. PGA Tour Golf: Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Third-round play in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. 2:00 PM CT CBS
7. NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series in Talladega. The Aaron’s 312. 2:00 PM CT ABC
8. Stanley Cup Playoff: Game 5: Predators at Blackhawks. Nashville Predators at Chicago Blackhawks. 2:00 PM CT NBC
9. MLB Baseball: Mariners at White Sox. Seattle at Chicago. 3:00 PM CT Fox
10. NBA Playoff: Game 3: Suns at Trail Blazers. Phoenix Suns at Trail Blazers. 3:30 PM CT TNT
11. NBA Playoff: Game 3: Hawks at Bucks. Atlanta Hawks at Milwaukee Bucks. 6:00 PM CT ESPN
12. Norbit. Eddie Murphy tries to pull off the success of Nutty Professor, playing multiple roles, but doesn’t quitei cut it. 7:00 PM CT ABC
13. Cops. Police have use pikes to catch a suspect after the chase has lasted for thirteen miles, and a routine traffic stop leads to a major drug bust. 7:00 PM CT Fox
14. It’s Me or the Dog. An out-of-control bichon frise annoys her owner’s mother, who her son claims has made pets mysteriously disappear in the past. 7:00 PM CT Animal Planet
15. America’s Most Wanted. Reports on a man who was on the run for allegedly killing his wife and mother-in-law, the “reckless robber,” and suspects in two Austin murders where DNA factors in, freeing men in one case and leading police to an old suspect in another. 8:00 PM CT Fox
16. The Proposal. Sandra Bullock stars as a woman about to be deported to Canada, so she convinces her male assistant to marry her, but before that, they have to visit his family in Alaska. 8:00 PM CT Starz
17. NBA Playoff: Game 4: Lakers at Thunder. Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City Thunder. 8:30 PM CT ESPN
18. 48 Hours Mystery. A convicted serial killer referred to as Hannibal is the focus. He murdered three women and his uncle. 9:00 PM CT CBS
19. Wanda Sykes Show. Tonight’s guests are Bryan Cranston, Regina Hall, and Tommy Lee. 10:00 PM CT Fox
20. Saturday Night Live. Gabourey Sidibe is guest host, and MGMT is the musical guest. 10:29 PM CT NBC
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – SNL In the 2000s: Time and Again
Looking back on the better moments of Saturday Night Live is always a good time. And NBC is famous for pulling one of these out every time they’re looking to fill up their schedule. Tonight it’s the best of the 2000s, which means we’ll get to see several old favorites again, such as Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Chris Kattan, Tracy Morgan, and Amy Poehler.
1. Oprah Winfrey. A day in the life of OctoMom. Syndicated, check local listings.
2. Fool’s Gold. Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson star in this romantic comedy set in the Florida Keys. Hank Yuloff explains why you’re doing well to see it on cable, rather than at the theater in his review. 9:30 AM CT HBO Signature East
3. America’s Sweethearts. Even with the glasses and lack of makeup, it’s hard to take Julia Roberts as a frump. Regardless, it’s still a good romantic comedy. Find out more at Sazze. 12:00 PM CT FX
4. Bonnie Hunt Show. Andie MacDowell and John Cho are the guests today. Syndicated, check local listings.
5. Ellen DeGeneres Show. The guests today include David Duchovny, Aziz Ansari, and Nikki & Rich. Syndicated, check local listings.
6. Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. Will there be a merge this week? 7:00 PM CT CBS
7. FlashForward. Demetri rushes through his wedding plans after the FBI mole that was captured confirms a death death. Wedeck helps Aaron infiltrate Jericho in order to rescue Tracy, and Olivia’s and Lloyd’s friendship grows stronger. 7:00 PM CT ABC
8. Vampire Diaries. Elena and Jeremy’s uncle surprises them with a visit, and Damon’s attempt to figure out why he’s in town takes a bad turn. Matt and Tyler get into trouble at a Founders Day event. 7:00 PM CT CW
9. Bones. Brennan and Booth pretend pretend to be married at her high school reunion, as they look for clues surrounding the death of one of her classmates, which could coincide with a murder fifteen years ago. 7:00 PM CT Fox
10. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Hodges and Wendy lead high school CSI explorer scouts on a field trip and look into an apartment building fire where a dead body was found. 8:00 PM CT CBS
11. Saturday Night Live In the 2000s: Time and Again. A retrospective looking back on the good and bad of SNL in the past decade. 8:00 PM CT NBC
12. Supernatural. Learning of the angels’ new plans, Sam and Dean are horrified, then go up against Zachariah to prevent a war on Earth. 8:00 PM CT CW
13. Fringe. Olivia and the others look into the deaths of commuter train passengers and consider that a mysterious energy drain onboard the train could have something to do with Alistair Peck. Peter Weller guest stars. 8:00 PM CT Fox
14. First 48. A Texas robbery takes the life of a man when he’s shot, and a mother of two is murdered in Birmingham. 8:00 PM CT A&E
15. Police Women of Maricopa County. Amie gets a marijuana lessons, Kelly goes after a hit-and-run, Deb deals with a teen, and Lindsey stops an adult film shoot. 8:00 PM CT TLC
16. Weird, True & Freaky. In the first half hour a look at animals that seek mind-altering substances, and in the second half hour, looking at the reasons of extreme behavior in primates. 8:00 PM CT Animal Planet
17. Fugitive Chronicles. A confrontation in Atlantic City is the result as a killer who went on a crime spree in New York is chased. 9:00 PM CT A&E
18. Real Housewives of New York City. Sonja Morgan helps LuAnn throw a charity party. Ramona suggests renewing her wedding vows with Mario; Alex, Kelly, and Romano walk the Brooklyn Fashion Weekend runway; and Bethenny makes a surprising discovery. 9:00 PM CT Bravo
19. LA Ink. Liz reveals details about a private conversation she had with Corey, and later her frustration and work has her looking to talk to former shop manager Aubry. 9:00 PM CT TLC
20. Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew. Former winners return to perform for charity. 9:00 PM CT MTV
21. Sober House With Dr. Drew. Jennifer lectures the addicts about the house being messy and their lack of motivation. 9:00 PM CT VH1
22. Tonight Show With Jay Leno. The guests tonight include Kate Gosselin and Kenny Chesney. 10:35 PM CT NBC
23. Sarah Silverman Program. Season finale. Sarah and Laura attempt to outdo one another with Holocaust memorials. Brian and Steve play a prank on Jay. 11:00 PM CT Comedy Central
24. Important Things With Demetri Martin. Season finale. Martin explores “Control.” 11:30 PM CT Comedy Central
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Julie and Julia
Tonight we have the Starz premiere of Julie & Julia. Amy Adams stars as a blogger who doesn’t feel she has anythng in her life, so she starts a blog and sets a goal to make her way through Julia Child’s cookbook in a year. Meryl Streep plays Child, and the movie goes back and forth between Child establishing herself as a chef, and Adams making her way through the cookbook, as they both set to establish themselves in life. Streep does a stunning job as Chld.
1. The Last Mimzy. A kids’ sci-fi fantasy film with a brother and sister that find a toy and a stuffed animal from the future, and the toy begins to make this normally gifted boy much more so, while the stuffed animal gives directions to the little girl. Timothy Hutton, Joely Richardson, and Rainn Wilson star. 12:30 PM CT TBS
2. Shots That Made History at the Masters. From Gene Sarazen in 1935 to Angel Cabrera in 2009. 1:30 PM CT CBS
3. MLB Baseball: Cardinals at Brewers. St. Louis at Milwaukee. 2:00 PM CT Fox
4. The Masters: Third-round play. Tiger Woods is back! 2:30 PM CT CBS
5. Paralympic Games. A wrapup of the games that were held last month. 2:30 PM CT NBC
6. Homecoming With Rick Reilly. Minnesota Twins star Joe Mauer is interviewed in front of a home crowd at his St. Paul High School. 3:00 PM CT ABC
7. Horse Racing: Arkansas Derby/Blue Grass Stakes. Kentucky Derby preps at Oaklawn Park and Keeneland. 4:00 PM CT NBC
8. Fired Up!. Two high school football players decide it will be a better way to meet girls to do cheerleading camp, rather than football camp. You do have to admire their ingenuity. 4:40 PM CT Starz
9. NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup In Phoenix. The Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix International Raceway. Jimmie Johnson has won four of the last five races at this track. 6:00 PM CT Fox
10. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Will Ferrell as a news anchor in the 70s who gets teamed up with Christina Applegate. Also stars Paul Rudd and Steve Carell. 7:00 PM CT ABC
11. Larry King Live. Snoop Dogg is the guest 8:00 PM CT CNN
12. Julie & Julia. Meryl Streep does an amazing job of playing Julia Child in this movie of a blogger (Amy Adams) who sets about making her way completely through Child’s cookbook. At the same time, the movie shows the parallels between the two women’s lives. 8:00 PM CT Starz
13. 48 Hours Mystery. The focus tonight is on the stabbing death of a single mom in her home. Her daughter is the chief suspect. 9:00 PM CT CBS
14. Saturday Night Live. Tina Fey is guest host, and Justin Bieber is the musical guest. 10:29 PM CT NBC
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Her Name Is Steven
CNN is featuring an interesting documentary tonight of a person who lost her job as a city manager in Largo, Florida, after undergoing a male to female sex change. She went from Steven Stanton to Susan Stanton. Her total transformation is chronicled.
1. Conference USA Basketball Championship: From Tulsa. The Memphis Tigers have won the four years previous to this game. 10:30 AM CT CBS
2. Freedom Writers. This is an amazing film of an amazing teacher that refused to give up on her inner city students. She taught them the similarities between their plight and that of Anne Frank’s, and through that, inspired them to write in journals of their own. It’s just an amazing story of an educator, played by Hilary Swank. 11:00 AM CT TNT
3. America East Basketball Championship. Boston University at Vermont. 11:00 AM CT ESPN2
4. Paralympic Games. Highlights of the opening ceremonies. 12:00 PM CT NBC
5. SEC Basketball Tournament. A semifinal. 12:00 PM CT ABC
6. ACC Basketball Tournament. A semifinal. 12:30 PM CT ESPN
7. Big Ten Basketball Tournament. A semifinal game. 12:40 PM CT CBS
8. PGA Tour Golf: WGC-CA Championship. Third round play in the $8.5 million WGC-CA Championship. 1:00 PM CT NBC
9. MEAC Basketball Championship. From Winston-Salem, NC, Morgan State won last year. 1:00 PM CT ESPN2
10. SEC Basketball Tournament. A semifinal 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. Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Back in 1988, the merging of live action and animation was very unique. 2:15 PM 5Star Max
13. ACC Basketball Tournament: A semifinal. Baylor has had back-to-back wins after losing 24 straight to Texas. 2:30 PM CT ESPN
14. Big Ten Basketball Tournament. A semifinal. 2.45 PM CT CBS
15. Southland Basketball Championship. From Katy, TX, Stephen F. Austin won last year. 3:00 PM CT ESPN2
16. Pac-10 Basketball Championship. From L.A., South Carolina won last season.. 5:00 PM CT ESPN
17. Big 12 Basketball Championship. From Kansas City, MO, Missouri won the title last time around. 5:00 PM CT ESPN
18. MAC Basketball Championship. From Cleveland, Akron won last year. 5:00 PM CT ESPN2
19. Cops. An undercover drug sting and a man arrested for drunken biking after pushing a local community representative. 7:00 PM CT Fox
20. Her Name Was Steven. A documentary chronicling Susan Stanton, formerly known as Steve Stanton, who was fired in 2007 after a male to female gender change. 7:00 PM CT Fox
21. It’s Me or the Dog. Two troublesome papillons, one who likes to run away and another terrified of thunderstorms. 7:00 PM CT Animal Planet
22. Big West Basketball Championship. From Anaheim, Cal State won last year. 7:00 PM CT ESPN2
23. America’s Most Wanted. A 1985 satanic cult rape and murder case is reopened. Featured fugitives include a man wanted in the shooting death of a gang associate after a dispute involving the girlfriend of a friend. 8:00 PM CT Fox
24. Dinoshark. When a big mutant fish hits a small town, terrified townspeople will swim upstream. Starring Eric Balfour and Iva Hasperger. 8:00 PM CT Syfy
25. Underdog to Wonderdog A pair of troublesome terriers get help as their family prepares for the arrival of triplets. 8:00 PM CT Animal Planet
26. Big East Basketball Championship. From New York, Louisville won last season. 8:00 PM CT ESPN
27. 48 Hours Mystery. The 1992 case of a girl who was shot and beaten in her car is highlighted. 9:00 PM CT CBS
28. WAC Basketball Championship. From Reno, Utah State won last time around. 9:00 PM CT ESPN2
29. Wanda Sykes Show. Lisa Kudrow, Bill Maher, Aisha Tyler, and Suze Orman are Wanda’s guests. 10:00 PM CT Fox
30. Saturday Night Live. Jude Law guest hosts, and Pearl Jam is the musical guest. 10:30 PM CT NBC
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – NFL Wild Card Race
With the end of the bowl games, we’re now starting the NFL playoffs today. After first watching the High School Football All-Star Game, we’ll then have Jets at Bengals and Dallas at Philadelphia. If you’re not into football, there’s a new Hallmark movie on tonight, the Wishing Well, and Saturday Night Live is back … live.
1. College Basketball: Connecticut at Georgetown. Georgetown is looking for its fourth straight win over Connecticut. 11:00 AM CT ESPN
2. College Basketball: Florida at Vanderbilt. Florida beat Vanderbilt big last year, but so far this year Vanderbilt is 8-0. 11:00 AM CT ESPN2
3. Karate Kid. I never even thought about being a martial artist until nearly twenty years after this movie came out, yet I liked it just the same. Find out why at Sazze. 11:00 AM Hallmark Movie
4. High School Football All-Star Game: U.S. Army All-American Bowl. East and West prep teams competing against each other. 12:00 PM CT NBC
5. 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? Eddie Murphy plays a Detroit cop relocated to Beverly Hills. 1:30 PM CT Comedy Central
6. College Basketball: Duke at Georgia Tech. Last season, it was Duke beating Georgia Tech 70-56. 1:00 PM CT ESPN
7. College Basketball: Kansas State at Missouri. Missouri beat the Tigers last season by 20 points, despite Denis Clemente scoring 33 on his own. 1:00 PM CT ESPN2
8. College Basketball: Northern Iowa at Illinois State. Northern Iowa was 3-0 last year against Illinois State, including the MVC title game. 3:00 PM CT ESPN2
8. NFL Playoff: Jets at Bengals.. Cincinnati is looking for its first playoff win since the 1990 season. 3:30 PM CT NBC
9. Liberty Bowl: Arkansas vs. East Carolina. It’s the first meeting between these two teams 4:30 PM CT ESPN
10. College Basketball: Murray State at Austin Peay. The Governors swept this series last year. 5:00 PM CT ESPN2
11. NFL Playoff: Eagles at Cowboys. Dallas has momentum on their side after last week’s 24-0 win over the Eagles, but the Eagles want desperately to win their first playoff game sincd 1996. 7:00 PM CT NBC
12. Cops. Police respond to a frenzied woman’s domestic disturbance call concerning her mother, and officers find a woman committing a late-night robbery. 7:00 PM CT Fox
13. Dateline: Real Life Mysteries. Part 1 of 2 with the investigation of a businessman slain on Christmas night, with police being led to two brothers and a string of other crimes. The conclusion immediately follows. 7:00 PM CT TLC
14. It’s Me Or the Dog. Four roommates get help for their untrained dogs to stop their bickering … the roommates bickering, not the dogs. 7:00 PM CT Animal Planet
15. America’s Most Wanted. A report on a man charged with killing his relatives at Thanksgiving dinner being captured, and the searches for fugitives include a man who landed on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list for killing a guard during a robbery, a convicted murderer who escaped a prison in Florida, the murders of a mother and daughter at a shopping mall, and the shootings of two police officers. 8:00 PM CT Fox
16. The Wishing Well. When a writer for a fast-paced celebrity magazine is forced to travel to a small Illinois town to report on the local wishing well’s supposed powers, she wants nothing more than to get in-and-out as fast as she can. But when a young girl’s faith in the well’s magic seems to cause a startling change in the writer’s life, she begins to question what she is willing to do and sacrifice to simply be happy. 8:00 PM CT Hallmark
17. Underdog to Wonderdog. A mother with a fear of dogs gets help to overcome it by having her interact with a poodle mix. 8:00 PM CT Animal Planet
18. Race to Witch Mountain. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in this remake of the Disney classic. The story is changed somewhat to update it for our new millennium sensibilities. 8:00 PM CT Starz
19. 48 Hours Mystery. Investigated tonight is the murders of four girls in a yogurt shop. 9:00 PM CT CBS
20. Wanda Sykes Show. Details and guest list is TBA 10:00 PM CT Fox
21. Saturday Night Live. Charles Barkley guest hosts, and Alicia Keys is the musical guest. 10:35 PM CT NBC
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Wizard of Oz
With the advent of VCRs, DVRs, DVD, cable, satellite, etc., kids today will never understand the glory of this yearly showing of The Wizard of Oz. It’s not even on at holiday time, per se, just a few weeks before. I remember watching this classic movie with my cousins at night, hours after filling our bellies with turkey. It just won’t ever be that magical for this generation of kids. Nonetheless, it’s still a big deal to me when it’s on, despite the fact I could easily rent the movie and have it delivered to my house by Blockbuster or NetFlix.
1. College Football: Tennessee at Mississippi. Both teams need one more win to become bowl-eligible. 11:00 AM CT CBS
2. College Football: Michigan State at Purdue. MSU has beaten Purdue the past two times. 11:00 AM CT ESPN
3. College Football: Georgia Tech at Duke. A Duke win will clinch the ACC Coastal Division for them. 11:00 AM CT ESPN
4. Beethoven. Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt star as parents to a brood who adopt a huge Saint Bernard who just seem sto keep getting in the way. 10:05 AM CT Encore Wam
5. College Football: Florida at South Carolina. The Gators try to keep their 19-game winning streak alive. 2:30 PM CT CBS
6. College Football: Iowa at Ohio State. It’s a battle for first place in the conference. 2:30 PM CT ABC
7. Grease. This and Saturday Night Fever helped John Travolta make the switch from sitcom actor to film actor in the 1970s. 7:30 PM CT VH1
8. College Football: Alabama at Mississippi State. Alabama is unbeaten and has already clinched the SEC West. 6:15 PM CT ESPN
9. College Football: Auburn at Georgia. The Bulldogs took last season’s clash. 6:45 PM CT ESPN2
10. Cops. Duputies look for a domestic violence and burglary suspect, and officers deal with a verbal distance over van ownership. 7:00 PM CT Fox
11. The Wizard of Oz. The yearly showing of a true classic. Watch out for those flying monkeys. It’s honestly one of my scariest childhood memories. 7:00 PM CT TBS
12. Californication. Hank wants to cool thinks down with the girls on campus, as he worries he may have ruined thins with Karen, yet gets burned. Charlie tires to keep the agency’s top client from leaving, and Becca gives her father a hard time for the horrible role model he’s become. 7:00 PM CT Showtime 2 West
13. College Football: Notre Dame at Pittsburgh. Notre Dame is coming off a tough loss to Navy last week. 7:07 PM CT ABC
14. Penn & Teller: Bull! The guys look into the lawncare industry, with a guy who was sent to prison for not keeping up his property, and a visit to neighborhood with only a certain strain of grass is allowwed. 7:30 PM CT Showtime West
15. America’s Most Wanted. John Walsh joins the New Jersey hunt for a drug kingpin and aspiring DJ wanted for attempted murder. Also included is a Georgia madam arrested for allegedly having a client killed. The featured fugitives include a double murder spect, an accused arsonist, and a convicted child molester. 8:00 PM CT Fox
16. Cats 101. The breed spotlight tonight is on Manx, Burmese, Siberian, Russian Blue, Cornish Rex, and Singapura. 8:00 PM CT Animal Planet
17. Lock ‘n Load. Father and son explain dealing with a home invasion and their religious redemption, and a woman has a “bang-up time” at her one-year-wedding anniversary. party. 8:00 PM CT Showtime 2 West
18. 48 Hours Mystery. The stabbing death of a French national in San Francisco is looked into as authorities try to figure out whether it was murder or suicide.
19. Wanda Sykes Show. Wanda’s guests include Tom Joyner, Ian Gomez, John Salley, and Chad Ochocinco. 10:00 PM CT Fox
20. Saturday Night Live. January Jone hosts and Black Eyed Peas are the musical guest. 10:29 PM CT NBC
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Sports, Sports, and More Sports
Sports enthusiasts are going to have a good day. We have college football on throughout the afternoon and evening, and several different games to choose from. If that’s not your bag, we have game two of the American League Championship series. And finally, if neither of those float your boat, we’ve got a nightttime NASCAR race. I always love it when they’re under the lights.
1. College Football: Oklahoma at Texas. It’s the 104th Red River Shootout in Dallas 11:00 AM CT ABC
2. College Football: Iowa at Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes have a ten game winning streak coming in. 11:00 AM CT ESPN
3. College Football: Northwestern at Michigan State. Northwestern has won the last four meetings between the two teams. 11:00 AM CT ESPN 2
4. Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! A young woman wins a date with a movie star, then wins his heart, causing the guy back home to have to fight for her. Topher Grace, Josh Duhamel, and Kate Bosworth star. 12:15 PM CT TBS
5. P.S. I Love You. This romantic comedy starring Hillary Swank, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick, Jr. is among my favorites. The movie’s good, but the soundtrack is to die for. Some great modern Irish folk stuff. Read my review at Film Monthly. 1:15 PM CT HBO2 West
6. College Football: Arkansas at Florida. Both teams are coming off big wins last week. 2:30 PM CT CBS
7. College Football: Southern California at Notre Dame. The Trojans have won seven straight in this series, and the Irish are coming off a bye week. 2:30 PM CT NBC
8. College Football: Minnesota at Penn State. Minnesota has a double threat with a running game as well as WR Eric Decker. 2:30 PM CT ABC
9. NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup In Concord, NC. It’s the Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. 6:25 PM CT ABC
10. MLB Playoff: Game 2: Angels at Yankees. Game 2 of the AL Championship Series. 6:30 PM CT Fox
11. College Football: South Carolina at Alabama. Alabama leads the series 10-3. 6:15 PM CT ESPN
12. SuperFetch.In the first half hour a dog learns hwo to retrieve diapers, and another dog is taught to pay the pizza deliveryman. In the second half hour, an Australian shepherd is taught to make a bed, and a Border Collie is taught a show-stopping trick. 7:00 PM CT Animal Planet
13. Slumdog Millionaire. Find out what all the fuss was about. 7:00 PM CT HBO East
14. Dogs 101. The breed spotlight tonight is on Pekingese, Korthais Griffon, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Australian Shepherd. 8:00 PM CT Animal Planet
15. Sorority Wars. The daughter of a Delta sorority legend starts her freshaman year with the thought of following in her mom’s footsteps, but has a change of heart when she finds out how the Deltas operate and pledges their rival house. 8:00 PM CT Lifetime
16. The Locator. A family looks for the foster child who lived with them until Social Services removed her from their care. 8:00 PM CT WE
17. 48 Hours Mystery. The death of Caylee Anthony is probed once again. 9:00 PM CT CBS
18. Fox Reality Channel Really Awards. It’s the foruth annual homage to reality TV, with Lance Bass as host. 9:00 PM CT Fox Reality Channel
19. Jon Reep: Metro Jethro. The season four winner of Last Comic Standing performs his act. 10:00 AM CT Comedy Central
What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Drew Barrymore on SNL
Tonight we have Drew Barrymore hosting Saturday Night Live, and I’m looking forward to that. I think she’s grown into a fine young lady and actress. Wow, that makes me sound old. What I think would be a great skit would be to have her be on the “biker chick chat,” but I don’t think Lorne Michaels has the cajones to try another “frickin’” skit again after having his newbie slip and drop the F bomb. I think Drew would be a perfect addition to that, though, especially with her current role in Whip It as a Roller Derby Queen.
1. College Football: Auburn at Arkansas. Will the Tigers stay unbeaten? 11:00 AM CT ESPN
2. College Football: Purdue at Minnesota. Can Purdue kill their four-game losing streak? 11:00 AM CT ESPN 2
3. Superbad. Sometimes I just can’t get enough of Judd Apatow movies. Here’s another one with Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plazze starring as nerdy high school kids. Like most Apatow films, it’s a little raunchy, but a lot of fun with a sweet side to it, and costars Seth Rogen. 11:35 AM CT Starz Comedy
4. College Football: Alabama at Mississippi. Two of the SEC’s stingiest defenses, but who’s the stingiest? 2:30 PM CT CBS (more…)