On the Air Tonight:
Prime-Time Programming Options

Tuesday 2/20/07
Night 20 of the Feb. 2007 Sweep

ABC:
8:00 p.m. America’s Funniest Home Videos (R)
9:00 p.m. Primetime: The Outsiders
10:00 p.m. Boston Legal

CBS:
8:00 p.m. NCIS
9:00 p.m. The Unit
10:00 p.m. CSI: Miami (R)

NBC:
8:00 p.m. Dateline
9:00 p.m. Law & Order: Criminal Intent
10:00 p.m. Law & Order: SVU

Fox:
8:00 p.m. American Idol
9:00 p.m. House

CW:
8:00 p.m. Gilmore Girls
9:00 p.m. Veronica Mars

Tonight I will be watching American Idol (and voting afterwards).

I will also be watching/DVR'ing Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Law and Order: SVU, Boston Legal and Dirt.

My Schedule for tonight
8pm NCIS/Dateline NBC
9pm The Unit
10pm Law & Order: SVU

Show I am taping on VCR in other room:
Gilmore Girls

Show I will catch a repeat of on cable
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Winners tonight.. outside of AI
8pm - NCIS
9pm - The Unit
10pm - L&O:SVU / CSI Miami

FOX listings have AI on for 2 hours (No House)

I'll be watching
Catching up on the DVR
2.5 men
Rules
Heroes
Studio 60

Prediction: Veronica Mars will do horrible... for the 58th episode in a road. One thing I hate is that Veronica Mars fans assume that nobody gives the show a chance. I have given the show plenty of chances. I even watched the last episode and the most interesting character was the little girl Logan was babysitting. That's rather pathetic, if you ask me.

Watching:
Wicked Wicked Games
Veronica Mars
Boston Legal

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Originally posted by dumont demo:
Watching:
Wicked Wicked Games
Veronica Mars
Boston Legal

How good is Wicked Wicked Games? The story seemed more interesting/better then the other MNTV hows.

Folks...I made a mistake. American Idol is two-hours tonight.

me tonight : Prison Break (DVRed yesterday)+ Veronica Mars, and after Idol on fast forward

Exceptionally good, TheHunter.

I have enjoyed it immensely, missing only some of the early episodes. It is a twist on the Kane and Abel story, with a dash of King Lear and MacBeth tossed into the mix. Ms Tatum O'Neal has given a tour de force performance as Bythe Hunter, and the depths of evil to which her character plunges makes Lady MacBeth seem kindly by comparison. Many of the supporting players (Ms Jessie Ward, Mr. Jack Krizmanich, Mr. David Smith) are outstanding as well.

MyNetworkTV must learn how to launch these telenovellas with torrential blazes of publicity to ensure maximum upfront sampling. Although highlights start off each episode, the shows are tricky to jump into midstream, and not nearly as satisfying as watching from the beginning.

Telenovellas, while admittedly struggling in the Nielsens, are the first programming innovation to hit English-language network television in many years. Their beauty as a form lies in the discipline of telling their story within 65 hours, as opposed to the open-ended nature of most dramas. I'd enjoy seeing many more of them, and Saints & Sinners and American Princess both have enticing trailers presently running on the network.

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Originally posted by TheHunter:

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Originally posted by dumont demo:
Watching:
Wicked Wicked Games
Veronica Mars
Boston Legal

How good is Wicked Wicked Games? The story seemed more interesting/better then the other MNTV hows.

Dumont Demo, I become more and more convinced that everything you say is meant ironically.

The alternative is that you genuinely believe What About Brian would be a great lead-in for Lost, that CW has had a great start in the ratings, and that a MyNetwork telenovela is "exceptionally good".

It's going to reach the point where even people who agree with you about ONE of these points will be embarassed by your support.

But that's precisely your intention. Obviously. I hope.

No offense to the Veronica Mars fans, but things do not look good for it tonight, with American Idol being hours long.

Peace!

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” Oscar Wilde

You flatter me an ironist, for so many have come before me and done it so much better.

ZooTV: "Watch more TV"

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Originally posted by pisher:
Dumont Demo, I become more and more convinced that everything you say is meant ironically.

The alternative is that you genuinely believe What About Brian would be a great lead-in for Lost, that CW has had a great start in the ratings, and that a MyNetwork telenovela is "exceptionally good".

It's going to reach the point where even people who agree with you about ONE of these points will be embarassed by your support.

But that's precisely your intention. Obviously. I hope.

Thanks to death star, not much worth watching tonight unless you're 1) a Death Star fan
2) An NCIS/the Unit fan
3) A Law and Order fan

Thankfully Idol ends before 10pm so I can still see Boston Legal.

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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” Oscar Wilde

You are quoting beyond your means, DD.

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You flatter me an ironist, for so many have come before me and done it so much better.

Finally we agree.