Testosterone Television: Monday April 2nd
8 Comments Published by Susie April 2nd, 2007 in TV. Share ThisAll times Eastern.
• 6PM, Court TV – Forensic Files: Frozen in Time. The disappearance of a 23-year-old woman stumps investigators for 3 years until they receive a tip: reports of a man who has kept a refrigerated truck running constantly.
• 6PM, National Geographic Channel – Relentless Enemies: Lions vs. buffalo in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
• 6PM, Travel Channel – Earth’s Natural Wonders: The Amazon river, the Sahara desert, and Angel Falls.
• 7PM, Travel Channel – Earth’s Natural Wonders: Niagara Falls, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the Grand Canyon, Mount Everest.
• 7PM, Discovery health – Impact: Stories of Survival: Propeller Smash. A look at a 200 mph crash that results in many broken bones; a mishap in which an airplane mechanic has a propeller slice through his head; an incident in which a 12-year-old is crushed by 1,000 pounds of drywall; and a girl’s 600 foot fall down a frozen, rocky mountain.
• 7PM, Food Network – Good Eats: Tuna: The Other Red Meat. A near-death experience convinces Alton of the importance of tuna to a healthy diet. He prepares tuna steaks on the grill and purchases a chimney charcoal starter. Also: how to tell if a soy sauce is the real deal.
8PM on after the jump.
• 8PM, Animal Planet – Buggin with Ruud: Bug Superheros. Survival adaptations of insects and how humans have used them in modern technologies.
• 8PM, Biography Channel – Biography: Ozzy Osbourne. A profile of Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV star Ozzy Osbourne. Among those commenting are his wife Sharon and their 3 children; Elton John, Sabbath band members, Marilyn Manson, Jay Leno, and Simon Cowell.
• 8PM, Discovery Channel – Dirty Jobs: Snake Researcher. Mike works alongside bait and lobster fisherman in Maine; reads viewer mail; cleans algae from Lake Michigan; and wrangles angry, endangered water snakes from Lake Erie for a survey.
• 8PM, Discovery Health – Inside the Criminal Mind: Profiling 2 teenage killers, a murderous celebrity stalker and a satanist who killed his parents.
• 9PM, Discovery channel – Futureweapons: Future Combat. A system that provides a nonlethal way of protecting troops; the Crusher, an unmanned ground combat vehicle.
• 9PM, History Channel – Digging for Truth: Search for King David. A quest for historical King David, who, according to biblical account, slew the giant Goliath when he was a shepherd boy and went on to become the king of Israel.
• 10PM, History Channel – Engineering an Empire: Egypt. The architectural and engineering wonders of Egypt. Including the world’s first known dam, the tomb of Pharaoh Djoser, the temples at Abu Simbet.
• 10PM, Showtime – The Tudors: After the assassination of his ambassador King Henry VIII hungers for war with France, but acquiesces and agrees with a peace plan proffered by Cardinal Wolsey, who has ulterior motives involving the papacy.
• 10PM, Travel Channel – No Reservations: Las Vegas. Bourdain samples food in Las Vegas, from casino fare to local joints, and visits the Neon Museum.
• 11PM, Biography Channel – Biography: The Everly Brothers. Profiling Don and Phil Everly, whose popular musical style was influenced by their Kentucky roots.
No reference to 24?
I appreciate these posts, but may I suggest a couple of changes?
1) Could you note when shows are repeats?
2) I know you probably don’t want to do this, but I’d appreciate if you put the full post in RSS feeds. I’m sure it would cost you some pageviews, but on the other hand I’m not very likely to click through to see the rest. So most of the time I miss out on the rest of your content.
Thanks, either way. this feature has pointed me to a lot of shows I wouldn’t have otherwise seen.
No 24. I think the show sucks and has bad politics. My new rule for this is no network TV, unless it is something really good, like Heros, or a special, or something like that. I want to point out the shows you may not know are on (or at least remind you of them) that are neat, entertaining, and sometimes educational. So, enjoy!
So what have you guys been watching from the lists?
Also, I would love to be able to let you know if the shows are repeats. Sadly, the networks that write the tv listings don’t want you to know that, they know if they plaster REPEAT all over the description of the show that you won’t watch. If I recognize a show to be a repeat I don’t include it. So the longer I do this the less there will be repeats on here. Sorry if it’s been a problem!
Keep it up with listing the [good] food shows.
I’m watching 24.
I’ve been watching Bourdain’s show, which I had somehow missed til recently. Also, I don’t know if you’ve been listing it, but Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word (on BBC America) is another good cooking/food show featuring such manly action as slaughtering pigs and eating home-raised snails.
I also have been watching Planet Earth, Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, and of course Poker After Dark, which is super boring and makes for great background noise. It airs at 2am, though, so if you don’t have DVR it’s pretty much useless.
http://www.titantv.com is a good online TV listing site that tells if a show is a repeat or not. But don’t leave out interesting shows just because they are repeats, the Good Eats show was actually from 2002!
Think it would also be good if you just skip ALL network shows so it’s not an issue every day that you have skipped 24/Lost/CSI/Numbers/RescueMe/Sopranos or whatever other testosterone laced shows you don’t happen to enjoy.
Maybe just note the premiere episodes or even write an occasional full separate blog post such as “Why Heros Rocks” or “Why 24 Sucks” (if you dare).