All times Eastern.

• 6PM, Discovery Channel - How It’s Made: High precision cutting tools; stained glass; semi trailers; recorders.
• 6PM, History Channel - Modern Marvels: Barbarian Battle Tech. The forts, weapons and technology of barbarians.
• 6PM, Science Channel - Cosmic Odyssey: Extreme Astronomy. High-tech instruments sent into space study high-energy radiation.
• 6PM, Discovery Health - Code Blue: The Quiet Voice Above the Din. Broken pelvis; destroyed kidney; young crash-victim may have been improperly restrained.
• 6:30PM, Discovery Channel - How It’s Made: Carbon fibre masts; fortune cookies; IMAX projectors; roller chains.
• 7PM, Food Network - Good Eats: Hook, Line and Dinner. Fish.
• 7PM, Travel Channel - Europe’s Largest Aquarium: Scientists travel the world to capture many species, comprising 100,000 individuals to inhabit the Science Park in Spain.
• 7PM, Science Channel - Cosmic Odyssey: Lives of Stars. A star’s life is a sequence of changes.
• 7PM, Speed - Chop Cut Rebuild: Long Nights. Building Supervan’s rotating bed; sanding and priming the Ranger; the Chevelle and Suburban both get engine work.
• 7PM, Discovery Times - Engineering Supermax Prisons: The most secure of all correctional facilities house prisoners who are dangerous to other inmates and guards.

7:30 and on after the jump!

• 7:30PM, Speed - Pinks: Evans vs. Buckholz. Jim Evans’ 1973 Stingray takes on Ron Buckholz’ Chevelle.
• 8PM, History Channel - Star Wars Tech: The six “Star Wars” films exhibit technological advances.
• 8PM, TLC - Rides: Driven. A set of muscle cars runs in 24 different classes to see which one comes out on top.
• 8PM, Animal Planet - The Most Extreme: Bodysnatchers. The top-10 body-snatchers in the animal kingdom.
• 8PM, Science Channel - Universe 2001: Beyond the Millennium: Planets. Saturn’s rings and moons tell a story of violent cosmic collisions.
• 8:30PM, G4 - X-Play: “Fuzion Frenzy 2”; “Virtua Tennis 3”; “Armored Core 4”; “Virtua Fighter 5.”
• 9PM, NBC - America’s Got Talent: The first contestants audition for the judges. (I love laughing at the auditions for this kind of show.)
• 9PM, History Channel - The Universe: Mars: The Red Planet. NASA orbiters and rovers mapping Mars’ surface may have revealed the possibility of finding life on the planet.
• 9PM, Discovery Channel - Deadliest Catch: Trials of the Greenhorns. The Bering Sea’s harsh winter weather tests the greenhorns.
• 9PM, Science Channel - From the Earth to the Moon: Spider. The Apollo 9 mission tests the lunar module’s design.
• 9PM, Versus - World Extreme Cagefighting: Urijah Faber vs. Chance Farrar. From Las Vegas.
• 10PM, History Channel - The Universe: Secrets of the Sun. The science and history of the sun.
• 10PM, Discovery Channel - After the Catch: Man vs. Nature. Fishermen swap harrowing near-death tales.
• 10PM, Comedy Central - Dave Chappelle: Killin’ Them Softly: Comedian targets race, the police and the death of chivalry in a stand-up act at Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C.
• 10PM, Military Channel - Firepower: Special Ops Wing. Behind the scenes aboard a U.S. Air Force AC-130 Spectre gunship.
• 11PM, SpikeTV - The Ultimate Fighter: The training and development of professional Ultimate Fighters.
• 11PM, Comedy Central - The Daily Show: Paul Rudd, actor in new movie “Knocked Up”
• 11PM, Discovery HD - Roush Racing: Driver X: Let the Competition Begin. The first round begins at Martinsville.
• 11:30PM, Comedy Central - Colbert Report: Jessica Valenti, author of Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters