All times Eastern.
• 6PM, History Channel - Cities of the Underworld: Rome’s Hidden Empire. Discovering what life was like during Nero’s tyranny and Augustus’ reforms; host Eric Geller.
• 6PM, Discovery Channel - How It’s Made: Holograms; package printing; skin cultures; canned corn.
• 6PM, Travel Channel - Earth’s Natural Wonders: Niagara Falls; the Great Barrier Reef; the Grand Canyon; Mount Everest.
• 6PM, Science Channel - Beyond Tomorrow: Episode 2. Amphibious automobile; technology for the home; Adam and Jamie test a bridge-jumping theory.
• 6PM, Discovery Times - We Built This City: New York. Home to millions, the Big Apple is the quintessential urban oasis.
• 6PM, DIY - Weekend Warriors: The Clements’ Backyard Pond. Building a waterfall in a large back yard.
• 6:30PM, Discovery Channel - How It’s Made: Individual transporters; cedar canoes; electric guitars.
• 7PM, Discovery Channel - I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Escape From the Amazon. A group of adventurous travelers become lost in the Amazon jungle.
• 7PM, Food Network - Good Eats: Sausage: A Beautiful Grind. Homemade sausage.
• 7PM, Versus - Bill Dance Outdoors: Dance shares fishing techniques and knowledge.
• 7PM, Discovery Times - Statue of Liberty: Building a Colossus: Computer imagery reveals the engineering genius behind the construction.
The rest of 7PM and on after the jump!
• 7PM, Discovery Health - Impact: Stories of Survival: Avalanche. A motorbike accident fractures a man’s skull; a surgeon’s hands are caught in a table-saw; a man caught in an avalanche gets a broken leg.
• 7:30PM, Versus - Guide to the Outdoors: Bill Gorman and Tim Rajeff hunt and fish the best locations around the globe
• 8PM, History Channel - Bible Battles: Exploring the biblical world from a military perspective.
• 8PM, Discovery Channel - Edge of Existence: Papua New Guinea. The Insect tribe of Papua New Guinea.
• 8PM, ESPN2 - Boxing: Friday Night Fights. From Montreal. Randall Bailey (35-5, 32 KOs) vs. Herman Ngoudjo (15-1, 9 KOs), super lightweights, 12 rounds.
• 8PM, Discovery Times - Industrial Wonders: Brooklyn Bridge. The longest suspension bridge ever built unites Manhattan and Brooklyn, N.Y.
• 8:30PM, G4 - X-Play: “Sid Meier’s Pirates”; “Battlestations: Midway!”; “Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters.”
• 9PM, Discovery Health - Dr. G: Medical Examiner: Ticking Time Bomb. A man crashes into a fence and dies en route to hospital; the corpse of a middle-aged man decomposes at the foot of a stairs.
• 9PM, Travel Channel - America’s Haunted Hotels: The most haunted hotels in America.
• 9PM, Science Channel - How It’s Made: Manhole covers; range hoods; artificial logs; snowmobiles.
• 9PM, SpikeTV - The Ultimate Fighter: The Ultimate Finale
• 9:30PM, Science Channel - How It’s Made: Hockey gloves; snack cakes; remoulded tires; waste water treatment.
• 10PM, DIY - Classic Rides: Exterior Restoration and Final Touches. The Airstream gets an upgraded hitch, the aluminum is polished and awnings are installed.
• 10PM, Military Channel - Dogfights: Guadalcanal. American pilots of the Cactus Air Force match skills and instincts with top Japanese aces as they battle in the skies above Guadalcanal.
• 10PM, PBS (NY 750) - Nova: NOVA scienceNOW. Epigenetics is changing how scientists think about identity, disease and heredity; Maya findings; students build prototypes for an elevator that could climb to space.
• 10PM, Science Channel - Beyond Invention: Amazing Flying Machines. The work of inventors Kevin Inkster, Paul Moller and Steve Bennett.
• 10:30PM, DIY - Classic Car Restoration: 1938 Packard: Introduction and History. A 1938 Packard Club Coupe is evaluated.
• 11PM, History Channel - The Naked Archaeologist: The Last Man Standing. Investigating the history of Christ’s time presented by first century historian, Flavius Josephus.
• 11PM, Food Network - Good Eats: Circle of Life. Doughnuts.
• 11PM, Discovery Health - The Critical Hour: The Winter Rush. A woman is shot while walking home; a student crashes into a tree; teenage stabbing; a window cleaner falls while working.
• 11:30PM, SpikeTV - Whacked Out Sports: A humorous look at incredible sports videos from around the world.
I’d like to add a program to this list (watch it and you’ll see why), but I’m not sure when/if it’s on in the US. It’s on Channel 4 in the UK:
http://www.redbullairrace.com/
The last broadcast event in the UK (the desert race) had one of the UK pilots nearly crashing into the canyon floor, which was pretty exciting!