All times Eastern.
• 6PM, Science Channel - How It’s Made: Personal watercraft; wine; office furniture; ice skates.
• 6PM, G4 - Ninja Warrior: Sasuke 17: St. 2/3
• 6PM, Discovery Health - Code Blue: One Simple Mistake. Burn victim; men hit by cars; elderly man with shortness of breath; gunshot victim; child with a peanut in his ear.
• 6PM, Discovery HD - Wild Squadron: Workers at the Hoedspruit Air Force Base in South Africa struggle with the abundance of wildlife in the area.
• 6:30PM, G4 - Ninja Warrior: Sasuke 17: St. 3/Final
• 6:30PM, Science Channel - How It’s Made: Winter jackets; animation; mushrooms; gold rings.
• 7PM, History Channel - Modern Marvels: Renewable energy sources.
• 7PM, Discovery Health - Impact: Stories of Survival: Speared by Marlin. Marlin spears woman through the chest; luge crash; rock climbing accident; close-range shotgun blast.
• 7PM, Travel Channel - Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations: Korea. Tony explores Seoul, Korea.
• 7PM, National Geographic - Is It Real?: Ape-Man.
• 8PM, Discovery Channel - Tiger Shark Attack: Beyond Fear: Hawaiian communities deal with a deadly predator.
• 8PM, History Channel - Modern Marvels: The F-14 The U.S. Navy’s most lethal fighter, the F-14, soars at supersonic speeds.
• 8PM, G4 - X-Play: X-Play’s Funniest … Ever. Humor in video games.
• 8PM, PBS (NY 25) - Globe Trekker: Sri Lanka & the Maldives. Sri Lankan festival; Colombo’s exotic cuisine; stilt-fishing in Weligama; topaz mine; elephant orphanage; Esala Perahera; Dhangethi, Maldives.
9PM and on after the jump! Have a good weekend!
• 9PM, Discovery Channel - Sharks: A Family Affair: A South African leading shark expert, Craig Ferreira, wants to travel the world for a year to study the animals.
• 9PM, ESPN2 - Boxing: Friday Night Fights. From Montreal. Antwun Echols (31-7-3, 27 KOs) vs. Jean Pascal (17-0, 3 KOs), welterweights, 12 rounds.
• 9PM, Science Channel - How It’s Made: Paving asphalt; marshmallow cookies; loudspeakers; electronic door locks.
• 9PM, Versus - The Best and Worst of Tred Barta: Realistic look at hunting and fishing adventures with controversial sportsman Tred Barta.
• 9:30PM, Science Channel - How It’s Made: Wood burning stoves; orthoses; ballet slippers; buses.
• 10PM, History Channel - Human Weapon: Karate. The history of the martial art known as karate.
• 10PM, Discovery Channel - Sharks: Are They Hunting Us?: The truth behind shark attacks.
• 10PM, Science Channel - Build It Bigger: Sakhalin Oil & Ice. One of the world’s largest construction projects is under way on a remote Russian island.
• 10PM, Discovery HD - Beach Hotspots After Dark: Day of the Dead in Puerto Vallarta; beach blackjack in Monte Carlo; fire-dancing in Waikiki.
• 10:30PM, DIY - Classic Car Restoration: 1938 Packard: Electrical System; Misc. Parts Replacement. Installation of sealed beam headlights; replacement of the worn weather stripping.
• 11PM, History Channel - Mega Movers: Army Mega Moves. Moving weapons of war.
• 11PM, Cartoon Network - Futurama: A Big Piece of Garbage. A 21st-century garbage ball threatens to fall back to Earth.
• 11PM, Food Network - Good Eats: Casserole Over. Alton pushes the limits of his casserole knowledge.
• 11:30PM, Cartoon Network - Family Guy: Brian the Bachelor. When “The Bachelorette” comes to Quahog, Brian is chosen to be a contestant; Chris gets a horrible case of acne.
I never see stuff from the “premium” channels (HBO, Showtime, Skinemax, etc…) It would be cool to see what movies are being shown that month to set up Tivo (since they usually show the same movies for a few weeks). Also how about the Scifi channel, FX, Stars! Action, or are they too obvious?
A lot of “edutainment” up there, but how about some good ol’ punchin’ and shootin’? (with some robots thrown in for comic relief…)
I try to toss in fighting and shooting shows when they look like they aren’t going to be lame or sucky (this is why you never see anything from the Si-fi channel, BSG is the one exception there(love that show, even when it isn’t so great). they’ve really dropped the ball.). And i think the one FX show i list on a regular basis is Rescue me, which is a great show. I have stuff from Versus network, G4, ESPN, Fuse, SpikeTv, and other such “manly” networks when it actually looks neat, or interesting, or not awful. I’m very willing to take suggestions on shows. In fact a friend recommended one to me the other day, but I was drunk (or at least getting there) and now cannot recall what it was. These things happen.
Sadly, the biggest issue with most of what is on tv these days is it sucks, the production value is ass, the actors are wretched, and they talk down to your intelligence and sense of humor. This is why i hesitate listing ANYTHING on Animal Planet or DIY. Whoever is running those networks should be fired, badbadbad shows, unless they have bought the rites to something to air (like Planet Earth).
Anywho, keep the comments coming. I will look into this movie thing again, I used to toss in movies from time to time, but I switched what listing grid I used and it became harder to do this (the old one kept breaking and the company who put it together didn’t give a shit.).
ps- I admit I love the edutainment stuff. Learning is a wonderfully fun thing to do.
Has anyone seen Trick My Truck on CMT? Think Pimp My Ride but with 18-wheelers instead of beat-up Tercels and badass mudflaps instead of 22″ spinners.
That actually sounds pretty badass. I will peep this.
Who doesn’t love classic cars? Seems everybody does and hollywood has jumped on the bandwagon too. You see them in just about every movie and TV show now.