Testosterone Television: Tuesday May 8th

All times Eastern.

• 6PM, Discovery Channel – How It’s Made: Included: diamond cutters; doors; paintballs; newspapers.
• 6PM, Science Channel – Savage Sun: An examination of solar phenomena and mysteries of the sun, including sunspots and solar storms. Also: magnetic fields and solar wind.
• 6PM, Discovery Health – Code Blue: One Simple Mistake. Doctors treat a woman who severely burned herself, two men who were injured in an automobile accident, an elderly man with respiratory difficulties and a child with a peanut lodged in his ear.
• 6PM, National Geographic – Final Report: Clinton Impeachment. A look at the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. Included: interviews with members of Congress and White House staff; its impact now.
• 6:30PM, Discovery Channel – How It’s Made: Kitchen knives; mannequins; socks; hypodermic needles.
• 6:30PM, G4 – Ninja Warrior: Human physical ability is tested in each episode, as 100 competitors push their limits through a physically demanding four-stage course.

7PM and on after the jump!

• 7PM, PBS – BBC World News: International news from the British Broadcasting Corporation. (Real news without spin.)
• 7PM, Food Network – Good Eats: The Big Chili. Chili is prepared. Also: making chili powder.
• 7PM, Speed – Chop Cut Rebuild: Multi-Tasking. Modifying the Chevy’s wheel wells, tail lights and bumper; the hot rod gets a flame job.
• 7PM, Discovery Health – Impact: Stories of Survival: Paralyzed Player. A teen football player is paralyzed from the neck down and paramedics rush him to the hospital; a man is shot in the head during a robbery; a car crash drives a piece of wood through a teen’s abdomen.
• 7PM, History Channel – Modern Marvels: Monster Trucks. A history of monster-truck racing includes interviews with racers and footage of stunts in California, Florida and Indiana.
• 8PM, PBS – Nova: Pocahontas Revealed. The story of Capt. John Smith and Pocahontas is revisited via evidence from archaeological digs at Jamestown, the colony Smith and his fellow explorers founded in 1607; and at the site of Pocahontas’ village.
• 8PM, LWOR – Hooters Dream Girl Challenge: Sixteen waitresses from the restaurant chain compete for the title of “Hooters Dream Girl” and a cover shot on Hooters magazine. Filmed on Captiva Island, Fla.
• 8PM, Discovery HD – Tank Overhaul: The Panther. A German Panther tank found in a Polish river is restored.
• 8PM, TLC – Rides: ZZ Chop. Jerry Noone tricks out a car for Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
• 9PM, Sundance – Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Wear. A designer creates high-fashion clothes out of eco-friendly fabrics; a sportswear manufacturer recycles used materials for its clothes.
• 9PM, Discovery Channel – Deadliest Catch: The Last Lap. The 2006 red king-crab fishing season ends, and Sig Hansen and the Northwestern crew finish a 30-hour shift and head for home; Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie returns to Dutch Harbor with no injuries.
• 9PM, Military Channel – Futureweapons: No Place to Hide. Weapons that seek and destroy. Included: guns that shoot around corners; advanced supersonic jet fighters; the Panzer Howitzer field cannon.
• 10PM, Spike – Bullrun: No Brakes, No Steering, No Problem. Drivers navigate blind turns down a high-speed spiral slalom.
• 10PM, TLC – Miami Ink: Tensions Rock the Shop. A friend of Kat’s flies in from L.A.; Ami gives a woman an old-school tattoo; Darren helps a woman mourn the passing of her brother; tensions continue at the shop between Ami and Kat.
• 10PM, Food Network – Cake It to the Limit (Charm City Cakes): The Super Cake. In the Season 2 finale, the crew heads to Miami to make their largest cake yet—for an NFL Super Bowl party. Also: a performance by Duff’s band.
• 11PM, Comedy Central – Daily Show: unknown
• 11PM, Yes TV – Ultimate Road Trip: Reality contestants compete for the opportunity to attend all 162 Yankees games.
• 11:30PM, Comedy Central – Colbert Report: unknown