Tonight’s TV Picks: November 4, 2009

Shows we watch and recommend are in bold.

7:30/6:30c:

  • World Series Game 6: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees (FOX)

8/7c:

  • World Series Game 6: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees (FOX)
  • The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
  • Hank (ABC)
  • Mercy (NBC)
  • America’s Next Top Model (The CW)
  • Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize 2009 (90-minute special)
  • Johnny Mercer: The Dream’s on Me (TCM, 109-minute special)
  • Lock ‘n Load (Showtime)
  • Monster Swamp (Science Channel)
  • Property Virgin (HGTV)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cartoon Network, special night)

8:30/7:30c:

  • The Middle (ABC)
  • Gary Unmarried (CBS)
  • Destroy Build Destroy (Cartoon Network)

9/8c:

  • Modern Family (ABC)
  • World Series Game 6: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees (FOX)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
  • Criminal Minds (CBS)
  • The Bureau (ID)
  • Friday Night Lights (DirecTV)
  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy)
  • House Hunters (HGTV)
  • Inside the NFL (Showtime)
  • Living with Ed (Planet Green)
  • Mary Queen of Shops (BBC America)
  • Most Daring (truTV, season premiere)
  • MythBusters (Discovery Channel)
  • Nostradamus Effect (History)
  • Throwdown with Bobby Flay (Food Network)
  • Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS, season premiere)
  • Weird Creatures (Science Channel)

9:30/8:30c:

  • Cougar Town (ABC)
  • Income Property (HGTV)
  • Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (TBS)

10/9c:

  • World Series Game 6: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees (FOX)
  • Eastwick (ABC)
  • CSI: NY (CBS)
  • The Jay Leno Show (NBC)
  • Alaska State Troopers (National Geographic)
  • Bank of Mom and Dad (SoapNet)
  • Clean House (Style)
  • Destination Truth (Syfy, season finale)
  • Dinner: Impossible (Food Network)
  • Flowers Uncut with Jeff Leatham (TLC, series premiere)
  • House Hunters International (HGTV)
  • Man Shops Globe (Sundance)
  • Man v. Food (Travel Channel)
  • Most Daring (truTV)
  • MysteryQuest (History)
  • Nature, Inc. (Planet Green)
  • Nip/Tuck (FX)
  • The Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV)
  • The Shift (ID)
  • South Park (Comedy Central)
  • Strange Sex (Discovery Health, one-hour special)
  • Time Warp (Discovery Channel)
  • Top Chef: Las Vegas (Bravo)
  • True Hollywood Story (E!)
  • Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (TBS)
  • The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights (Spike)

10:30/9:30c:

  • First In (BET)
  • Flowers Uncut with Jeff Leatham (TLC)
  • Secret Girlfriend (Comedy Central)
  • Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (TBS)

11/10c:

  • Chelsea Lately (E!)
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

11:30/10:30c:

  • The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)

Tonight’s Talk Show Guests: November 4, 2009

  • The Jay Leno Show-Jenna Bush Hager, “10 @ 10″ with Laura Bush
  • Daily Show with Jon Stewart-Al Gore (“Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis”)
  • Colbert Report-Journalist Harold Evans (“My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times”)
  • Chelsea Lately-Valerie Bertinelli
  • Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien-Amy Poehler, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, The Bravery performs
  • Late Show with David Letterman-Bill Cosby, Ryan Bingham performs
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live-Joshua Jackson, Big Bird, Slayer performs
  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon-Cameron Diaz, snowboarder Shaun White, Monsters of Folk perform
  • Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson-Mo’Nique, Stephen Fry
  • Last Call with Carson Daly-Julie Benz, Aron Kader
  • Tavis Smiley-Author Nomi Prins (“It Takes a Pillage”), pop duo The Swell Season

Tonight’s TV Picks: November 3, 2009

Shows we watch and recommend are in bold.

8/7c:

  • V (ABC, series premiere)
  • NCIS (CBS)
  • The Biggest Loser (NBC, two-hour episode)
  • 90210 (The CW)
  • So You Think You Can Dance (FOX, two-hour episode)
  • 30 for 30 (ESPN)
  • Big Ideas for a Small Planet (Sundance, season finale)
  • Nova (PBS)
  • Secret Celebrity (E!)

9/8c:

  • The Biggest Loser (NBC, two-hour episode)
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
  • Melrose Place (The CW)
  • So You Think You Can Dance (FOX, two-hour episode)
  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
  • 18 Kids & Counting (TLC)
  • By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (HBO, 115-minute special)
  • Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel)
  • Dragons’ Den (BBC America)
  • Kathy Griffin: Strong Black Woman: Balls of Steel (Bravo, one-hour special)
  • Planet Mechanics (Planet Green, season finale)
  • Scare Tactics (Syfy)
  • Stoked (Cartoon Network)
  • Top 10 (Golf Channel)
  • The Universe (History)
  • Weird, True, & Freaky (Animal Planet)
  • World Series of Poker (ESPN)

9:30/8:30c:

  • Weird, True, & Freaky (Animal Planet)

10/9c:

  • The Good Wife (CBS)
  • The Forgotten (ABC)
  • The Jay Leno Show (NBC)
  • Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World (Travel Channel)
  • Big Break Disney Golf (Golf Channel)
  • Chopped (Food Network)
  • Disaster House (DIY)
  • ECW (Syfy)
  • Explorer (National Geographic)
  • Ghost Lab (Discovery Channel)
  • The Hills (MTV)
  • Independent Lens (PBS)
  • The Jon Dore Television Show (IFC)
  • The Little Couple (TLC)
  • Lost Tapes (Animal Planet)
  • Monica (BET)
  • The Naughty Kitchen with Chef Blythe Beck (Oxygen)
  • Parking Wars (A&E)
  • Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel (truTV, season finale)
  • The Secret Lives of Women (WE)
  • Sherri (Lifetime)
  • Sons of Anarchy (FX)
  • Tabatha’s Salon Takeover (Bravo, season premiere)
  • World Series of Poker (ESPN)

10:30/9:30c:

  • The City (MTV)
  • Parking Wars (A&E)

11/10c:

  • Chelsea Lately (E!)
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
  • The Hills Aftershow (MTV)
  • Ritual Masters (Travel Channel)
  • Surviving Disaster (Spike)

11:30/10:30c:

  • The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)

Tonight’s Talk Show Guests: November 3, 2009

  • The Jay Leno Show-”Jaywalk All-Stars” with “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” a “Biggest Loser” cast-off, “Paranormal Activity” stars Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat
  • Daily Show with Jon Stewart-Obama campaign manager David Plouffe (“The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory”)
  • Colbert Report-The Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan
  • Chelsea Lately-Gabrielle Union
  • Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien-Neil Patrick Harris, Paul Teutul Sr., Creed performs
  • Late Show with David Letterman-Al Gore, Brad Paisley performs, Michael Buble presents the Top 10 list
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live-Pamela Anderson, boxer Manny Pacquiao, White Rabbits perform
  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon-Reggie Jackson, Matthew Bomer, Reba McEntire performs
  • Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson-Valerie Bertinelli, Dave Barry
  • Last Call with Carson Daly-Alice Cooper, La Roux performs
  • Tavis Smiley-Author Nomi Prins (“It Takes a Pillage”), pop duo The Swell Season (“Strict Joy”)

Tonight’s TV Picks: November 2, 2009

Shows we watch and recommend are in bold.

7:30/6:30c:

  • World Series Game 5: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • Poliwood (Showtime, 90-minute special)

8/7c:

  • How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
  • Heroes (NBC)
  • World Series Game 5: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC, two-hour episode)
  • One Tree Hill (The CW)
  • Bait Car (truTV)
  • Emeril Green (Planet Green)
  • Good Eats (Food Network)
  • Lincoln Heights (ABC Family)
  • Little People, Big World (TLC)
  • This Week in NASCAR (Speed)

8:30/7:30c:

  • Accidentally on Purpose (CBS)
  • Bait Car (truTV)
  • Little People, Big World (TLC)
  • Monday Night Football: Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints (ESPN)

9/8c:

  • Gossip Girl (The CW)
  • Two and a Half Men (CBS)
  • Trauma (NBC)
  • World Series Game 5: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC, two-hour episode)
  • The 100 Mile Challenge (Planet Green)
  • All Worked Up (truTV)
  • American Experience (PBS)
  • American Gangs (Discovery Channel, series premiere)
  • Dr. G: Medical Examiner (Discovery Health)
  • For the Love of Ray J (VH1, season premiere)
  • Greek (ABC Family, fall season finale)
  • Jon & Kate Plus 8 (TLC)
  • Monday Night Football: Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints (ESPN)
  • Popular Science’s Future Of… (Science Channel, season finale)
  • Solved (ID)
  • Unwrapped (Food Network)
  • WWE Raw (USA Network)

9:30/8:30c:

  • The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
  • All Worked Up (truTV)
  • Yard Crashers (DIY)

10/9c:

  • Castle (ABC)
  • World Series Game 5: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • CSI: Miami (CBS)
  • The Jay Leno Show (NBC)
  • Animal Cops: Philadelphia (Animal Planet)
  • Cake Boss (TLC)
  • Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (Food Network)
  • Gone Too Far (MTV)
  • Hooked (National Geographic)
  • I Want to Work for Diddy (VH1, season premiere)
  • Indoors Out (DIY)
  • Million Dollar Listing (Bravo)
  • Monday Night Football: Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints (ESPN)
  • The People v. Leo Frank (PBS, 90 minutes)
  • Rita Rocks (Lifetime)
  • The Soup Presents (E!)
  • Strange Rituals: Last Rites (History, one-hour special)

10:30/9:30c:

  • Cake Boss (TLC)
  • For Rent (HGTV)
  • Rita Rocks (Lifetime)

11/10c:

  • Chelsea Lately (E!)
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

11:30/10:30c:

  • The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)

Tonight’s Talk Show Guests: November 2, 2009

  • The Jay Leno Show-Mariah Carey, Hamish and Andy in “Ghosting,” a performance by Cirque du Soleil’s “Kooza”
  • Daily Show with Jon Stewart-Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) (“Growing American Roots: Why Our Nation Will Thrive as Our Largest Minority Flourishes”)
  • Colbert Report-Wired editor Nicholas Thompson (“The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War”)
  • Chelsea Lately-Susie Essman
  • Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien-Ewan McGregor, Shaun White, Tegan and Sara perform
  • Late Show with David Letterman-Julia Louis-Dreyfus, chef Guy Fieri, Carrie Underwood performs
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live (encore)-Jack Black, Chuck Liddell, Cobra Starship performs
  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon-Taylor Swift, Scott Wolf, Say Anything performs
  • Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson-Billy Connolly, George Eads, Jack Ingram performs
  • Last Call with Carson Daly (encore)-Jennifer Morrison, Zane Lamprey, Arctic Monkeys perform
  • Tavis Smiley-Kris Kristofferson

Tonight’s TV Picks: November 1, 2009

Shows we watch and recommend are in bold.

6/5c:

  • Mario’s Green House (TV One)

7/6c:

  • America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
  • Football Night in America (NBC)
  • 60 Minutes (CBS)
  • Speed Report (Speed)

7:30/6:30c:

  • The OT (FOX)

8/7c:

  • The Amazing Race (CBS)
  • World Series Game 4: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
  • Dallas Divas & Daughters (Style)
  • Food Network Challenge (Food Network)
  • NASCAR Victory Lane (Speed)
  • Nature (PBS)
  • Nostradamus Decoded (Discovery Channel, two-hour special)
  • Sonny with a Chance (Disney Channel)
  • Unsung (TV One)

9/8c:

  • Desperate Housewives (ABC)
  • World Series Game 4: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • Three Rivers (CBS)
  • Bridezillas (WE)
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
  • Dexter (Showtime)
  • House Hunters (HGTV)
  • Masterpiece Contemporary (PBS, 90 minutes)
  • The Next Iron Chef (Food Network)
  • Nostradamus Decoded (Discovery Channel, two-hour special)
  • Tool Academy (VH1)
  • Untamed & Uncut (Animal Planet)
  • Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain (Speed)

9:30/8:30c:

  • Bored to Death (HBO)
  • House Hunters International (HGTV)

10/9c:

  • Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
  • World Series Game 4: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • Cold Case (CBS)
  • Californication (Showtime)
  • The Girls Next Door (E!)
  • Iron Chef America (Food Network)
  • Jack the Ripper: New Evidence (Science Channel, one-hour special)
  • Mad Men (AMC)
  • My Fair Wedding (WE)
  • On the Case with Paula Zahn (ID)
  • Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew (VH1, series premiere)
  • Storm Chasers (Discovery Channel)
  • Styl’d (MTV, series premiere)
  • Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain (Speed)

10:30/9:30c:

  • Leave It to Lamas (E!)

11:30/10:30c:

  • The Property Shop (HGTV)
  • Titan Maximum (Adult Swim)

12/11c:

  • The Venture Brothers (Adult Swim)

Tonight’s TV Picks: October 31, 2009

7/6c:

  • Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff (Planet Green)
  • Ghost Hunters Halloween Live 2009 (Syfy, six-hour special)

7:30/6:30c:

  • World Series Game 3: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • College Football: Notre Dame vs. Washington State (NBC)

8/7c:

  • World Series Game 3: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • Saturday Night College Football (ABC)
  • College Football: Notre Dame vs. Washington State (NBC)
  • Ghost Hunters Halloween Live 2009 (Syfy, six-hour special)
  • SuperFetch (Animal Planet)
  • Top 20 Most Shocking (truTV)
  • World’s Strictest Parents (CMT)

8:30/7:30c:

  • SuperFetch (Animal Planet)

9/8c:

  • World Series Game 3: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • Saturday Night College Football (ABC)
  • College Football: Notre Dame vs. Washington State (NBC)
  • The Academy (Fox Reality)
  • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (CMT)
  • Dogs 101 (Animal Planet)
  • Ghost Hunters Halloween Live 2009 (Syfy, six-hour special)
  • Head Games (Science Channel)
  • The Locator (WE, season finale)
  • Robin Hood (BBC America)
  • Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? (Style)

10/9c:

  • World Series Game 3: Yankees at Phillies (FOX)
  • 48 Hours Mystery (CBS)
  • Saturday Night College Football (ABC)
  • College Football: Notre Dame vs. Washington State (NBC)
  • Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes? (TV One)
  • The Dish (Style)
  • Ghost Hunters Halloween Live 2009 (Syfy, six-hour special)
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBC America)

11/10c:

  • Austin City Limits (PBS)
  • Ghost Hunters Halloween Live 2009 (Syfy, six-hour special)
  • Pacquiao/Cotto 24/7 (HBO)

12/11c:

  • Ghost Hunters Halloween Live 2009 (Syfy, six-hour special)

Tonight’s TV Picks: October 29, 2009

Shows we watch and recommend are in bold.

7:30/6:30c:

  • World Series Game 2: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees (FOX)

8/7c:

  • FlashForward (ABC)
  • Survivor: Samoa (CBS)
  • Vampire Diaries (The CW)
  • Community (NBC)
  • World Series Game 2: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees (FOX)
  • America Haunts 4 (Travel Channel)
  • Chowder (Cartoon Network)
  • My First Place (HGTV)
  • This Old House (PBS)
  • UFO Hunters (History)
  • WWE Superstars (WGN)

8:30/7:30c:

  • Parks and Recreation (NBC)
  • Ask This Old House (PBS)
  • The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (Cartoon Network)

9/8c:

  • Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
  • Supernatural (The CW)
  • The Office (NBC)
  • CSI (CBS)
  • World Series Game 2: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees (FOX)
  • American Chopper (TLC)
  • Deadly Women (ID)
  • E! Investigates: Mystery in Texas (E!, 30-minute special)
  • House Hunters (HGTV)
  • How Do They Do It? (Science Channel)
  • The Jeff Dunham Show (Comedy Central)
  • Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumbest Criminals (truTV)
  • TNA iMPACT! (Spike)
  • Total Drama Action (Cartoon Network)
  • UFO Hunters (History)

9:30/8:30c:

  • 30 Rock (NBC)
  • House Hunters (HGTV)
  • The Othersiders (Cartoon Network)

10/9c:

  • Private Practice (ABC)
  • World Series Game 2: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees (FOX)
  • The Mentalist (CBS)
  • The Jay Leno Show (NBC)
  • Ace of Cakes (Food Network, season finale)
  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh (truTV)
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
  • Keeping Score (PBS)
  • Project Runway (Lifetime)
  • The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo, one-hour reunion special)
  • Street Customs (TLC)
  • TNA iMPACT! (Spike)
  • Tosh.0 (Comedy Central)

10:30/9:30c:

  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh (truTV)
  • The League (FX, series premiere)
  • Real Estate Intervention (HGTV)

11/10c:

  • Chelsea Lately (E!)
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
  • Models of the Runway (Lifetime)

11:30/10:30c:

  • The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)