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Uploaded: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 2:57 PM
That TV Guy
Friday, March 12 - Thursday, March 18, 2010
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by Rick Polito
FRIDAY, MARCH 12
Dirty Jobs It turns out that life in the animal-rendering plant is not the nonstop party you might think it is. Discovery Channel. 8pm.
Sober House with Dr. Drew The more we see of this Dr. Drew, the less likely it is that we're inviting him to our next kegger. VH1. 8pm.
SuperNanny She's helping out her 100th tonight. That means there are 99 other families whose children never misbehave, keep their rooms meticulously clean and write neat thank-you notes to everyone they encounter. Either that, or she hid the bodies. ABC. 9pm.
SATURDAY, MARCH 13
Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith This is the one where Anakin Skywalker flunks out of the anger management course. (2005) Spike TV. 9pm.
Dinoshark A giant shark frozen in a glacier comes back to life, in case you were on the fence about global warming. (2010) SyFy. 9pm.
Saturday Night Live An appearance by Pearl Jam provides a chance to see if Eddie Vedder has turned into the kind of person he used to complain about. NBC. 11:30pm.
SUNDAY, MARCH 14
Minute to Win It A new game show premieres with people trying to complete elaborate tasks with common household items. They're showing two hours of this. The common household item we'll be using is the remote control. NBC. 7pm.
America's Worst Driver The reality series seeking out painfully bad drivers comes to San Francisco where driving isn't so much a form of transportation as it is a contact sport. Travel Channel. 10pm.
MONDAY, MARCH 15
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Detectives investigate a doctor on charges he is stealing jewelry from rich patients who then suffer deadly strokes. Our health insurance company would call that a "copayment." NBC. 9pm.
Blue Collar Comedy: 10 Years of Funny Or, more accurately, 10 Years of Vaguely Racist Jingoistic Intolerance. CMT. 9pm.
Jessica Simpson's The Price of Beauty The actress is traveling the world, sampling the fashion traditions and concepts of beauty in other cultures. We can't wait till she meets her first Brazilian. And flinches. VH1. 10pm.
TUESDAY, MARCH 16
Live Free or Die Hard In the fourth Die Hard film, Bruce Willis's character takes on a computer genius who attempts to destroy the international monetary system. But he gives away his identity when he brags about it on Facebook. (2007) FX. 7pm.
The Man Who Injects Venom Or, more accurately, The Man Who Needs a New Hobby. Animal Planet. 8pm.
FlashForward A recap brings us up to date on the first half of the season, for those of us who never came out of the blackout in the first episode. ABC. 10pm.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17
Kate: Her Story Kate Gosselin warns viewers that being a single mom with eight kids may not be a lucrative career path for everyone. TLC. 7pm.
The Luck of the Irish A young man discovers he's got a little leprechaun in him. Of course, they are showing this on St. Patrick's Day. If you've got a little leprechaun in you tonight, you're just a cheap date. (2001) Disney Channel. 8pm.
THURSDAY, MARCH 18
NCAA Basketball The annual tournament starts with 64 teams but in the end, only one remains. Many viewers do the same thing in half the time, but with beers. CBS. 6:30pm.
28 Days Later A man awakens from a coma to find that a virus has turned most of the population into ravenous zombies. They aren't those lumbering Night of the Living Dead zombies either. They're quick. They have places to go, people to eat. (2002) SyFy. 8:30pm.
Unwrapped The only thing we really need to know about Ben & Jerry's ice cream is what genius decided that one pint has four "servings." We only counted one. Food Network. 11:30pm.
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