Program Planner: May 11-17
Sunday’s Oklahoman, which includes the 44-page full-color and full-of-information TV Week, hits the newsstands in the Oklahoma City area on Saturday afternoon. And it arrives at the doorstep (or hopefully nearby) early Sunday morning.
But for those who can’t wait to begin planning the upcoming week around the best TV has to offer, here is a sneak peek at programs worth watching the week of May 11:
SUNDAY
►“Brothers & Sisters” (9:02 p.m. on ABC): Second-season finale.
►“Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites” (7 p.m. on CBS): Who will win the show’s 16th installment? My pick is Cirie Fields (far right in CBS Photo above), who helped organize the elimination of Ozzy.
►“Design on a Dime: Top 35 Secrets” (7 p.m. on HGTV): Counts down the show’s 35 best makeovers.
►“America at a Crossroads” (9 p.m. on OETA-13): Profiles five Muslim-American comics who use their stand up routines to break down sterotypes and misconseptions about Islam and Muslims, Comecis featured are Ahmed Ahmed, Tissa Hami, Dean Obeidallah, Maysoon Zahid and Azhar Usman.
►“Teleflora Presents America’s Favorite Mom” (6 p.m. on NBC): Thousands of moms were nominated online, and the winning mom will be crowned by Donny and Marie Osmonds and take home thousands of dollars in cash and prizes.
MONDAY
►“American Gladiators” (7 p.m. on NBC): Second-season premiere. New Gladiators, too.
►“House” (8 p.m. on Fox): Part one of two-part season finale.
►“Medium” (9 p.m. on NBC): Fourth-season finale.“
►Samantha Who?” (8:32 p.m. on ABC): First-season finale. Kiele Sanchez (“Lost”) guest stars.
►“American Experience” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): Profiles President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from his privileged childhood through his political career.
►“Nightly Business Report” (6 p.m. on OETA-13): Launches a year-long series of reports called “Get Your Finanaces Ready for Retirement.” The reports will air two Mondays each month.
TUESDAY
►“According to Jim” (7:30 p.m. on ABC): Seventh-season finale.
►“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m. on NBC): Ninth-season finale.
►“Women’s Murder Club” (9:02 p.m. on ABC): First-season finale. Gerald McRaney (“Jericho”) guest stars.
►“Nova: A Walk to Beautiful” (7 p.m. on OETA-13): Profiles three Ethiopian women who face lifelong ostracism because of obstetric fistula, a complication of childbirth that leaves them incontinent and unable to have more children.
►“The Zen of Bobby V” (8 p.m. on ESPN): Two-hour film that focuses on former Major League player and manager Bobby Valentine and his current job managing one of Japan’s premiere baseball teams, the Chiba Lotte Marines.
WEDNESDAY
►“Back to You” (7:30 p.m. on Fox): First-season finale.
►“Til Death” (7 p.m. on Fox): Second-season finale.
►“The Adirondacks” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): Offers a tour of this national park in New York that is home to more than 100,000 people. About half its 6 million acres are privately owned.
►“Deal or No Deal” (7 p.m. on NBC): Features two contestants playing the popular game show in Johannesburg,
THURSDAY
►“Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” (7 p.m. on Fox): Second-season finale.
►“Crime 360″ (9 p.m. on A&E): Series premiere.
►“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (8 p.m. on CBS): Eighth-season finale.
►“Don’t Forget the Lyrics” (8 p.m. on Fox): Second-season finale.
►“My Name Is Earl” (7 p.m. on NBC): Third-season finale. Alyssa Milano (“Wisegal”) guest stars.
►“The Office” (8 p.m. on NBC): Fourth-season finale. Amy Ryan (”Gone Baby Gone”) guest stars.
►“Without a Trace” (9 p.m. on CBS): Sixth-season finale. Linda Hunt (“Kindergarten Cop”) guest stars.
►“Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey” (7 p.m. on Cinemax): Short film by Douglas Gayeton that chronicles the adventures of his character in the online world known as “Second Life.”
FRIDAY
►“America’s Funniest Home Videos” (7 p.m. on ABC): Eighteenth-season finale.
►“Ghost Whisperer” (7 p.m. on CBS): Third-season finale.
►“Moonlight” (8 p.m. on CBS): First-season finale. Claudia Black (“Stargate SG-1”) guest stars.
►“NUMB3RS” (9 p.m. on CBS): Fourth-season finale.
►“Mobile Home Disaster” (8 p.m. on CMT): Series premiere. Comedian John Caparulo hosts the new home renovation show that finds families living in less desirable mobile homes and gives them the home makeover they desperately need.
►“Survival Guide: Boomerangst” (8 p.m. on CNBC): Looks at the boomer generation that isn’t saving enough money and can’t count on company pensions or social security.
SATURDAY
►“Mad TV” (10 p.m. on Fox): Thirteenth-season finale.“Talkshow With Spike Feresten” (11 p.m. on Fox): Second-season finale.“
►America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back” (8 p.m. on Fox): Features the 1,000th capture credited to the series, now in its 21st season.
►“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (8 p.m. on ION): Contemporary take on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic mystery and stars Dougray Scott (”Desperate Housewives”) and Tom Skerritt (”Picket Fences”).
►The Women’s National Basketball Association tips off its 12th season at 2:30 p.m. today with the Los Angeles Sparks (featuring rookie sensation Candace Parker) taking on the defending champion Phoenix Mercury.
►The 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes will air live at 3:30 p.m. on NBC. –Penny TV
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