Program Planner: May 18-24
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 18:
SUNDAY
►“Aliens in America,” (7:30 p.m. on CW): First-season finale.
►“American Dad” (8:30 p.m. on Fox): Third-season finale.
►“Chic & Easy” (9:30 a.m. on Food Network): Series premiere.
►“Desperate Housewives” (8 p.m. on ABC): Fourth-season finale.
►“Everybody Hates Chris” (7 p.m. on CW): Third-season finale.
► “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (6 p.m. on ABC): Two-part season finale. Australian vocal group The Ten Tenors will perform their song “Here’s to the Heroes.”
► “Family Guy” (8 p.m. on Fox): Sixth-season finale.
► “The Game” (8 p.m. on CW): Second-season finale.
► “King of the Hill” (7:30 p.m. on Fox): Eleventh-season finale.
► “Metalocalypse” (11 p.m. on Cartoon Network): Second-season premiere. This animated series follows Deathklok, the heaviest hitting metal band in the universe. A live version of the band will hit the road June 2 for a 28-city tour, with show creator Brendon Small as the lead performer.
► “The Simpsons” (7 p.m. on Fox): Nineteenth-season finale.
► The 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (7 p.m. on CBS): Kenny Chesney leads the way with 12 nominations, including entertainer of the year, whose winner will be chosen by fan votes.
► “Mystery of the Crystal Skulls” (8 p.m. on SCI FI): The special tells the real story of the search for the legendary Crystal Skulls, 13 quartz crystal human skulls discovered amid ruins of Mayan and Aztec societies.
MONDAY ►“The Bachelorette” (8:02 p.m. on ABC): Fourth-season premiere.► “The Big Bang Theory” (7 p.m. on CBS): First-season finale.► “Bones” (7 p.m. on Fox): Third-season finale.
►“CSI: Miami” (9 p.m. on CBS): Sixth-season finale.
►“Gossip Girl” (7 p.m. on CW): First-season finale.
►“House” (8 p.m. on Fox): Fourth-season finale.
►“How I Met Your Mother” (7:30 p.m. on CBS): Third-season finale.
►“One Tree Hill” (8 p.m. on CW): Fifth-season finale.
►“Paradise Hotel 2” (8 p.m. on MyNetwork TV): Second-season finale.
►“Rules of Engagement” (8:30 p.m. on CBS): Second-season finale.
►“Two and a Half Men” (8 p.m. on CBS): Fifth-season finale. Susan Blakely (“Rich Man, Poor Man”) guest stars.
►“Sex: The Revolution” (11 p.m. on Sundance): New four-part documentary series that looks at the sexual revolution and how it changed
►“Shark” (9 p.m. on CBS): Second-season finale. Billy Campbell (“The 4400”) guest stars.
►“El Cantante” (7 p.m. on Cinemax): A 2006 biopic starring Marc Anthony as Puerto Rican singer Hector Lavoe, who reigned as the king of salsa music in the 1960s and ’70s but struggled with heroin addiction. Jennifer Lopez, Anthony’s wife, plays Lavoe’s spouse, Puchi.
WEDNESDAY
►“American Idol” (7 p.m. on Fox): Seventh-season finale. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will supply renewable energy for the live event at the Nokia Theatre.
►“Boston Legal” (8 p.m. on ABC): Fourth-season finale.
►“Criminal Minds” (8 p.m. on CBS): Third-season finale.
►“CSI: NY” (9 p.m. on CBS): Fourth-season finale.
►“Law & Order” (9 p.m. on NBC): Eighteenth-season finale.
►“MI-5” (8 p.m. on BBC America): Fourth-season finale.
►“Mind of Mencia” (9:30 p.m. on Comedy Central): Fourth-season premiere.
►“Depression: Out of the Shadows” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): Offers a comprehensive look at depressive disorders. The 90-minute documentary is followed by a half-hour panel discussion hosted by Jane Pauley (“Today”).
THURSDAY
►“Grey’s Anatomy” (8 p.m. on ABC): Fourth-season finale.
►“Last Comic Standing” (8:30 p.m. on NBC): Sixth-season premiere. Richard Belzer (“Law & Order”), Steve Schirripa (“The Sopranos”), Kathy Najimy (“Sister Act”) and Fred Willard (“Back to You”) scout for talent at auditions.“
►“So You Think You Can Dance” (7 p.m. on Fox): Fourth-season premiere.
►“Ugly Betty” (7 p.m. on ABC): Second-season finale. Lindsay Lohan (“Mean Girls”) and Naomi Campbell (“Prisoner of Love”) guest star.
FRIDAY
►“Yo Gabba Gabba!” (10:30 a.m. on Nickelodeon): Musical group The Shins perform the original song “It’s OK, Try Again.”
►Singer Alanis Morissette performs live during the
SATURDAY
►“Final Approach” (7 p.m. on Hallmark): New 3-hour thriller that revives the big-budget all-star disaster genre. Stars include Dean Cain (‘‘Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”), Anthony Michael Hall (“The Dead Zone”), Lea Thompson (“Jane Doe”), Tracey Gold (“Growing Pains”), Ernie Hudson (“Miss Congeniality”) and William Forsythe (“The Rock”).
–Penny TV
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