Program Planner: June 22-28
Sunday’s Oklahoman, which includes 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 June 22:
SUNDAY
♦“Crisis Point” (9 p.m. on truTV): New series that takes viewers inside life-threatening situations from the point of view of the heroes who survived them.
♦“In Plain Sight” (9 p.m. on USA): Dave Foley (“NewsRadio”) guest stars as an agent who is grabbed by the Feds and forced to give testimony against a contract killer in exchange for a chance to join the Witness Protection Program.
♦“Masterpiece” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): The new season, hosted by Alan Cumming (“Tin Man”). opens with the mystery “Whom the Gods Would Destroy.” Inspector Morse’s former sidekick Robbie Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigates the death of an Oxford graduate.
♦“Million Dollar Password” (7 p.m. on CBS): Celebrity contestants are Steven Weber (”Brothers & Sisters”) and former Miss USA Shanna Moakler.
♦“Spike Guy’s Choice” (9 p.m. on SPIKE): John Cho and Kal Penn (stars of the ‘‘Harold and Kumar” movies) co-host the second annual awards show that is voted on by viewers and features categories such as hottest girl on the planet and most dangerous man. A tribute to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, presented by Pamela Anderson, is also planned.
♦“The Two Coreys” (9 p.m. on A&E): Actors Corey Haim and Corey Feldman reunite in the second-season premiere of the reality series.
MONDAY
♦“Independent Lens” (9 p.m. on OETA-13): The new documentary “Emile Norman: By His Own Design” traces the artist’s life from its beginnings on a California walnut ranch through his years in New York to his present-day life on the California coast.
♦“Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card” (8 p.m. on HBO): This new documentary focuses on a Baltimore high school that is in danger of being taken over by the state unless students’ test scores improve. Students and teachers weigh in on the school’s negative and positive points.
♦“Heavy Load” (8 p.m. on IFC): New rockumentary that follows an England punk band made up of musicians with and without learning disabilities. It was shot over two years as the band records thei first album.
♦“The View” (10 a.m. on ABC): The talk show broadcasts from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
♦Wimbledon 2008 (6 a.m. on ESPN2): Coverage begins for the All England Club’s grass courts tennis event, which concludes July 6. Venus Williams will be back to defend her women’s singles title.
TUESDAY
♦“BET Awards 2008″ (7 p.m. on BET): D.L. Hughley will host the eighth annual event. Scheduled performers include Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Nelly, Chris Brown and Lil’ Wayne.
♦“Big Ideas for a Small Planet” (8 p.m. on Sundance): The final installment titled “Animals” looks at how animals’ diets and living environments are increasingly resembling the “green-ness” of their human guardians.
♦“Celebrity Family Feud” (7 p.m. on NBC): Competing for $50,000 for their charity are the families of Joan and Melissa Rivers, rapper Ice T (Pictured above in NBC Photo), singer Wayne Newton and actress Raven-Symone.
♦“I Survived a Japanese Game Show” (8 p.m. on ABC): In this new series, 10 Americans travel to Japan to compete on a Japanese game show, with a $250,000 prize awaiting the big winner. Challenges include eating from the head of a person running on a treadmill and wearing a chicken suits while smashing giant eggs by sitting on them. Tony Sano (”Beating Vegas”) serves as host and interpreter.
♦“P.O.V.” (9:30 p.m. on OETA-13): In the new documentary “Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North,” descendants of the largest slave-trading family in United States history retrace the old Triangle Trade route from New England to Africa to Cuba.
♦“Wipeout” (7 p.m. on ABC): In this new series, contestants brave a series of wacky courses with a $50,000 prize going to the most successful. Challenges include crossing a bridge made of big red balls and walking along a narrow ledge where boxing gloves pop out at random intervals. John Anderson (ESPN’s “SportsCenter”) and John Henson (“Talk Soup”) co-host the show.
WEDNESDAY
♦“AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty” (8 p.m. on USA): The American Film Institute recognizes the actor’s contributions to the industry with tributes from his fellow stars and highlights from his career.
♦“The Baby Borrowers” (7 p.m. on NBC): In this new reality series designed to teach teens about parenthood, teenage couples move in together and are required to care for an infant, a toddler, a preteen, a teenager and an elderly person.
♦“Nova scienceNOW” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): In the third-season premiere, host Neil deGrasse Tyson reports on the search for a substance called “dark matter,” experiments on mice that could lead to good news for Alzheimer’s patients, a computer expert who can detect photo tampering and more.
♦“Shear Genius” (9 p.m. on Bravo): Jaclyn Smith (”Charlie’s Angels”) returns as host for a second season of the series that looks at the competitive and creative world of high-end hairstyling. Famed celebrity hairstylist Kim Vo and Allure beauty editor Kelly Atterton join the series as lead judges, and accomplished stylist Rene Fris returns as the competitors’ mentor.
♦“When I Knew” (6:30 p.m. on HBO): New documentary that spotlights men and women of all ages who recount the exact moment in their lives when they realized that they were gay. It is inspired by the book of the same name by Robert Trachtenburg, who served as a consultant on the film.
♦“Wife Swap” (7 p.m. on ABC): On the fourth-season finale, a woman who raises pigs swaps lives with a belly dancer.
THURSDAY
♦“Hopkins” (9 p.m. on ABC): New 6-part program from ABC News that takes viewers inside Baltimore’s John Hopkins Hospital to meet patients in the throes of medical crises and young doctors forced to make life and death decisions on the fly.
♦“Fear Itself” (9 p.m. on NBC): The installment titled “In Sickness and in Health” stars James Roday (”Psych”) and Maggie Lawson (“Crumbs”) as a young couple about to get married when the bride receives a disturbing letter.
♦“Last Comic Standing” (7 p.m. on NBC): Richard Belzer (”Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”) and Steve Schirripa (“The Sopranos”) guest star on the first of two semifinal episodes.
♦“Live From Abbey Road” (9 p.m. on Sundance): Rascal Flatts, featuring guitarist Joe Don Rooney from Picher, will perform on this music series taped at London’s Abbey Road Studios.
♦“Ugly Betty” (7 p.m. on ABC) Marlo Thomas (“That Girl”) guest stars as an advertiser with a penchant for younger men.
♦“Untold Wealth: The Rise of the Super Rich” (9 p.m. on CNBC): CNBC correspondent David Faber reports on how there came to be more billionaires and multi-millionaires in our country than in any time in history. In 1985, there were 13 U.S. billionaires. Today, there are more than 1,000.
FRIDAY
♦“The 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards” (6 p.m. on Bravo): The first televised airing of the event that honors positive portrayals of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and issues. Among those receiving special honors are actor Wilson Cruz (“Party of Five”), singer Janet Jackson and producer Ilene Chaiken (”The L Word”).
♦“Animal Cops: South Africa” (9 p.m. on Animal Planet): Season finale for the show that follows the work of the Animal Cruelty Inspectors at the Cape of Good Hope SPCA in Cape Town, South Africa.
♦“Dance Machine” (7 p.m. on ABC): New series in which six people from all walks of life face of against each other in one-on-one dance-offs to popular songs. At the end of each episode, the two finalists compete for $100,000. E! News correspondent Jason Kennedy hosts the show.
♦“Extraordinary Animals” (8:30 p.m. on Animal Planet): The episode titled “Orangu-Can” focuses on Azy, a 30-year-old male orangutan, who uses more than 70 symbols to communicate his thoughts and desires.
♦“Hallmark Heroes With Regis Philbin” (7 p.m. on Hallmark Channel): Host Regis Philbin (”Million Dollar Password”) will surprise four deserving individuals with a prize that will allow and enhance the amazing work they do for others.
♦“Today” (7 a.m. on NBC): Coldplay performs live from Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
SATURDAY
♦“Copperhead” (8 p.m. on SCI FI): In this new original movie, an old western mining town comes under attack by a vast swarm of copperhead snakes.
♦“Groomer Has It” (8 p.m. on Animal Planet): Remaining two groomers prepare for the big finale in which they must groom seven dogs in 10 hours.
♦“The Tenth Circle” (8 p.m. on Lifetime): Kelly Preston (“Broken Bridges) and Ron Eldard (“Blind Justice”) star in this original movie based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Jodi Picoult. It reveals just how far parents will go to protect their children.
♦The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz take on the Lubbock Renegades on arena2 football action airing live at 7:05 p.m. on KSBI-52.
–Penny TV
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