Program Planner: Aug. 10-16
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 Aug. 10:
SUNDAY, AUG 10
◊“Big Daddy’s House” (12:30 p.m. on Food Network): Aaron McCargo Jr. won season four of “The Next Food Network Star” two weeks ago, and his prize is this new series.
◊“Masterpiece” (9 p.m. on OETA-13): In the new mystery “Limbo,” Inspector Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) investigates the abduction of his godson.
◊“Summer Showdown” (8 p.m. on HGTV): Keenen Ivory Wayans (“In Living Color”) is one of the celebrity judges in this installment featuring a catastrophic kitchen being made over in six hours.
◊“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” (8 p.m. on Fox): Fox is counting down the days until the show’s second-season premiere — Sept. 8 — by airing the entire first season in order. The marathon will run from 8 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday for the next two weeks and conclude Aug. 24 with the first-season cliffhanger finale.
◊TCM’s Summer Under the Stars — Doris Day: Among her 12 films airing in the festival today are 1955’s “Love Me or Leave Me” (5 a.m.), 1968’s “With Six You Get Eggroll” (5:15 p.m.) and 1958’s “The Tunnel of Love” (1:30 a.m.).
◊“Wizards of Waverly Place” (7:30 p.m. on Disney): Imagen Award-winning actress Belita Moreno (“The George Lopez Show”) guest stars as grandmother Magdalena, who teaches Justin and Max the Salsa.
MONDAY, AUG 11
◊“The American Mall” (8 p.m. on MTV): This new TV movie stars Nina Dobrev (‘‘DeGrassi: The Next Generation”) as an aspiring singer-songwriter whose mom owns a music store in a shopping mall.
◊“The Closer” (8 p.m. on TNT): Jennifer Coolidge (“Legally Blonde”) guest stars as a none-too-bright woman married to the rich owner of a car dealership who winds up ensnared in an undercover sting operation.
◊“Elvis: Viva Las Vegas” (7 p.m. on CMT): Journalist Elizabeth Vargas hosts this new special that features rarely seen footage of Elvis performing in Las Vegas, and recording artists singing his songs. Toby Keith and Joe Perry perform “Mystery Train.”
◊“Intervention In-Depth: Meth Mountain” (8 p.m. on A&E): This documentary looks at how meth has taken hold of a Northern Alabama community and its residents who are determined to see their community lose its reputation and nickname.
◊“The Mole” (9 p.m. on ABC): The identity of the Mole will be revealed in the season finale, along with the contestant who will take home the $500,000 prize for figuring out who’s been sabotaging the group’s missions.
◊“Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami” (10 p.m. on OETA-13): This new documentary chronicles the time that the boxing legend spent in Miami, Fla., in the 1960s, training at the Fifth Street Gym.
◊“Saving Grace” (9 p.m. on TNT): Former University of Oklahoma and Dallas Cowboys football coach Barry Switzer guest stars in the new episode “Do You Love Him?” He is questioned when money is found in Grace’s Porche, a car he used to own.
◊“Sesame Street” (9 a.m. on OETA-13)(PBS Photo above): Season 39 of the series starring Elmo, Big Bird and their friends will feature a new curriculum focusng on early literacy and mathematics. Celebrities featured in the season premiere are Jack Black (“King Kong”) and musical artist Fiest.
◊TCM’s Summer Under the Stars — Richard Widmark: Among his 12 films airing in the festival today are 1964’s “The Long Ships” (5 a.m.) and 1953’s “Pickup on South Street” (7 p.m.).
◊“We Are Together: The Children of Agape Choir” (8 p.m. on HBO): This new documentary focuses on a choir made up of children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa.
TUESDAY, AUG 12
◊“P.O.V.” (10 p.m. on OETA-13): Artist Alexander Pushkin is the subject of the new documentary ‘‘Belarusian Waltz.” He stages public stunts mocking Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s pretentions.
◊TCM’s Summer Under the Stars — Kim Novak: Among her 12 films airing in the festival today are 1956’s “The Eddy Duchin Story” (5 a.m.), 1962’s “The Notorious Landlady” (1 p.m.) and 1959’s “Strangers When We Meet” (3 a.m.).
◊“Wide Angle” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): The new installment “China Prep” follows four Chinese students through their final year at an elite high school where a class of 1,800 is competing for 59 spots in China’s top two universities.
◊“Wipeout” (7 p.m. on ABC): Hosts John Henson and John Anderson present “Wipey Awards” for the best contestants, memorable moments and spectacular wipeouts from the season so far.
WEDNESDAY, AUG 13
◊“Brooks & Dunn: Cowboy Town” (8 p.m. on GAC): The country music duo, which includes Ronnie Dunn from Tulsa, gives fans first-hand access to their latest tour and life on the road in this 90-minute special.
◊“Criss Angel Mindfreak” (9 p.m. on A&E): The illusionist transforms a toy Hummer into a real Hummer and solves a Rubik’s cube by throwing in up into the air.
◊“Mythbusters” (8 p.m. on Discovery): Adam and Jamie try to replicate a popular video where a car is blasted 15 feet into the air with the water pressure from 10 fire hoses.
◊TCM’s Summer Under the Stars — Peter Lorre: Among his 14 films airing in the festival today are 1945’s “Hotel Berlin” (5 a.m.), 1950’s “Quicksand” (4 p.m.) and 1964’s “Muscle Beach Party” (3:15 a.m.).
◊“Wife Swap” (7 p.m. on ABC): This rebroadcast from March features Teresa Ketchum, a sports-crazed mom from Oklahoma who swaps lives with an artistic cafe owner in Maryland.
THURSDAY, AUG 14
◊“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (8 p.m. on CBS): In this rebroadcast from February 2007, Kathleen Quinlan (“Family Law”) guest stars as a retired psychotherapist who gets involved in the investigation of the miniature killer.
◊“Dragons’ Den” (8 p.m. on BBC America): Five multi-millionaires are ready to back the best new ideas and innovations in this reality series. Items being pitched this episode include a snow bike and a new form of advertising in cabs.
◊“Live From Abbey Road” (9 p.m. on Sundance): The music series taped at London’s Abbey Road Studios features performances by Sara Bareilles and The Kills.
◊TCM’s Summer Under the Stars — Greer Garson: Among her 12 films airing in the festival today are 1949’s “That Forsyte Woman” (5 a.m.), 1939’s “Goodbye Mr. Chips” (5 p.m.) and 1941’s “Blosoms in the Dust” (3:15 a.m.).
FRIDAY, AUG 15
◊“Gone Country 2” (7 p.m. on CMT): Country artist John Rich challenges seven celebrities to go country. Among them are Sean Young (“Third Man Out”), Lorenzo Lamas (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) and Irene Cara (“Fame”).
◊“Outsider’s Inn” (8 p.m. on CMT): Maureen McCormick (“The Brady Bunch”), Bobby Brown (“Being Bobby Brown”) and Carnie Wilson (“Carnie!”), who were housemates in the CMT series “Gone Country,” attempt to run a bed-and-breakfast in rural east Tennessee in this new eight-episode reality series.
◊TCM’s Summer Under the Stars — Rita Hayworth: Among her 14 films airing in the festival today are 1940’s “Susan and God” (5 a.m.), 1944’s “Tonight and Every Night” (5:15 p.m.) and 1941’s “Affectionately Yours” (3:30 a.m.).
◊“The Young and the Restless” (11 a.m. on CBS): Michael Gross (“Family Ties”) joins the daytime drama’s cast as Lowell “River” Baldwin, the long-lost father of Michael Baldwin.
SATURDAY, AUG 16
◊“Myths & Legends — Elvis Presley” (7 p.m. on TV Land): Find out definitive answers to long-lived Elvis rumors in this encore presentation that separates fact from fiction. The second-season of “Myths & Legends” begins Aug. 27.
◊TCM’s Summer Under the Stars — Fred Astaire: Among his 13 films airing in the festival today are 1933’s “Flying Down to Rio” (5 a.m.), 1937’s “Shall We Dance” (3:30 p.m.) and 1934’s “The Gay Divorcee” (3 a.m.).
–Penny TV
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