Top 10 TV Picks for Feb. 1-7, 2009
The Oklahoman’s TV Talk personalities Penny Soldan and Heather Warlick tape a weekly video for Newsok.tv that highlights upcoming TV programs worth watching. They’re not fast talkers, but just in case you didn’t catch all the information for a show of interest, here is their script for the week of Feb. 1:
P: Hi, I’m Penny Soldan, this is Heather Warlick and this is TV Talk, The Oklahoman’s weekly countdown of the Top 10 programs worth watching — or at least setting the DVR or VCR for. And these are our picks for the week of Feb 1.
H: Since everyone can guess what our No. 1 pick is, let’s start with it. It is “Super Bowl XLIII,” that is if you don’t count the University of Oklahoma women’s basketball game against Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. Monday on ESPN2.
P: John Madden will provide analysis of the Super Bowl that pits the Arizona Cardinals against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kick-off is at 5 p.m. Sunday on NBC.
H: This will mark Madden’s 11th Super Bowl as a broadcaster and the first time that a 30-second Super Bowl commercial will cost $3 million.
P: One commercial to watch for is a 3-D SoBe lizards ad. The South Beach Beverage Company is even distributing free 3-D glasses to viewers at grocery stores nationwide. So get your glasses, watch the game and enjoy the Super Bowl.
H: But for those who would rather watch sleeping dogs lie, tune in to “Puppy Bowl V” at 2 p.m. on Animal Planet. Our No. 2 pick features a bunch of pups frolicking in a stadium-shaped pen, with a halftime show by kittens. And performing the National Anthem will be Pepper the Parrot.
P: No. 3 is “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story” premiering at 7 p.m. Saturday on TNT. Cuba Gooding Jr. has the title role in this new film based on the true story of Dr. Benjamin Carson, whose lifelong journey led him to become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
H: Those 3-D glasses provided for the Super Bowl will come in handy for our No. 4 pick. It is a 3-D episode of “Chuck” premiering at 7 p.m. Monday on NBC. The show’s second season resumes with Chuck trying to foil a plan to kill an international rock star played by Dominic Monaghan from “Lost”.
P: No. 5 are five guest stars making appearance on three primetime shows. And three of them are on “The Office” episode airing after Sunday’s Super Bowl at approx. 9:30 p.m. on NBC. They are Jessica Alba from “Fantastic Four”, Jack Black from “Be Kind, Rewind” and Cloris Leachman from “Dancing With the Stars”.
H: The other two guest stars can be seen during NBC’s Thursday night lineup. They are country singer Wynonna Judd on “Kath & Kim” at 7:30 p.m. and Jon Hamm from “Mad Men” on “30 Rock” at 8:31 p.m.
P: No. 6 is “Katie Couric’s All Access Grammy Special” at 8 p.m. Wednesday on CBS. She will interview past and present Grammy nominees, including Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. The Grammys will be handed out Feb. 8.
H: The Season 5 premiere of “Medium” is No. 7 on our list. It airs at 9 p.m. Monday on NBC and stars Patricia Arquette Allison Dubois, the wife and mother who uses her psychic power to help the police solve murders.
P: The 100th episode of “House” comes in at No. 8. Dr. House and the team take on the case of a woman who collapses in the middle of a cooking class. The episode airs at 7 p.m. Monday on Fox.
H: No. 9 is Turner Classic Movie’s “31 Days of Oscar” film festival which gets underway Sunday. This year’s collection of Oscar nominated films will offer viewers a cinematic education, with each days lineup being devoted to a different college course.
P: Sunday’s course offerings come from the Communications Dept. and include 1963’s ”Bye Bye Birdie” at 9 a.m., 1937’s “Artists & Models” at 1 p.m. and 1951’s “Ace in the Hole” at 7 p.m.
H: Our No. 10 pick is quite educational, too. It is “Oklahoma Passage” at 1 p.m. Sunday on OETA-13. This five-hour dramatic film originally aired on OETA in April 1989 and dramatizes 150 years of Oklahoma history. The encore presentation has been digitally remastered.
P: That’s a wrap for this week. For even more TV choices, consult TV Week in Sunday’s Oklahoman or go online to newsok.com/tv. For TV Talk, I’m Penny, this is Heather, thanks for your time.
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Is it possible to get a copy of “Gifted Hands, The Ben Carson Story”?