Top 30 Guest Stars on TV Shows airing April 5-11, 2009
Hilary Duff on "Ghost Whisperer" (CBS Photo)
Friday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of the top guest stars (and all the premieres and finales, see separate blog) appearing on TV next week.
And here are 30 celebrities making special TV appearances the week of April 5.
If a well-known personality was missed, feel free to add his or her name in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
GUEST STARS
••Clay Aiken (“American Idol” Season 2 runner-up) on “America’s Next Top Model,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on CW.
••Kathy Baker (“Boston Public”) on “Saving Grace,” 9 p.m. Monday on TNT.
••Scott Bakula (“Quantum Leap”) on “Chuck,” 7 p.m. Monday on NBC.
••Leslie Bibb (“Popular”) on “Kings,” 7 p.m. Sunday on NBC.
••Michael Boatman (“Spin City”) on “The Game,” 7:30 p.m. Friday on CW.
••Charisma Carpenter (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer”) on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” 8 p.m. Thursday on CBS.
••Chevy Chase (“Saturday Night Live”) on “Chuck,” 7 p.m. Monday on NBC.
••Rory Cochrane (“CSI: Miami”) on “24,” 8 p.m. Monday on Fox.
••Mark Cuban (Dallas Mavericks owner) on “The Simpsons,” 8:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox.
••Amanda Detmer (“What About Brian”) on “Medium,” 9 p.m. Monday on NBC.
••Hilary Duff (“Lizzie McGuire”) on “Ghost Whisperer,” 7 p.m. Friday on CBS.
••Janeane Garofalo (“The Larry Sanders Show”) on “Head Case,” 9 p.m. Friday on Starz.
••Jennie Garth (“Beverly Hills, 90210″) on “90210,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on CW.
••Greg Germann (“Ally McBeal”) on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” 8 p.m. Thursday on CBS.
••Billy F. Gibbons (ZZ Top) on “Bones,” 7 p.m. Thursday on Fox.
••Ann Gillespie (“Beverly Hills, 90210″) on “90210,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on CW.
••Hugh Hefner (“The Girls Next Door”) on “Head Case,” 9 p.m. Friday on Starz.
••Taraji P. Henson (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) on “TV One on One,” 9 p.m. Sunday on TV One (167 on Cox Digital Cable, 328 on DirecTV).
••Delroy Lindo (“Kidnapped” on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on NBC.
••Roma Maffia (”Nip/Tuck”) on “Criminal Minds,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••Vanessa Marcil (‘‘Las Vegas”) on “Without a Trace,” 9:01 p.m. Tuesday on CBS.
••Jesse McCartney (“Summerland”) on “Greek,” 7 p.m. Monday on ABC Family.
••Rue McClanahan (“The Golden Girls”) on “Law & Order,” 9 p.m. Saturday on NBC.
••Katharine McPhee (“American Idol”) on “CSI: NY,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••Meat Loaf (“Rock & a Hard Place”) on “House,” 7 p.m. Monday on Fox.
••Paula Newsome (“Women’s Murder Club”) on “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••Jackson Rathbone (“Twilight”) on “Criminal Minds,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••Jeri Ryan (“Boston Public”) on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on NBC.
••Jordin Sparks (“American Idol” Season 6 winner) on “Talkshow With Spike Feresten,” 11 p.m. Saturday on Fox.
••Michael Stahl-David (“Cloverfield”) on “NUMB3RS,” 9 p.m. Friday on CBS.
••Jennifer Tilly (“Bound”) on “Family Guy,” 8 p.m. Sunday on Fox.
••James Van Der Beek (“Dawson’s Creek”) on :One Tree Hill,” 8 p.m. Monday on CW, and “Medium,” 9 p.m. Monday on NBC.
••Polly Walker (“Rome”) on “NUMB3RS,” 9 p.m. Friday on CBS.
••Steven Weber (“Brothers & Sisters”) on “Without a Trace,” 8 p.m. Saturday on CBS.
••Kathleen Wilhoite (“ER”) on “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••Jo Anne Worley (“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”) on “Wizards of Waverly Place,” 7:30 p.m. Sunday on Disney.
And the 2009 NAMIC Vision Awards go to …
Never heard of the NAMIC Awards? The event’s been around for 15 years. And it is the entertainment industry’s way to recognize quality multi-ethnic and cross-cultural television programming.
The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Commincations (NAMIC) singled out 35 networks for achievements in programming diversity. BET received the most nominations with six.
Here are the nominees for the 15th Anniversary NAMIC Vision Awards that will be presented April 17 at a luncheon ceremony hosted by Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson.
ANIMATION
“Handy Manny” (Disney Channel)
“Soy Mono: Words” (MTV TR3S)
El Tigre “The Grave Escape” (Nickelodeon)
BEST PERFORMANCE – COMEDY
Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC)
LaVan Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
Demetria McKinney – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
Keshia Knight Pulliam – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
Larramie Doc Shaw – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
BEST PERFORMANCE – DRAMA
Benito Martinez – “The Shield” (FX)
Felicia Pearson – “The Wire” (HBO)
Tristan Wilds – “The Wire” (HBO)
Raymond Cruz – “The Closer” (TNT)
Robert Gossett – “The Closer” (TNT)
CHILDREN’S
“Wizards of Waverly Place” (Disney Channel)
“Ni Hao, Kai-Lan” (Nickelodeon)
“Go, Diego, Go” (Nickelodeon)
“Dora The Explorer” (Nickelodeon)
“Degrassi: The Next Generation” (The N)
COMEDY
“Ugly Betty” (ABC)
“Somebodies” (BET)
“The Game” (CBS)
“Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger” (HBO)
“Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
DIGITAL MEDIA – LONG FORM
“Americlef” (MTV On-Air Promotions)
“Time Warner Cable’s Futbol Mania” (Time Warner Cable)
DIGITAL MEDIA – SHORT FORM
“Ugly Betty Presents: Mode After Hours” (ABC.com)
“MTVU’s Stand In: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf” (MTVU)
“DIG: Lyrics Born” (MYX-ABS CBN International)
“Extra on Essence” (Telepictures Productions)
“Yes We Can,” Essence Election ’08 (Telepictures Productions)
DOCUMENTARY
“Nanking” (Cinemax Reel Life)
“CNN Presents: Black in America” (CNN)
“Fuga De Las FARC” (Discovery Latin America)
“Joe Louis: America’s Hero (HBO)
“VH1 Rock Doc: The Night James Brown Saved Boston” (VH1)
DRAMA
“Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
“Lost” (ABC)
“Private Practice” (ABC)
“In Plain Sight” (USA Network)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
“Futbol Mania” (Time Warner Cable)
“Sucker Free Latino Unscripted: Wisin y Yandel” (MTV TR3S)
“Asi Paso” (ESPN)
LIFESTYLE
“Fashion Blackout” (BET News)
“National Body Challenge: Twins Edition” (Discovery Health Channel)
“World in America” (Ebru TV)
Down Home With The Neelys – “Pass It On” (Food Network)
HGTV “Deserving Design” (HGTV)
NEWS / INFORMATIONAL
“Black in America: Suicide Survivor” (CNN)
“Anderson Cooper 360: Race in America” (CNN)
“CNN Special Projects: To The Top” (CNN)
“Showbiz Tonight: Black in Hollywood” (CNN)
“In Conversation: The Michelle Obama Interview” (TV One)
ORIGINAL MOVIE OR SPECIAL
“The Best Shorts” (BET J)
“Cheetah Girls: One World” (Disney Channel)
“The Africa Channel Presents: A Night of Tribute” (The Africa Channel)
REALITY
“College Hill: Interns” (BET)
“Spring Break Diaries: Spelman College” (BET News)
“The mun2 Hook Up: Frankie J” (mun2)
“Student Body” (The N)
“VH1′s The Cho Show” (VH1)
SPORTS
“C. Vivian Stringer’s Big Ten Legacy” (Big Ten Network)
“ESPN Outside the Lines: Dodgertown” (ESPN)
“The Secret Game” (ESPN)
“Our Heroes: A Black History Month Special” (Fox Sports North)
“Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (HBO)
VARIETY / TALK SHOW
“The BET Honors” (BET)
“Harlem to Hollywood: Diddy” (BET)
“Hip Hop vs. America” (BET)
“Sunday Best” (BET)
“TV One on One: Tyler Perry” (TV One)
“Day Break” returns with new episodes … sorta
Cable network TV One is worth watching. Unfortunately, there is not enough space to include it in TV Week. (One of the 76 channels listed in TV Week would have to be dropped to make space for TV One, and there aren’t any that should be removed).
But here is some TV One news that viewers need to know: seven never-before-seen episodes of the action thriller series “Day Break,” that was cancelled by ABC in fall 2006, will air on the network beginning this month.
TV One (channel 167 on Cox Digital Cable, 241 on Direct TV) will air these “Day Break” episodes at 9 p.m. Sundays beginning April 20. That week’s episode will be repeated at midnight Sunday, 9 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Friday.
“Day Break” stars Taye Diggs (also from the canceled-too-soon show “Kevin Hill”) as
Los Angeles police detective Brett Hooper, who is framed for the murder of an assistant district attorney. In each episode, he relives the same day over, gathering new clues each time as he tries to find out who framed him and clear his name.
Det. Hopper’s day gets more complicated each time the clock turns back, as each decision he makes changes the future in some way.
TV One began airing “Day Break” last month, beginning with the six episodes that ABC did air. The seven unaired episodes will complete the series, which only got an order for 13 episodes.
In conjunction with the series telecast, TV One Online (www.tvoneonline.com) has created an interactive destination for “Day Break” fans. Through blogs, games and video, users are invited to join a force of detectives to solve the murder mystery.
— Penny TV
