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Saturday picks follow the picks for Friday.
New Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi, 8pm and 10pm Friday)
New Farscape (Sci-Fi, 9pm and 11pm Friday)
Debut of a new episode of Monk (USA, 9pm and 11pm Friday)
Paul Newman on a rerun of The Late Show (CBS, 10:35pm Friday)
Lyle Lovett on Late Night with Conan (NBC, 11:35pm Friday)
Cyndi Lauper on The Late Late Show (CBS, check your local listings Friday)
Letterboxed ’70s sci-fi on TCM (TCM, 7pm Saturday-5am Sunday).
Richard Thompson on Austin City Limits (PBS, check your local listings Saturday)
Maura Tierney, David Alan Grier, Calista Flockhart on a rerun of The Rosie O’Donnell Show (syndicated, check your local listings).
Dr. Maya Angelou on Oprah (syndicated, check your local listings).
“Doppelgangland ” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (FX, 6pm). Vampire Willow wreaks some havoc in Sunnydale.
Baseball: Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros (TBS, 7pm).
Another airing of The Dead Zone (Sci-Fi, 7pm).
Remember when Data (and Picard) squared off against Moriarty on the Holodeck? Well, you do if you’re geeky like me. It happens in the “Elementary, Dear Data” and “Ship In A Bottle” episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNN, 7pm, 8pm).
The 4th Annual Family Television Awards (ABC, 8pm). I don’t know much about this awards show, except I hear Gilmore Girls snagged at least one award, so the show can’t be too bad, now can it?
If you love the Lone Gunmen, whether you enjoyed their TV series or not, you’ll hate the “Jump The Shark” episode of The X-Files (FOX, 8pm). So very pointless and cruel. I’d hoped for much much better (as a fan of the GunGuys themselves and of their shortlived series).
“San Francisco, firefighters battle a deadly blaze” on Firehouse (NBC, 8pm).
New episodes of Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi, 8pm and 10pm) and Farscape (Sci-Fi, 9pm and 11pm).
Debut of a new episode of Monk (USA, 9pm and 11pm). Tony Shalhoub stars. This episode is titled “Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum.”
“The beating and rape of an Asian woman leads detectives to suspect members of rival gangs” on Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 9pm).
Rerun of Alias (ABC Family Channel, 9pm).
“The detectives suspect a copy-cat murderer may be responsible for killing a bisexual woman” on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA, 10pm). I’m so ready for the Law & Order channel. Really.
Paul Newman, Counting Crows on a rerun of The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Wesley Snipes, comic Brian Dunlerras, Marc Anthony on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).
What’s all this then? It’s a change in the Friday and Saturday night TV Land lineups: Fernwood 2Night (TV Land, 11pm), Perfect Strangers (TV Land, 11:30pm), Welcome Back Kotter (TV Land, midnight), and Square Pegs (TV Land, 12:30am).
Ice Cube, Harland Williams, Lyle Lovett on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm).
Bruno Kirby and Richard Edson guest star in “The Gas Man” episode of Homicide: Life on the Street (Court TV, midnight). Directed by Barry Levinson, it’s an unusual episode that looks at the detectives from the point of view of an outsider, at least part of the time. Final episode of the third season. Some people love this episode, others hate it. Say farewell to Detectives Bolander and Felton as Ned Beatty and Daniel Baldwin left the series after the third season.
Barry Manilow on Musicians (Bravo, midnight).
Rosario Dawson, Cyndi Lauper on The Late Late Show (CBS, check your local listings).
“A slain cartoonist’s daughter believes the killer’s identity is revealed in a comic book” on Simon & Simon (A&E, 3am).
Bravo Profiles John Cleese (Bravo, 4am), Bravo Profiles Steve Martin (Bravo, 5am).
If it’s 5am, it’s time for Animaniacs (Nick, 5am, 5:30am).
Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel on Today (NBC, 6am-8am).
The cartoon Spider-Man (ABC Family Channel, 7am, 7:30am, 9:30am) is airing on weekend mornings on ABC Family Channel.
Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Sci-Fi, 8am-10am).
“Yogurt: Good Milk Gone Bad” episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 8:30am).
The Hollywood Fashion Machine: Elizabeth Taylor (AMC, 9:30am).
Alex Rodriquez and Tiger Woods are featured on People in the News: A-Rod; Tiger Woods (CNN, 10am, 2pm).
Peter O’Toole in David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia (AMC, 10am, 7pm).
Behind Closed Doors With Joan Lunden: U.S. Treasury/ The Private Warehouses of the Smithsonian (A&E, 11am).
Baseball: Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox (FOX, Noon). Game may vary.
MTV pokes fun at it’s own show with the TV movie The Real World: The Lost Season (MTV, Noon-2pm).
Anne Heche begins her guest stint on Ally McBeal (FX, 1pm). And then there’s an episode with both Robert Downey Jr. and Famke Janssen (FX, 2pm).
Food Finds (Food Network, 1:30pm) visits the Twin Cities. So there’s talk of Nut Goodies and Salted Nut Rolls. And a visit to Sonny’s Crema Cafe (a favorite spot of mine).
Crop Circles: In Search of a Sign (TLC, 2pm).
The Great Race (TCM, 2pm).
FX almost has all M*A*S*H all the time sometimes, doesn’t it? (FX, 9am-11am, 3pm-6pm).
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat (TCM, 5pm).
The Anna Nicole Show (E!, 5pm, 8:30pm, midnight).
American Drinks: History in a Glass (History Channel, 7pm-9pm).
Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Colorado Rockies (WGN, 7pm).
Turner Classic Movies shows a bunch of classic sci-fi films from the ’70s on Saturday night, all letterboxed and uninterrupted by commercials for your enjoyment. Cool lineup: Michael Crichton’s Westworld (TCM, 7pm), Silent Running (TCM, 9pm), Logan’s Run (TCM, 11pm), Soylent Green (TCM, 1am), and Rollerball (TCM, 3am).
“American Pickle” episode of Good Eats (Food Network, 8pm and 11pm).
“The boys form a club in order to stop Hollywood directors from wrecking their own films” on South Park (Comedy Central, 9pm).
Fatty Tuna on Iron Chef (Food Network, 9pm and 11pm).
Lea Thompson and Debbi Morgan star in the new drama series For The People (Lifetime, 10pm). With A Martinez.
Cowboy Bebop (Cartoon Network, 10:30pm).
“Beers and Weirs ” episode of Freaks and Geeks (ABC Family Channel, 11pm).
Hugh Jackman, with musical guest Mick Jagger on a rerun of Saturday Night Live (NBC, check your local listings).
Richard Thompson; Eliza Gilkyson on Austin City Limits (PBS, check your local listings; midnight in Minneapolis).
What’s all this then? Fernwood 2Night (TV Land, 11pm), Perfect Strangers (TV Land, 11:30pm), Welcome Back Kotter (TV Land, midnight), and Square Pegs (TV Land, 12:30am).
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