Premieres and Notables, April 28- May 4, 2008

Monday, 4/28

Return:
House (FOX, 8 pm CST)

Season finale:
High School Confidential (WE, 9 pm CST)

I'm a Star Wars fan, but I don't know if I'm this much of a fan: Deal or No Deal (NBC, 7 pm) has a 2-hr episode built around a Star Wars theme, with Stormtroopers, models in "slave girl" outfits, Chewbacca, Darth Vader as The Banker, and an appearance by Carrie Fisher. Can I get myself to watch this thing or not? If anything comes of it, it may be that the Star Wars Holiday Special from the '70s may not be a low point for the franchise on TV anymore.


Tuesday, 4/29

Raw Nature; Animal Planet. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Filmmakers get up-close and personal with dangerous animals.

The Streak; ESPN2. 8 pm. Special
This documentary looks at the pressure for wrestlers at Brandon High School in Tampa, who have a 451-match winning streak-- started in 1974!

Robin Williams plays a rabble-rouser who wants people to question authority on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC, 9 pm).

Season Finale:
The Riches (FX, 9 pm)

Return:
Shark (CBS, 8 pm)
Women's Murder Club (ABC, 9:02)


Wednesday, 4/30

Farmer Wants a Wife; CW. 8 pm. Series Premiere.
Ten city girls compete to win the affections of one farmer.

Move/new day:
Boston Legal (ABC, 9 pm)


Thursday, 5/1

Earl finally gets out of the coma on My Name is Earl (NBC, 7:00). I love that the show still takes chances, but the coma thing didn't work for me.

Stanley has enough of Michael and tells him so in a meeting, and Michael decides to give him an "attitude adjustment" on The Office (NBC, 8 pm).

After Dr. Kelso's classic (but not classy) exit last week, Dr. Cox finds himself the Chief of Medicine on Scrubs (NBC, 8:31).


Friday, 5/2

Speed Racer: The Next Generation; Nicktoons. 6 pm. Series Premiere.
Speed's son takes over the family business.

Return:
Man vs. Wild (Discovery, 8 pm).


Sunday, 5/4

TCM acknowledges the tenth-anniversary of the death of Frank Sinatra by offering blocks of music and movies featuring him every Sunday and Wednesday night in May.

This American Life; Showtime. 9 pm. 2nd season premiere.

Season finales:
Wire in the Blood (BBC America, 7 pm)
Family Guy (FOX, 8 pm)