TV-Reviewed

Welcome to TV-Reviewed’s Boob Tube Alert, our feature which highlights the evening’s television shows. With our lives becoming all the more busy and the number of television channels ever increasing, it can be difficult to find something good on the old boob tube (television). So let us help you find something worth your time. We include new episodes, repeats, movies, and sports. Everything is organized by timeslot.

TUESDAY, June 24, 2008

Wipeout — 8:00pm ET/PT on ABC. Series Premiere — Human cannonballs! Human pinballs! Crashes, smashes and mud splashes! Wipeout features the world’s largest obstacle course, designed to provide the most crashes, face plants and wipeouts ever seen on television. Viewers will laugh out loud at this hilarious, fun-filled hour. Hosted by John Anderson (ESPN’s SportsCenter), John Henson (Talk Soup) and co-hosted by Jill Wagner. Each week 24 new contestants of all ages, shapes and sizes will go head to head through four rounds of grueling and physically demanding obstacles to battle for the title of “Wipeout Champion” and the grand prize of $50,000. Not only do the contestants change every week, so does the course. In the end, only one contestant will win, while everyone else will Wipeout! Big Balls! Dizzy Dummy! Sucker Punch! Topple Towers! Killer Surf! are just a few of the wild and wacky obstacles our contestants will attempt to master in the season premiere. Contestants include a a deputy sheriff, a pastor, a go-go dancer, a masseuse, a waitress, a car show model, a senior credit manager and a handyman.

Celebrity Family Feud — 8:00pm ET/PT on NBC. Series Premiere — This week, four celebrity families match wits to raise money for their respective charities. Ice T will be playing for Unity 2 vs. The Rivers family who will be playing for “Guide Dogs for the Blind”. While, Raven-Symone is playing for the “American Red Cross” versus Wayne Newton who is playing for “The USO”. The two winning families from each respective game will compete against each other in the final round where one team will compete to win up to $50,000 for their charity.

Hell’s Kitchen: “4 Chefs Compete” — 8:00pm ET/PT on Fox. Repeat — The final four contestants prepare a specialty lunch for some surprise guests Chef Ramsay has invited to Hell’s Kitchen. When the doors open, 80 very hungry, very picky and very pregnant moms-to-be walk through the door! The ladies choose the best dish and send the winner on a $1000 shopping spree. The remaining chefs are forced to stay behind and clean up after the luncheon. During dinner service tempers flare and tension is high, and one contestant gets careless and burns Chef Ramsay’s hand, which sends Ramsay over the edge.

NCIS: “Sharif Returns” — 8:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Repeat — After 10 kilograms of highly toxic chemical weapons go missing, Gibbs and his team scramble to locate it. The NCIS team is horrified when they discover that the deadly chemical weapon is now held by wanted terrorist Mamoun Sharif (guest star Enzo Cilenti). As Sharif taunts them with phone calls, Gibbs and the team unite with Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann to find him before he carries out his plan to attack major U.S. cities with chemical warfare.

Beauty and the Geek: “It’s Not Rocket Scienc” — 8:00pm ET/PT on The CW. Repeat — The beauties and geeks plot to de-throne the “King Geek,” while the house romance takes a steamy turn that threatens to destroy one of the teams. As voted on by viewers, this week the teams compete in one of America’s all-time favorite challenges that finds the geeks giving a sensual massage to their partner, while the beauties have to prove they can handle rocket science.

What Women Want — 8:00pm ET/PT on TNT. An egotistical and womanizing advertising agency executive experiences a frightening electrical mishap that enables him to hear what women are really thinking and he uses this rare gift to his own sleazy advantage by sabotaging his female boss. Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Mark Feuerstein, and Lauren Holly.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story — 8:00pm ET/PT on FX. Learning that their beloved gym is being bought out by the competition, a gang of unlikely “athletes” bands together to train for a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament that holds their only hope for raising the money they need. Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, Rip Torn, Justin Long, and Jason Bateman.

Deadliest Catch: “Mortal Men” — 9:00pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel. Massive storm waves tear up the decks of the Early Dawn, North American, and Northwestern. On Cornelia Marie, Capt. Phil injures his ribs and begins coughing blood, but he won’t head in for medical attention until his crew refuses to work any more.

I Survived a Japanese Game Show — 9:00pm ET/PT on ABC. Series Premiere — Guiding these players through their stay in Japan are host/tour guide Tony Sano (Spring Break in Japan, Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight), an American actor fluent in Japanese; a house mother and resident pot-stirrer, Mamasan; and witty game show host Rome Kanda (Pink Panther, Saturday Night Live), who leads the American contestants through all of the zany games.

America’s Got Talent — 9:00pm ET/PT on NBC.

48 Hours Mystery — 9:00pm ET/PT on CBS.

Hell’s Kitchen: “3 Chefs Compete” — 9:00pm ET/PT on Fox. Chef Ramsay surprises the Final 3 chefs by bringing in a few special guests to join them for a breakfast he prepared. After the guests leave, Ramsay asks the chefs to recreate the signature dish they just ate. This challenge throws a couple of the chefs off their game, which leads to them scrambling in the kitchen. During the dinner service, Ramsay hands over the reins of Hell’s Kitchen to each of the Final 3 and the chefs each take a turn running the hot plate. But Ramsay and his sous chef purposely start sabotaging dinner to see how the chefs react.

Reaper: “Ashes to Ashes” — 9:00pm ET/PT on The CW. Repeat — Sam (Bret Harrison) is annoyed after the devil (Ray Wise) dispatches him to do some plumbing work for a woman named Mimi (guest star Melinda Clarke). After talking to Mimi, Sam realizes she is dating the devil, although she thinks he is a playboy businessman named Jerry who refuses to settle down. She introduces Sam to her daughter Cady (guest star Jessica Stroup) and he is attracted to her, but is worried she might be the devil’s daughter. Meanwhile, Ben (Rick Gonzalez) refuses to introduce Sam and Sock (Tyler Labine) to his family.

Rescue Me: “Minisode #1: Fast” — 10:00pm ET/PT on FX.

30 Days: “Same Sex Parenting” — 10:00pm ET/PT on FX. Kati, the mother of two adopted sons who was herself adopted as an infant, believes that children should not be raised by same-sex parents. She will live with domestic partners Dennis and Thomas Patrick and their four adopted sons in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She will volunteer with an advocacy group for children with same-gender parents and attend meetings of a local lesbian mothers networking group.

Deadliest Catch: “After the Catch #2: Brothers” — 10:00pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel. The captains and crews share their take on family, traditions, and a passion for fishing. They admit to rivalries and jealousies between blood brothers and to the love and respect that keeps them working side by side.

Primetime: “Outsiders” — 10:00pm ET/PT on ABC. The premiere installment of Primetime: The Outsiders takes an unprecedented look at Amish teenagers at a crossroads, as they come of age and decide their future. For the past year Primetime: The Outsiders has followed a group of Amish teens in central Ohio as they experience an Amish tradition called “Rumspringa” – where the young have a chance to explore the usually forbidden modern world before forever committing themselves to the Amish way of life. That way of life includes having no electricity, no cars, no music and no education beyond the 8th grade. The challenge is that, if the temptations of the outside world prove more powerful than the world they have always known, the teens will spend the rest of their lives severed from their families and their communities. It’s a high stakes choice between the enticement of freedom or returning to the faith and comfort of family life.

Without a Trace: “Crash and Burn” — 10:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Repeat — When the team begins their search for a stuntman who vanished from a film set shortly after completing a dangerous stunt, they discover that he received a death threat minutes before his disappearance.

What Women Want — 10:30pm ET/PT on TNT. An egotistical and womanizing advertising agency executive experiences a frightening electrical mishap that enables him to hear what women are really thinking and he uses this rare gift to his own sleazy advantage by sabotaging his female boss. Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Mark Feuerstein, and Lauren Holly.

Late Show with David Letterman — 10:35pm ET/PT on CBS. Guests are Charlize Theron, Richard Belzer, and Motley Crue.

Late Night with Jay Leno — 10:35pm ET/PT on NBC. Guests are Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, and Serj Tankian & The F.C.C..

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart — 11:00pm ET/PT on Comedy Central. The guest is James Harding.

The Colbert Report — 11:30pm ET/PT on Comedy Central. The guest is Will Smith.

Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — 11:35pm ET/PT on CBS. Guests are Chris O’Donnell, Lawrence Block, and Phantom Planet.

Late Night with Conan O’Brien — 11:35pm ET/PT on NBC. Guests are Martha Stewart, Lance Krall, and Billy Bragg.