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.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2008

Fever Pitch — 7:00pm ET/PT on FX. A successful businesswoman thinks she has found Mr. Right in the form of a high school teacher until she is forced to compete with baseball for his affection. Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Spevack, Jack Kehler, and Scott H. Severance.

Dance Machine — 8:00pm ET/PT on ABC. Series Premiere — Each episode features six real people from all walks of life who will face off in a series of one-on-one “dance-offs” to the most popular songs of all time. Imagine a 70-year-old grandmother in a dance-off with a 25-year-old gravedigger to the tune of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Throughout the night contestants will be eliminated by voters in the studio audience. By the end of the evening, just two finalists will be left to challenge each other for the honor of being crowned that night’s “Dance Machine” and to take home $100,000 in cash. DJ Rodney Perry spins the tunes.

WWE SmackDown — 8:00pm ET/PT on The CW.

Ghost Whisperer: “Deja Boo” — 8:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Repeat — With her friend’s pregnancy in danger, Melinda must act quickly to prevent a spirit from harming the unborn child. Professor Payne tries to help Melinda deal with the spirit with multiple personalities who is terrified of being reborn and desperate to avoid reliving a terrible past.

Most Outrageous Moments — 8:00pm ET/PT on NBC. Repeat

Good Eats with Alton Brown: “House of the Rising Bun” — 8:00pm ET/PT on Food Network. Repeat — Aroma can make us hungry, recall a memory and even spark an emotion. But can it help sell a house? Alton Brown hopes to find out as he whips up several tasty breakfast breads in search of the secret scent of real estate success. Find out exactly what the nose knows, including the surprising source of most store-bought cinnamon.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — 8:00pm ET/PT on Disney. A poor boy and four bratty kids win a magical mystery tour of a candy factory owned by an eccentric chocolatier (Johnny Depp). A wonderfully whimsical, visually inventive fantasy directed by Tim Burton. Freddie Highmore, David Kelly. Based on the Roald Dahl tale, the film is a remake of 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, and Noah Taylor.

The Ant Bully — 8:00pm ET/PT on Cartoon Network. After flooding an ant hill, a boy finds himself shrunk to insect size and forced to live among his victims in this routine computer-animated feature. Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Bruce Campbell, and Paul Giamatti.

Cold Mountain — 8:00pm ET/PT on Oxygen. While waiting for her beau to return from the Civil War, a woman struggles to keep her farm afloat. The film was nominated for six other Oscars, including Best Cinematography. Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Renee Zellweger, Donald Sutherland, and Ray Winstone.

xXx: State of the Union — 8:00pm ET/PT on Fox. Recruited by the NSA, an ex-convict volunteers to save the President and the idea of democracy from a military faction led by the Secretary of Defense. Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, and Peter Strauss.

Men in Black — 8:00pm ET/PT on TNT. Two top-secret agents commit themselves to keeping tabs on the aliens on Earth and protecting its citizens from intergalactic conspiracies. Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Rip Torn.

Singin’ in the Rain — 8:00pm ET/PT on TCM. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor star in this hilarious spoof of moviemaking in the late 1920s, a blend of delightful performances and beautifully staged numbers performed with verve. Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, and Millard Mitchell.

Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels: “Portland, OR” — 8:30pm ET/PT on Food Network. Repeat — Rachael’s in the Pacific Northwest’s most laid back city to give her top picks for food and fun. First, she explores the coffeehouses of Portland with a visit to World Cup Coffee & Tea. Next, she grabs a seat at Family Supper for a delicious home-cooked meal. After that, she uncovers Portland’s past with a visit to Hobo’s for scallops, and explains the purpose of Portland’s Underground Tunnels. Finally, it’s off to the Blue Monk for outstanding Italian upstairs, and cool Jazz music downstairs.

Dateline NBC — 9:00pm ET/PT on NBC.

Doctor Who: “Forest of the Dead” — 9:00pm ET/PT on SciFi Channel. As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song.

Duel — 9:00pm ET/PT on ABC. Season Premiere — In a cutting edge format combining trivia challenges like those on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with the strategy played in the “World Series of Poker” — contestants find themselves in intense head-to-head matches, reacting quickly under pressure and outsmarting their opponents by using strategy and deception, as well as intellect and skill, in the race to win big money. Each episode will feature a new group of contestants vying to duel either the previous week’s winner or a brand new opponent. The goal of each contestant is to win a series of duels and take home the $500,000 jackpot. But along the way, contestants will be tempted to leave the game and walk away with their accumulated winnings.

Numb3rs: “Nine Wives” — 9:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Repeat — When a teenage girl is found almost beaten to death, Don and his team discover that she escaped from a polygamous cult headed by a fundamentalist leader who is on the run from the FBI. They discover that the girl’s mother, who is also a religious zealot, “gave” her daughter to the leader. Meanwhile, Charlie and Amita try to decipher a chart that was found at the leader’s last known location, hoping it will lead them to him.

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: “Comfort Food” — 9:00pm ET/PT on Food Network. Repeat — Guy Fieri uncovers some of America’s greatest comfort food including a Baltimore cafe with a variety of French Toast, a third-generation family place in San Antonio with comfort food Texas style, a bakery-turned-restaurant in south Florida and a Huntington, W.V. cafe with home made cornbread.

Wedding Crashers — 9:00pm ET/PT on TBS. Womanizing friends who sneak into weddings to prey on romantically inspired female guests come to be at odds when one of them falls in love. Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, and Isla Fisher.

The Family Stone — 9:00pm ET/PT on FX. A successful businessman brings his straight-laced and uptight fiancée home to meet his free-thinking, high-spirited, and rebellious family for Christmas and runs into interference and displeasure when he tries to give her the heirloom wedding ring. Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, and Craig T. Nelson.

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: “A World of Flavors” — 9:30pm ET/PT on Food Network. Repeat — Guy Fieri tracks down great tastes from all over the world including a Phoenix mom-and-pop joint with a mix of Mexican, Chinese and Caribbean food; a classic diner outside Atlanta with a menu full of homemade Greek specialties; and a tiny Kansas City place with the globe-trotting chef who brings back recipes from from Asia to Central America.

20/20 — 10:00pm ET/PT on ABC.

Numb3rs: “Finders Keepers” — 10:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Repeat — The FBI asks Charlie to retrace the path of a marine salvage barge because Don suspects a murder took place on board. However, Charlie is put in a difficult situation when the National Security Agency (NSA) also requests his help to find the yacht for the confidential case they are working on. Meanwhile, Liz and Don try to figure out a way to make their personal relationship work after she is permanently transferred to LA.

Jurassic Park III — 10:00pm ET/PT on TNT. In order to fund his research Dr. Grant agrees fly over the island with a wealthy couple but they really want an expert to help find their son. Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, and Trevor Morgan.

WarGames — 10:00pm ET/PT on AMC. John Badham’s thriller about a high-schooler whose home computer gains access to the U.S. missile-warning system. Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, and Barry Corbin.

Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy in WarGames

Late Show with David Letterman — 10:35pm ET/PT on CBS. Guests are Morgan Freeman, Kaley Cuoco, and Wild Sweet Orange.

Late Night with Jay Leno — 10:35pm ET/PT on NBC. Guests are Jenna Fischer, Robert Schimmel, and Trace Adkins.

Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — 11:35pm ET/PT on CBS. The guest is Holly Hunter.

Late Night with Conan O’Brien — 11:35pm ET/PT on NBC. Guests are Seann William Scott, Tim Meadows, and The Raconteurs.