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.

THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2008

Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? — 8:00pm ET/PT on Fox. Grownup contestants try to graduate toward the top prize of $1 million in this atypical quiz show that tests adults’ lack of knowledge as revealed by how much they’ve forgotten since elementary school. Adults find themselves in a classroom setting, revisiting their youth, as they tackle subjects ranging from art to geography and math to social studies. Contestants are not alone, however; there is a way for them to “cheat” in this classroom. The adults have the opportunity to get help from real grade-schoolers, who will offer what they think is the correct a-n-s-w-e-r on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Greatest American Dog: “Off The Leash” — 8:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Tempers flare when dog owners are forced to work together to free their dogs in the Dog Bone competition called “Tangled Leash.” Puppy love also blossoms when two young singles bond over a common love of their dogs … and an underdog emerges as a fierce game player after selling out a fellow teammate in front of the judges. The third team is expelled from the Canine Academy.

Last Comic Standing: “Episode 610″ — 8:00pm ET/PT on NBC. The remaining eight comics are surprised with a trip to the Playboy Mansion. But they quickly realize they are there to work, not play, when host Bill Bellamy announces this week’s challenge: creating a humorous bedtime story to tell Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends, Holly, Bridget and Kendra, after he tucks them into bed. While the girls - wearing sexy lingerie and sitting in one large, heart-shaped bed - listen with rapt attention, the comics spin their funniest bedtime stories, each hoping to win immunity so they’ll be safe from elimination.

Smallville: “Hero” — 8:00pm ET/PT on The WB. Repeat — Kara (Laura Vandervoort) and Jimmy (Aaron Ashmore) attend a “One Republic” concert and one of the roadies turns out to be former Smallville resident Pete Ross (guest star Sam Jones III). Pete unwittingly chews some kryptonite-laced gum and develops super powers. Clark (Tom Welling) and Chloe (Allison Mack) are thrilled to meet up with their old friend but warn him against using his powers in public. However, Lex (Michel Rosenbaum) discovers Pete’s powers and blackmails him into helping break into a Lionel’s (John Glover) safe by threatening to reveal Chloe is a meteor freak.

Ugly Betty: “Bananas for Betty” — 8:00pm ET/PT on ABC. Repeat — Henry reluctantly agrees to go on a double date with Betty and an unlikely couple — Hilda and Gio. Meanwhile, Wilhelmina’s attempt to change her image as the queen of mean fails miserably after she tangles with America’s most beloved golden girl.

My Cousin Vinny — 8:00pm ET/PT on AMC. Joe Pesci is a Brooklyn lawyer whose first case is the defense of a relative charged with murder in Alabama. Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, and Fred Gwynne.

TNA: Impact! — 9:00pm ET/PT on SpikeTV.

So You Think You Can Dance — 9:00pm ET/PT on Fox.

The Bill Engvall Show: “Snoop, Dog” — 9:00pm ET/PT on TBS. When Bill and Susan think Trent is lying to them about attending a drinking party, they snoop around his Facebook page to find out more information. Meanwhile, Raffles is startled by a loud noise and hides under Faulkner’s house and the family tries to figure out a way to get him out.

American Chopper: “Mercedes-Amg Bike” — 9:00pm ET/PT on TLC. The Teutuls get inspired by some high-end automotive engineering and build a luxury-performance bike for Mercedes Benz-AMG. Sr. taps a local artist to immortalize his kids in ink, and then takes some time to get away, with his best friend, Gus.

CSI: “Redrum” — 9:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Repeat — Catherine must deceive her teammates when she agrees to Keppler’s covert and controversial plan to catch the killer of a popular politician.

Supernatural: “Dream a Little Dream of Me” — 9:00pm ET/PT on The CW. Repeat — Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) race to Bobby’s (guest star Jim Beaver) side after he lapses into a coma and can’t be awakened. While unconscious, Bobby battles his personal demons and the reason he became a hunter is revealed. Sam and Dean discover someone poisoned Bobby with a potion that will kill him if he doesn’t wake soon. When the brothers decide to take the potion themselves to enter Bobby’s dream in order to save him, they come face to face with their own personal nightmares.

Grey’s Anatomy: “Forever Young” — 9:00pm ET/PT on ABC. Repeat — The ER is filled with teenagers after a schoolbus crash, Bailey treats a patient who was her high school crush, Derek goes out on a date with a fellow doctor, and Thatcher enters the ER looking for Meredith.

My Boys: “Opportunity Knocks” — 9:30pm ET/PT on TBS. After they share a kiss, PJ is torn between whether to pursue things with Jack or not. Meanwhile, Andy and Meredith seek marriage counseling and Kenny has another run in with Mexican Freddy.

Burn Notice: “Trust Me” — 10:00pm ET/PT on USA Network. To save his client, Michael pretends to be the perfect mark for a con artist -– then pulls a con of his own.

Bruce Campbell as Sam Axe on Burn Notice

Penn & Teller: Bullshit: “Being Green” — 10:00pm ET/PT on Showtime. According to Penn & Teller, most of the Green products being touted do little to help the earth despite their high prices and even worse. The duo will also dedicate a very special tribute to Al Gore – the Smartest Man in the History of the World.

Fear Itself: “Community” — 10:00pm ET/PT on NBC. When a young married couple, played by Brandon Routh (Superman) and Shiri Appleby (Charlie Wilson’s War), find the perfect house in the perfect neighborhood, their lives seem… well… perfect. But as the dark underbelly of their neighborhood creeps to the surface, they soon realize that their neighbors will go to any extreme — even murder — to make sure that they comply with their twisted sense of conformity.

Samantha Brown: Passport to Great Weekends: “London” — 10:00pm ET/PT on Travel Channel. This weekend Samantha avoids the tourist traps and explores locals’ London: She visits a traditional west London pub and gets taken out for an Indian meal. Plus, how to get one of the best views in London — for free!

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List: “Busted in Bora Bora” — 10:00pm ET/PT on Bravo.

Flashpoint: “The Element of Surprise” — 10:00pm ET/PT on CBS. New Night — When the SRU team raids a drug dealer, things quickly go south as an innocent bystander finds himself in the middle of a gun fight.

Hopkins 24/7: “Episode 5″ — 10:00pm ET/PT on ABC.

Samantha Brown: Passport to Great Weekends: “New Hampshire” — 10:30pm ET/PT on Travel Channel. On this trip Sam heads back to the seacoast of New Hampshire, where she grew up. She visits some of her favorite haunts and places she dreamed of exploring but never had a chance to when she lived there. And there are some surprises in store as well.

Late Show with David Letterman — 10:35pm ET/PT on CBS. Guests are David Duchovny and Black Kids.

Late Night with Jay Leno — 10:35pm ET/PT on NBC. Guests are Kelsey Grammer, Hugh Rowland and Drew Sherwood, and Gavin McGraw.

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

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

Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — 11:35pm ET/PT on CBS. Guests are Amanda Peet and Lance Morrow.

Late Night with Conan O’Brien — 11:35pm ET/PT on NBC. Guests are Emile Hirsch, Terrell Owens, and Craig Baldo.