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.

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2008

60 Minutes — 7:00pm ET/PT on CBS. In his first interview, infamous Boston mob triggerman John Martorano coolly explains why and how he murdered 20 people to protect his friends, family and his gang’s business; Bob Simon reports on NASA’s plans for Mars; Scott Pelley interviews Bruce Springsteen.

Big Brother 10: — 8:00pm ET/PT on CBS.

Libra, April, and Keesha on Big Brother 10

High School Musical: Get in the Picture: “West Coast Auditions” — 8:00pm ET/PT on ABC. Talent scouts Regina Williams, Jennifer Malenke and Chris Prinzo hold surprise regional auditions across the western half of the United States, as well as a massive open casting call in Long Beach, California.

MLB Baseball — 8:00pm ET/PT on ESPN.

America’s Got Talent — 8:00pm ET/PT on NBC. Repeat.

The Simpsons: “All About Lisa” — 8:00pm ET/PT on Fox. Repeat — As Krusty’s new assistant, Lisa steals the spotlight and gets her own television show, leaving Krusty behind. But when she’s honored as Entertainer of the Year at the Springfield Media Awards, she realizes that the she may not be cut out for showbiz after all. Meanwhile, Bart and Homer spend some time bonding through their newfound love of coin-collecting.

The Simpsons: “Little Orphan Millie” — 8:30pm ET/PT on Fox. Repeat — When Milhouse’s parents are lost at sea and presumed dead, Milhouse decides it’s time to begin acting like a real man, and his new attitude makes him more attractive and popular than ever. Bart can’t stand that Milhouse has become cooler than him, and he devises a plan to win back his cooler-than-Milhouse status. Meanwhile, Homer finds himself in hot water when he can’t remember the color of Marge’s eyes, and Marge vows not to let Homer see her eyes again until he remembers their color.

Ice Road Truckers: “A Trucker’s Farewell” — 9:00pm ET/PT on History Channel. After being Med-Evaced to Yellowknife hospital, Alex receives a grim diagnosis that could mean the end of his Ice Road season. Rick is also complaining of health issues, and again threatens to quit if his boss won’t let him take time off to see a doctor. With nearly all of the rookies out for the count, the Arctic veterans take on the challenge of hauling the final loads of the rig move. Bear must load up the P-Tank, a critical part used to measure the amount of waste gas emitted by a drilling rig. And Eric sets off on a slow journey to transport a mud pump from Aput to Langley. Weighing in at 100,000 lbs., the massive size of this complicated piece of machinery requires a speed limit of just 16 mph–any faster and Eric would risk damaging the already taxed ice road.

Generation Kill: “Screwby” — 9:00pm ET/PT on HBO. Having survived its first trial by fire, Bravo presses forward, awaiting orders for a new recon mission. Scoping out a roadside hamlet, the company watches in horror and disbelief as a regimental combat team arrives with guns firing and obliterates the hamlet. On new orders, Bravo heads to the town of Ar Rifa, where Fick tries to take control of a dangerous situation created by “Encino Man,” who requests an artillery strike on a phantom RPG team. After Alpha Company shells the town, Ferrando issues a new, more urgent order: push ahead 40 kilometers and capture an airfield controlled by Iraqi Republican Guard and defended by tanks. The trip is slowed when a supply truck is hit by friendly fire from reservists, prompting Ferrando to order it abandoned. Disturbed by Alpha’s slow progress on foot and in need of reconnaissance before British paratroopers hit the airfield, Ferrando orders Bravo to trek through the night and get to the strip, treating all Iraqis as hostile. Trombley takes the order to heart and fires, later discovering he shot two Iraqi boys and their camels. Bravo ends up taking the airfield without a single casualty, though “Captain America” does his best to cripple its abandoned hangars, and orders an impossible strike on some remote civilian huts. The boys wounded by Trombley are delivered to Ferrando’s tent by Doc Bryan and team leaders, who hope to get them cas-evaced to a trauma unit. After giving compelling reasons why such an evacuation is impossible, Ferrando ultimately approves the request. Trombley is told he should prepare for an investigation, but expresses concern only over the fate of Colbert, who had given him orders to fire.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent: “Ten Count” — 9:00pm ET/PT on USA Network. When the brother of a young man Logan used to mentor is shot outside a nightclub, he and Wheeler investigate the world of amateur boxing, where setups and payoffs make life outside the ring just as dangerous as life inside it.

MythBusters: “Shark Week Special 2008″ — 9:00pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel. Among the myths tackled in this Shark Week special: Do dogs attract sharks? Do the vibrations caused by a flapping injured fish attract sharks? Does chili powder repel sharks?

Dateline — 9:00pm ET/PT on NBC.

Cold Case: “Torn” — 9:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Repeat — The cold case team investigates the 1919 case involving the death of Frances Stone, a young girl living in a world that gave women few rights, something Frances wanted to change by any means necessary.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: “Woodhouse Family” — 9:00pm ET/PT on ABC. Repeat — Ten-year-old Kayla Woodhouse feels no pain, and this precarious rare condition can kill her. It was diagnosed in 1997 when Kim Woodhouse took her second child, then 14-month-old Kayla on a trip to the playground, and she passed out without any particular reason. Her doctor discovered that Kayla was one of the 25 diagnosed people in the world to suffer from Hereditary Sensory Autonomic Neuropathy, a rare neurological disorder that lowers sensitivity to pain and temperature. In other words, Kayla’s cooling functions — sweating — don’t kick in until her body reaches a lethal high temperature. Her skin is overly dry, and she doesn’t feel pain until it’s 20 to 30 times the normal intensity. The doctors said if Kim had taken Kayla out in the hot Louisiana sun more often, she might have died. Kayla also suffers from severe allergies. She can only go outside to play after sundown, which means she is forced to stay inside their home most of the time. She can’t run and swing and jump rope outside like normal 10-year-olds because there isn’t enough room in their house. The Woodhouse family relocated to frigid Alaska in the hopes to decrease any reoccurrences that Kayla might face. Their experiment proved to be a failure when they found their daughter running outside without shoes or socks in 15 below weather. They were advised to settle in the more southern states and to visit special doctors that might be able to help Kayla’s chronic disease. In 2005, after the Woodhouses had finally settled in Colorado Springs, CO, the family’s financial situation took a turn for the worse as the extensive trips to the doctor sprung forth even larger medical bills. With nowhere to go, and no money to help, the Woodhouse family has been living with friends at a retirement home. This has led to thousands of people petitioning and the local media nominating the family for help. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” has heard the call and faces the challenge to build an industrial strength well air conditioned home for Kayla and her family. While Ty and the designers, local builder Premier Homes and hundreds of volunteers and workers are rebuilding their home, the Woodhouse family will go on vacation to a Hilton hotel in Ft. Collins, Colorado.

Family Guy: “Long John Peter” — 9:00pm ET/PT on Fox. Repeat — Yo ho ho! It’s a pirate’s life for Peter when he gets a pet parrot. But after raising hell in Quahog and terrorizing the neighbors, Peter accidentally kills his beloved pet. Meanwhile, Chris goes with Brian to the vet and falls for the lovely intern Anna (Amanda Bynes).

American Dad: “Hogwarts” — 9:30pm ET/PT on Fox. Repeat — Stan prays for a friend and thinks God sent him one, but Brett (Jay Thomas) turns out to be an atheist. So, Stan tries to convince his friend that God exists by making his life extremely hard until his plan backfires. Meanwhile, Roger convinces Steve that he has been accepted.

In Plain Sight: “Good Cop, Dead Cop” — 10:00pm ET/PT on USA Network. Mary has a one-night stand with a hunky witness, but she suffers the consequences when he is accused of murder.

Mad Men: “For Those Who Think Young” — 10:00pm ET/PT on AMC. Season Premiere — The office receives new equipment; Betty reconnects with an old friend; Don and Duck argue about an account.

Salvatore Romano (Bryan Batt) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) on Mad Men

The Factory: “Model Employee” — 10:00pm ET/PT on SpikeTV.

Desperate Housewives: “Welcome to Kanagawa” — 10:00pm ET/PT on ABC. Repeat — With Mrs. McCluskey’s house completely destroyed, Lynette faces the possibility that her family and Ida Greenberg may not have survived; Katherine finds out that someone knows the truth about her mysterious past; and the residents of Wisteria Lane begin to rebuild their lives after the deadly tornado.

Flashpoint: “The Element of Surprise” — 10:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Repeat — 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.