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What's on tonight: State of the Union, new Shield, Fear Factor, Idol

by Bob Sassone, posted Jan 31st 2006 2:42PM

  • SupernaturalPresident Bush gives his State of the Union address at 9pm, which means that everything on ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX from 9pm to 11pm is pre-empted!
  • At 8, FOX has more American Idol auditions, while ABC has repeats of According To Jim and Rodney. CBS has a repeat NCIS at 8, and NBC has a new Fear Factor.
  • On the WB at 8, a new Gilmore Girls, followed by a new Supernatural. Over on UPN, still more repeats: Girlfriends, Eve, and Veronica Mars.
  • ABC Family has Home Alone 4 at 8.
  • At 9, Food Network has a new Recipe For Success.
  • HGTV has a new Decorating Cents at 9, followed by a new ep of Mission: Organization, a repeat House Hunters, a repeat Buy Me, and then new eps of My Parent's House and Designer Finals.
  • 9pm movies: Anaconda: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid, while Starz has Man of the House and Lifetime has When Strangers Appear. 
  • ESPN has coverage of the Winter X Games at 9.
  • FX has a new The Shield at 10, while Comedy Central has a new Distraction.
  • At 10: Spike has a new King Of Vegas.
  • Also at 10: a new Las Vegas Law on Court TV.
  • At 11, the Sci-Fi Channel has They Live, and G4 has a new X-Play.
  • Midnight movies: WE has 9 To 5 and TCM has My Fair Lady. 

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Chris

What's even better about tonight is getting the chance to see all the little teenagers bitch and complain that "stupid President Bush is making me miss xxxxx tonight!!1one" in their LiveJournal and MySpace pages.

Because, you know, the 4-5 times a president is entitled to do this each year is a terrible, horrible tragedy on television.

January 31 2006 at 9:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Landon Howell

Actually, pre-emption refers to say... a breaking news report such as "We just bombed Iraq" or "There's a shooting at Columbine."

Bush gives the state of the Union Address on the 5th Tuesday every year. Networks know this. They plan for their programs to work around it.

No offense, but this just bothers me everytime I hear, "OMG, Bush totally interrupted 'Idol' last night... I'm so pissed" from a co-worker the morning after the SOTU Address.

So please, Bob, spare us the pre-emption...

January 31 2006 at 8:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jen

You know, I totally forgot the State of the Union is on tonight. It takes the sting off forgetting to set my VCR to tape Scrubs.

January 31 2006 at 5:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Emily

So, is American Idol just going to have one hour tonight or are they going to straddle the president?

How ya like that mental image?

January 31 2006 at 3:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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