• At 7:30, Sci-Fi has a new episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
• At 8, CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer, then a new Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular and a new Numb3rs.
• NBC has a new Amnesia at 8, followed by the Miss USA Pageant.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, then a new Washington Week.
• Nickelodeon has three new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants tonight, at 8, 9, and 9:30.
• Also at 8: ESPN has the Masters golf tournament.
• At 9, ABC has a new Duel, then a new 20/20.
• FOX has a new Canterbury's Law at 9.
• There's a new Your Mama Don't Dance on Lifetime at 9.
• At 10, Sci-Fi has a new Battlestar Galactica.
• Comedy Central has a new Comedy Central Presents at 10.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Jason Alexander, Richard Clarke, Dana Priest, Rep. Joe Sestak, and Richard Dawkins.

• CBS has more March Madness all night.
• NBC has a new Amnesia at 8, followed by a new, two hour Dateline.
• The CW has a new Smackdown at 8.
• There's a new NOW on PBS at 8, then new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
• At 9, FOX has a new Canterbury's Law.
• ABC has two new episodes of 20/20 at 9.
• Lifetime has a new Your Mama Don't Dance at 9.
• At 9:30, HBO has the season (series?) finale of In Treatment.
• At 10, Comedy Central has two new episodes of Comedy Central Presents, with Dan Mintz and Brian Posehn.
• Sci-Fi has the Battlestar Galactica: Revealed special at 10, followed by Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Robert Klein, Tavis Smiley, Robin Wright, and Amy Holmes.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• CBS has more March Madness coverage all night.
• Sci-Fi is showing a Jericho marathon.
• At 8, NBC has a new Amnesia, followed by two new episodes of Dateline.
• The CW has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, then new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
• TCM has The Wizard of Oz at 8.
• At 8:30, FOX has a new Return of Jezebel James.
• At 9, ABC has two new episodes of 20/20.
• IFC has Swingers at 9.
• At 9:30, HBO has a new In Treatment.
• At 10, Comedy Central has two new episodes of Comedy Central Presents, with Chad Daniels and Kirk Fox.
• There's a new episode of The Soup at 10 on E!
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Jon Hamm, P.J. O'Rouke, Rep. Barney Frank, and Richard Dawkins.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, FOX has the series premiere of The Return of Jezebel James.
• CBS has another Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular at 8.
• NBC has new episodes of Amnesia and Dateline.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, followed by a new Washington Week.
• There's a new Smackdown! on The CW at 8.
• Nickelodeon has a new H20 at 8.
• Also at 8: TCM has Gaslight, followed by Bunny Lake is Missing.
• At 8:30, Cartoon Network has a new Out of Jimmy's Head.
• At 9, ABC has a new, two hour 20/20.
• VH-1 has a new Best Week Ever at 9.
• At 9:30, HBO has a new In Treatment.
• At 10, Comedy Central has two new episodes of Comedy Central Presents, with Juston McKinney and Nick Griffin.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, CBS has another Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular.
• NBC has a new Amnesia at 8, then a new, two hour Dateline.
• There's a new Smackdown! on The CW at 8.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, followed by new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
• At 9, ABC has two new episodes of 20/20.
• Lifetime has a new Your Mama Don't Dance at 9.
• Also at 9: VH-1 has a new Best Week Ever, then a new Free Radio.
• At 9:30, HBO has a new In Treatment.
• At 10, E! has a new episode of The Soup.
• Sci-Fi has a new Stargate Atlantis at 10.
• At 10:30, TCM has Three Days of the Condor.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher, with guests Christopher Hitchens, Harry Shearer, and former Under-Secretary-General of the UN Shashi Tharoor.

Check your local TV listings for more.

• At 8, CBS has a new Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular.
• NBC has a new 1 vs. 100 at 8, then the series premiere of Amnesia and a new Dateline.
• PBS has a new NOW at 8, followed by new episodes of Washington Week and Bill Moyers Journal.
• There's a new Smackdown! on The CW at 8.
• At 9, USA has the season finale of Monk.
• At 9:30, HBO has a new In Treatment.
• At 10, Comedy Central has a new Comedy Central Presents.
• Sci-Fi has a new Stargate Atlantis at 10.
• At 11, HBO has a new Real Time with Bill Maher.

Check your local TV listings for more.

When I first heard that Dennis Miller was going to host a game show, I thought to myself "yeah, I covered that already." But I didn't know that the show I had written about had already ended and this was a new game show he was going to host.

The previous one was Grand Slam, the GSN show that pitted former game show champs (like Ken Jennings) against each other. Looks like that show only lasted one season (hopefully I can catch the reruns), but Miller isn't through with game shows yet. He's going to host the new NBC show Amnesia, which will premiere on NBC in the 1 vs. 100 slot when that show ends its season.

Remember the '88 Writer's Strike? Well, while it didn't impact scripted television as much as the current strike, as it occurred largely during the off-season. Yahoo! reminds us that it was during this period that a network was finally willing to take a chance on an unscripted series. Nineteen years later, Cops is still on the air. And back then, reality wasn't even a genre.

Now, networks are all about this alternate form of entertainment/schedule filling. Even if the strike is resolved relatively soon, it may be too late to save the new year's schedule, and thus reality shows are being picked up by the bucketloads to fill the gaps. If the strike continues much into 2008 look for more and more to be put on the air.

(S04E06) One of the complaints that many have about Stargate Atlantis is the amount of one-shot stories that air as opposed to constant episodes involving the continuing battle with the Wraith, or Replicators, or Romulans, or whomever the evil race du jour is. While a continuing storyline such as this would be all well and good I think that it would also be boring and perhaps deter new viewers from watching. Heck, even Babylon 5 and the later seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had stand-alone stories. By allowing these episodes Atlantis gives newbies a chance to jump on without being utterly confused.

• So the Emmys are going to be younger, fresher, more enthusiastic this year. What does that look like? Joey Fatone.
• The Heroes world tour might be coming to a city near you! Probably not, but maybe.
  
• Mark Burnett's new game show sounds kind of boring.
  

NBC has never seen a game show it didn't like.

The Peacock Network has bought a new game show from Survivor/Apprentice reality show guru Mark Burnett called Amnesia. Actually, it's spelled Amne$ia, with a $ in place of the S. Just so you remember it's a game show and not a medical program.

The show will feature contestants being asked questions about their own lives, to see how much they know and remember. Producers will research the background of each contestant by interviewing friends and family.

The new ABC comedy Sam I Am, about a bad amnesiac woman (Christina Applegate) who has to start her life over as a good person, has to change its name before it starts this fall. And it's all Dr. Seuss' fault.

The estate of the Green Eggs & Ham author has refused to give the network permission to use the phrase as the title of the show. They did not like that ABC/used the phrase/illegally. They did not like it here, there, or anywhere.

But it all works out in the end. The new title, Samantha Be Good, fits the above premise of the show too. I was sort of surprised they were going to use the title Sam I Am anyway. Not for the Dr. Seuss connection, but because of that Sean Penn flick I Am Sam.