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What's On Tonight: Dance War, Good Eats, Medium
ESPN2 has a marathon of the 2007 World Series of Poker all night. - At 8, FOX has the Allstate BCS Championship Game.
- ABC has Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Anne at 8, then a new October Road.
- There's a new American Gladiators on NBC at 8, followed by new episodes of Deal Or No Deal and Medium.
- Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8, then a new The Secret Life Of...
- Also at 8: PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow, then a new Great Performances.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- At 9:30, Food Network has a new Unwrapped, followed by a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Waiting for your overseas TV
There is an interesting article over at The Register about how long Australian TV fans have to wait to get programming from the US. A recent survey of some 119 shows reveals that the average delay for the programs is 16.7 months. As if they are putting videotapes on a rowboat and paddling them across the pond. To be fair, that 16.7 months number is skewed a little bit by the inclusion of Antiques Roadshow which wrecked the curve with an 11 year delay in being broadcast. Still, there are many more popular shows that still have long delays once they leave their country of origin. Some of the average delays listed are: CSI: NY (9.3 months), Grey's Anatomy (4.9 months), Heroes (4.2 months), House (5 months), and Third Watch (22.1 months).
PBS series on iTunes
PBS has made some of its programming available on iTunes, but instead of paying for the episodes, you simply call a number and pledge money to PBS, download the episode, and then receive a coffee mug or tote bag in the mail. No, I'm kidding, the episodes are the usual $1.99 downloads. The series include Nova (which has had a free vodcast on iTunes already), Scientific American Frontiers, Antiques Roadshow and Now. PBS is also offering a few animated children's programs in its iTunes store, including Arthur, Cyberchase and Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman. The Nova podcast will be a little more pricey at $7.99 per show, and I notice the short-form Nova vodcast hasn't had a new episode since last month, so maybe they're ditching that as well. I hope that isn't the case, since it was a great vodcast, even if it did only offer tiny snippets.
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What's on tonight: new House, Bachelor, Girlfriends, viral videos
PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow. Check local listings. - At 8pm, ABC has a new two hour Wife Swap, followed by a new Bachelor, where the women the guy rejected come back and insult him (and each other).
- FOX has a new House tonight at 8 (?), followed by a new 24.
- CBS has all repeats: King of Queens, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Courting Alex, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has The Olympics.
- The WB is showing Agent Cody Banks at 8, while UPN has new eps of One on One, All of Us, Girlfriends, and Half & Half.
- Four great Friends repeats at 8 on TBS: the first two are about Phoebe's stepbrother asking her to have his kids, and the other two focus on Rachel's crush on Joshua and the girls taking Chandler to a strip club.
- Also at 9: FLIX has Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces.
- Not sure what this film is, but at 9 Lifetime has Luke Wilson in Bad Seed, where he plays a man accused of killing his wife who looks for a videotape that can clear him. (Must be "Seed Night" on Lifetime: the movie before this at 7 is Seeds Of Deception.)
- Also at 9: Toon Disney has a new A.T.O.M.
- At 9:30, HGTV has a new House Hunters International.
- At 10, Court TV has a new Dominick Dunne: Power, Privilege & Justice.
- Also at 10: Bravo has two new eps of Outrageous & Contagious Viral Videos.
- Late night sports at 11: Speed has Inside Nextel Cup, while Outdoor has a new Fishing Across America. And ESPN has Sportscenter, of course.
- At 11:30, TCM has Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat.
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