the dish

• Food Network has an Unwrapped marathon all night.
• TCM has Bette Davis movies all night.
• At 8, Nickelodeon has a new iCarly.
• Fox News has a new Huckabee at 8.
• At 9, NBC has a new Face the Ace.
• FOX has a new America's Most Wanted at 9.
• There's a new Suze Orman Show on CNBC at 9.
• Syfy has the movie Infestation at 9.
• Biography Channel has two new episodes of Ghostly Encounters at 9.
• Also at 9: BBC America has a new Being Human.
• At 10, Style has a new episode of The Dish.
• At 12:30am, Cartoon Network has two new episodes of Bleach.

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• At 8, NBC has a new Kings.
• Nickelodeon has a new iCarly at 8, then a new True Jackson, VP.
• Cartoon Network has a new BrainRush at 8, followed by a new Destroy Build Destroy.
• GSN has a new 20Q at 8, then a new episode of The Money List.
• HGTV has a new Divine Design at 8.
• At 8:30, FOX has a new Cops, followed by a new America's Most Wanted.
• At 9, CBS has the two-hour series finale of Harper's Island.
• CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show at 9.
• Syfy has the movie Sand Serpents at 9.
• Also at 9: Hallmark has the movie The Gambler, The Girl, and The Gunslinger.
• At 10, ABC has a new Eli Stone.
• There's a new episode of The Dish on Style at 10.

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I was a fan of The Soup back when it was called Talk Soup and was hosted by Hal Sparks (I'm too young for the Greg Kinnear and John Henson eras). I've become a fan of Joel McHale and appreciate his writing staff and his comedic timing. Never in my wildest imagination did I ever think that Talk Soup would ever become a franchise like Law & Order, CSI, or NCIS.

Soon four versions of the soup showed up on E!'s sibling channels: The Dish (on Style), Sports Soup (on Versus), Web Soup (on G4), and Celebrity Soup (the British version), but none can compare to the original. The Dish is funny for female oriented television as Sports Soup is for watching the most awkward sports shows. Web Soup feels like a hiccup in the thought process.

• At 8, NBC has a new Kings.
• HGTV has a new Divine Design at 8.
• Cartoon Network has a new BrainRush at 8, then a new Destroy Build Destroy.
• GSN has a new 20Q at 8, followed by a new episode of The Money List.
• TCM has Random Harvest at 8, then The Bad Seed.
• Current has Jack Black and Michael Cera Take Over Current at 8.
• At 9, CBS has a new Harper's Island.
• FOX has a new America's Most Wanted at 9.
• CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show at 9.
• Spike has a new Ultimate Fighter at 9.
• Also at 9: FUSE has Bonnaroo 2009.
• At 10, ABC has a new Eli Stone.
• Style has a new episode of The Dish at 10.
  
• At 12:30AM, Cartoon Network has two new episodes of Bleach.

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One of my TV guilty pleasures is Boy Meets World, the 90s sitcom on ABC. I know, I know, it was lumped into all of the other TGIF shows, but it was actually quite good. Anyway, Danielle Fishel, who played Topanga on the show, now hosts a Talk Soup-like show on Style Network called The Dish. Here she sends a reporter to the NBA finals and then has something to say about a scene from Jon & Kate Plus 8. (Video also here.)

• CSPAN2 has new episodes of Book TV all night.
• At 8, ABC has the Lakers/Nuggets game.
• Disney Channel has a new Jonas at 8.
• HGTV has a new Divine Design at 8.
• At 9, CBS has a new Harper's Island.
• FOX has a new America's Most Wanted at 9.
• CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show at 9.
• Also at 9: BBC America has a new Primeval.
• At 10, Travel Channel has a new Samantha Brown's Great Weekends.
• Style has a new episode of The Dish at 10.
• At 12:30am, Cartoon Network has two new episodes of Bleach, followed by a new Code Geass.

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• At 8, FOX has a new Cops.
• Nickelodeon has a new iCarly at 8, followed by new episodes of True Jackson, VIP and H20.
• TCM has A Night at the Opera at 8.
• At 8:30, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
• At 9, FOX has a new America's Most Wanted.
• CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show at 9.
• At 10, CBS has a new 48 Hours Mystery.
• Style Network has a new episode of The Dish at 10.
• At 11, FOX has a new Mad TV, then a new Talk Show with Spike Feresten .
• At 11:30, NBC has a new Saturday Night Live, with Dwayne Johnson and Ray LaMontagne.
  
• At 1am, Cartoon Network has a new Bleach, followed by a new Code Geass.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Also: don't forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed!

• At 7:30, ABC has the Sprint Cup: Bank of America 500 NASCAR race.
• At 8, CBS has College Football, LSU vs. Florida.
• FOX has a new Cops at 8.
• NBC has the Macy's Passport Celebrity Catwalk Challenge at 8, followed by a new Knight Rider.
• TBS has the Red Sox/Rays game at 8.
• Nickelodeon has a new iCarly at 8, then a new H20.
• TCM has Rebecca at 8, followed by Hud.
• At 9, FOX has a new America's Most Wanted.
• CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show at 9.
• Lifetime has the movie Murder on Her Mind at 9.
• Also at 9: BBC America has a new Primeval.
• At 9:30, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
• At 10, Style Network has a new episode of The Dish.
• At midnight, FOX has a new Talk Show with Spike Feresten.

Check your local TV listings for more.

No doubt envious of all the buzz The Soup is getting, E!'s sister channel, Style Network, is planning their own version. Premiering August 16th, The Dish will cover more topics than The Soup including TV, celebrities, fashion and beauty. Here's the kicker though: The Dish is set to be hosted by Topanga herself, Boy Meets World's Danielle Fishel.

Style executive VP Salaam Coleman sums up The Dish's appeal, saying, "What's great about The Dish is that it takes a not-so-serious look at the often very serious world of fashion and finds the comedy in celebrity lifestyle." Well yes, that would be great--in theory.

The problem is, this is a type of show that is very difficult to do well. You need a strong group of writers and a charismatic host. While The Soup may be the toast of the town now, it kind of sucked when it first aired. While two of The Soup's executive producers are behind The Dish, I'm not sure if Danielle is going to quite have the "pop" that this show is going to need.