Friday, November 16, 2012

What's on tonight, 11/16


Friday, Nov. 16

7 p.m. “Barbie: the Princess and the Pop Star” A princess and a pop star look-alike decide to switch places so that each can experience can experience a different kind of poor gender modeling for your daughter. (2012) Nickelodeon.
8 p.m. “America’s Next Top Model” This is the finale. The winner gets a modeling contract, a cash prize and the privilege of eating on consecutive days. CW.
8 p.m. “Jeepers Creepers”.
A pair of college students are stalked by a demon who eats people to regenerate his body parts. He has his mother’s eyes, really.  (2001) American Movie Classics.
9 p.m. “CSI: NY” When a prep school student is murdered, investigators not only have to identify the suspect, they have to help the suspect best phrase the experience for their college entrance essay. CBS.
11:35 p.m. “The Tonight Show” Chris Matthews discusses the election results and how President Obama’s victory speech “only deepened my man crush.” NBC

Thursday, November 15, 2012


8 p.m. “Field of Dreams” Ghosts of old-time baseball players coax a farmer to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield but when the ghost players demand a cut of the parking and T-shirt concessions, the farmer’s wife grows suspicious. (1989) TBS.

8 p.m. “Never Been Kissed” Drew Barrymore plays a baby-faced newspaper reporter assigned pose as a high school student. We had people like that at our high school only we called them “undercover narcotics officers.” It was always a giveaway when they had pictures of their kids in their lockers. (1999) WB.

A classic - also at facebook.com/thatpolitoguy


8 p.m. “Mary Poppins” An eccentric nanny hired by a wealthy family subjects the children to a series of psychedelic experiences and cult-like character building exercises. (1964) ABC.

What's on tonight ...


7 p.m. “Rise of the Zombies
How about “Enough with the Zombies Already?”
(2012) SyFy Channel.
10 p.m. “Elementary”
Sherlock investigates a double murder that bears a strong resemblance to a series of killings in 1999. That makes the primary suspect the Pet.com sock puppet.
CBS.
10 p.m. “Jersey Shore”
Jenni throws a baby shower for Snooki.  A gift certificate for therapy when he’s 15 and discovers the DVDs in the attic is a nice thought. MTV.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012


8 p.m. “Biography” This profile of terrorist Osama Bin Laden includes a glimpse of his childhood when he declared his kindergarten teacher “The Great Satan” and campaigned to have “Johnny Quest” re-titled “Hadji and Friends.” A&E Network.