TV Daily

Salon’s guide to what to watch

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Prime Pick

30 Rock

NBC/Mary Ellen Mathew

"30 Rock" (8:30 p.m. EDT on NBC) is finally back, and we're loving it like a bad husband who skipped out on us and then came wandering home, drunk, half-naked and 50K in the hole. The "MILF Island" reality parodies alone make this show so worth the time, we have serious trouble imagining why anyone anywhere wouldn't be utterly addicted to Liz, Jack and their crass, unkempt cohorts at NBC. While most sitcom commitments are about as tenuous as a marriage to a gambling, cheating drunk, here's hoping "30 Rock" will never, ever leave us alone again. Ever.

-- H.H.

Also…

"My Name Is Earl" airs at 8 p.m. and "The Office" airs at 9 p.m. on NBC. "Survivor: Micronesia -- Fans vs. Favorites" features a huge reward and a continuing shift in alliances (8 p.m. on CBS), while Katie perseveres on "Terminal City" (9 p.m. on Sundance). And "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" takes a look at the health issues involved in globalization (10 p.m. on PBS, check listings).

On the talk shows

Regis and Kelly

ABC, 9 a.m. EDT		 Fergie, the latest eliminated celebrity from "Dancing With the Stars"

The View

ABC, 11 a.m. EDT		 Kim Cattrall, Jenna Jameson

Ellen DeGeneres

Syndicated, check local listings		 America Ferrera, the Young@Heart Chorus

Oprah Winfrey

Syndicated, check local listings		 What would you dare to live without?

Charlie Rose

PBS, check local listings		 Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Larry King

CNN, 9 p.m. EDT		 TBA

Jon Stewart

Comedy Central, 11 p.m. EDT		 Uma Thurman

Stephen Colbert

Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m. EDT		 Sen. Hillary Clinton, Rep. Patrick Murphy

David Letterman

CBS, 11:30 p.m. EDT		 Kelly Ripa, Dr. John P. Holdren, the Black Keys

Jay Leno

NBC, 11:35 p.m. EDT		 Ewan McGregor, John Cho and Kal Penn, Seether

Tavis Smiley

PBS, check local listings		 Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige

Jimmy Kimmel

ABC, 12:05 a.m. EDT		 Dax Shepard, Jesse Ventura, John Mulaney

Conan O'Brien

NBC, 12:35 a.m. EDT		 Matt Lauer, Ryan Reynolds, A Simple Plan (Repeat)

Craig Ferguson

CBS, 12:35 a.m. EDT		 Henry Winkler, Jason Aldean

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