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With nothing but bowl games and reruns on TV, there's finally time to catch up with your old friends at "This Old House" -- or, rather, the "This Old House Hour" (8 p.m. EST on PBS, check listings), which begins with the same show you remember: sensible, wise men striding purposefully across creaking floors in their sawdust-covered bluejeans, telling you all about how to do stuff that you're sure to bungle anyway. The second half of the show is "Ask This Old House" -- that's where the sorts of people who own table saws call in and ask for advice that's way over your head, rendering you increasingly intimidated, yet oddly inspired to go out and spend hundreds of dollars on nail guns and specialized drills that you'll never use. OK, maybe you should stick with "Project Runway" after all -- tonight, they're making outfits out of chocolate!
Also…
The increasingly "ER"-like "Grey's Anatomy" airs its last episode for a while (thanks to the writers' strike) at 9 p.m. EST on ABC, followed by the winter premiere of "ER," ushering forth a new rolling parade of bloody disasters (10 p.m. EST on NBC).
Last night
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On the talk shows
Regis and KellyABC, 9 a.m. EST |
Mark Wahlberg, Tyler Perry, Joey Fatone (repeat) |
The ViewABC, 11 a.m. EST |
Dana Delany, Lorraine Bracco, Boyz II Men (repeat) |
Ellen DeGeneresSyndicated, check local listings |
Brad Womack, Miss Puerto Rico Ingrid Rivera, Keith Urban (repeat) |
Oprah WinfreySyndicated, check local listings |
"A Mother's Nightmare Captured on Tape Part 2: Her Children Speak Out" |
Charlie RosePBS, check local listings |
Live coverage of the Iowa caucuses |
Larry KingCNN, 9 p.m. EST |
TBA |
Jon StewartComedy Central, 11 p.m. EST |
Preempted |
Stephen ColbertComedy Central, 11:30 p.m. EST |
Preempted |
David LettermanCBS, 11:30 p.m. EST |
Bill Maher, Ellen Page, the cast of Broadway's "Young Frankenstein" (repeat) |
Jay LenoNBC, 11:35 p.m. EST |
TBA |
Tavis SmileyPBS, check local listings |
Phylicia Rashad (repeat) |
Jimmy KimmelABC, 12:05 a.m. EST |
TBA |
Conan O'BrienNBC, 12:35 a.m. EST |
TBA |
Craig FergusonCBS, 12:35 a.m. EST |
Dominic Monaghan, Jason Randal |
Contributors: Megan Doll, Heather Havrilesky, Eryn Loeb, Amy Reiter
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