Troubled Hollywood

The Grammys are on tonight with Lil Wayne and Coldplay leading the pack with the amount of nominations. They’ll be performing as well, along with many others. It just makes me even more anxious to see the Oscars is on in two weeks. It still seems odd to have the Oscars on in February instead of March.

1. High School Musical 2. Call the kids in. Ashley Tisdale, Zac Efron, and Vanessa Hudgens are back. 3:00 PM CT Disney

2. Pro Bowl: From Honlulu. For the past several years, the AFC and NFC have alternated victory. NFL won last year. This year we have Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner facing off. 3:30 PM CT NBC

3. Almost Famous. What could be cooler to a teenage guy than to get to follow around a rock band for awhile, then write about it for Rolling Stone? 3:30 PM CT HBO 2 West

4. Live From the Red Carpet: The 2009 Grammy Awards. Watch this tonight to find out what all the rock stars are wearing to the big event, plus interviews with Giuliana Rancic. 5:00 PM CT E!

5. 60 Minutes. Hero of the moment US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger is intervewed by Katie Couric. Also, Coldplay, up for sever Grammy Awards, is profiled with lead singer Chris Martin being interviewed. 6:00 PM CT CBS

6. America’s Funniest Home Videos. Videos highlighted tonight include babies’ first words, the reactions of teenagers seeing a childbirth video in health class, and a dog impersonating E.T. 6:00 PM CT ABC

7. Hole In the Wall. This week it’s trapeze artists going against circus performers and professional fighters going against backyard wrestlers. 6:00 PM CT Fox

8. Grammy Awards. From the Staples Center in L.A., we’ll get performances by Lil Wayne, Coldplay, U2, Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Kenny Chesney, the Jonas Brothers, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Jennifer Hudson, Katy Perry, Carrie Underwood, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Kayne West, and T.I.. 7:00 PM CT CBS

9. Dateline NBC. The financial-bailout package is examined and how it’s meant to jump-start the economy. 7:00 PM CT NBC

10. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. After losing their home to a fire, and having their father and eldest son drown, the Girard family gets a new home from Ty and the team, while they vacation in Disney World. 7:00 PM CT ABC

11. King of the Hill. Peggy has a baby shower for Luanne, and Lucky’s sister and kids attend. The sister and Peggy clash over how Luanne will raise her baby, as Peggy is old-fashioned, and the sister is more modern. 7:30 PM CT Fox

12. XIII. In the first of two parts, after the first female president is assassinated, a man wakes up in a forest with no memory and XIII tattooed on his chest. His reflex and instincts make it seem as if he is responsible for the assissination, and he is then forced to uncover who he really is. 8:00 PM CT NBC

13. Desperate Housewives. Bree buys a new car, yet Lynette and Tom are selling his Mustang as they need the money. Susan wants to send MJ to a certain school, but she and Mike can’t afford it. Gaby enlists in Edie’s boot camp to get back in shape, and Lee considers telling Lynette and Tom disturbing facts about Dave. 8:00 PM CT ABC

14. American Dad. Stan is thrilled, but a little hypher, when a coworker gives him some meds that will help him stay up all night. He’s shocked to find he’d rather spend time with Francine, than on his hobbies. 8:30 PM CT Fox

15. Brothers & Sisters. Rebecca goes to her father for advice after she finds out about Tommy’s scheme to boot Holly from the family business, and Nora is contacted by someone from William’s past.

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It seems the network programmers have all but given up programming for tonight. Aren’t we supposed to be in Sweeps? For new programming during the primetime hours, we have the Budweiser Shootout and 48 Hours Mystery. That’s it. The NASCAR race explains a little of why we had Fox’s Saturday programming on Friday night, as I guess they figure police and FBI work is more important than 5th grade knowledge and knowing the lyrics to songs, but what’s with the rest of the night being all repeats?

1. Bridge to Terabithia. This children’s sci-fi movie stars Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, and Zooey Deschanel. Two kids find some common ground with the need to escape through fantasy. Find out why it pulled me in emotionally at Sazze. 12:00 PM CT Starz 4

2. Skate for the Heart. A jazz-infused skating exhibition showcasing Kenny G, to raise awareness of heart disease. Featured skaters will include Ekaterina Gordeeva, Jeffrey Buttle, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Caryn Kadavy, Irina Slutskaya, Viktor Petrenko, Rudy Galindo, Steven Cousins, and Jozef Sabovcik. 3:00 PM CT NBC

3. Bobby. A really interesting movie written, directed, and co-starring Emilio Estevez along with all his friends. It’s fictional, yet based on truth, on what could have gone down at the hotel the day before Bobby Kennedy was shot. Read more at Sazze. 6:30 PM CT Showtime 2 West Read more »

This had me checking the calendar. I’m not sure why, but Fox is airing Cops and America’s Most Wanted tonight, when ithey have traiditonally always been on on Saturdays. I’m a bit confused, but that’s not something new. Maybe Fox has decided that none of us are smarter than 5th graders and that we’ve all forgotten the lyrics. In another oddity, every half hour show that appears in the second half hour of primetime is a repeat on every network, while the first half hours are all new.

1. St. Elmo’s Fire. One of the last of the brat pack movies with them finally making it out of high school and preparing to graduate college. Refresh your memory about this film at Sazze. 11:30 AM CT Oxygen

2. The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ellen’s guest is Jennifer Aniston, promoting He’s Just Not That Into You. Stevie Wonder performs as well. Syndicated, check local listings.

3. Ghost Whisperer. Melinda must deal with an overbearing mom ghost. 7:00 PM CT CBS

4. Howie Do It. Aspiring models get asked to participate in an ad cmapgin for a cologne by wearing diapers, shoppers at a mall are left with a bad taste in their mouths because of bottled water samples, a man wanting to lang a gig as a kids’ show host puts on a pig costume and rolls around in the mud, and Alex does a hands-on meet and greet in the street. 7:00 PM CT NBC Read more »

Dr. Morganstern is back on ER in the show’s season-long good-bye to its legions of longtime viewers, and so am I. While William H. Macy returns to County General, I am back in my role letting you know what’s hot on TV every night. I was never really gone, but I have moved this list to its new home here, which I’m hoping will be a much more comfortable fit. If you’re new here, welcome!

1. Once. This is probably the most unique love story I’ve ever seen. Interestingly, the two stars of the show, Glen hansard and Marketa Irglova, have just broken up in real life. Read more at Sazze. 1:30 PM CT HBO2 West

2. The Ellen Degeneres Show. Ellen’s guests are Drew Barrymore, promoting He’s Just Not That Into You premiering on Friday, and Taraji P. Henson, nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Syndicated, check local listings.

3. Martian Child. For every kid who has ever felt lonely and like he didn’t fit in, here’s a boy that feels that so deeply, he either pretends or figures he must be from another planet. Read more at Sazze. 5:30 PM CT HBO East

4. My Name Is Earl. Randy wins the lottery with a scratch-off ticket, then gets hit by a bike, and he chalks it up as karma and makes his own karmic to-do list. Joy tries to get better witness-protection identity from the FBI. 7:00 PM CT NBC Read more »