We don’t know why we’re surprised, but China has death buses
30 Rock syndicated repeats are gonna start on Comedy Central in a couple years, but that means we’re guaranteed at least two more new seasons of 30 Rock!
There’s a lot of talk about what’s going to be paired up with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia when it returns in the fall, and two top contenders are new shows from Norm MacDonald and Louis CK. Could FX slip by and become the funniest network on TV?
30 Rock
8:00 (NBC)
Sure, it’s a 30 Rock rerun, but it’s the season one classic “Jack-Tor,” featuring Jack preparing for his cameo appearance on TGS, and the infamous Snapple product placement.
Grizzly Man
8:00 (Animal Planet)
Sometimes, after a long week of work, you just feel like going home, sitting down, kicking back, and watching a guy get eaten by a bear. What, that’s weird? Screw you, you’re weird.
Down Periscope
8:00 (FOX)
There is 100% less bear-eating-man in Down Periscope, but infinitely more Kelsey Grammar. You be the judge.
Late Night
Stewart’s got Food Inc. director Robert Kenner, Colbert has mountain climber Ed Viesturs, Conan reruns Norm MacDonald‘s instant classic appearance along with Jim Gaffigan, Letterman’s got Sandra Bullock and Fallon has Maya Rudolph.
I really don’t care about college football. Really really really. Let’s hold Obama to that dumb campaign pledge about revising the way the championship is set up, because we definitely don’t have anything better to be doing.
30 Rock
9:30 (NBC)
Peter Dinklage guest stars! What? Who’s Peter Dinklage, you ask? Why, he’s that guy ⇒⇒⇒
Come on, he was in The Station Agent?
Oh, you were too drunk to remember anything from that movie besides the “funny short guy”? Well, that’s pretty much all you need to know.
Late Night
Kate Winslet is moody and depressing on Letterman (just like her movies! get it?), Dustin Hoffman hopefully out-explicits himself on Leno, Howie Mandel should not, despite his past television experience, be let near children on Conan, Dana Perino only has a couple weeks left of lying with a straight face on the Daily Show, and Lawrence Lessigpirates “shares alike” bootleg copies of Colbert’s christmas special on, well, Colbert.
Some people will try to tell you that tonight’s big grab for ratings is guest star Jennifer Aniston. But I’d say it’s guest stars “the cast of Night Court.” Ben Silverman works in mysterious ways. Except for canceling My Own Worst Enemy, that was pretty predictable.
10:30 – The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central)
Sarah’s pregnant! I’m hoping for a Juno takedown, but I will settle for anything classier than wire hanger jokes.
Late Night
Bruce Willis arm wrestles with Letterman, Anderson Cooper is a digital “tomogram” on Leno, Paul Rudd and – more importantly? – John Stamos have a tea party on Conan, Bill O’Reilly hopefully sticks around for the toss on the Daily Show, and Stephen Moore talks the economy on Colbert.
Oprah got Obama elected, now she’s going to get 30 Rock elected. To what, you ask? The Pantheon of Shows. It’s like the Hall of Fame for TV shows. It exists. Really.
10:00 – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
Late Night
Ben Stiller discusses the artistic merits of Madagascar 2 on Letterman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus goes newly adventuring on Leno, Elvis Costello is eternally cool on Conan, Paul Rudd is strangely likable on the Daily Show, and Rachel Maddow crosses network lines to show up on Colbert.
9:00 – The Office (NBC)