Daily News DDIIVVEERRSSIIOONNSS Sunday, February 5, 2012 - Page 13B AROUND THE REMOTE Prime time BY CHUCK BARNEY, McClatchy Newspapers SUNDAY PRIME TIME STATION I M F R S G 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 WNKY (NBC) 7 14 - 15 6 7 Super Bowl XLVI: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots. The Voice (cc) 4 Whacked Out Late Night Wacky commercials, WBKO2 (FOX) 8 - - - - - The Simpsons Cleveland Family Guy 5 American Dad Big Bang Big Bang How I Met How I Met WBKO (ABC) 9 11 13 13 11 13 Amer. Funniest Home Videos The Middle (cc) 4 Modern Family Modern Family WBKO at 10 Connection WNKY2 (CBS) 10 - - - - 2 60 Minutes Presents (N) (cc) CSI: Miami (cc) 5 NCIS: Safe Harbor. 5 (10:05) Criminal Minds (cc) 5 Madonna are among WKYU (PBS) 11 10 6 12 13 6 America in Primetime 5 America in Primetime 4 America in Primetime 5 America in Primetime 4 WBKO3 (CW) 12 - - - - - Beverly Hills Cop III (’94) ★★ (Eddie Murphy) (cc) Meet, Browns Meet, Browns Troubadour, TX (N) (cc) WKGB (KET) 26 12 5 9 12 8 (6) Celtic Woman -- Believe 3 Masterpiece Classic (N) 4 Live From the Artists Den 4 Globe Trekker (cc) 3 Super Bowl highlights WTVF (CBS) 30 5 10 5 5 5 60 Minutes Presents (N) (cc) CSI: Miami (cc) 5 NCIS: Safe Harbor. 5 NewsChannel Sports Central A&E 39 41 30 36 31 45 Criminal Minds (cc) 5 Criminal Minds: JJ. (cc) 5 Criminal Minds (cc) 5 Criminal Minds (cc) 5 Don’t miss: milestone with its 200th episode. AMC 34 29 28 27 29 37 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (’82) ★★★★ (Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (’82) ★★★★ Super Bowl XLVI — Are you To mark the occasion, the show (6) Puppy Bowl VIII 3 Puppy Bowl VIII: Puppies play on a tiny football field. 3 Puppy Bowl VIII 3 takes an “It’s a Wonderful Life” ANPL 53 - - - - 71 ready for some football? It’s 5 America’s day of gridiron glut- twist with plenty of flashbacks as BET 50 - 51 24 - 52 Reed Between Reed Between Reed Between Reed Between Reed Between Reed Between The Mo’Nique Show (cc) tony Ð when something like a Gibbs (Mark Harmon) finds him- CMT 41 - - - - - Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders gazillion viewers tune in to see self questioning the choices he’s CNBC 35 - - - - - American Greed American Greed Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy Apocalypse 2012 big, sweaty men frolic on plastic made over the years. 7 p.m., CNN 44 - - - - - Big Hits, Broken Dreams Piers Morgan Tonight CNN Newsroom (N) Big Hits, Broken Dreams grass. But even if you don’t have CBS. COM 60 - - - - 64 Key & Peele 5 Tosh.0 5 Tosh.0 5 Tosh.0 5 Tosh.0 5 Tosh.0 5 Tosh.0 5 Tosh.0 5 your head in the game, there are Tuesday: “Lost” on the Ama- DISC 20 23 25 25 23 46 First Week In (cc) 5 First Week In (cc) 5 First Week In (cc) 5 First Week In (cc) 5 plenty of things to watch besides zon is the simplistic way to E! 51 - - - - 69 Sex & the City Sex & the City Sex & the City Sex & the City Sex & the City Sex & the City Kourtney and Kim the New England Patriots and describe “The River,” a new ESPN 16 24 32 41 24 61 Strongest Man Strongest Man Strongest Man Competition SportsCenter NFL PrimeTime (N) (Live) (cc) SportsCenter New York Giants. Highlights drama about the treacherous ESPN2 15 25 33 42 25 60 2011 World Series of Poker 2011 World Series of Poker 2011 World Series of Poker 2011 World Series of Poker include all those wacky, high- search to find a wildlife expert FAMILY 49 26 18 47 26 67 (6) Mamma Mia! (’08) ★★ (Meryl Streep) Dirty Dancing (’87) ★★★ (Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze) priced commercials and the half- (Bruce Greenwood) who van- FNC 54 - - - - - Huckabee (N) Fox News Sunday Geraldo at Large (N) (cc) 4 Huckabee time festivities with Madonna ished after decades of traveling FOOD 59 - - - - - Cupcake Wars: Wicked. Cupcake Wars Cupcake Wars (N) Chopped rocking the Lucas Oil Stadium in the globe for a popular nature FSNS 56 - - - - - Action Sports World Champion The Best of Pride (N) Runnin’-PAC The Game 365 World Poker Tour: Season 9 Indianapolis. Al Michaels and series. There are unnerving chills ★★ ★★ Cris Collinsworth will call the and thrills aplenty in the two-hour FX 31 - 17 - 43 - Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (’09) (Denis Leary) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (’09) (Denis Leary) play-by-play, but not before hours opener. 8 p.m., ABC. HALL 18 - - - - - A Crush on You (’11) (Brigid Brannagh) (cc) 4 (9:05) The Engagement Ring (’05) ★★ (Patricia Heaton) (cc) 4 upon hours of monotonous pre- Wednesday: Charlie Rose and HGTV 55 27 57 49 27 54 Holmes on Homes (cc) 3 Holmes Inspection (cc) 3 Holmes Inspection (cc) 3 Property Brothers (cc) 3 game blather. 5 p.m. today, Lara Logan channel the spirit of HISTORY 63 31 55 - - 73 Pawn Stars 4 Pawn Stars 4 Pawn Stars 4 Pawn Stars 4 Pawn Stars 4 Pawn Stars 4 Pawn Stars 4 Pawn Stars 4 NBC. fabled newsman Edward R. Mur- LEARNING 47 47 31 31 - 59 Strange Sex Strange Sex Strange Sex Strange Sex Strange Sex Strange Sex Strange Sex Strange Sex Other bets: row by reviving “Person to Per- LIFE 46 39 49 29 39 48 Nora Roberts’ Tribute (’09) ★★★ (Brittany Murphy) (cc) 4 Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky (’07) (John Corbett) (cc) 5 Today: Like every other great son.” It’s a program that has the NGEO 32 - - - - - Alaska State Troopers 5 Alaska State Troopers 5 Alaska State Troopers (N) Alaska State Troopers 5 institution, “Puppy Bowl VIII” is hosts interviewing newsmakers, NICK 42 32 27 45 32 49 ’70s Show ’70s Show My Wife & Kids My Wife-Kids George Lopez George Lopez Friends 4 Friends 4 embracing social media. This politicians, entertainers and other OXYGEN 33 - - - - - Snapped (cc) 4 Snapped: Wendi Andriano. 4 Snapped: Brigitte Harris. 4 Law & Order: Criminal Intent year a bird will provide live celebrities in their homes. 7 p.m., SPIKE 43 35 40 44 35 53 Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter tweets of all the adorable, tail- CBS. TBS 17 16 14 7 41 57 Hitch (’05) ★★★ (Will Smith, Eva Mendes) (cc) Hitch (’05) ★★★ (Will Smith) (cc) Thursday: The frivolity of the wagging action on the mini grid- TNT 19 33 29 26 33 58 Law & Order: Missing. 5 Law & Order: Ghosts. 5 Law & Order (cc) 5 Lakeview Terrace (’08) ★★ (cc) traveling auditions are over. Now, iron. 2 p.m., Animal Planet. Level Up Level Up Robot Chicken Aqua Teen King of the Hill King of the Hill Family Guy 5 Robot Chicken Today: The goofy swiveling it’s time to get down to serious TOON 61 40 59 30 40 66 chairs are back as “The Voice” business on “American Idol,” TruTV 62 - - - - - Operate-Repo Operate-Repo Operate-Repo Operate-Repo Operate-Repo Operate-Repo Forensic Files Forensic Files renews its effort to find America’s which kicks off its Hollywood TRVL 38 - 58 - - 65 Travel Channel More Bloopers Bloopers Trav-Bloopers Amazing Eats Amazing Eats Amazing Eats Amazing Eats next great crooner. But what we rounds and begins to separate the USA 40 - 24 35 30 47 Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU National Treasure: Book really can’t wait to see is Monday contenders from the pretenders. 7 WGN-A 24 15 15 16 16 55 How I Met How I Met How I Met How I Met News at Nine Instant Replay The Unit: Tr ue Believers. 4 night’s medley of Prince songs p.m., Fox. PREMIUM CHANNELS performed by the show’s judges, Thursday: It’s alligator-hunt- HBO 700 3 76 22 3 39 (4:40) Titanic (’97) ★★★★ Luck (N) (cc) 6 Luck (cc) 6 Luck (cc) 6 Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, ing time in the bayou as “Swamp SHOWTIME 750 19 78 - 19 41 House of Lies Californication Shameless: Father’s Day. 6 House of Lies Californication Shameless: Father’s Day. 6 Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton. People” launches a new season. STARZ 650 - - - - - The Green Hornet (’11) ★★ (Seth Rogen, Jay Chou) (cc) Spartacus: Vengeance (cc) 6 The Recruit (’03) ★★ (cc) (9 p.m., NBC Ð time approximate But we’re thinking it would be a I=Insight M=Morgantown F=Franklin R=Russellville S=Scottsville G=Glasgow after the Super Bowl). lot more fair Ð and entertaining Ð Monday: It’s time to raise the if they armed the gators with uzis Entertainment curtain on “Smash,” a real show- and bayonets. 8 p.m., History stopper of a drama that chronicles Channel. the making of a Broadway musi- Friday: It’s shades of the cal and all the ego clashes, back- “Twilight Zone” on “Fringe” as NBC hoping for a ‘Smash’ turnaround on Monday biting and diva doings that Peter, Walter and Olivia (Joshua By JOE FLINT blatt said last month at the Televi- entails. Debra Messing, Anjelica Jackson, John Noble, Anna Torv) Los Angeles Times sion Critics Association press tour Huston and former “American find themselves trapped in a town LOS ANGELES — NBC is in Pasadena. “We are doing some- Idol” finalist Katharine McPhee from which there is no escape. banking on a musical about a trag- thing very ambitious here, not only headline a stellar cast. 9 p.m., Sounds kooky and bizarre, but ic icon for a reversal of its own producing a musical every week NBC. then again, this is “Fringe.” 8 misfortunes. but one that has original songs in Monday: On “Castle,” Castle p.m., Fox. In its biggest gamble since bet- addition to covers of well-known and Beckett (Nathan Fillion and Saturday: Valentine’s Day is ting on Jay Leno in prime time, hits.” Stana Katic) go back in time as a near, so naturally someone went NBC on Monday will debut However, before Marilyn can hard-boiled private eye and and made a movie called “Smash,” an ambitious drama find her way to the Great White femme fatale trying to solve a “Cupid.” It’s about a talk-show about turning Marilyn Monroe’s Way, “Smash” has to open big on cold case from 1947. Let’s hope host (Joely Fisher) who meets a life into a Broadway musical with NBC. mysterious romance expert who the whole endeavor doesn’t send soaring song and dance numbers. That’s no small task. The us into a big sleep. 9:01 p.m., promises that he’ll lead her to her “Smash” has an all-star lineup in majority of NBC’s new shows this ABC. true love. But first she has to help front of and behind the camera. It Tuesday: “NCIS,” prime other couples find each other. 7 season have flopped, including stars Debra Messing, Anjelica Hus- “The Playboy Club,” “Prime Sus- time’s most popular drama, hits a p.m., Hallmark Channel. ton and Katharine McPhee and was pect” and, most recently, its ver- created by playwright Theresa Patrick Randak/ Rebeck. Producers include Steven AP sion of the hit movie “The Firm.” Katharine McPhee (left), who portrays Karen Cartwright, listens to Take NBC’s Sunday football out Spielberg, Tony Award-winning Theresa Rebeck, creator and executive producer of “Smash.” composer Marc Shaiman, and of the equation and its prime-time Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, pro- with knowledge of the show who even took a breather from his then audience is about 5.7 million ducers of the Oscar-winning did not want to speak publicly on job as head of programming for viewers, down 11 percent from Bridge “Chicago.” the subject. Showtime in 2009 to put on a last season, according to Nielsen. By TANNAH HIRSCH That level of talent and produc- “Smash” is a passion project for musical version of the movie “9 to “It’s not pretty,” Ethan Heftman, tion hasn’t come cheaply. The pilot NBC Entertainment Chairman 5” on Broadway. a senior vice president with Initia- WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ ANSWERS for “Smash” cost more than $7 mil- Bob Greenblatt, who took the top “I didn’t have time to make tive, an advertising firm whose lion to make, and subsequent programming job at the network a ‘Smash’ when I was at Showtime, clients include Dr Pepper, said of Q 1 - As South, vulnerable, you ♠ A K Q 9 5 4 2 ♥ 7 3 ♦ 6 ♣ AJ episodes are running close to $4 little more than a year ago. A life- so when I came to NBC, it’s one of NBC’s performance over the last hold: 10 million apiece, according to people long theater aficionado, Greenblatt the first things I picked up,” Green- few years. ♠ A 7 5 4 ♥ K J 9 2 ♦ A K Q 6 ♣ Your right-hand opponent opens A the bidding with one heart. What Horoscope do you bid now? The bidding has proceeded: SOUTH WEST NORTH A-You have a hand with 8-plus Realize what you can do and head for the finish line, Gemini EAST playing tricks and reasonable By EUGENIA LAST winner’s circle. Calculate your face with clarity and common win support and help you put 1♦ Pass 1NT Pass defense. That makes it too good Happy birthday for Feb. 6, every move, but do so with sense. Listen to your inner voice past mistakes behind you. Size ? for a jump to four spades, which 2012: Originality will count. finesse and punctuality. Take the and believe in your own ability to up your situation and make your What do you bid now? is a pre-emptive action. Double Don’t be afraid to make sugges- spotlight and wear the recognition do what’s best. Greater stability decisions based on facts, figures first, then jump to game over any tions that are somewhat unique. you receive with pride. will be yours if you make the right and the truth and you will A-You have the values to bid bid by partner. You may not get everyone on VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) choice now. Be good to you. bypass an emotional mistake game, but no guarantee that board, but the people who make Question your decisions before PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) caused by overreacting. Q 5 - Both vulnerable, as South notrump is the best spot. Howev- the decisions will see you as an you follow through. You may not Kindness and generosity will er, there is no sensible way to you hold: insightful and capable game be thinking too clearly when it investigate without possibly changer. Follow your intuition comes to the outcome. Look to missing the best spot, so bid ♠ Q 6 4 3 ♥ 9 4 ♦ J 6 ♣ K 10 9 3 2 and strive for perfection. Your someone you respect and follow Lone star Championship Rodeo three no trump and hope partner numbers are 2, 8, 13, 25, 29, 33, whatever pattern or course will has the right cards. The bidding has proceeded: 40. result in your success. TH WEST NORTH EAST ARIES (March 21-April 19) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) THIS IS OUR 30 ANNUAL RODEO!! Q 2 - Both vulnerable, as South SOUTH you hold: Be open to new ideas. Let your Wager the pros and cons, espe- WKU AG EXPO CENTER 1♦ Dbl Pass ? creative juices flow. Socialize and cially when it comes to long-term BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY What do you bid now? ♠ Q 9 5 ♥ 7 3 ♦ K Q 9 6 5 ♣ A7 network, and most of all, look for employment. Recognizing the 3 love, friendship or a business potential of a company, service or Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 - 8 PM A-You do not have much, but partner who has as much to bring you do hold the top-ranked suit. opportunity will be the key to S OUTH C ENTRAL B ANK N IGHT The bidding has proceeded: to the table as you do. It’s time to choosing the best option that aris- NORTH EAST SOUTH Bid one spade. If this is your 4 BIG Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 - 2 PM hand, it is almost surely going to embrace new people and experi- es. Your ideas will be valued and WEST ences. (out of five) put to use. K IDS D AY AT THE R ODEO 1♠ Pass 2♦ be in spades, so why not tell part- SHOWS Pass ner of that right away? TAURUS (April 20-May 20) SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 - 8 PM 2NT Pass ? Don’t let what others do or say Physical action will be your S TOCKDALES N IGHT What do you bid now? Q 6 - East-West vulnerable, as cause volatility in your life. best alternative. Focus on net- Sunday, Feb. 12, 2011 - 2 PM f fun South you hold: Remain calm and keep your emo- working, creativity and staying or O VERTIME S PORTS B AR & G RILL ev A-You certainly want to be in tions tucked away where no one out of trouble with people con- eryo game, but which one? Bid three ♠ 7 ♥ 4 ♦ K Q 10 9 3 ♣ A J 7 6 4 will be able to take advantage of nected to you personally. Love is D AY AT THE R ODEO ne spades and let partner decide 3 your vulnerabilities. Keep busi- on the rise, but only if it’s a phys- whether his holding is better for ness. It’s what you accomplish ical encounter. Self-improvement CONTEST EVENTS no trump or spades. The bidding has proceeded: that will count. will pay off. TICKET PRICES: WEST NORTH EAST GEMINI (May 21-June 20) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) • Bareback Riding Reserve Side Seats - Q 3 - Both vulnerable, as South SOUTH • Saddle Bronc Riding Don’t give in to emotional You’ll be fighting a losing bat- $18 you hold: 1♠ Pass 3♠ ? • Calf Roping General Admission Seats- • Cowgirl’s Breakaway Roping What do you bid now? blackmail. Realize what you are tle at home if you don’t stick to $14 capable of doing and head for the the budget. 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