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On TV: Drat Those Fiendish Cylons on 'Battlestar Galactica'

Posted on: Monday, 11 July 2005, 12:00 CDT

"Monk" is back for for its fourth season starting at 9 p.m. Friday on USA, cable channel 34. Tony Shalhoub continues as the obsessive-compulsive detective who is brilliant at solving crimes -- but not so good at dealing with germs, milk, etc. In the season opener, Monk meets his match in a slovenly detective, played by Jason Alexander. John Turturro comes back as Ambrose, Monk's agoraphobic brother, in next Friday's episode.

TNT's "Into the West" continues at 7 p.m. Friday on cable channel 29 with the next generation of the Wheeler family. A daughter marries a photographer, one son works for the railroad and another son is a cavalry scout. This is the fourth of six episodes in the series.

Mark Wahlberg gets swallowed up by the real McCoy -- the band his local group has been paying tribute to for years -- in "Rock Star," airing at 7 p.m. Friday on UPN, channel 41 and cable channel 10. Jennifer Anniston plays his arm candy and his manager.

Reese Witherspoon plays her real-life opposite as Elle Woods, sorority queen and fashion major from Southern California in "Legally Blonde," airing at 8 p.m. Friday on TBS, cable channel 47. When her boyfriend dumps her because he needs a serious girlfriend to further his political career, she hits the books and gets into his class at Harvard. Guess what happens?

Don (Rob Morrow) has a problem on his hands -- an artist is being held hostage by possibly murderous counterfeiters and Don's ex- girfriend is assigned to the same case -- on "Numb3rs," repeating at 9 p.m. Friday on CBS, channel 6.

Fashion experts Clinton Kelly and Stacy London are on a roll -- albeit a tasteful one -- on Friday. These two mentors and keepers of the $5,000 new wardrobe are tackling five fashion victims in back- to-back episodes airing from 7 p.m. to midnight Friday on TLC, cable channel 56.

NBC Universal, which owns the Sci Fi Channel, provides viewers with a catch-up of the last two episodes from last season's "Battlestar Galactica" from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday on NBC, channel 2 and cable channel 9. The second season launches next Friday on cable digital channel 175. To recap, the Cylons are up to their old wicked ways and control most of the galaxy. The humans, led by Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin, are still on the run. But, now they have to contend with undercover Cylons that can infiltrate the minds of their opponents.

It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. David Spade is transformed from a cocky teenage emperor into a llama in the animated feature "The Emperor's New Groove," airing at 7 p.m. Saturday on ABC, channel 8.

The new Hallmark film "The Colt," premiering at 8 p.m. Saturday on cable digital channel 165, will tug at the heartstrings of any animal lover. Filmmaker Robert Halmi Jr. brings viewers the story of a foal whose mother gives birth during one of the bloodiest and most brutal battles of the Civil War. The soldier who owns the mare (Oklahoman Ryan Merriman) is ordered to destroy the colt, but he can't carry out the order. Instead, he ends up separated from his unit and has to save himself, the mare and the foal.

Catherine Zeta Jones and Sean Connery play cat and mouse as an insurance detective and a super thief in "Entrapment." The film airs at 9 p.m. Saturday on TNT, cable channel 29.

Lindsay Lohan will be your host with Coldplay as musical guest on a repeat of "Saturday Night Live," airing at 10:30 p.m. on NBC, channel 2 and cable channel 9.

Bart goes to a fat farm on a rerun episode of "The Simpsons," airing at 7 p.m. sunday on Fox, channel 23 and cable channel 5.

Not that we need more reality but Fox is offering up "Princes of Malibu" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday on channel 23 and cable channel 5. Suffrice it to say, wealthy Dad is fed up and wants wild sons to get jobs. The real deal is the kids dreamed up this deal for a TV show and Fox bought it.

Mike Delfino -- we know him as the hunky plumber -- knows more than he is telling about break-ins on Wisteria Lane in a repeat of "Desperate Housewives," 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC, channel 8.

VH1, cable channel 65, kicks off a new season of "The Surreal Life 5" at 8 p.m. Sunday with former supermodel Janice Dickinson, slugger Jose Canseco, Sandi Denton of Salt-n-Pepa, Bronson Pinchot (remember, "Perfect Strangers"), Omarosa (she of "The Apprentice"), British model Caprice and motocross man Corey Hart (fiance of Pink). Let the games begin.

The Fisher clan is back in "Six Feet Under" at 8 p.m. Sundays starting this week. Nate is reminiscing about his love life, Claire is trying to solve her financial problem and Keith and David have their hands full as foster parents to Anthony and his older brother Durrell. The series airs on HBO, pay digital channel 300.

"Entourage," moves to 9 p.m. Sundays, also on HBO, and Vince is still waiting for the "Aquaman" deal to gel, but he needs money for his new house. Perhaps a Japanese commercial is the answer?

Source: Tulsa World

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