HDTV Listings for May 12, 2009
By Richard Lawler 
posted May 12th 2009 5:11PM
posted May 12th 2009 5:11PM
What we're watching tonight:- CW (1080i) has Reaper at 8 p.m. and 90210 at 9 p.m.
- Fox (720p) has American Idol at 8 p.m. and the season finale of Fringe at 9:04 p.m.
- History (720p) has the season finale of How the Earth Was Made at 9 p.m. and Life After People at 10 p.m.
- Discovery (1080i) airs Deadliest Catch at 9 p.m. and The Alaska Experiment at 10 p.m.
- HBO (1080i) has The Alzheimers Project at 7 & 8 p.m.
- TLC (1080i) has 18 Kids & Counting at 9 p.m.
- CBS (1080i) brings NCIS at 8 p.m. followed by The Mentalist at 9 p.m. and Without a Trace at 10 p.m.
- ABC (720p) drops in According to Jim at 8 & 8:30 p.m., followed by Dancing with the Stars and Cupid at 10:02 p.m.
- Sci Fi (1080i) slides in ECW at 10 p.m.
- TBS (1080i) brings My Boys at 10:30 p.m.
- FX (720p) has Rescue Me at 10 p.m.
- TNT (1080i) doubles up on NBA Playoffs action with Magic/Celtics at 8 p.m. and Rockets/Lakers at 10:30 p.m.
- Versus (1080i) has NHL playoffs action with Boston/Carolina at 7 p.m. and Detroit/Anaheim at 10 p.m.
I think the TNT double-header needs to be corrected. I'm not sure Kobe could play two games in a row like that :D
Let's hope kobe doesn't play at all
Amen to that, I want it to go to 7th game. Also, by the way, American Idol starts at 8pm, not 7. Furthermore, Fringe starts at 9:04 and not 3 minutes earlier ;)
fixed, thanks for the heads up on fringe!
I swear the NBA listings are wrong half the time.
Orlando Boston 8:00 PM ET TNT -- --
Houston L.A. Lakers 10:30 PM ET TNT
I swear they're right half the time or more
PBS never shows up as what you're watching tonight...
No one else wants to find out how Madoff did it on Frontline tonight?
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/01/23/hdtv-on-pbs-and-our-hdtv-listings/
unless something has changed since '06, please let me know.
Can you please post the Blu ray releases earlier (seeing they arn't up yet) i love to hit up Blockbuster and my Netflix account first thing Tuesday for the new releases and this is where i like to check it out ..
You could always come over to my site..:) I'll not forget like Engadget.
http://macmynd.squarespace.com/home/2009/5/12/blu-ray-releases-for-may-12-2009.html
Tyler told End Of Show: “I don’t know what the CW was expecting taking a show off the air for ten months and then placing it against “idol” with no promotion but they were “disappointed” with our ratings to say the least. We drooped [sic] into obscurity.”
http://www.endofshow.com/2009/05/13/breaking-fox-picks-up-sons-of-tucson-reaper-officially-over/
If that's what they told Tyler, then how on Earth is the CW taken seriously by the industry? Reaper's live numbers have been beating 90210 almost since the show came back, and Privileged's numbers are even worse. Yet Privileged is considered by the CW to be successful enough for a midseason pickup, yet Reaper's considered a disappointment?
I'll wait for the CW upfronts next week on May 21st. Personally, I'm hoping for a summer pickup, which would probably let Tyler do both shows. Reaper fans: Remember, last year Reaper was declared dead too, but came back at the last minute to get a renewal. If anyone wants to still help, snail and email addresses, petitions, etc., are organized here: http://community.livejournal.com/reaperdmv/37449.html
Leonard Nimoy!!