The promo frenzy for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull gripe into mellow gear this week , with Shia LaBoeuf appearing all over the airwaves to explain his Fonzie - esque character Mutt , plus a new Sci Fi Channel exceptional about the real - lifetime crystal skull . But if you ’re not obsessing about Indy and his skulls , there ’s also the season close of Smallville , which sees the departure of half the show ’s cast and creators in a hopefully explosive finish . And if that does n’t make you want to parachute on your TiVo , then how about Battlestar Galactica ’s Tricia Helfer make for the Black Cat , Spider - Man ’s baddest girlfriend ?
Tonight
Tonight sees the two - hr season chancellor of American Gladiators on NBC . This show is determine in a bleak succeeding dystopia where a drugged populace look out people compete in brutal events like “ Rocketball ” and “ Vertigo , ” where survival is the greatest prize . Oh , look … . never mind . If you like your competition of living and expiry a little more fancied , AMC is showing Terminator 2 at 8 PM .
Shia LaBoeuf is on Letterman tonight at 11:30ish , talk about Indiana Jones and explaining why he think it was a great idea to diddle a “ swaggering biker ” describe Mutt .
Tuesday
Shia LaBoeuf continues his idiot box rampage by appear on Good Morning America , along with William Shatner .
The History Channel has two instalment of Mega cataclysm at 8 and 9 necropsy , including a new sequence , “ Mega Tsunamis . ” Did waves marvelous than the Statue of Liberty demolish the coasts of the Mediterranean ocean 8,000 year ago — and could a tsunami like that find again ? Also , at 11 PM , the History Channel has a rerun of Earth ’s Black Hole , a special about black holes and whether they affect our biography here on Earth . The answer , apparently , involves going to the Bermuda Triangle . ( Of course it does . )
Also , FX is showing League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen at 5 , and Hellboy at 8 and 10:30 .
And Wednesday morning at 1:10 , TMC has The Man Who Fell To Earth starring David Bowie at his absolute freakiest .
Wednesday
The History Channel comes to our rescue once again , with an episode of Modern Marvels called “ Mad Electricity ” — it ’s all about Nikola Tesla , and how we ’re all using his discoveries always today . That ’s at 8 PM , followed by rerun of MonsterQuest and UFO Hunters .
And at 10 PM , TMC is showing Hollow Man 2 , in which Christian Slater play a cop pursuing an invisible killer . Yeah . I did n’t know they made a continuation either .
Thursday
And thenLosthas the first hour of its three - hour time of year close , " There ’s No Place Like Home Pt . 1 . " The subsister and the merchant ship people start their last confrontation . And here ’s a trailer :
Also , TVLand has the 1999 film of My Favorite Martian , starring Christopher Lloyd , at 8 PM . And TBS has the original Austin Powers at 9 .
Friday
The Sarah Jane Adventures is already zooming towards the destruction of its first season on Sci Fi , with the 2nd half of " Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane ? " airing at 8 and the first one-half of " The Lost son " bare at 8:30 . Sarah Jane gets restored to our timeline , but then her informal slight family gets broken up a different way : a family turns up claiming that her adoptive Logos Luke is their tyke . Oh , and Maria ’s dad finds out all about Sarah Jane ’s world - economize activities , and make up one’s mind Maria should have no part of it . Here ’s a snip :
And at 9 PM , Sci Fi has the first half of a Doctor Who two parter , “ The Sontaran Strategem . ” Some people liked this episode a lot undecomposed than I did , with the camp dancing and eldritch Sergey Brin knock - off . In any face , it brings the Doctor and Donna back to present - day Earth for a reunion with Martha Jones and the military organization U.N.I.T. you may read our recap of the episodehere .
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Battlestar Galacticahas a fresh episode at 10 PM on Sci Fi : " Guess What ’s number To Dinner . " The human survivor of the Cylon race murder reluctantly join forces with a radical of rebel Cylons to destroy the crucial Resurrection Hub . And it look like Hera has a favorite aunt . Oh , and if you ’re in Seattle , you canwatch it with a group of fans . Here ’s the trailer :
Saturday
As common , the CW has two Spectacular Spider - Man instalment start out at 9:30 , including a new episode at 10 . But this week ’s new episode is pretty particular , because it features the debut of the sexy distaff fictional character from Spider - Man ’s comics ( sorry , Mary Jane ): the Black Cat . And just to up the amorousness quotient substantially , she ’s voiced by none other than Tricia Helfer , aka the Cylon Six on Battlestar Galactica . How much sexiness do you think you may stand at 10 AM on a Saturday morning ?
And meanwhile , the Cartoon web has another new Ben 10 : Alien Force at 10 : “ Max Out . ” “ The squad searches for Gwen ’s missing buddy Ken and uncovers a secret of the DNAliens encroachment . ” And then at 10:30 , there ’s a unexampled transformer : Animated , which sounds like the kind of wheel - reel episode ( no-account ! ) that TV shows do while they ’re wait for the end of the time of year to agitate things up : “ inquire a mystifying race machine , Bumblebee gets need with an illegal underground street racing circuit , which also captures the attention of the Decepticons . ” Street racing ? Why would the Autobots care about street racing ? Whatevs .
The Sci Fi Channel is show up all three 1980s Indiana Jones motion-picture show , starting at 4 PM . ( They ’re also showing during the day on Sunday . ) Also , at midnight , Sci Fi has Timeline , follow by Tremors 4 : The Legend Begins and Prophecy : The Foresaken . ( Why did it take until Tremors 4 for the legend to begin ? ? )
Sunday
At 9 PM , Sci Fi is showing itsbig promo specialabout the Modern Indiana Jones moving-picture show : Mystery Of The Crystal Skulls . Apparently there really are 13 crystal skulls , of which a few have really been found in Mexico and Central and South America . And they ’re a huge whodunit to archeologists because they ’re so consummate and awesome . Not only that , but it change by reversal out that if you assemble all 13 skulls , you may hold on the world from come to an end in 2012 . ( Why is Sci Fi the only channel reporting on this ? You ’d think CNN and C - Span would be interested in whether the world was ending in four years as well . ) Anyway , it ’s investigative news media at it ’s finest , and in no elbow room is it just a cheesy promo stunt .
And Spike is picture Star Wars : Empire Strikes Back at 8 atomic number 61 .
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