A Word or 108:
Superbowl Redux: I found myself wandering over to the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet a couple times yesterday, and that isn't a bad thing -- the kitten halftime show was excellent. Almost all the Superbowl commercials had been leaked onto the web a week ago so there was nothing new there. I still can't understand why, with all those professionals there, that it would take almost Prince's entire (fantastic) set to get his sound adjusted for broadcast? The other highlight was a shot of the male cast of Rules of Engagement sitting in the bleachers, drenched and miserable. Oh yeah, and there was some football played as well.

Tonight - Monday - February 5th, 2007

Lakers @ Hawks (KCAL, 5:30 p.m.)

College Basketball: Portland @ Pepperdine (PRIME, 7:00 p.m.)

The Maltese Falcon (TCM, 6:30 p.m.) Bogey, Peter Lorre, the whole gang in John Huston's adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade.

How I Met Your Mother/The Class/Two and a Half Men/Rules of Engagement/CSI: Miami (CBS, 8-11:00 p.m.) All new and Rules... has its series premiere.

Everybody Hates Chris/All of Us/Girlfriends/The Game (the CW, 8-10:00 p.m.) All new.

Wife Swap/Supernanny (ABC, 8-10:00 p.m.) They should combine these two shows into one.

Prison Break (Fox, 9:00 p.m.) It's all about Chicago.

Heroes (NBC, 9:00 p.m.) Sulu is still on! And don't forget that he's gay my friends.

24 (Fox, 9:00 p.m.) Jack hangs with his Dad.

In Style Celebrity Weddings (ABC, 10:00 p.m.) Quite possibly the most meaningful hour of television ever broadcast.

Charlie Rose (PBS, 11:30 p.m.) writer Martin Amis, singer John Mellencamp

Larry King Live (CNN, 9:00 p.m.) alleged drunken-junkie slut Miss USA Tara Conner

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m.) White House Executive Chef Walter Scheib

The Colber(t) Repor(t) (Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.) Teach for America creator Wendy Kopp

The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS, 11:30 p.m.) Dr. Phil McGraw talks some BS, Fall Out Boy perform

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC, 11:35 p.m.) The Clint Eastwood, Jennifer Hudson pushing the heck out of Dreamgirls, John Waite and Alison Krauss perform

Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC, 12:35 a.m.) 'Kelly' from The Office - Mindy Kaling, The Slip perform

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS, 12:35 a.m.) Danny "Why couldn't he have ODed?" Bonaduce, Lt. Dangle aka Tom Lennon and Dep. Travis Junior aka Ben Garant, Hank Williams Jr. and Lynyrd Skynyrd perform, Phi Beta Sigma step team perform

Clint at the Globes via AP