TV Junkie: Private Eyes on TCM; The New Pussycat Doll Show; New 'House' & 'Idol'

A Word Or 29:
Slim pickins tonight my friends. I'm half inclined to just park it in front of TCM for a night of private eye flicks (Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Mike Hammer).

Tonight - Tuesday - March 6th, 2007

Lakers @ Timberwolves (KCAL, 5:00 p.m)

Kings @ Blackhawks (Fox Sports, 5:30 p.m.)

The Big Sleep (TCM, 7:00 p.m.) Bogie as Philip Marlowe in this classic Raymond Chandler private eye flick, directed by Howard Hawkes, also with Lauren "Fancy Feast" Bacall

Dateline NBC (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) More perverted justice.

Gilmore Girls (the CW, 8:00 p.m.) A road trip to North Carolina.

American Idol (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) The top 8 boys perform.

Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (the CW, 9:00 p.m.) Series premiere.

Primetime (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Featuring Jesus Christo Hombre

Larry King Live (CNN, 9:00 p.m.) Singer Katharine McPhee. What?? No Anna coverage?

House (Fox, 9:00 p.m.) Musical savant with a movement disorder (for killer solos).

Charlie Rose (PBS, 11:30 p.m.) ABC White House correspondent Martha Raddatz

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m.) War veteran Richard Jadick

The Colber(t) Repor(t) (Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.) Writer-illustrator Mark Frauenfelder

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS, 12:35 a.m.) Without A Trace's Poppy Montgomery, NHL guy Jeremy Roenick, filmmaker Paul Morrissey

catty Pussycat Dolls via AP