TV Junkie: Keelhaul Your Brain With Mark Burnett's 'Pirate Master'

A Word or 21:
Mark Burnett can't come up with anything new other than Pirate Master - and you thought Survivor had gone down the tubes.

Tonight - Thursday - May 31, 2007

Orioles @ Angels (Fox Sports, 7:00 p.m.)

Dodgers @ Nationals (PRIME, 7:30 p.m.)

Pirate Master (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) Series premiere! Reality show set up to piggyback on a movie not produced by this network - lawsuit anyone?

2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee (ABC, 8:00 p.m.) Geeks unite!!

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) No, today I'm not

So You Think You Can Dance (Fox, 9:00 p.m.) Dancers dance in Atlanta

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC, 10:00 p.m.) New episode!!(?) Matt's pill use emergency, emergency for Tom, Jordan has pregnancy emergency - effing call 911 already

Charlie Rose (PBS, 11:00 p.m.) Author Ian McEwan (say it 10x fast!!!)

Pirate Master via CBS