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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