The Amazing Race
Tuesdays, 9pm (8 Central)
Teams compete for a large cash prize that will go to the team that first finishes a global route.
| The Amazing Race Season 1 DVDThe premiere season of The Amazing Race sees 12 teams race around the globe to 'amazing' locations including Thailand, China, Tunisia, India, Italy, France, Alaska and Zambia for a $1,000,000 prize in the end. This 4-disc set includes all the televised episodes of season 1, plus 90 minutes of additional scenes not broadcasted! There's also a special "Look Back" recap of the season, in-depth interviews with host Phil Keoghan and exeecutive producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Bertram van Munster. Audio commentary is included on four of the episodes. | |
| The Amazing Race Season 7 DVDThis is the season of Rob and Amber from "Survivor". This season spends more time in South America than previous seasons, and barely spends any time in Europe. It also takes a surprising twist in the home stretch. |
Close to Home
Tuesdays, 10pm (9 Central)
Executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer now turns his focus from crime to punishment in a compelling and suspenseful look at suburbia through the eyes of an aggressive prosecutor (Jennifer Finnigan) with a perfect conviction rate. It's suburbia's quiet and peaceful streets that sometimes hide the darkest horrors and the most troubling offenses. It's up to this working new mother, as determined and skilled as Bruckheimer's many other heroes, to investigate those offenses and bring the malefactors to justice.
^ TOPCold Case
Sundays, 8pm (7 Central)
Cold Case is a drama about Lilly Rush (Kathryn Morris), the lone female detective in the Philadelphia homicide squad who finds her niche when she's assigned to crimes that have never been solved. Previously, she used her instinctive understanding of the criminal mind on current murders. Now, she's interrogating witnesses whose lives and circumstances have since changed, making use of today's new science and finding fresh clues to solve cases that were previously unsolvable, all of which appeals to this smart, driven detective. She's also prepared for the consequences: that her work will open up old wounds and may lead suspects to commit new crimes. When she hits a dead end, Rush seeks advice from her respected mentor, Lt. John Stillman (John Finn). Also on the team are Det. Scotty Valens (Danny Pino), Rush's confident and strong-willed partner; Det. Will Jeffries (Thom Barry), who's been around long enough to serve as Lilly's link to the past; and Det. Nick Vera (Jeremy Ratchford), a tough cop who's considered the go-to guy for getting a confession. Rush sees her assignment as a turning point in her career when she decides to make it her business to make sure that no victim is ever forgotten.
^ TOPCriminal Minds
Wednesdays, 9pm (8 Central)
From executive producer Mark Gordon comes Criminal Minds, a thrill-a-minute drama about a group of "mind hunters," the elite squad of profilers in the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, who meticulously piece together portraits of killers and other major offenders, leading to what they hope will be the arrest of a prime suspect. Mandy Patinkin returns to CBS as the leader of a team of investigators as skilled as they are determined to get inside the criminal mind and get the criminals off the streets.
^ TOPCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Thursdays, 9pm (8 Central)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation follows a team of detectives as they solve chilling cases with innovative thinking and methodical scientific inquiry. Tackling cases peppered with grisly details, the Las Vegas PD Criminalistics Division is the #2 crime lab in the U.S., solving crimes that practically every other crime lab has given up on. Set in a town whose reputation for providing instant success for those willing to try their luck, CSI finds that the constant influx of visitors to the city that never sleeps also provides ripe targets for criminals of all varieties. The show also stars Paul Guilfoyle as Capt. Jim Brass, Robert David Hall as Dr. David Robbins and Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders.
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Companion (paperback)The official CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Companion introduces readers to the hit series that not only changed the television landscape on Thursday nights, but also rewrote the book on the procedural drama. Containing dozens of full-color never-before-seen photographs, in-depth looks at every episode of CSI's first three seasons, plot summaries, and special interviews with cast, producers, and series creator Anthony E. Zuiker, the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Companion promises to transport readers into the world of the groundbreaking show. In addition, the book features exclusive "case files" created from material used in the actual production of the show and includes personnel files for all of the lead characters: Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows, Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes, Sara Sidle, Jim Brass, Greg Sanders, and Doctor Al Robbins. | |
| C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete First Four SeasonsA collection of the first four season DVD box sets at one economical price. |
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CSI: Miami
Mondays, 10pm (9 Central)
In Miami, the sun is hot and the crime is hotter with this trio of hard-hitting tales of crime scene investigation in the steamy setting of palm trees, bronzed bodies and hot lead. Miami-Dade police Lt. Horatio Caine and his crew of CSIs deal with stray bullets, wayward spouses, and counterfeiters as they examine the clues and bring the guilty to justice.
| C.S.I. Miami - The Complete First Season DVDThis seven disc box set includes all 25 episodes from the first season. Extras include "CSI: Miami Uncovered", "Creating CSI: Miami", "Production of Handling Evidence", "The Autopsy Theater Tour", "The Gun Lab Tour", and commentaries on selected episodes. | |
| C.S.I. Miami - The Complete Second Season DVDA seven disc box set with all 24 episodes from the second season. Extras include, "The A/V Lab Tour", "CSI: Miami - Visually Effective", "The Trace Lab Tour", "CSI: Miami - Recalling Season Two", and audio commentaries on seven episodes. | |
C.S.I. Miami - Computer Game for WindowsRated "M" for Mature. CD-ROM for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Lose yourself in the sun drenched world of CSI: Miami. Inspired by the hit show on CBS, CSI: Miami gives players the opportunity to experience forensic investigation first hand. As a member of the south Florida team, CSI loyalists play alongside the investigators and must use both cutting-edge scientific methods and old-fashioned police work to solve crimes amid the steamy tropical surroundings and cultural crossroads of Miami. Key Features: CSI authenticity - The only officially licensed CSI: Miami computer product, CSI: Miami offers the ultimate CSI experience, including music, sounds, video and cast likenesses from the show, as well as crimes written by critically acclaimed CSI writer Max Allan Collins. Selection of case files - Players explore a virtual CSI: Miami world complete with five new cases, from a severed limb found in a gator, to a woman found dead on a yacht. Each tangled case weaves together to create a surprising conclusion "Hands-on" puzzle assembly – Intimate interaction with the evidence, including re-assembling torn photographs and "hacking" computer data. Enhanced player assistance - Gameplay features allow players of all skills to solve the game. Selectable options include hints for finding hidden evidence and what forensic tools to use where. Solve crimes using 15 tools – CSI: Miami players use high-tech crime solving tools to find, gather and analyze crime scene evidence including fingerprint powder, magnifying scope, UV lights and DNA database comparisons. | ||
CSI: NY
Wednesdays, 10pm (9 Central)
CSI: New York follow the adventures of crime-fighting duo Mack Taylor (Gary Sinise) and his partner Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes). Backed up by a dedicated team of experts, they follow the evidence amid the city that never sleeps. The series is headed by Anthony Zuiker, also the creator of the other two CSI shows.
| C.S.I. New York - The Complete First Season DVDThe entire first season of CSI: New York in a seven disc set. |
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond will not be returning for the 2005-2006 season.
Everybody Loves Raymond ends its final season (2004-05) as television's most watched and highest-rated comedy. Starring standup comedian Ray Romano in the title role, the series revolves around Ray Barone, a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife, Debra (Patricia Heaton), 13-year-old daughter, Ally, and 9-year-old twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. That's the good news.
The bad news? Ray's meddling parents, Frank (Peter Boyle) and Marie (Doris Roberts), live directly across the street and embrace the motto "Su casa es mi casa," managing to infiltrate their son's home to an unparalleled extent. Frank's favorite expression, "Holy Crap!" is shouted at regular intervals and Marie's cooking and cleaning "advice" is less than appreciated by Debra. Ray's brother, Robert (Brad Garrett), a police sergeant, has finally moved out of his parents' house and married Debra's best friend, Amy (Monica Horan). Amy's uptight parents and anti-social brother make the family mix even more entertaining -- except for Ray and Debra, who just wish someone would knock.
| Everybody Loves Raymond : The Series FinaleThis commemorative DVD includes the series final episode aired May 16, 2005, the original pilot episode, and plenty of extras to celebrate the end of the long-running series. | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond : Our Family Album (book)Ray Romano and show creator Phil Rosenthal have made an official companion to the series. This insider's look at Raymond's world features a lively introduction by Ray and Phil, where they tell the stories of how they met, how Raymond came to be, and how the first episode was made. The next eight chapters follow the show season by season, with candid photography by Tom Caltabiano, one of the show's writers, who has informally documented the cast and crew from day one. Accompanying the photos is hilarious running commentary from Ray and Phil, as they describe memorable moments, fun facts, and tales from behind the scenes. Along the way, interviews with the cast reveal humorous and insightful anecdotes from Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Brad Garrett, and Monica Horan. And the conversation with the show's award-winning writers show how their personal family dramas provide inspiration for the on-screen stories. | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First Four SeasonsA collection of four boxed sets - 20 discs - encompassing the first three seasons of Everybody Loves Raymond, plus extras, outtakes, bloopers, never before aired scenes, and featurettes about the stars and production of the show. |
Ghost Whisperer
Fridays, 8pm (7 Central)
Jennifer Love Hewitt returns to series television in a riveting look at the link between the living and the dead, between life and death. Inspired by the cases of famed psychic James Van Praagh, it focuses on a young newlywed endowed with the unique ability to communicate with spirits, who has spent her entire life coping with this extraordinary gift, but who also yearns to lead an ordinary life -- if only the dead would stop talking. And what they are saying leads her to some unusual psychic investigations.
^ TOPHow I Met Your Mother
Mondays, 8:30pm (7:30 Central)
Marshall has just dropped a bombshell on best friend Ted. He's going to propose to his long-time girlfriend. Now don't get Ted wrong: he's thrilled with the news. But it makes him realize that he had better get a move on if he hopes to find the kind of true love that Marshall and all his other friends have. Rest assured, and flash-forward to a happy ending for Ted as he recounts, in flashback, to his young children (and us) the story of how he finally met his one true love, the story of How I Met Your Mother. And with the eccentric company that Ted kept as a young man on the hunt, it's amazing that he met any girls at all. Stars Alyson Hannigan of American Pie fame. ("One time at band camp...")
^ TOPJAG
JAG will not be returning for the 2005-2006 season.
JAG (military-speak for Judge Advocate General) is an adventure drama about this elite legal wing of officers trained as lawyers who investigate, prosecute and defend those accused of crimes in the military, including murder, treason and terrorism. Navy Cmdr. Harmon "Harm" Rabb (David James Elliott), an ace pilot turned lawyer, and Marine Lt. Col. Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie (Catherine Bell), a beautiful by-the-book officer, are colleagues who hold the same high standards but find themselves clashing when they choose different routes to get to the same place. The unmistakable chemistry between them must be held at bay for professional reasons as they traverse the globe together with a single mission: to search for and discover the truth.
Helping them with their mission is Navy Lt. Cmdr. Bud Roberts (Patrick Labyorteaux), a lawyer who proved his grit and determination when, after losing a leg in a land mine field while on a mission, fought back and became even better at his job, and Cmdr. Sturgis Turner (Scott Lawrence), a JAG lawyer who was Harm's friend at the Naval Academy and now has a friendly rivalry in and out of the courtroom with him, as well as with Lt. Cmdr. Roberts. Also on the team is P.O. Jennifer Coates (Zoe McLellan), formerly Admiral Chegwidden's outspoken assistant, and now assigned to help the new JAG settle into the job.
^ TOPJoan of Arcadia
Joan of Arcadia will not be returning for the 2005-2006 season.
Joan of Arcadia is a drama that follows a typical family facing atypical situations, not the least of which is their teenage daughter's conversations with God. A tough but soft-hearted police detective in Arcadia, Will Girardi (Joe Mantegna) dreams of providing a safe haven for his family and community. An outbreak of serious crime in his idyllic new town has challenged Girardi's desire for order, as have the ups and downs he faces with his family. Daughter Joan (Amber Tamblyn), an average teenager, has been acting a little strange. Most don't know that it has to do with the unusual way various people keep popping up, introducing themselves as God and then giving her specific directions to do things, such as get a job, join the debate team or volunteer with children. The appearances are hard for her to believe, even more so as she never knows who's going to turn up next. One minute it's a cute boy her own age, the next it's the lunch lady or a little girl. She'd been keeping it a secret from everyone, though she has finally revealed it to her artistic and generally sensitive boyfriend, Adam (Christopher Marquette), who believes she's been experiencing hallucinations.
Rounding out the Girardi family are her art-teacher mother, Helen (Mary Steenburgen); her 16-year-old science-geek brother, Luke (Michael Welch), and her older, newspaper-writer brother, Kevin (Jason Ritter), a former high-school sports star who is in a wheelchair as a result of a car accident. Joan's unlikely new best friend is her publicly caustic and rebellious, but privately insightful and supportive classmate, Grace (Becky Wahlstrom). Unsure of what God wants -- if God exists -- and if she's even sane, Joan tentatively follows God's cryptic directives, all the while trying to retain a normal teenaged existence.
| Joan of Arcadia - The First Season DVDA six disc box set of all the first season episodes. Included are deleted scenes, audio commentaries, and exclusive featurettes. |
Judging Amy
Judging Amy will not be returning for the 2005-2006 season.
Judging Amy is a drama starring Amy Brenneman as a single mother who has left New York behind to become a family court judge in Hartford, Connecticut. Judge Amy Gray is divorced and raising her young daughter, Lauren (Karle Warren.) They live with Amy's very opinionated mother Maxine (Tyne Daly), a social worker who is often at odds with her boss, Sean (Timothy Omundson.) Amy has re-established relationships with her younger brother Vincent (Dan Futterman), her older brother Peter (Marcus Giamatti,) and his wife Gillian (Jessica Tuck). Assisting Amy in the courtroom are her Court Services officer, Bruce Van Exel (Richard T. Jones), and her eager court clerk turned lawyer, Donna Kozlowski (Jillian Armenante). Based on the real-life story of Brenneman's mother, Judging Amy is about three generations of women living together as they confront the personal and professional dilemmas in their changing, challenging lives.
^ TOPThe King of Queens
Mondays, 8pm (7 Central)
The King of Queens revolves around Doug and Carrie Heffernan (Kevin James and Leah Remini), a loving blue-collar couple from Queens, N.Y., who share their humble home with her eccentric father, Arthur (Jerry Stiller). After a long day's work as a parcel deliveryman, Doug retreats to his home for some peace and quiet, which is often interrupted by Carrie's father, for whom they have hired a dog-walker, Holly (Nicole Sullivan), to take him on walks. Doug's only refuges are the little time he spends alone with Carrie and the company of his buddy Spence (Patton Oswalt), and his brother, Danny (Gary Valentine), whom he turns to for advice that just might make his life better, if he only bothered to follow it.
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NCIS
Tuesdays, 8pm (7 Central)
NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is an action drama, about a team of special agents whose mission is to investigate any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position. Leading this team that operates outside of the military chain of command is NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), a highly skilled investigator and interrogator who is smart, tough and willing to bend the rules to get the job done. Working under Gibbs is Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), a former homicide detective who has instincts that come only from working on the streets. Joining them are Agent Kate Todd (Sasha Alexander), a beautiful, tough former Secret Service agent who has gone head to head with Gibbs in the past, and forensics specialist Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette), a gifted scientist whose dark wit matches her goth-style hair and clothes. New to the team is Special Agent Timothy McGee (Sean Murray), a graduate of MIT whose computer skills earned him a spot on Gibb's team as a probationary field agent. Assisting the team is medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard (David McCallum), who knows it all because he's seen it all. From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, these special agents travel the globe to investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties.
^ TOPNumb3rs
Fridays, 10pm (9 Central)
Rob Morrow stars as FBI agent Don Eppes, who recruits his mathematical genius brother, Charlie (David Krumholtz), to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. From two very different perspectives, the brothers take on the most confounding criminal cases, aided by Don's partner, Terry Lake (Sabrina Lloyd), and new FBI recruit David Sinclair (Alimi Ballard). Although their father, Alan (Judd Hirsch), is pleased to see his sons working together, he fears their competitive nature will lead to trouble. Charlie's colleague, physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt (Peter MacNicol), urges Charlie to focus more on his university studies than on FBI business. Inspired by actual events, Numb3rs depicts how the confluence of police work and mathematics provides unexpected revelations and answers to the most perplexing criminal questions.
^ TOPOut of Practice
Mondays, 9:30pm (8:30 Central)
Ben's (Christopher Gorham) family has never considered him a real doctor. He's just a psychologist, and they are all real doctors. Older brother Oliver (Ty Burrell) is a successful plastic surgeon, sister Regina (Paula Marshall) is an ER-action junkie, Mom (Stockard Channing) is a prominent surgeon whose career eclipsed Dad's long before their divorce, and Dad (Henry Winkler) is dating his receptionist. But all the real docs look as though they could learn a thing or two from Ben. It's a story of a family of physicians who each need a bit more practice and the not-so-"real" doctor whose professional advice each of them just may end up seeking.
^ TOPStill Standing
Wednesdays, 8pm (7 Central)
Still Standing is a comedy about a blue-collar Chicago couple working to raise their three children responsibly and not lose sight of their own youthfulness. After 17 years of marriage, high school sweethearts Bill (Mark Addy) and Judy Miller (Jami Gertz) still make each other laugh and try to keep their marriage intact, even when their family pulls them in different directions. Judy's unmarried sister, Linda (Jennifer Irwin), butts heads with Bill, and the Millers' precocious teenage daughter, Lauren (Renee Olstead), thinks her parents are uncool. Meanwhile, their uptight, studious son, Brian (Taylor Ball), is just discovering girls, and their youngest child, Tina (Soleil Borda), would prefer to run around naked. In addition to spending time with his family, Bill spends a good deal of time with his best friend, Danny Fitzsimmons (Joel Murray), who is working to raise his own son, who happens to be gay. Since Bill has a far more immature approach to marriage and raising children than Judy does, they work at striking a balance and remembering why they love each other, quirks and all.
^ TOPSurvivor
Thursdays, 8pm (7 Central)
Contestants are taken to a remote location, and divided into two teams. They only have limitted resources, and need to find a way to live off the land. After a physical competition between the teams, the losing team votes one member "off the island". The last remaining contestant wins a huge cash prize.
| Survivor: The Official Soundtrack to the Hit CBS TV Series (soundtrack cd)Load up on sand, rice, and rodents, invite a few friends over (you can vote them out by midnight), dream up a few immunity challenges, and play the Survivor soundtrack to fully capture the effect of the island contest. With the new-agey drums and chants of the main title theme, "Ancient Voices" (the extended version included here!), the pomp and circumstance of "Big Drama," the thrilling trill of "Survivor Yell," and the suspense of "Tally the Vote"--all culled from the show--you can recall the best days of the Tagi and Pagong. |
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Threshold
Fridays, 9pm (8 Central)
In the middle of the ocean, a cargo freighter makes a chilling discovery: an extraterrestrial craft has landed on earth. Enter Molly Anne Caffrey (Carla Gugino), recruited to await the planet's first contact, along with a carefully assembled team made up of a brilliant physicist with strong religious beliefs, a language and communications expert and a highly trained covert operative. Together they implement the long-gestating Operation: Threshold, charged with finding out the purpose of the landing and the fate of the ship's crew, and preparing for the worst-case scenario of an alien invasion.
^ TOPTwo and a Half Men
Mondays, 9 (8 Central)
Two and a Half Men is a comedy about men, women, sex, dating, divorce, mothers, single parenthood, sibling relations, surrogate families, money and most importantly, love. In other words, it is a comedy about life -- more specifically, the life of two brothers, a son/nephew and the many women who surround them all. Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) is a well-to-do bachelor with a house at the beach, a Mercedes in the garage and an easy way with women. His casual Malibu lifestyle is interrupted when his tightly wound brother, Alan (Jon Cryer), and Alan's son, Jake (Angus T. Jones), come to stay with him. Complicating matters further are Charlie's and Alan's narcissistic, emotionally toxic mother, Evelyn (Holland Taylor); Alan's deeply neurotic ex-wife, Judith (Marin Hinkle); Charlie's domineering, unapologetically blue-collar housekeeper, Berta (Conchata Ferrell); and Rose (Melanie Lynskey), a brilliantly manipulative and vaguely crazy neighbor who had a brief fling with Charlie, is obsessed with him, and is determined to stay in his life by whatever means necessary. Despite the complexities of their lives and their own strained relationship, Charlie and Alan have one thing in common -- they both love Jake and want what's best for him. As a result, they manage to create a little family unit that promises to make each one of them a better man.
^ TOPWithout a Trace
Thursdays, 10pm (9 Central)
Without a Trace is a riveting procedural drama about the New York Missing Persons Squad of the FBI. The sole responsibility of the special task force is to find missing persons by applying advanced psychological profiling techniques to peel back the layers of the victims' lives and trace their whereabouts in an effort to discover whether they have been abducted, been murdered, committed suicide or simply run away. The team reconstructs a "Day of Disappearance" timeline that details every minute of the 24 hours prior to the disappearance and digs into every facet of the victim's life, following one simple rule: Learn who the victim is in order to learn where the victim is. Senior agent Jack Malone (Anthony LaPaglia), a tough but compassionate, seasoned and astute professional, heads the dedicated team that knows too well that every second counts when someone vanishes. His squad includes Samantha Spade (Poppy Montgomery), an agent whose blonde good looks belie a tough, complex approach to her work; Vivian Johnson (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a no-nonsense investigator with a special insight into victims' families; Danny Taylor (Enrique Murciano), whose sensitivity is often covered up by his street smarts, and the strait-laced Martin Fitzgerald (Eric Close), who joined the team as a result of his father's connections but has since earned his stripes. As the agents work on varied and complicated cases, details about their own lives continue to unfold.
| Without a Trace - The Complete First Season DVDThis four disc set includes all 23 episodes from the first season, with commentary on selected episodes. Also included are unaired scenes, and two featurettes: "The Motive", about the show's creation, and "Fingerprints" on the show's design. |
Yes, Dear
Wednesdays, 8:30pm (7:30 Central)
Yes, Dear is a comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. Greg (Anthony Clark) and Kim Warner (Jean Louisa Kelly) struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at the job. Kim is a neurotic, stay-at-home mother, and although her husband, Greg, is a success in his career, his more difficult job is keeping his wife calm as they raise their two young children. While Kim is determined to be the perfect mother and perfect wife and to raise the perfect children, her sister, Christine Hughes (Liza Snyder), a very down-to-earth mother of two, continually reminds her that life will never be perfect. Christine's husband, Jimmy (Mike O'Malley), often feels compelled to share with his brother-in-law his philosophy about being a husband and a parent while still remaining a man.
