TV Jots

Wake Up with Wedding Day

Saturday | July 4

Wedding Day: The opening episode of TNT’s first original reality series premiered on a Tuesday at 8pm, the second episode moved to Thursday at 8pm the next week, and now the third episode has landed on the following Saturday morning at 9am, the show’s new permanent (or so they say) time slot. That’s right — I wrote Saturday mornings at 9am. Unfortunately, I’ll still be dreaming about winning the lottery or whatever at that early hour.
[Christina and Shawn, TNT, 60 minutes, 9am]

Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular: Prefer your pyrotechnics on the small screen, at a guaranteed safe and uncrowded distance? Then you can’t do much better than this famous department store’s traditional annual extravaganza. Scheduled to appear are Natasha Bedingfield, Kenny Chesney, Jewel, Katharine McPhee, Karen Olivo, Jordin Sparks, Rob Thomas, and the cast of Broadway’s West Side Story.
[NBC, 60 minutes, 9pm]

Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular: Ditto, only this time you can celebrate Independence Day from afar with Beantown dwellers and visitors. Late night talk’s Craig Ferguson hosts again, Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, and living legend Neil Diamond performs before, during, and after impressive fireworks over the gorgeous Charles River.
[CBS, 60 minutes, 10pm]

Eli Stone: Since CBS’ fun Harper’s Island is taking the holiday off, I’m glad reliable old Eli will still be around. During this, the next-to-last episode left in the series (*sniffle*), Eli suffers from visions of his dad. Meanwhile, he and Jordan take on a corporate-greed case after the older attorney meets a room service waiter who was a victim of executive mismanagement. Reprising their roles are Everwood’s Tom Amendes as Martin Posner and Ed’s Tom Cavanagh as Eli’s father Aaron Stone. Good times!
[Tailspin, ABC, 60 minutes, 10pm]

Sunday | July 5

‘Til Death: Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher return as Eddie and Joy Stark during a summer run of repeats, leading up to the currently scheduled September 18th Season Four premiere.
[Joy Ride, Fox, 30 minutes, 7pm]

Malcolm in the Middle: Mommy and daddy may have their own successful shows on basic-cable now — meaning Jane Kaczmarek’s Raising the Bar on TNT and Bryan Cranston’s Breaking Bad on AMC — but fans of their earlier sitcom can now enjoy it syndicated on yet another network.
[Nick at Nite, 30 minutes, 8pm, Network Premiere]