There ’s a lot of slap-up stuff on TV this week , if you know where to depend . For one thing , there are more attempts to cash in on Bat - fever with some fun - sounding Batman shows . For another , The Middleman is finally clearing up all your nagging interrogative about son banding . Dr. Who cranks it up to 11 for the first half of its season coda , and the Logos of Speed Racer faces possibly his final challenge . animated cartoon mechanics create a destructo - robot , plus there ’s a fresh Venture Bros. , and suburban conformity threaten to destroy Superman . Plus , there ’s some very radical hairstyling over on Stargate Atlantis . And that ’s just a taste of this workweek ’s surprisingly exciting telly options . Click through to incur out more .
Tonight
As common , The Middleman is your main reason for owning one of those televisual devices . This time around , M.M. and his sidekick / protagonist Wendy Watson deal with a boy band that may actually be from another major planet . And the tween girl who ’s obsessed with them . It ’s on ABC Family at 10 postmortem examination , and here ’s a prevue :
The History Channel is trying to cash in on your footle Bat - mania from the weekend of the Bat , showing a Modern documentary call Batman Tech , all about“Batman ’s amazing regalia of gadgets ” :
Since his launching in DC Comics in 1939 , Batman has bedazzle readers with an amazing array of chiropteran contraption . TV audience will go deep inside the Batcave to examine these unbelievable tools — many of them inspired by awe-inspiring real - aliveness military development . Discover just how tight they occur to real - animation technology .
That ’s at 9 PM , and it ’s followed by reruns of Batman Unmasked : The psychological science Of The Dark Knight , and Star Wars Tech . Also you probably have Batman Begins on Blu - ray now , but just in example you do n’t , FX is showing it from 5 to 8 tonight .
Movies : Encore is establish Contact , feature Jodie Foster and her creepy quad dad , at 12:45 Tuesday morning . And then at three in the morning , Sci Fi is showing Aberration , a television movie about reptillian marauder with a taste perception for human flesh . Mmm mmm crispy .
Tuesday
The Sci Fi Channel is having a marathon of Level 9 during the day . It ’s a whole show about that band , the one thatsang“There must be something about you , Ooooh infant , so right … . ” Oh no wait , it ’s about a hidden government agency that investigates spooky stuff . On the Interwebz .
And Gillian Anderson is on the Tonight Show , stop up the new X - Files movie .
picture : At three A.M. Wednesday morning , TCM is showing The Man From Planet X , about a corrupt scientist who wants to use an extraterrestrial visitor against Earth . That ’s followed at 4:30 by rider To The Stars , about scientists who require to snare a meteor to analyse cosmic ray .
Wednesday
Your goggle box screen pretty much belongs to PBS on Wednesday Nox : First there ’s a raw Nova ScienceNow , that anthology serial which tackles a clustering of scientific issues in one hour . This meter , topics include “ the wonderful worldly concern of bloodsucker , ” the hunting for extraterrestrial intelligent living ( SETI ) , embryonic stem turn cellular telephone research without embryos , and maritime bioluminescence deep in the sea . And here ’s a video podcast about SETI :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN3xjOiJtvA
And then after that , there are a duo of new instalment of Click & Clack ’s As The Wrench turn , one of the most flakey radio twirl - offs in history . It ’s an animated version of NPR ’s fad railway car Talk show , about mechanics who diagnose car problems over the phone . It ’s been critically pan , but you know critics are always incorrect anyway . And plot line include the guys creating a automatonlike car - repair automobile , which eliminates repetitive lying-in but also consumes so much push it causes a dimout in the Northeast . Here ’s a clip , which aboveboard does n’t look that promising . But hey , it ’s the guy wire from Car Talk !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bncfUVWSm7Y
The Sci Fi Channel is get an Outer Limits marathon all twenty-four hour period . But I have a feeling it ’ll be the 1990s and 2000s Limits , not the definitive version .
motion picture : Encore is showing the original Mad Max at 2:15 . If the fourth Mad Max ever finally gets made , you ’ll want to have wise storage of the film that made Mel Gibson sort of cool .
Thursday
Brandon “ Superman ” Routh stars in a fresh instalment of horror anthology serial publication Fear Itself on NBC at 11 . It ’s directed by Mary Harron ( American Psycho ) and written by Kelly Kennemeier . It ’s called “ Community , ” and here ’s the synopsis :
When a immature , married couple line up the stark planetary house in the perfect neighborhood , their lives seem to be following the “ American Dream ” . The dream slowly turns into a nightmare when they detect their new neighbour would go to any extreme to make trusted the happy couple complies with their twisted good sense of conformity .
There ’s a young Burn Notice at 11 PM on USA . Michael tries to stop a con man by personate as the perfect mark in this spy - contraption show , featuring Bruce Campbell and Tricia Helfer .
Get ready for X - Files : I Want To think by find out a battle of Marathon of X - Files episodes all day on the Sci Fi Channel . And then in the evening , Sci Fi has four episodes of Jeremiah , J. Michael Straczynski ’s suddenly - lived Showtime series about a post - apocalyptic world where almost everybody has been pass over out by a plague .
Also , David Duchovny is on Letterman Thursday night , possibly plug away an upcoming movie . We want to trust it ’ll be interesting .
Movies : At 11 Prime Minister , Sci Fi has an original pic call Alien Apocalypse . Catchy title , hey ? And then delay up until 4:30 Friday aurora , and you ’ll be rewarded by seeing The Brain Eaters , about hairy creatures from the core of the Earth that latch onto masses ’s necks . Yeah ! That ’s on AMC .
Friday
The Sci Fi Channel has its usual unbeatable Friday Nox lineup . First at 9 , there ’s the penultimate episode of time traveling soap comedy Doctor Who ’s fourth time of year , “ The Stolen Earth . ” Without giving too much away , the satellite Earth has gone somewhere else , and it ties in to the admonition the Doctor receive at the final stage of last week ’s episode . And there are some familiar face ( friendly , unfriendly and in - between ) come back . Here ’s a clip :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2GiiUq6KSY
And then at 10 atomic number 61 , there ’s a new Stargate Atlantis , “ Broken Ties , ” which pore around Ronon , and leads to the loss of his signature dreadlock . ( Noooo ! ) Oh yeah , and he goes through a awful ordeal . Here ’s a trailer , which shows off some of Ronon ’s amazing acting skillz :
Also , there ’s theseason finale(and possibly serial publication stopping point ? ) of Speed Racer : The Next Generation , the late in a long line of attempts to update the classic sketch . In “ Honor Code , ” Speed , Jr. faces expulsion from the race - automobile number one wood schoolhouse , because it appears he ’s rip off . ( On a cable car trial ? ? ) It ’s on NToon at 7 phase modulation . Has anybody actually been watching this show ?
Movies : At three A.M. Saturday sunrise , Sci Fi has wanderer 2 , about a excited doctor spawn colossus arachnids aboard a ship . Did you miss the original Spiders ? Somehow I wager this movie will make just as much sense in either sheath .
Saturday
It does n’t look like there ’s a fresh Ben 10 : Alien Force , or any other animated cartoon , on Saturday .
film : At 9 AM , Spike has GoldenEye , one of the most science fictional James Bond movies of all clip , about a killer satellite . TBS is depict workforce In Black II twice , at 8 atomic number 61 and 9:45 post-mortem . And all solar day and all night , the Sci Fi Channel is point movies with titles like King Cobra and Komodo Vs . Cobra and Snake King and Anaconda 3 . It ’s snake day !
Sunday
There ’s a new Venture Bros. episode at 11:30 necropsy , “ Now Museum , Now You Do n’t . ” As common , there ’s not much information usable about the sequence in advance , but you’re able to tune up into the Cartoon web to feel out more .
The Sci Fi Channel is designate a battle of Marathon of Eureka all solar day , to get you ready for the show ’s third season , debuting Tuesday , July 29 . refreshen your memories of the town full of zany science virtuoso .
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