Film

This Week on TV

9:00 FOX THE PULSE

Debut! A weekly newsmagazine starring Geraldo Rivera and Bill O'Reilly (or in other words, another junior varsity rip-off of 60 Minutes).

9:00 USA MONK

Debut! The brilliant Tony Shalhoub stars as a detective who fights crime and a myriad of obsessive-compulsive disorders.

9:00 SCI-FI NICK FURY: AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D.

David Hasselhoff (woo-hoo!) stars as the cigar-chompin' one-eyed secret agent in this hilariously woeful TV movie.

9:00 DSC DEADLY DENTIST

In this creepy documentary, a dentist makes his patients fall over dead--and that's just from his bill! HA! Ah-HA! HA! HA! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! Thank you, and good night!

8:00 ABC PLEASANTVILLE--Movie

(1998) Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon star as siblings who get sucked into a black-and-white sitcom.

8:00 FX ELECTION--Movie

Yay! More Reese Witherspoon! This time she slowly destroys the career of washed-up teacher Matthew Broderick. YAY!

8:00 FOX 30 SECONDS TO FAME

Debut! In order to win 25 grand, 24 weirdoes have 30 seconds to entertain 300 very grumpy people.

Not having anything against Christopher Reeve since 1994. steve@thestranger.com