Channel Surfing 11.06.08

For those of you who loved What To Watch and Premiering Tonight, you will love our newest feature: Channel Surfing. Breaking down the new episodes of your favorite network shows, Channel Surfing will give you an hour by hour view of whats on tv tonight. Now you can see if you are watching too many shows for your DVR to record in a given hour.

Setting the DVR for: Kitchen Nightmares, My Name is Earl, Kath and Kim, Grey’s Antomy and ER.

8:00 PM/ET

Ugly Betty (ABC)

Betty tries to impress her neighbor Jesse; Amanda’s financial troubles send her in search of a new place to live; Mark and Cliff discuss the prospect of cohabitation.

Survivor: Gabon (CBS)

The two tribes come together for a feast. They are offered a tempting decision and make a surprising sacrifice that many soon regret; and Randy lets his newfound power go to his head. At tribal council, another castaway is voted out of the game.

Kitchen Nightmares (Fox)

Chef Ramsay visits Hannah & Mason’s, a French bistro in Cranbury, N.J., owned by two friends who lack business experience and motivation. The staff’s bounced paychecks are a problem, but they’re nothing compared to the item Ramsay finds in the cooler that causes him to shut the place down on Valentine’s Day.

My Name Is Earl (NBC)

A life-threatening item is bumped to the top of Earl’s list when a mysterious man moves into the neighborhood. Meanwhile, Joy becomes preoccupied with the science fair in hopes of winning the grand-prize money. Jane Seymour has a cameo as herself.

Smallville (The CW)

The Arctic crystal is anonymously delivered to Clark, and it sends him and Lois to the Phantom Zone, where they run into Kara. She returns Lois to Earth, but inadvertently releases Zod’s wife, who takes over Lois’ body and wreaks havoc on Metropolis.

8:30 PM/ET

Kath and Kim (NBC)

Kath worries that Phil could be keeping secrets after she hides a secret of her own. Elsewhere, Kim goes speed dating with a friend (Melissa Rauch) to push Craig into getting rid of his dog to win her back.

9:00 PM/ET

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)

The Chief tells the residents that one of them will get a solo surgery, and a competitive frenzy ensues; Derek asks Bailey for advice when he feels that Cristina is coming between him and Meredith; Erica discovers a shocking connection between one of her residents and a longtime patient.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)

Grissom seeks help from Lady Heather (Melinda Clarke) when he investigates a case that involves sexual domination and a seemingly upright man.

Kitchen Nightmares (Fox)

Chef Ramsay visits Jack’s Waterfront in St. Clair Shores, Mich., which suffers from a lack of fresh seafood and inattentive management. The goal is to make the eatery prosperous year-round, but the general manager’s excessive socializing with patrons may stand in the way of this plan.

The Office (NBC)

The annual customer-survey report delivers shocking results, particularly for Dwight and Jim. Meanwhile, a separated Jim and Pam try to spend all their time together via their phones. And Angela and Andy’s wedding plans move forward, as they choose an unlikely destination for their big day.

Supernatural (The CW)

A wishing well is discovered to be the real thing when a girl’s teddy bear comes to life, someone wins the lottery and a local geek gets a beautiful girlfriend. But Sam and Dean realize disaster waits in the wings in this town where reality and fantasy are blurred.

9:30 PM/ET

30 Rock (NBC)

When Liz is assigned a seat next to Oprah Winfrey (playing herself) on an airplane, she hounds the sage talk-show host for personal advice. Meanwhile, a feuding Tracy and Jenna switch roles to determine whose life is harder; and Jack’s value system is tested by Kenneth and an Olympics debacle.

10:00 PM/ET

Life on Mars (ABC)

A black girl is thrown from a rooftop, touching off racial tensions between the black and Puerto Rican communities. Sam works the case with officer Fletcher Bellow, his mentor in 2008, who doesn’t know him in 1973. Whoopi Goldberg guest stars.

Eleventh Hour (CBS)

Hood travels to Pittsburgh, where a lethal virus discovered at a demolition site threatens to spread. He must find a way to contain it before it becomes a deadly epidemic.

ER (NBC)

With Pratt gone, Morris takes on the role of mentor to Chaz, but Banfield disapproves of the complicated medical procedures he’s teaching him. Morris appears ready to defend himself, even with the arrival of Banfield’s husband (played by Courtney B. Vance, Angela Bassett’s real-life spouse) at County. Meanwhile, Neela feels disrespected by Banfield when dealing with her intern.