Wednesday, April 22
7 p.m. “Psychic Detectives”
A documentary on people who use their psychic abilities to help police
solve crimes, mainly involving missing persons, kidnappings and lost
treasure being guarded by tortured spirits from another dimension. NBC
7 p.m. “Beauty and the Geek”
This week, the guys are tasked to obtain phone numbers from strangers,
— extra points if the phone numbers are legitimate and not the
typical 1-800-GETLOSTCREEP digits typically given by women in these
situations. WB
7 p.m. “Mythbusters”
Tonight, the team examines whether the famous “brace position” that
airline passengers are told to assume before a crash would be
effective or whether a position chugging tiny liquor bottles from the
beverage cart would be more appropriate. Discovery Channel
7 p.m. “Fat City: Houston”
Delving into the dietary dysfunction that makes Houston the fattest,
least healthy city in America, a town where bacon grease is considered
a condiment. Trio
8 p.m. “King of Queens”
Doug looks for his father at a model train convention. This is harder
than it sounds. At a certain age, old white guys in striped overalls
and dorky engineer’s caps begin to look the same. CBS