Channel Surfing for Thursday, October 19

It's Thursday, so always a lot going on, including the strangely resurgent "ER" - I've actually thought the show was solid for the last couple of years, if not "must see TV." People, you know, laughed at me. Don't discount the drawing power of the always-appealing John Stamos, a key to not only ratings success (look at how "Jake In Progress" burned up the sets!) but also big-time hits, thus his inclusion here.

ER
9 p.m., NBC
This year has been a ratings renaissance for “ER,” with the long-running medical show winning its time slot for the first time in years and the plan to replace it midseason with a new drama scrapped. Tonight Forest Whitaker, currently drawing rave reviews for “The King of Scotland,” guest stars as a stroke patient.

We've also got "Grey's Anatomy," "The Office," "My Name Is Earl," "Ugly Betty" and so on and so forth, read about it here.