Channel Surfing for Tuesday, October 17

Joy! It's the one-year anniversary of "The Colbert Report." I remember certain people telling me about this time last year that it wouldn't last; who's laughing now, girl behind me in line at the Bank of America inside of the Fry's on McClintock and Baseline in Tempe?

There's also...other stuff on TV. Like this:

Help Me Help You
8:30 p.m., ABC
Tim Meadows and Michael McKean guest star, helping you remember the worst season in “Saturday Night Live” history.

Seriously, it was rough. And don't forget about "Dancing with the Stars," where Sara Evans is doing an interview explaining why she dropped out (well, the PG-"DwtS" version, I guess, probably not much talk about pictures of erect penises). Oh what a night! And I haven't even gotten to Ed Begley, Jr. - Stan Sitwell himself - on "Veronica Mars."

Read about all this here. Or go buy a paper, you cheap bastiches. There's an especially enlightening "Frank and Ernest" tomorrow.

Jim dandy

I watched the first episode of "Help Me Help You" over the weekend, and it wasn't bad. There was one character, though, that stuck out - played by Jim Rash (Andrew on "Reno 911"), he's an effete, bespectacled bald gentleman that was in denial of his blatant homosexuality, something that's obvious to all the other characters. Pretty funny, right?

Well, it could be funnier.

Channel Surfing for Tuesday, September 26

As I type this, a repeat of "Cheers" is on Channel 12 - the one where Sam refuses to place a risky bet for Woody, although Woody would have ended up making $10,000. Good news, Dansonites! Some modern day Teddy D action is on the horizon.

Help Me Help You
8:30 p.m., ABC
On his last series, “Becker,” Ted Danson played a disgruntled doctor with a questionable bedside manner. On this new show, Ted Danson plays a disgruntled therapist who is mean to his patients. Call it lateral movement. Jane Kaczmarek guest stars as his wife,who’s leaving him for a car salesman

"Gilmore Girls," "Dancing With the Stars," "Boston Legal" and more, where else but here here here here.