BOWL-FREE TV.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski There's 60 minutes of football on Fox today, nested in a block of seven hours - really - of pregame programming, a halftime show A halftime show is a performance given between the first and second halves or the 2nd and 3rd quarters of a sporting event. Halftime shows are not given for sports with an irregular or indeterminate number of divisions (such as baseball or boxing), or for sports that don't stop. starring a fully clothed clothe tr.v. clothed or clad , cloth·ing, clothes 1. To put clothes on; dress. 2. To provide clothes for. 3. To cover as if with clothing. Paul McCartney Noun 1. Paul McCartney - English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) McCartney, Sir James Paul McCartney , a postgame summary and, viewers hope, a bunch of highly creative and amusing commercials. Of course, not everyone cares whether the Patriots win again or believes that the Eagles can take them down. Here are some alternatives for the non-football-minded: ``IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard All-Day Marathon'' is a much better way to dazzle Super Bowl guests with the incredibly sharp visuals high-definition television high-definition television (HDTV) Any system producing significantly greater picture resolution than that of the ordinary 525-line (625-line in Europe) television screen. Conventional television transmits signals in analog form. affords than, say, counting Terry Bradshaw's pores during the pregame shows. Nothing but IMAX movies all day. (INHD, starts at 4 a.m.) ``Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam,'' showing off the best moves in skateboarding and BMX BMX abbr. bicycle motocross BMX Noun 1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle 2. biking, is a sign that even Fox knows viewers want more than football. (9 a.m., Fox) Bad Hair Day Marathon is a 12-hour block of episodes of ``The Investigators'' and ``Forensic Files'' in which each case was resolved by analysis of a hair found at the crime scene. (Noon, Court TV) ``Poker Superstars Championship'' brings eight pros to the table for the largest-ever poker pot on network television. It's more fun when it's someone else's money, right? (1 p.m., NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Channel 4) The Fab Five take on some drab dudes in a marathon of recent episodes of ``Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,'' including the passionate Jets fan who proposed to his girlfriend on the field during halftime. (2 p.m, Bravo) ``Supper Bowl Marathon,'' a collection of Paula Deen's ``Home Cooking,'' ``BBQ'' and ``Wedding'' shows, topped at 8 p.m. by a new ``Emeril Live'' with Deen as sous chef, could give your party guests buffet envy. (2:30 p.m., Food Network) ``Animal Planet Puppy Bowl'' (awww!) is all about the selection, care and feeding of young pooches, with information on where to find dogs needing homes. (3 p.m., repeating at 6 and 9 p.m. and midnight, Animal Planet) CAPTION(S): photo Photo: ``QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY'' MARATHON |
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