NEW YEAR'S EVE TV NOISEMAKERS.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski If the orange alert issued by Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States is clashing with plans to welcome 2004 in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of thousands of revelers, your television is here to help. --AMC kicks off a Three Stooges marathon at noon and keeps up the eye poking, chin flipping and nyuk-nyuking until 1 a.m. --Fox (Channel 11) is showing four ``Arrested Development'' episodes back to back beginning with the pilot at 8 p.m. After ``The Hogan Family'' we never expected to be recommending a Jason Bateman sitcom but, as they say, never say never. This one's a keeper. --See Johnny Depp's topiary topiary Art of training living trees and shrubs into artificial, decorative shapes. Topiary is known to have been practiced in the 1st century AD. The earliest topiary was probably the simple development of edgings, cones, columns, and spires to accent a garden scene. handiwork in Tim Burton's charmingly offbeat off·beat n. Music An unaccented beat in a measure. adj. Slang Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor. ``Edward Scissorhands,'' at 8 and 11 p.m. on FX. --``Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged shag 1 n. 1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair. 2. a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth. b. Cloth having such a nap. 3. A rug with a thick rough pile. Me'' opens an otherwise so-so lineup of comedy movies on TBS at 8 p.m. --``Access Hollywood'' goes for the younger crowd with teen-targeted ``Real Access,'' making its debut at 8 p.m. on The N. The opening hourlong special, ``Real Access: Hot 24 in 2004,'' will repeat until midnight, and the regular half-hour installments, hosted by Lauren Mayhew of ``American Dreams,'' begin airing at 9 p.m. Friday. --Trio, which recently busted the Golden Globes as relatively insignificant among Hollywood trophies, at 9 p.m. takes on the bigger picture with ``White Noise: The Pop Culture Roundup Year End Special,'' a look at scandals, sequels, overexposed o·ver·ex·pose tr.v. o·ver·ex·posed, o·ver·ex·pos·ing, o·ver·ex·pos·es 1. To expose too long or too much: Don't overexpose the children to television. 2. celebrities and the publicity machine behind it all. It probably is worth noting that the special was made by Idiot Box Productions. --``New Year's Rockin' Eve,'' America's party soundtrack with Dick ``Dorian Gray'' Clark perched above New York's Times Square, starts at 10 p.m. on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. and continues till 2 a.m., with a half-hour break for local news at 11 p.m. Featured performers include the Black Eyed Peas This article is about the American hip hop group. For the vegetable, see Black-eyed pea. The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California, who have enjoyed worldwide pop success. The group is currently composed of will.i.am, apl.de. , Hall & Oates, Bow Wow, Jagged Edge and 3 Doors Down. For extra entertainment, watch Jessica Simpson try to count backward as the ball drops. --``MTV's New Year's Eve 2004'' from Times Square kicks off at 10:30 p.m. and features Clay Aiken, Hilary Duff, Ludacris, Chingy and Simple Plan, among others. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) An ``Arrested Development'' marathon is part of Fox's New Year's lineup. (2) Mike Myers swings as Austin Powers on TBS. (3) Face it - Dick Clark rocks. |
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