TelePhillyist

What's interesting on TV this week.

Dirty Jobs (Tue; 9PM-10PM; Discovery) - One of the filthy tasks Mike takes on in this episode is in Philadelphia - he's helping restoring a church's antique pipe organ. (Official site)

Eureka (Tue; 9PM-11PM; Sci-Fi) - An interesting-looking new series about a top-secret town in the US populated by scientists and their families. In this debut episode, an accident lands a US Marshall and his daughter in the town; we suspect they're going to stay and become main characters. We really like the clever faux-infomercial ads for this show that Sci-Fi has been airing, and we're curious to see if the series itself turns out to be any good; Sci-Fi can be pretty hit-or-miss in that regard. (Official site)

The Contender (Tue; 10PM-12AM; ESPN) - The boxing reality show co-produced by Sylvester Stallone is back for its second season, now on a new network, with only one fighter returning from the first season (Jeff Fraza, who dropped out previously due to illness). The show is hosted by Sugar Ray Leonard, and each episode ends with a five-round elimination bout. The ultimate goal is a $500,000 purse. Heh heh. Purse. (Official site)

Chapelle's Show: The Lost Episodes (Tue; 10PM-11PM; Comedy Central) - Comedy Central milks the very last drops out of a dead cow by airing some sketches from the aborted third season of the comedy sketch show. (Official site)

MovieReal (Thu; 11PM-11:30PM; A&E) - This movie show takes a look at local filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan's movie, Lady in the Water, which opens nationwide this week (look for our review later this week).

Miami Vice: Undercover (Sat; 8PM-11PM; NBC) - The original TV pilot of "Miami Vice," hosted by the stars of the upcoming film adaptation of the series, Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, and accompanied by clips and behind-the-scenes footage from the movie. We were never a huge fan of the show, but we have to say we are vaguely curious about the movie...

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