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08-22-2004, 04:57 PM
(Sunday August 22nd through early part of Sunday 8/29, 2004)
USA television schedule results below are based on Eastern Daily Savings Time (EDT)- filtered from the TV Guide listings (no Yahoo TV listings this week- spouse is asking about dinner). Check your local provider to make sure you will actually get these at the times listed.
Shows may be followed by their Comcast channel (East Coast) and then the station letters. "PDT?" means Yahoo listed this time as Pacific Daylight Savings time.
I am marking the new shows with bold to make it a little easier to sort out things. I am not distinguishing between repeat shows airing for the first time this week and repeats of those repeats (a small step, of several requested by my "fans")
SPECIAL ESPN RERUN WARNING- Other than Tuesday night's original broadcast of the WSOP tournaments, all reruns posted are subject to change at ESPN's whim. Plan accordingly. Here is the current planned original run schedule: http://espn.go.com/eoe/wsop/schedule.html
WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS- The new Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament show has the second half of its first "match" on Sunday 8/22. This is what I BELIEVE is going to happen with the structure- if anyone has better facts, please post them!
^^^^^^
PSI "guess"- There are two preliminary "tournaments," each with 2 set-up "matches" and a resulting finale. After that, there is a final "championship" tournament. ALL of the shows and levels will have the same 8 players that started. The players' placings in the matches determine your chips in each tournament's finale game. The players placings in the two finales determine the chips for each player in the final, championship tournament- whether all 8 players will be eligible for the championship round is unknown, but assumed.
Once one match is complete, everyone starts over with the same amount of chips in the other match, before the finale is played.
I have NO idea how the prize money is being paid out. Each player has a bank of $400,000 to start. Supposedly they've already invested $100K each- the price of buying into each match? Or a total of $100K invested in each tournament branch, with $200K invested in the final championship tournament?
Is there some prize money for winning or placing in each tournament's finale? For winning one of the lower matches? Or is it all spread out at the final championship? I don't know.
Again, this is just my guess, based on what little I've read. Please correct me if you can!
^^^^^^
The WPT shows various repeats from 2004 and 2003, including Hollywood Home games. Bravo shows a number of different Celebrity Poker repeats
NOTE- I refuse to list the Cheap Seats show that features the WSOPs of the past, if it's on. This show is a joke, has very little poker and is a waste of time to watch. This is the last time I'll reference it in a weekly listing.
Non-poker: None this week- too much poker, not enough editing time again. I'll try to add this on later this week.
POKER SHOWS
Sunday, 22 5:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
2004 Game One: Jerome Bettis, Rosario Dawson, Mena Suvari, Wanda Sykes,
Sunday, 22 9:00 PM World Poker Tour: Hollywood Home Game TRAVEL
Repeat of 2004 show with Jennifer Tilly and James Woods
Sunday, 22 9:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament CSN
Second half of Match #1 (M1) of Tournament #1 (T1)
Monday, 23 12:00 AM World Poker Tour: Hollywood Home Game TRAVEL
Woods/Tilly/et al repeat
Monday, 23 12:00 AM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of show 1 of 9 of $10K event.
Monday, 23 1:00 AM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of show 2 of 9 of $10K event.
Monday, 23 5:00 AM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSA
Repeat of T1, M1 ending?
Monday, 23 2:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Repeat of 2004 show with Willie Garson, Jennie Garth, Dave Navarro, Jerry O'Connell
Monday, 23 6:15 PM The Music of Chance STZCe
James Spader and Manny Patinkin are drifters who get involved in a poker game with two odd millionaires.
Monday, 23 9:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of show 2 of 9 of $10K event.
Monday, 23 9:15 PM The Music of Chance STZCw
Tuesday, 24 2:00 AM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Willie Garson, Jennie Garth repeat
Tuesday, 24 2:00 AM Living in TV Land: Dick Van Patten TVLAND
Repeat- VVP's dad has a show which includes a tournament with several older TV actors
Tuesday, 24 11:00 AM Living in TV Land: Dick Van Patten TVLAND
Tuesday, 24 2:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Repeat of Angie Dickinson, Penn Jillette, Jeff Gordon, Kathy Griffin, Ron Livingston
Tuesday, 24 3:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSA
Repeat of T1, M1 ending?
Tuesday, 24 4:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSC
Repeat of T1, M1 ending?
Tuesday, 24 4:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Show #1 repeat
Tuesday, 24 9:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN
Show #3 of 2004 $10K championship
Tuesday, 24 10:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN
Show #4 of 2004 $10K championship
Wednesday, 25 3:00 AM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN
Repeat of Show #3
Wednesday, 25 4:00 AM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN
Repeat of Show #4
Wednesday, 25 4:00 AM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Angie Dickinson, Penn Jillette repeat
Wednesday, 25 11:00 AM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of $10K show #1
Wednesday, 25 12:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of $10K show #2
Wednesday, 25 2:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Repeat of Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, David Cross, Peter Facinelli, Judy Greer
Wednesday, 25 9:00 PM World Poker Tour: Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Classic TRAVEL
2004 repeat
Thursday, 26 12:00 AM World Poker Tour: Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Classic TRAVEL
Thursday, 26 12:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSP
Second half of T1, M1.
Thursday, 26 2:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Repeat of Hank Azaria, Seth Meyers, Gail O'Grady, Amy Poehler, Jeffrey Ross
Thursday, 26 6:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of $10K show #3
Thursday, 26 7:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of $10K show #4
Thursday, 26 8:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Repeat of 2004 Game #2- Timothy Busfield, Mo Gaffney, Dule Hill, Danny Masterson, James Woods
Friday, 27 2:00 AM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Timothy Busfield, Mo Gaffney repeat
Friday, 27 2:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament CSN
Friday, 27 2:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown: Winner's Round 3 BRAVO
3rd "winners" tournament- I assume this is a repeat.
Friday, 27 3:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSA
May be a repeat of the first half of M1, T1 ??
Friday, 27 3:00 PM The Music of Chance STZCe
Friday, 27 6:00 PM The Music of Chance STZCw
Friday, 27 8:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event 37 ESPN
Repeat of $10K show #3
Friday, 27 9:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event 37 ESPN
Repeat of $10K show #4
Friday, 27 11:30 PM Family Business: Strictly Bizn. SHO
Adam plays cards with Stevie and his pals
Saturday, 28 2:30 AM Family Business: Strictly Bizn. SHO
Saturday, 28 11:00 AM World Poker Tour: Reno TRAVEL
2003 show repeated here
Saturday, 28 12:30 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Timothy Busfield, Mo Gaffney repeat
Saturday, 28 1:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSA
Repeat of first half of M1, T1 ?
Saturday, 28 2:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Show #3
Saturday, 28 3:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Show #4
Saturday, 28 5:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSC
Repeat of first half of M1, T1 ?
Saturday, 28 6:00 PM World Poker Tour: Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Classic TRAVEL
Saturday, 28 6:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSC
Repeat of first half of M1, T1 ?
Saturday, 28 11:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament CSN
Repeat of second half of T1, M1
Saturday, 28 11:35 PM Family Business: Strictly Bizn. SHO
Sunday, 29 2:35 AM Family Business: Strictly Bizn. SHOw
Sunday, 29 4:00 AM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSC
Repeat of first half of M1, T1?
Sunday, 29 4:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN
Show #3 repeat
GAMBLING-RELATED SHOWS
[I'll try to add this later on this week]
USA television schedule results below are based on Eastern Daily Savings Time (EDT)- filtered from the TV Guide listings (no Yahoo TV listings this week- spouse is asking about dinner). Check your local provider to make sure you will actually get these at the times listed.
Shows may be followed by their Comcast channel (East Coast) and then the station letters. "PDT?" means Yahoo listed this time as Pacific Daylight Savings time.
I am marking the new shows with bold to make it a little easier to sort out things. I am not distinguishing between repeat shows airing for the first time this week and repeats of those repeats (a small step, of several requested by my "fans")
SPECIAL ESPN RERUN WARNING- Other than Tuesday night's original broadcast of the WSOP tournaments, all reruns posted are subject to change at ESPN's whim. Plan accordingly. Here is the current planned original run schedule: http://espn.go.com/eoe/wsop/schedule.html
WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS- The new Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament show has the second half of its first "match" on Sunday 8/22. This is what I BELIEVE is going to happen with the structure- if anyone has better facts, please post them!
^^^^^^
PSI "guess"- There are two preliminary "tournaments," each with 2 set-up "matches" and a resulting finale. After that, there is a final "championship" tournament. ALL of the shows and levels will have the same 8 players that started. The players' placings in the matches determine your chips in each tournament's finale game. The players placings in the two finales determine the chips for each player in the final, championship tournament- whether all 8 players will be eligible for the championship round is unknown, but assumed.
Once one match is complete, everyone starts over with the same amount of chips in the other match, before the finale is played.
I have NO idea how the prize money is being paid out. Each player has a bank of $400,000 to start. Supposedly they've already invested $100K each- the price of buying into each match? Or a total of $100K invested in each tournament branch, with $200K invested in the final championship tournament?
Is there some prize money for winning or placing in each tournament's finale? For winning one of the lower matches? Or is it all spread out at the final championship? I don't know.
Again, this is just my guess, based on what little I've read. Please correct me if you can!
^^^^^^
The WPT shows various repeats from 2004 and 2003, including Hollywood Home games. Bravo shows a number of different Celebrity Poker repeats
NOTE- I refuse to list the Cheap Seats show that features the WSOPs of the past, if it's on. This show is a joke, has very little poker and is a waste of time to watch. This is the last time I'll reference it in a weekly listing.
Non-poker: None this week- too much poker, not enough editing time again. I'll try to add this on later this week.
POKER SHOWS
Sunday, 22 5:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
2004 Game One: Jerome Bettis, Rosario Dawson, Mena Suvari, Wanda Sykes,
Sunday, 22 9:00 PM World Poker Tour: Hollywood Home Game TRAVEL
Repeat of 2004 show with Jennifer Tilly and James Woods
Sunday, 22 9:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament CSN
Second half of Match #1 (M1) of Tournament #1 (T1)
Monday, 23 12:00 AM World Poker Tour: Hollywood Home Game TRAVEL
Woods/Tilly/et al repeat
Monday, 23 12:00 AM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of show 1 of 9 of $10K event.
Monday, 23 1:00 AM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of show 2 of 9 of $10K event.
Monday, 23 5:00 AM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSA
Repeat of T1, M1 ending?
Monday, 23 2:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Repeat of 2004 show with Willie Garson, Jennie Garth, Dave Navarro, Jerry O'Connell
Monday, 23 6:15 PM The Music of Chance STZCe
James Spader and Manny Patinkin are drifters who get involved in a poker game with two odd millionaires.
Monday, 23 9:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of show 2 of 9 of $10K event.
Monday, 23 9:15 PM The Music of Chance STZCw
Tuesday, 24 2:00 AM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Willie Garson, Jennie Garth repeat
Tuesday, 24 2:00 AM Living in TV Land: Dick Van Patten TVLAND
Repeat- VVP's dad has a show which includes a tournament with several older TV actors
Tuesday, 24 11:00 AM Living in TV Land: Dick Van Patten TVLAND
Tuesday, 24 2:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Repeat of Angie Dickinson, Penn Jillette, Jeff Gordon, Kathy Griffin, Ron Livingston
Tuesday, 24 3:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSA
Repeat of T1, M1 ending?
Tuesday, 24 4:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSC
Repeat of T1, M1 ending?
Tuesday, 24 4:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Show #1 repeat
Tuesday, 24 9:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN
Show #3 of 2004 $10K championship
Tuesday, 24 10:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN
Show #4 of 2004 $10K championship
Wednesday, 25 3:00 AM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN
Repeat of Show #3
Wednesday, 25 4:00 AM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN
Repeat of Show #4
Wednesday, 25 4:00 AM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Angie Dickinson, Penn Jillette repeat
Wednesday, 25 11:00 AM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of $10K show #1
Wednesday, 25 12:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of $10K show #2
Wednesday, 25 2:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Repeat of Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, David Cross, Peter Facinelli, Judy Greer
Wednesday, 25 9:00 PM World Poker Tour: Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Classic TRAVEL
2004 repeat
Thursday, 26 12:00 AM World Poker Tour: Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Classic TRAVEL
Thursday, 26 12:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSP
Second half of T1, M1.
Thursday, 26 2:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Repeat of Hank Azaria, Seth Meyers, Gail O'Grady, Amy Poehler, Jeffrey Ross
Thursday, 26 6:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of $10K show #3
Thursday, 26 7:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Repeat of $10K show #4
Thursday, 26 8:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Repeat of 2004 Game #2- Timothy Busfield, Mo Gaffney, Dule Hill, Danny Masterson, James Woods
Friday, 27 2:00 AM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Timothy Busfield, Mo Gaffney repeat
Friday, 27 2:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament CSN
Friday, 27 2:00 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown: Winner's Round 3 BRAVO
3rd "winners" tournament- I assume this is a repeat.
Friday, 27 3:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSA
May be a repeat of the first half of M1, T1 ??
Friday, 27 3:00 PM The Music of Chance STZCe
Friday, 27 6:00 PM The Music of Chance STZCw
Friday, 27 8:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event 37 ESPN
Repeat of $10K show #3
Friday, 27 9:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event 37 ESPN
Repeat of $10K show #4
Friday, 27 11:30 PM Family Business: Strictly Bizn. SHO
Adam plays cards with Stevie and his pals
Saturday, 28 2:30 AM Family Business: Strictly Bizn. SHO
Saturday, 28 11:00 AM World Poker Tour: Reno TRAVEL
2003 show repeated here
Saturday, 28 12:30 PM Celebrity Poker Showdown BRAVO
Timothy Busfield, Mo Gaffney repeat
Saturday, 28 1:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSA
Repeat of first half of M1, T1 ?
Saturday, 28 2:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Show #3
Saturday, 28 3:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN2
Show #4
Saturday, 28 5:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSC
Repeat of first half of M1, T1 ?
Saturday, 28 6:00 PM World Poker Tour: Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Classic TRAVEL
Saturday, 28 6:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSC
Repeat of first half of M1, T1 ?
Saturday, 28 11:00 PM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament CSN
Repeat of second half of T1, M1
Saturday, 28 11:35 PM Family Business: Strictly Bizn. SHO
Sunday, 29 2:35 AM Family Business: Strictly Bizn. SHOw
Sunday, 29 4:00 AM Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament FSC
Repeat of first half of M1, T1?
Sunday, 29 4:00 PM World Series of Poker: Main Event ESPN
Show #3 repeat
GAMBLING-RELATED SHOWS
[I'll try to add this later on this week]