Set Your DVR

Three shows with the word ‘rock’ in the title, plus 11 other television events you’ll want to watch this month.

By Kate Torgovnick
Published: Apr 09, 2008

Top Chef
Wednesdays at 10pm, Bravo
Everyone’s favorite competition reality show is back, and the weekly creations of this batch of chefs will make you just as hungry as seasons past. Now can one of the women win this time?

Rock of Love 2 Finale
Sunday, April 13 at 9pm, VHI
The second season of the Bret Michaels love-fest has been insane and debaucherous. We suspect that Bret’s signature blonde locks are really a wig.

Locked Up Abroad
Mondays at 9pm, National Geographic Channel
This weekly doc, about normal folks who commit crimes abroad and deal with justice systems that make ours look like a cake walk, will inspire you to never, ever take a package from a stranger on a plane.

Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union
Sundays at 10pm, Showtime
Tracey is the queen of sketch comedy and impersonations, and her new show has been getting raves. Now that she’s now officially a citizen, she can poke a lot more fun at the good ole US of A.

Battlestar Galactica
Season Premiere, Friday, April 4th at 10pm, Sci Fi Channel
This drama, about an alien military spaceship searching for Earth, sounds like it’d only appeal to sci-fi geeks and Scientologists. But over the past four years, it’s proven to be one of the smartest shows on television.

What Females Want and Males Will Do
Sunday, April 6 at 8pm, PBS
This two-part special is like sex-ed for adults, delving into the research out there on human courtship. Here’s to finding out the scientific reason why you always go for emotionally unavailable bad boys.

CSI: Miami
Tuesdays at 10pm, CBS
Elizabeth Berkley of Showgirls fame steps in to make a good forensic scientist show even better.

Rock the Cradle
Thursdays at 10pm, MTV
A new show that pits Landon Brown (son of Bobby) against Crosby Loggins
(son of Kenny) and Jesse Snider (son of Dee). Count us in.

John Adams
Sundays at 9pm, HBO
Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, two of the most underrated actors out there,
team up for this miniseries about the second president. Luckily, there’s HBO
On Demand so you can catch up on the episodes that have already aired.

30 Rock
Season Premiere, Thursday, April 10th at 9pm, NBC
Tina Fey and company is back. Woo hoo!

The Colbert Report
Mondays through Thursdays at 11:30pm, Comedy Central
Even though he won’t be Huckabee’s running mate, Stephen has been
laugh-out-loud recently. We need him as the presidential primary drags on and on.

Little Miss Sunshine
Monday, April 21st at 9:30pm, Cinemax
One of the best movies made so far in the ‘00s. Perfect for a drizzly April day.

Kate Torgovnick lives in the world's smallest apartment, yet has a 3x5 foot television. Suffice it to say, she watches it a lot. Kate also loves to write—she's an editor-at-large at Dame and her articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Jane, and Page Six Magazine. Her first book Cheer! (www.cheerthebook.com), about the intense world of college cheerleading, came out on March 11th.