Celebrate the holiday by going on a BBQ Crawl with Travel Channel
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, July 3. All times are Eastern.
TOP PICK
BBQ Crawl (Travel, 8 p.m.): It’s practically Independence Day anyway, so you’re probably going to be off at your lake cabin, water-skiing and swimming and having fun with your family, while the rest of us have to sit here and write What’s On Tonights and live vicariously through you. Well, we’re just thankful we’ve got a new show about people eating barbecue to keep us entertained. For a full hour, we can watch people consume smoked meat products and ignore the emptiness of our lives. Hurrah!
REGULAR COVERAGE
Futurama (Comedy Central, 10 p.m.): There’s a new Futurama, too, with Bender meeting one of his heroes, a folk singer who’s been in and out of jail many times. Zack Handlen thinks this is a nice preview of next week’s TV Roundtable return, when that feature will discuss the Smother Brothers Comedy Hour.
TV CLUB CLASSIC
Freaks And Geeks (1 p.m.): Nick’s dad is skeptical of his son’s plans to make a living as a drummer in a rock band. Todd VanDerWerff’s dad was skeptical of his ability to make a living writing really long and irritating reviews of episodes of television, but Todd proved him wrong, huh? He’ll never farm again!
Sports Night (3 p.m.): Donna Bowman takes us back to the year 2000, when everybody was all excited about boxing for some reason. Having lived through 2000, Donna knows that wasn’t really the case, but she’ll indulge Aaron Sorkin’s thoughts on the subject when it produces an episode this entertaining.