(TV Tonight, Friday, January 15th, 2010) One of the TV schedules we check says that there’s a new episode of Swamp Loggers tonight but Discovery’s site has no information, so we’ll leave it up to you to decide.

All times are central

• Holmes on Homes: Country Kitchen (HGTV, 5:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Combines, Lifeboats, Chocolate (Science, 5:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Diamond Mine, Skyscraper, Car Crusher (Science, 5:30 pm)
• Swamp Loggers: Logging for Steak (Discovery, 6:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Gold, Escalators, Golf Clubs (Science, 6:00 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Increasing Water Pressure, Transplanting a Bush (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Ice Breaker, Money, Bowling Alleys (Science, 6:30 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Installing a Whole-House Water Filter, Repairing Rubber Roof (DIY, 7:00 pm)
• Top Gear (BBC America, 7:00 pm)
• Swamp Loggers: Tough Times Ahead (Discovery, 7:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Bacon, Snowblowers, Luxury Cars (Science, 7:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Anatomical Models, Jukeboxes, Tortilla Chips and Spark Plugs (Science, 7:30 pm)
• Swamp Loggers: Only the Strong Survive (Discovery, 8:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Socket Sets, Leather Shoes, Aluminum Water Bottles, and Bike Chains (Science, 8:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Carved Wood Sculptures, Flatware, Cow Bells and Fountain Pens (Science, 8:30 pm)
• Swamp Loggers: Return to the Swamp (Discovery, 9:00 pm) NEW?
• Jobsite: Concrete Countdown (History, 10:00 pm)
• Deconstruction: Windows (DIY, 10:30 pm)

(TV Tonight, Thursday, January 14th, 2010) Tonight brings us a new American Chopper build of a hybrid bike for Schneider Electric (Square D, among other brands).

All times are central

• Prototype This!: Backyard Waterslide Simulator (Science, 5:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Confederate Rocket (Discovery, 6:00 pm)
• Some Assembly Required: Gibson guitar factory, Batesville Casket Company, Burt’s Bees (Science, 6:00 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Damaged Lawn, Curved Stair Molding (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Building a Retaining Wall, Loud Faucet (DIY, 7:00 pm)
• American Chopper: Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Bike (TLC, 7:00 pm)
• Factory Made: A frozen-food production line, trumpet manufacturing (Science, 7:00 pm)
• Factory Made: Whistles, balloons, envelopes, car wheels (Science, 7:30 pm)
• Ax Men: Ax to Grind (History, 8:00 pm)
• American Chopper: Schneider Electric Bike (TLC, 8:00 pm) NEW
• Successful Farming Machinery Show (RFD-TV, 8:00 pm)

(TV Tonight, Wednesday, January 13th, 2010) Another empty Wednesday. Head out to the shop.

All times are central

• Ask This Old House: Pendant Lighting Care for Succulents (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Waterproofing System, Installing a Privacy Screen (DIY, 7:00 pm)
• Holmes on Homes: Ceiling the Deal (HGTV, 9:30 pm)

(TV Tonight, Tuesday, January 12th, 2010) Tonight we get a new Dirty Jobs that’s unfortunately bugs and camels only. We also get a new episode of Howe & Howe Tech. Any opinions of the show thus far?

All times are central

• Holmes on Homes: O-fence-ive (HGTV, 5:00 pm)
• Machinery of the Past (RFD-TV, 5:00 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Leech Trapper (Discovery, 6:00 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Mature Tree, Noisy Heating System (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Reducing Heating Costs, Using a Whole House Fan (DIY, 7:00 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Animal Control Specialist (Discovery, 7:00 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Cricket Farmer (Discovery, 8:00 pm) NEW
• Howe & Howe Tech: Subterranean Rover Blues (Discovery, 9:00 pm) NEW

(TV Tonight, Monday, January 11th, 2010) A new Motor City Motors is cool, though it doesn’t make up for the lack of a new Mythbusters!

All times are central

• Trains & Locomotives (RFD-TV, 5:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Exploding Steak (Discovery, 6:00 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Collapsing Garage Roof, Installing a Dry Well (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• Top Gear: Season 10 Ep. 10 (BBC America, 7:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Demolition Derby Special (Discovery, 7:00 pm)
• Top Gear: Season 10 Ep. 9 (BBC America, 8:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Demolition Derby Special (Discovery, 8:00 pm)
• Motor City Motors: Corn Stalker (Discovery, 9:00 pm) NEW
• How Do They Do It?: Communicate with Spacecraft, Maintain Supertankers, Turn by Turn Navigation (Science, 9:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Coordinate Blue Angels Airshows, Build an Indoor Ski Slope, Make Sushi (Science, 9:30 pm)
• Ax Men: Ax to Grind (History, 10:00 pm)
• Disaster House: Shake, Rattle & Roll (DIY, 10:30 pm)

(TV Tonight, Sunday, January 10th, 2010) A night of promise, starting with Jay Leno’s jet fuel and biodiesel-powered concept car, a new Holmes on Holmes, and the premier of a new season of Ax Men.

All times are central

• Disaster House: Driveway Disaster (DIY, 5:00 pm)
• Ax Men: The Reckoning, Part 1 (History, 5:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: diamond cutters, doors, paintballs, newspapers (Science, 5:00 pm)
• Disaster House: Shake, Rattle & Roll (DIY, 5:30 pm)
• How It’s Made: Car Engines, Flour, Recliners, Envelopes (Science, 5:30 pm)
• Ax Men: The Reckoning, Part 2 (History, 6:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Custom Running Shoes, Axes, Racing Karts, Animatronics (Science, 6:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Combination Locks, Pottery, Recreational Vehicles, Erasers (Science, 6:30 pm)
• Superstar Jet Car: Jay Leno’s Concept Car (Speed, 7:00 pm) NEW
• Ax Men: Ax to Grind (History, 8:00 pm) NEW
• Holmes on Homes: Hullaba-loo (HGTV, 9:00 pm) NEW
• Successful Farming Machinery Show (RFD-TV, 9:00 pm)
• Disaster House: House Invasion (DIY, 10:00 pm)
• Deconstruction: Tools (DIY, 10:30 pm)

(TV Tonight, Saturday, January 9th, 2010) A big steaming pile of nothing tonight, as evidenced by listing a Discovery rerun from the Green channel.

All times are central

• Top Gear: Season 10 Ep. 8 (BBC America, 5:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Super Structures (Science, 5:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Monster Vehicle (Science, 6:00 pm)
• Smash Lab: Runaway Trailer (Green, 6:00 pm)

(TV Tonight, Friday, January 8th, 2010) As always we get a slew of reruns and one new How It’s Made on the excitement that is the retractable ballpoint pen (the mechanism is quite cool when you study it).

All times are central

• Holmes on Homes: Stone Walled (HGTV, 5:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It: ski slopes, car production (Science, 5:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It: airbus, fire engines, ketchup (Science, 5:30 pm)
• Modern Marvels: Copper (History, 6:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It: airbags, ice rinks, mattresses (Science, 6:00 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Increasing Water Pressure, Transplanting a Bush (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• How Do They Do It: armored cars, elevators, cheese (Science, 6:30 pm)
• Top Gear: Season 11 Ep. 4 (BBC America, 7:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Automotive Fuel Pumps, Cricket Bats, Change Machines, Ductile Iron Pipe (Science, 7:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Airstream Trailers, Horseradish, Industrial Steam Boilers (Science, 7:30 pm)
• How It’s Made: Retractable ballpoint pens, solar salt, tubas (Science, 8:00 pm) NEW
• How It’s Made: Graphite Pencil Leads, Clarinets, Special Effects (Science, 8:30 pm)
• Disaster House: Driveway Disaster (DIY, 9:00 pm)
• Extreme Loggers: Swamp Logging (Discovery, 9:00 pm)
• Cool Tools: Home Building (DIY, 9:30 pm)
• Deconstruction: Home Building (DIY, 10:30 pm)

(TV Tonight, Thursday, January 7th, 2010) A new American Chopper builds a wheelchair-themed bike (really, that’s what the promo says) for the Chris Reeve foundation. Paulie returns for a visit to get yelled at as well.

All times are central

• Prototype This!: Automated Pizza Delivery (Science, 5:00 pm)
• Some Assembly Required (Science, 6:00 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Damaged Lawn, Curved Stair Molding (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• American Chopper: The Jeanette Lee Black Widow Bike (TLC, 7:00 pm)
• Factory Made: Whistles, balloons, envelopes, car wheels (Science, 7:00 pm)
• Factory Made: Bricks, baseball gloves, Boston beer, cast-aluminum pots (Science, 7:30 pm)
• American Chopper: Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Bike (TLC, 8:00 pm) NEW
• Successful Farming Machinery Show (RFD-TV, 8:00 pm)

(TV Tonight, Wednesday, January 6th, 2010) Mondays used to suck, but now that Mythbusters is on Monday night, Wednesdays suck. Another good night for the shop!

All times are central

• Ask This Old House: Pendant Lighting, Care for Succulents (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• Holmes on Homes: Let’s Rejoist (HGTV, 9:30 pm)

(TV Tonight, Tuesday, January 5th, 2010) We get a new episode of Howe & Howe Tech tonight — we’re not sure how the show will sustain itself over a season, but it should be interesting for a while.

All times are central

• Holmes on Homes: Lack of Truss (HGTV, 5:00 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Tar Rigger (Discovery, 5:00 pm)
• Machinery of the Past (RFD-TV, 5:00 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Wine Maker (Discovery, 6:00 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Mature Tree, Noisy Heating System (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Maple Syrup Maker (Discovery, 7:00 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Animal Control Specialist (Discovery, 8:00 pm)
• Disaster House: Smashed and Shattered (DIY, 9:00 pm)
• Howe & Howe Tech: Badger Goes Boom! (Discovery, 9:00 pm) NEW

(TV Tonight, Monday, January 4th, 2010) New episodes of Mythbusters and Motor City Motors gets the week off to a good start!

All times are central

• MythBusters: Seasickness: Kill or Cure (Discovery, 5:00 pm)
• Trains & Locomotives (RFD-TV, 5:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Shooting Fish in a Barrel (Discovery, 6:00 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Collapsing Garage Roof, Installing a Dry Well (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• Top Gear: Season 10 Ep. 9 (BBC America, 7:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Mini Myth Mayhem (Discovery, 7:00 pm)
• Top Gear: Season 10 Ep. 8 (BBC America, 8:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Boomerang Bullet (Discovery, 8:00 pm) NEW
• Motor City Motors: The Asphalter (Discovery, 9:00 pm) NEW
• How Do They Do It: armored cars, elevators, cheese (Science, 9:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Rock Blasting, Mapping, Flowers (Science, 9:30 pm)
• Disaster House: Rough Housing (DIY, 10:30 pm)

(TV Tonight, Sunday, January 3rd, 2010) I guess I didn’t get the memo, but it appears that HGTV is running new episodes of Holmes on Holmes now! So enjoy everyone’s crankiest contractor as he brings truth, justice, and proper renovations to Canadians everywhere.

All times are central

• Disaster House: Pipe Down (DIY, 5:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: guitars, carpets, drinking water, laser eye surgery (Science, 5:00 pm)
• Disaster House: Good Bones (DIY, 5:30 pm)
• How It’s Made: Electric Baseboard Heaters, Molded Pulp Containers, Chicken, Video Games (Science, 5:30 pm)
• How Do They Do It: Space (Science, 6:00 pm)
• Holmes on Homes: Bungled Bungalow (HGTV, 9:00 pm) NEW!
• Successful Farming Machinery Show (RFD-TV, 9:00 pm)
• Disaster House: Rough Housing (DIY, 10:00 pm)
• Deconstruction: Concrete (DIY, 10:30 pm)

(TV Tonight, Saturday, January 2nd, 2010) Nothing new tonight — a perfect time to spend in the shop.

All times are central

• Dirty Jobs: Mannequin Factory (Discovery, 5:00 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Locomotive Builder (Discovery, 6:00 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Greenland Shark Quest (Discovery, 7:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Overnight Shipping, Mining Coal (Science, 7:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Rockets, Binocular Lenses, Windshield Wiper Blades (Science, 7:30 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Worm Grunter (Discovery, 8:00 pm)
• Road to Punkin Chunkin (Science, 8:00 pm)
• Dirty Jobs: Sheep Castrator (Discovery, 9:00 pm)
• Punkin Chunkin 2009 (Science, 9:00 pm)

(TV Tonight, Friday, January 1st, 2010) A new year starts with marathons of our favorites.

All times are central

• Disaster House: Smashed and Shattered (DIY, 5:00 pm)
• Ice Road Truckers: Race for the Finish (History, 5:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Phone Booth Friction (Discovery, 5:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Aluminum pots and pans, artificial limbs, peanut butter, high-intensity light bulbs (Science, 5:00 pm)
• Disaster House: Driveway Disaster (DIY, 5:30 pm)
• How It’s Made: Carved Wood Sculptures, Flatware, Cow Bells and Fountain Pens (Science, 5:30 pm)
• Disaster House: Shake, Rattle & Roll (DIY, 6:00 pm)
• Ice Road Truckers: Arctic Thaw (History, 6:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Hurricane Windows (Discovery, 6:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Metal Golf Clubs, Waffles, Custom Wires, Cables, Train Wheels (Science, 6:00 pm)
• Disaster House: House Invasion (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• How It’s Made: Pressure Cookers, Mechanical Singing Birds, Buoys, and Tank Trailers (Science, 6:30 pm)
• Disaster House: Down N Dirty (DIY, 7:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Alcohol Myths (Discovery, 7:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Revolver Replicas, Arc Trainers, Oil Furnaces, Vegetable Peelers (Science, 7:00 pm)
• Disaster House: Wet N Wild (DIY, 7:30 pm)
• How It’s Made: Olive Oil, Lift Trucks, Seamless Rolled Rings, and Ski Boots (Science, 7:30 pm)
• Disaster House: The End?? (DIY, 8:00 pm)
• MythBusters: Clean Car vs. Dirty Car (Discovery, 8:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Surfboards, Stickers, Sandwich Cookies, Concrete Roofing Tiles (Science, 8:00 pm)
• Disaster House: Driveway Disaster (DIY, 8:30 pm)
• How It’s Made: Sails, Walnuts, Wheel Immobilizers, Honeycomb Structural Panels (Science, 8:30 pm)
• Disaster House: Home Cookin (DIY, 9:00 pm)
• MythBusters: MacGyver Myths (Discovery, 9:00 pm)
• How It’s Made: Socket Sets, Leather Shoes, Aluminium Water Bottles, and Bike Chains (Science, 9:00 pm)
• Disaster House: Pipe Down (DIY, 9:30 pm)
• How It’s Made: Swiss Army Knives, Player Piano Rolls, Oil Tankers, and Racing Wheels (Science, 9:30 pm)
• MythBusters: Alcohol Myths (Discovery, 10:00 pm)

(TV Tonight, Thursday, December 31st, 2009) Happy New Year! We get a marathon of How Do They Do It? on Science tonight.

All times are central

• How Do They Do It?: Navigating the Panama Canal, Waste Technology (Science, 5:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Weather Forecasting, Hovercraft Vehicles (Science, 5:30 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: crash helmets, rubber, wave piercing (Science, 6:00 pm)
• Ask This Old House: Pressure Reducing Valve, Problems With Crown Molding (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Aquarium, Sapphire, Bentleys (Science, 6:30 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: batteries, perfume and artificial islands  (Science, 7:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Gold, golf clubs, escalators (Science, 7:30 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: airbags, ice rinks, mattresses (Science, 8:00 pm)
• Successful Farming Machinery Show (RFD-TV, 8:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Service Jumbo Jets, Create Nuclear Power, Build Pianos (Science, 8:30 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Heat, Champagne, Port Expansion (Science, 9:00 pm)
• How Do They Do It?: Mine Oil, Shipping Lanes, Stretched Limos (Science, 9:30 pm)

(TV Tonight, Wednesday, December 30th, 2009) We get two new shows tonight, Jobsite pours concrete (a 2nd show follows FedEX which doesn’t seem Toolmonger worthy) and The Imploders implodes a building.

All times are central

• Ask This Old House: Tribute to Tile Expert Joe Ferrante (DIY, 6:30 pm)
• Modern Marvels: The Lumberyard (History, 7:00 pm)
• Jobsite: Concrete Countdown (History, 8:00 pm) NEW
• The Imploders: Ten Stories of Solid Steel (TLC, 9:00 pm) NEW
• Holmes on Homes: Completely Incomplete (HGTV, 9:30 pm)