TV Tonight: Discovery’s Monday Block, Trick My Truck Marathon

(Monday, June 12, 2006) Tonight’s cable/satellite prime time is packed with toolaholic fare with Discovery’s classic Monster Garage/American Chopper block at 8 p.m. preceeded by a replay of the first Motorcycle Mania and followed by more ‘Chopper re-runs.  (Personally, Motorcycle Mania IV is our favorite — gotta love Kid Rock — but the first one is fun, too.  There’s something enjoyable about watching tool-head Jesse James take over Discovery.)

If home improvement has your attention right now, you’ll find your fix on Discovery Home and TLC earlier on this evening starting around 6 p.m.

And, if you haven’t yet checked out Trick My Truck, tonight’s the night to jump in.  CMT’s running a marathon with eight episodes.  (Think of Trick My Truck as Pimp-My-Ride-meets-BJ-and-the-Bear.)

Tonight:

• While You Were Out: Houston: Rocket to the Rescue (TLC, 6 p.m. CDT) 
• Trading Spaces: Los Angeles: Willoughby Avenue (Discovery Home, 7 p.m. CDT)
• Motorcycle Mania: Motorcycle Mania (the first one) (Discovery, 7 p.m. CDT)
• Building the Ultimate: Extreme Screens (building IMAX theaters) (Science Channel, 7 p.m. CDT)
• Monster Garage: Ultimate Old-School Wagon (Discovery, 8 p.m. CDT)
• Trick My Truck: Jeff Crane’s Ice Breaker (CMT, 8 p.m. CDT)
• Trick My Truck: Mark Havens’ Semper Fi (CMT, 8:30 p.m. CDT)
• Trick My Truck: Rodney Ozbun’s Open Range (CMT, 9 p.m. CDT)
• Chop Cut Rebuild: Sleek and Unique (Speed, 9:30 p.m. CDT)
• Trick My Truck: Mike Baldwin’s American Classic (CMT, 9:30 p.m. CDT)
• American Chopper: Wendy’s Bike 2 (Discovery, 10 p.m. CDT)
• Trick My Truck: Darlene Swift’s Free Spirit (CMT, 10 p.m. CDT)
• Trick My Truck: Mike Lonardo’s Inferno (CMT, 10:30 p.m. CDT)
• American Chopper: POW/MIA 2 (Discovery, 11 p.m. CDT)
• Trick My Truck: Armando Ozuna’s Low Rider (CMT, 11 p.m. CDT)
• Trick My Truck: Dale Lambrecht’s Rod Hog (CMT, 11:30 p.m. CDT)

Enjoy, and remember to get some sleep.  Work comes early.