TV Tonight: The Action’s on Science and Speed

(Saturday, August 5, 2006) It’s still a pretty slow night tonight on the ‘tube, but most of the action’s on the Science Channel and Speed.

All times are central.

Tonight:

• Flip That House: Kelly’s First Flip (Discovery Home, 6 p.m.) 
• MythBusters – Jaws Special (Discovery, 7 p.m.)
• Extreme Machines Special: Bridges (Science Channel, 7 p.m.)
• Extreme Engineering: Tunneling Under the Alps (Science Channel, 8 p.m.)
• Building the Ultimate: Robots for Hire (Science Channel, 9 p.m.)
• Unique Whips: A Unique Dream (Speed, 9 p.m.)
• Unique Whips: A Unique Dream Part 2 (Speed, 10 p.m.)
• Pimp My Ride (MTV, 10 p.m.)
• Pimp My Ride (MTV, 10:30 p.m.)
• Ultimate Cars: Episode I (Science Channel, 10 p.m.)
• Extreme Engineering: Tunneling Under the Alps (Science Channel, 11 p.m.)
• MythBusters – Jaws Special (Discovery, 11 p.m.)

Our insomniac’s recommendation: The F1 Hungarian GP qualifying at 3 a.m. on Speed, or The Practical Woodworker on RFDTV at 2 a.m.