TV Tonight: Guns and Ammo

(Thursday, September 21st, 2006)  The Military Channel’s Military Showcase should be worth watching — it sounds like a “How It’s Made” of destructive implements.  Tools of the Trade visits E-One firetrucks, which should be more in depth than the 10 minutes John Ratzenberger spent there on “Made in America.”

All times are central.

• DIY Tools & Techniques: Time Savers (DIY, 5 p.m.)
• How It’s Made: Episode 29: Wheel Loaders, Vegetable Oil, Hand Tools, Cotton Swabs (Discovery, 6 p.m.)
• How It’s Made: Episode 25: Coins, Cars, Grocery Carts (Discovery, 6:30 p.m.)
• Tools of the Trade: Fire Trucks (National Geographic, 7 p.m.)
• Classic Tractor Specials: “Conversations with Collectors.” (RFD-TV, 7 p.m.)
• Military Showcase: Episode 1 (Military, 8 p.m.)
• Pimp My Ride (MTV, 8 p.m.)
• Pimp My Ride (MTV, 8:30 p.m.)
• Military Showcase: Episode 2 (Military, 9 p.m.)
• Rock Solid: Bluestone Landing (DIY, 9 p.m.)
• Military Showcase: Episode 3 (Military, 10 p.m.)
• Pimp My Ride (MTV, 10:30 p.m.)
• MegaStructures: Science of Steel (National Geographic, 11 p.m.)
• Unique Whips: Bullet Proof (Speed, 11 p.m.)

Our insomniac’s suggestions: Watch Speed, or reruns…