TV Tonight: Product Placement

(Thursday, January 31st, 2008) We get a new, probably funny, NBC tie-in American Chopper.  And a new How Do They Do It shows us how they, um, do it.

All times are central.

• Holmes on Homes: Lack of Truss, Part 1 (Home, 5:00 p.m.)
• Build it Bigger: Mega-Tunnel (Science, 5:00 p.m.)
• How It’s Made: Episode 9, sulkies, bagpipes, yule logs, and fishing lures (Discovery, 6:00 p.m.)
• Rides: Core (TLC, 6:00 p.m.)
• How It’s Made: Episode 4, Hockey gloves, snack cakes, remolded tires, and wastewater treatment plants (Discovery, 6:30 p.m.)
• Smash Lab: Train Crash (Discovery, 7:00 p.m.)
• American Chopper: Go Daddy 2 (TLC, 7:00 p.m.)
• Classic Tractors (RFD-TV, 7:00 p.m.)
• Smash Lab: Crash Absorbing Concrete (Discovery, 8:00 p.m.)
• American Chopper: Michigan Bike/My Name is Earl 1 (TLC, 8:00 p.m.) NEW
• Cool Tools: Unplugged (DIY, 8:00 p.m.)
• Cool Tools: Light It Up (DIY, 8:30 p.m.)
• Smash Lab: Hurricane Proof House (Discovery, 9:00 p.m.)
• How Do They Do It?: Episode 10, rockets, binocular lenses, and windshield wiper blades (Science, 9:00 p.m.) NEW
• How Do They Do It?: Episode 8, mega freeways and minting coins (Science, 9:30 p.m.)
• MythBusters: Salsa Escape (Discovery, 10:00 p.m.)

Enjoy.