TV Tonight: No Excuse For Manufacturing Ignorance

(Thursday, October 2nd, 2008) Well, it’s time for a new season of Factory Floor With Marshall Brain, another in the endless stream of shows explaining how things (and often the same things) are made.  We get a new episode of Wrecked as well.

All times are central.

• Rock Solid: Soapstone Kitchen Makeover (DIY, 5:30 p.m.)
• How It’s Made: Cement, Caskets, Soft Drinks, Glider Rockers (Discovery, 6:00 p.m.)
• How It’s Made: Kitchen Knives, Mannequins, Socks, Hypodermic Needles (Discovery, 6:30 p.m.)
• Ask This Old House (DIY, 7:00 p.m.)
• Overhaulin’: The Short Yellow Bus (TLC, 7:00 p.m.)
• Factory Floor With Marshall Brain: Tennis Ball, Pencil, Hot Dog, Fireworks (National Geographic, 7:00 p.m.) NEW
• Classic Tractors (RFD-TV, 7:30 p.m.)
• American Chopper: Dryvit Bike (TLC, 8:00 p.m.)
• Factory Floor With Marshall Brain: Plywood, Money, Cheese, Tasers (National Geographic, 8:00 p.m.) NEW
• Cool Tools: Hardware Show 2008 (DIY, 9:00 p.m.)
• Street Customs: Asanti Mercedes (TLC, 9:00 p.m.)
• Wrecked: Pain in the Glass (Speed, 9:00 p.m.) NEW
• Wrecked: Keep on Trucking (Speed, 9:30 p.m.)
• How It’s Made: Sulkies, Bagpipes, Yule Logs, Fishing Lures (Discovery, 10:00 p.m.)
• How It’s Made: Goalie Pads, Lapel Pins, Cardboard Boxes, Crystal Wine Glasses (Discovery, 10:30 p.m.)

Enjoy.