WEDNESDAY 10 P.M. 2004 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Spike TV. The first channel for men (?) gets the rights to this documentary covering the sports magazine's annual skin fest.
SATURDAY 1 P.M. See Jane Date, ABC Family. Inoffensive romantic yarn starring Charisma Carpenter (Angel) and Holly Marie Combs (Charmed). Not a bad way to kill a chilly Saturday afternoon.
SUNDAY 8 P.M. Mythbusters, The Discovery Channel. "Buried In Concrete." Normally I don't pass along a recommendation for these kind of shows, but I got this from a friend I really trust. A new wrinkle to the urban legend shows, this program actually tests the principals of the myth in question. In this episode of MythBusters, the hosts make a brave attempt to solve a legendary mafia mystery by searching for the decomposed body of Jimmy Hoffa allegedly buried in the concrete under Giants Stadium. They then fire up a jet engine and find out if the power and force of a 737 could launch a taxicab backward 75 feet.
MONDAY 8 A.M. Planet of the Apes, Sci-Fi. Not the original movie with Chuck Heston. Not the re-imagining, or whatever, by Tim Burton. This is a marathon of the TV series that ran on CBS in the early '70s. It stars Roddy McDowell (from the original movie), James "I'm a Pepper" Naughton and Mark Lenard (played Spock's dad on Star Trek).
MONDAY 8 A.M. History of the Holidays, The History Channel. "Presidents Day." Who does America honor on President's Day? What were their greatest achievements? This documentary is the third in a partnership between The History Channel and the U.S. Depart-ment of Education designed to create and produce programming celebrating America's civic holidays and to remind young people from middle school and older and their families about the true meaning of these significant dates. Um ... you might want to set the VCR, 'cuz you'll be sleeping in on your day off.
TUESDAY 8 P.M. Slackers: The Laziest Animals on Earth, Animal Planet. "Ever want to spend the week lazing around like an animal?" ask our friends at AP. Spend some time moving slowly like the sloth, the tortoise or the snail or not moving at all like the alligator or the lion -- and get to the bottom of these animals' true slacker nature. Pull up a chair and get comfortable as AP uncovers the laziest of them all.
NEWS & NOTES: Janet Jackson's exposed boobie was the most TiVo'd event ever, it's been reported. ... So successful was Sci-Fi's "new" Battlestar Galactica mini-series, the network will make it into a weekly series. ... This year's Super Bowl, at some points, was the most watched in history (and not just the aforementioned Janet Jackson nonsense). Overall, it finished sixth all-time, much higher than many in the industry had predicted.
