44 Things to Watch on TV on Super Bowl Sunday -- Besides Super Bowl XLIV
Mike Vicic - February 4, 2010
More than 100 million people are going to watch Super Bowl XLIV this Sunday (February 7, 2010), and you want to watch something else?
Are you lucky!
As usual, many of the cable networks are showing specials, stunts and marathons for people just like YOU. Doesn't matter if you like beagles, bathrooms or burgers, there's something out there for you. Just whip out the remote and check out these options:
5 Super Stunts
Puppy Bowl VI on Animal Planet (3pm - 5am): Always top dog and winning best in show. Watch these shelter pups mix it up and frolic in Animal Planet Stadium -- only to be interrupted by the Kitten Half-Time Show. For the first time ever, aerial coverage of fido first downs will be provided by a blimp and its rogue hamster crew, while bunny cheerleaders will be on the sidelines to encourage the dogged defense.
Toilet Bowl 3 on DIY (7am - Midnight): If you're feeling a little flushed from all the Super Bowl hype, then spend the day with the bathroom. Watch America's Ugliest Bathrooms and the best episodes of Bathtastic! and 10 Killer Bathrooms. Plus, catch a sneak peek at DIY's newest series, Bath Crashers, at Noon.
Super Bawl Sunday on WE (10am - 7pm): Get your kleenex ready for WE's annual movie marathon of tearjerkers. On this year's playlist: Terms of Endearment @10am; An Officer and a Gentleman @1pm; and Beaches @4pm.
Super Stud Marathon on USA (11am - 11pm): OK, so USA renamed its stunt a "Man-a-thon," but it's still two six-packs of Law & Order: SVU.
Celebrity Beach Bowl 4 on WGN America (11am - 2pm): DirecTV airs the event live on Saturday -- starting with the Pre-Game Show at 1:30pm -- but WGN is replaying it on Sunday for cable subscribers. Former NFL players Warren Moon and Rich Gannon will captain their respective teams at quarterback with Eddie George, Merril Hoge, Mark Schlererth, Desmond Howard, and Daryl Johnston joining them. Celebs include Taylor Lautner, Chace Crawford, Marisa Miller, Nancy O'Dell, Brian McKnight, Michael Clarke Duncan, Olivia Munn, and Jessica Szohr.
39 Movies & Marathons That'll Bowl You Over
ABC Family (7 - 11pm): The Sound of Music
BET (2 - 11pm): Sunday Best marathon
Bravo (4 - 10pm): Real Housewives of NYC marathon
Discovery (Noon - 3am): Mythbusters marathon until 6pm and then a marathon of Destroyed in Seconds
Discovery Health (Noon - 9pm): Truth Be Told marathon
ESPN2 (6pm - 1am): World Series of Poker marathon
Fine Living (7 - 11pm): Fifteen marathon (15 More Backyards; 15 Bathrooms; 15 Bodacious BBQs)
Food Network (2 - 8pm): Ace of Cakes marathon
Fox Reality (11am - 10pm): Hell's Kitchen marathon
Hallmark (all day): I Love Lucy marathon
HGTV (6:30 - 11pm): House Hunters International marathon
History (Noon - 8pm): Super Bowl Party Food marathon (American Eats; Modern Marvels; Food Tech)
G4 (2 - 9pm): Cops and Campus PD marathon
ID (Noon - 2am): Dateline on ID marathon
Lifetime (10am - 11pm): Movie Marathon (Perfect Assistant @10am; Dark Beauty @Noon; Disclosure @2pm; Christie's Revenge @5pm; Widow on the Hill @7pm; Identity Theft @9pm)
MSNBC (3 - 10pm): To Catch a Predator marathon
MTV (9am - Midnight): Jersey Shore marathon until 6pm and then a marathon of Teen Mom
MTV2 (6 - 10pm): Pranked marathon until 8pm and then a marathon of Scarred
NBC (7 - 11pm): Double feature of The Biggest Loser
Oxygen (11am - 11pm): America's Next Top Model marathon
Science (9:30am - 3am): How It's Made marathon
SPEED (6pm - 5am): Dangerous Drives marathon
Spike (1pm - 3am): CSI marathon
style (6am - 3am): SuperNanny marathon
Syfy (9am - 1am): Ghost Hunters marathon
tbs (9am - 11pm): Movie Marathon (Miss Congeniality @9am; Bring It On Again @11a,; Mean Girls @1pm; The Wedding Planner @3pm; Failure to Launch @5pm; Titanic @7pm)
TLC (2pm - 3am): Cake Boss marathon until 7pm and then a marathon of What Not to Wear
TNT (Noon - Midnight): Law & Order marathon
Travel (Noon - 11pm): 101 Tastiest Places to Chowdown marathon until 5pm and then a marathon of Man v. Food
TV Land (6pm - Midnight): Home Improvement marathon (with a Super-Bowl-themed episode at 6pm)
Versus (5pm - 3am): World Extreme Cagefighting