'Shatner's Raw Nerve' welcomes Rush Limbaugh
Off the Wall celebrates bedfellows strange and sublime.
ALL-STAR RETURNS William Shatner and Rush Limbaugh, together at last! That's only the first pairing of the new season of acclaimed chatfest "Shatner's Raw Nerve" (tomorrow at 10 p.m., BIO), where a second episode at 10:30 welcomes Regis Philbin. "Spectacle: Elvis Costello With . . . " (Wednesday at 10 p.m., Sundance) launches a second season of music and talk with U2's Bono and The Edge, while upcoming hours promise legends like Bruce Springsteen, Lyle Lovett and Sheryl Crow. Video at bio.com/shatner and sundancechannel.com/spectacle.
SERIES PREMIERES The futuristic comedy "Outer Space Astronauts" (Tuesday at 9:30 p.m., Syfy) mixes live-action and animation about a misfit crew, as produced in the creator's basement. "Campus PD" (Wednesday at 11 p.m., G4) takes us on ridealongs at colleges in Texas, Florica, California, North Carolina and Ohio. Preview "Outer Space" lunacy at syfy.com/astronauts.
SEASON FINALES Wrap-ups include the Napa-filmed finale of "Top Chef: Las Vegas" (Wednesday at 10 p.m., Bravo), and the bawdy comedies "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "The League" (Thursday at 10 and 10:30 p.m., FX). More laughs at fxnetwork.com.
DUELING MINISERIES Syfy's latest "rethink" a la "Tin Man" is "Alice" (Sunday-Monday 9-11 p.m., Syfy), starring Kathy Bates as the Queen of Hearts, Tim Curry as Dodo, Harry Dean Stanton as Caterpillar, Matt Frewer as the White Knight, and in the title role, Caterina Scorsone ("1-800- Missing"). But the even scarier real world is the setting of "Burn Up" (Sunday-Monday 9-11 p.m., Planet Green), an oil industry thriller with Brad Whitford, Neve Campbell and Rupert Penry-Jones. Everything "Alice" at syfy.com/alice.
NAILS UP YOUR NOSE Sound nasty? How 'bout swallowing an active jackhammer? "Humanly Impossible" (tomorrow 8-10 p.m., NatGeo) investigates why some people seem able to push their bodies to outrageous limits, from speed eaters to burning-coal walkers. Funky footage at natgeotv.com/humanlyimpossible.
MOVIE MAGIC This week's "Science of the Movies" (Thursday at 8 p.m., Science) visits the magical world of George Lucas with a firsthand look at ILM's motion capture technology. For more, click TV Shows at science.discovery.com.
