Critic's picks: Wednesday

October 20, 2009 at 7:14PM

Fangs for the memories The folks over at Disney never miss jumping on a trend. They've dusted off the 2000 movie "Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire" (7 p.m., Disney), hoping kids don't notice that star Caroline Rhea doesn't look anything like Sookie Stackhouse.

Ranting about movies Dennis Miller's (left) absence from both the "Monday Night Football" booth and anything relevant in the pop-culture spectrum offers him plenty of time to screen old movies. As TCM's guest programmer, he shares four of his favorites tonight, including "Dodsworth" (7 p.m.), "The Third Man" (9 p.m.), "Suspicion" (11 p.m.) and "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" (1 a.m.). Who would have guessed Miller would be such a Cary Grant fan?

NEAL JUSTIN

Will & Julia Kari Lizer, who wrote for "Will & Grace" for years, continues to recruit some old friends. "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (7 p.m., WCCO, Ch. 4), which she created, has already hosted Megan Mullally. Now it's Eric McCormack's turn. The Emmy-winning star, left, plays a therapist who starts to romance Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, right). Personal note to Kari: We'd love to see Matthew fall head over heels for another "W&G" regular ... Rosario.

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