TiVo’s Best Bet Recordings: February 7, 2012

The Super Bowl may be over, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty of great TV to be watched and recorded! Get your TiVo® DVR ready for these suggestions and more! Check out the seventh season of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Maybe reality TV isn’t your cup of tea. Well why not catch this week’s episode of Modern Family? Claire thinks Phil’s new business partner, Tad, is behaving inappropriately toward her, but Phil is so busy trying to impress Tad that he doesn’t notice. American Idol auditions continue in Hollywood this week. Alton Brown returns to Good Eats: Turn on the Dark. With an all-new special that gets to the sweet – and sometimes deliciously bitter – heart of everybody’s favorite Valentine’s Day treat.  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day join Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang for Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown; A Charlie Brown Valentine. If you nothing struck your fancy check out even more suggestions below…

Ringer – Andrea Roth (“Rescue Me”) guest stars as Juliet’s (Zoey Deutch) mother, Catherine, who throws Andrew and Bridget’s (Ioan Gruffudd, Sarah Michelle Gellar) relationship into turmoil when she shows up in town. An encounter with someone from Siobhan’s past may help Bridget uncover more information about her sister. Henry (Kristoffer Polaha) picks up a major clue in the new episode “What Are You Doing Here, Ho-Bag?” Nestor Carbonell also stars.

Are You There, Chelsea? – Chelsea (Laura Prepon) is invited on a deep-sea fishing trip with her new doctor and his partner (Tom Parker, Josh Meyers) and brings Nikki and Dee Dee (Natasha Leggero, Lauren Lapkus) along. Dee Dee hits it off with the boat’s skipper (Nate Torrence), while the other girls set their sights on the two doctors, but making romantic sparks fly is easier said than done in the new episode “The Gynecologist.”

Independent Lens – “The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975” takes a cinematic and musical journey into the black communities of America from the late 1960s through the mid-’70s. It combines 16mm footage that had lain undiscovered in the cellar of the Swedish National Broadcasting Company for 30 years with contemporary audio interviews from leading black artists, activists, musicians and scholars.

A Gifted Man – Fans of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” might do a double take at seeing Diane Neal — aka assistant prosecutor Casey Novak — playing a defense attorney here. She’s in court with Michael (Patrick Wilson), who is testifying for a former patient whose out-of-control behavior may have been caused by a brain tumor. Afterward, a distraught woman takes the Clinica staff hostage in the new episode “In Case of Complications.”

The Wedding Planner: It’s no “Selena,” but this 2001 Jennifer Lopez film was a hit with romantic comedy fans in general and J.Lo fans in particular. The rest of you are free to ignore it. She has the title role as a woman who falls for a fellow (Matthew McConaughey), unaware that he is the groom of the bride-to-be (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras) whose wedding she’s organizing. Justin Chambers, Kevin Pollak and Fred Willard also star.

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