Inger Stevens was an insecure and often ill child. She was 9 years old when her parents divorced, and she moved with her father to New York City. At age 13, she and her father moved to Manhattan, Kansas, where she attended Manhattan High School.
At 16 years old, she worked in the Kansas City burlesque shows. At age 18, she left Kansas for New York City to work as a chorus girl and in the Garment District. Simultaneously, she took classes at the Actors Studio.
According to blogs.courant.com, The twist for Christopher Bauer, who looks a little like The Observer in “Fringe,” is that he shoots video of the seeker that he can show the person being sought; he’s just delivering a message. Like the other shows, it shines the light on some personal stories of redemption and forgiveness that can be pretty powerful. It helps, too, that he does more than one case per show.
Another new series on cable tonight is “Private Chefs of Beverly Hills” (Food Network, 10 p.m.).When he’s not on “The Celebrity Apprentice,” Bill Goldberg hosts “Garage Mahal” (DIY, 9 and 9:30 p.m.), about some guys’ favorite room in the house and that would include Jay Leno, whose garage is featured in the second of two episodes tonight.“Wife Swap” did so poorly in its return last week that it’s been pulled in favor of a replay of last week’s episode of “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” (ABC, 8 and 9 p.m.) that precedes a new episode, in which he teaches a lesson to the cranky local radio talk show guy.
Having used up the Who on its “CSI” franchises, the network moves to another classic rock band for the theme of “Miami Medical” (CBS, 10 p.m.) – the Rolling Stones
and “19th Nervous Breakdown.”
Who do gators call when there’s an emergency? “Gator 911″ (CMT, 9 p.m.). It’s paired with a show about the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Marine Operations Bureau, “Danger Coast” (CMT, 9:30 p.m.).
He may be a wizard but “Merlin” (Syfy, 10 p.m.) couldn’t navigate a life on network TV; its second season is running on cable.The Masters (ESPN, 4 p.m.) continues in Augusta, Ga.Lyle Lovett, the Noisettes and the Doves play “Live from Abbey Road” (Sundance, 8 p.m.).Louise Erdrich is guest on “Bill Moyers Journal” (CPTV, 9 p.m.).
Guests on “Real Time with Bill Maher” (HBO, 10 p.m.) include Billie Joe Armstrong, comedian Chris Rock and chef Alice Waters.We did love her in the 60s: Inger Stevens. She’s featured tonight in “Hang ‘Em High” (TCM, 8 p.m.), “Firecreek” (TCM, 10 p.m.) and “A Time for Killing” (TCM, midnight).Later, a pair of odd movie turns for a couple of former stars of Sun Records, “Five Minutes to Live” (TCM, 2 a.m.) with Johnny Cash; and Roy Orbison in “The Fastest Guitar Alive” (TCM, 3:30 p.m.).NBA action includes Knicks at Magic (MSG, 7 p.m.), Wizards at Celtics (CSN, 7:30 p.m.), Pistons at Heat (NBA, 7:30 p.m.) and Mavericks at Trail Blazers (NBA, 10 p.m.). In hockey, Flyers at Rangers (Versus, 7 p.m.) and Blackhawks at Avalanche (Versus, 9:30 p.m.).Baseball tonight includes Nationals at Mets (SNY, 7 p.m.), Yankees at Rays (YES, 7 p.m.) and Red Sox at Royals (NESN, 8 p.m.).