A quick scare and What to watch: Friday

FROM AP:

PASADENA, Calif. -- Television will soon have an option for people who want to be scared out of their wits at any hour.
Chiller, a new network devoted exclusively to horror movies and series, will crawl up from the crypt on March 1. The specialty network is being launched by NBC Universal Cable Entertainment.
The series "Friday the 13th,'' "Twin Peaks,'' "Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' and "Tales from the Crypt'' will be on the lineup at first. Look for movies like "The Shining'' "Psycho'' and "Blade Runner'' to be in heavy rotation. The network hasn't announced any original series.
The satellite service DirecTV is, so far, the only carrier to say it will carry Chiller. The network will also be presented as a triple-pack service, with separate high definition and on-demand channels.

You have to love specialty channels... especially ones that seem really low budget at the beginning (they're running Friday the 13th?!). Remember when Comedy Central first started? It was basically a camera crew setting up in random comedy clubs and then Laura Kightlinger hosting a clip show. Can't wait for reruns of Freaky Links to pop up when they run out of material...

This is, of course, the way cable's headed. TV is the new Internet, and you have to have programming people will, well, click on whenever they want. Chiller OnDemand will have to follow.

Here's a brief What to watch... or, at least what to record so you can watch it tomorrow morning...

MONK (USA/9 p.m.) and PSYCH (USA/10 p.m.): Tonight's reruns of these two shows could be the best use of your DVR this evening. USA, the unlikely home of some of TV's better shows, will have brand new episodes of both shows starting next week (and a Psych marathon beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday).

Guest of the night:
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON (CBS/12:35 a.m.): Comedian Louis C.K. will be on, probably to promote his upcoming HBO special.