CHANNEL GUIDE: Friday Music

Compiled by Blurt Staff

206 digital, satellite and hi-def channels and nothin’ on? Not likely. Here are BLURT’s top music television picks of the day. The time is followed by the network/cable/satellite channel, then the name of the program and/or featured artist(s). All times are EST. For a comprehensive hour-by-hour listing, go to the VH1 Rock On TV site. Note that for certain channels, shows frequently repeat during the day on or subsequent days.

TIME (EST) / CHANNEL / PROGRAM / ARTIST(S)

9:00 AM MHD: CMT Crossroads: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

9:00 AM Syndicated: The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Jonas Brothers

10:00 AM MHD: CMT Crossroads: Steve Earle and Rosanne Cash

2:50 PM Encore Love: Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

3:00 PM Showtime Next: End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

6:00 PM MHD: FNMTV Premieres: Tokyo Police Club , Pink , Gnarls Barkley , Danity Kane , Bow Wow , Missy Elliott

6:00 PM VH1C: ZZ Top: Live From Texas 

9:00 PM Sundance: Live from Abbey Road: Matchbox Twenty, The Script & Def Leppard         

10:00 PM ABC: 20/20: Jonas Brothers , Carla Bruni

10:00 PM Sundance: You're Gonna Miss Me: Roky Erickson

11:00 PM VH1 Classic in Concert: Heaven & Hell - Live From Radio City

11:35 PM NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: John Mellencamp , T Bone Burnett

12:05 AM ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Huey Lewis

12:35 AM NBC: Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Airborne ToxicEvent

12:37 AM CBS: The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: The Hold Steady

1:30 AM ETV: Saturday Night Live (E!): Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen / J-Kwon

1:35 AM NBC: Last Call with Carson Daly: The Heavy

2:15 AM HBOS: The Making Of...: Idlewild w/Andre 3000 , Big Boi

[Pictured: The Heavy]