The fourth episode of the General Tire Summit Cup, filmed in August on Chautauqua Lake, airs tonight at 9 on the Outdoor Channel.

The Jack Link’s Major League Fishing airs six times a week. A total of five episodes over a five-week period will air on the Outdoor Channel. The championship round will be broadcast Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. on NBC.

Each day of the six-day competition comprises one episode. A seventh episode will feature fishing tips from the pros.

Each episode will premiere on a Thursday at 9 p.m., followed by rebroadcasts Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m., Sunday at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday at 1 p.m., and Thursday at 11 a.m.

Major League Fishing is a partnership between the Outdoor Channel and 24 top anglers. Competitors are not allowed to practice before events. Summit Cup participants knew they’d fish Chautauqua Lake only two days before the start of the event.

Filming was coordinated by the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce and the Chautauqua County Visitor’s Bureau in cooperation with Major League Fishing.

The second episode of the General Tire Summit Cup is scheduled to be broadcast on the Outdoor Channel tonight at 9.

The Major League Fishing tournament was filmed on Chautauqua Lake in August. Day Two competitors are Edwin Evers, Kelly Jordon, Jeff Kriet, Aaron Martens, Ish Monroe, Takahiro Omori, Skeet Reese and Dean Rojas.

Each day of the six-day competition comprises one episode. Each of the first five episodes will premiere on a Thursday at 9 p.m., followed by  rebroadcasts Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m., Sunday at 4:30  p.m., Tuesday at 1 p.m., and Thursday at 11 a.m.

The championship round will be broadcast Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. on NBC. A seventh episode will feature fishing tips from the pros.

Major League Fishing is a partnership between the Outdoor Channel  and 24 top anglers. Competitors are not allowed to practice before events. Summit Cup participants knew they’d fish Chautauqua Lake only two days before the start of the event.

Filming was coordinated by the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce and the  Chautauqua County Visitor’s Bureau in cooperation with Major League  Fishing.

The General Tire Summit Cup, filmed in August on Chautauqua Lake, will premiere Jan. 3 at 9 p.m. on the Outdoor Channel.

The Jack Link’s Major League Fishing program will air six times a week starting. A total of five episodes over a five-week period will air on the Outdoor Channel. The championship round will be broadcast Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. on NBC.

Each day of the six-day competition comprises one episode. A seventh episode will feature fishing tips from the pros.

Each episode will premiere on a Thursday at 9 p.m., followed by rebroadcasts Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m., Sunday at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday at 1 p.m., and Thursday at 11 a.m.

Major League Fishing is a partnership between the Outdoor Channel and 24 top anglers. Competitors are not allowed to practice before events. Summit Cup participants knew they’d fish Chautauqua Lake only two days before the start of the event.

Filming was coordinated by the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce and the Chautauqua County Visitor’s Bureau in cooperation with Major League Fishing.

A freshwater fishing TV show filmed on Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie will air Sept. 5 at 12:30 p.m. on Versus.

Backwoods Angler TV focuses on freshwater fishing in the Northeastern United States. It’s hosted by Blaine Mengel Jr., an author and the owner of The Backwoods Angler Guide Service in Martins Creek, Pa. The show has been on air since 2009, but is in its first season on Versus.

The Erie-based episode focuses on smallmouth and largemouth bass fishing. It is sponsored by the Riviera Motel, 3107 West Lake Road; Joe Roots Grill, 2826 W. Eighth St.; and Gamma Fishing Line, 382 Route 227, Oil City.

A freshwater fishing TV show filmed on Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie will air Aug. 8 at 12:30 p.m. on Versus.

Backwoods Angler TV focuses on freshwater fishing in the Northeastern United States. It’s hosted by Blaine Mengel Jr., an author and the owner of The Backwoods Angler Guide Service in Martins Creek, Pa. The show has been on air since 2009, but is in its first season on Versus.

The Erie-based episode focuses on smallmouth and largemouth bass fishing. It is sponsored by the Riviera Motel, 3107 West Lake Road; Joe Roots Grill, 2826 W. Eighth St.; and Gamma Fishing Line, 382 Route 227, Oil City.

Watch the full documentary version of the American Masters production of “John Muir in the New World,” which just aired Monday on PBS.

From American Masters: “This documentary delves into John Muir’s life with reenactments throughout the majestic landscapes he visited: Wisconsin, Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, the Alhambra Valley of California, and the glaciers of Alaska. This Scottish American is remembered as the father of the environmental movement.”

Watch the full episode. See more American Masters.

Reality TV shows — whatever that term means these days — have long been a burr under my saddle. They’re inane, contrived and populated with unlikable egotists. Even the ones I watch.

If you’re of an outdoors bent, these nontraditional outdoors shows might serve to pass some time on a night of disagreeable weather (or end up your next DVR marathon):

1. Mantracker. Teams of two (almost always Canadians) try to elude search-and-rescue expert Terry Grant (aka Mantracker) over 36 hours on a 20-some mile dash through the wilderness (usually Canadian) to a finish line only the prey know. An adult hide-and-seek game you will want to play. Not a bad way for hunters to learn a few things about the behavior and sign of prey, either. Tuesdays, 10 p.m., Science Channel.

2. Storm Chasers. If you’re a serious hunter or angler, you’ll understand the mania obvious in the subjects’ pursuit of tornadoes, and the satisfaction, fear and adrenalin surge they get upon finding them. The storm footage can be mesmerizing, the chases tantalizing, even if the chase teams get more whiny and self-indulgent by the episode. Wednesdays, 10 p.m., Discovery Channel.

3. Deadliest Catch. And you thought fishing for steelhead at Walnut Creek Access was tough. After six TV seasons, a seventh was no gimme. The Bering Sea crab boat captains, some of whom are now household names, were no sure things to sign on again. They did, and the franchise ought to reappear for a new season in April 2011 on the Discovery Channel.

What’s on your DVR?

Ever wonder if you have the stuff to pitch modern life and pack into the wilderness?
If you love the outdoors, you probably have.
And each of us who’s had that vision likely has grossly underestimated just what it would take to make a go of living off the land in a remote setting.
A reality TV show on Discovery Channel, The Alaska Experiment, puts all your suppositions to the test.
Four groups of volunteers packed into various regions of Alaska in 2007 to subsist for months in basic shelters and on whatever food sources they could find. Almost every well-laid plan goes to waste as city-dwellers figure out the rules have changed.
The volunteers were accompanied by TV crews, and by safety experts, so the true risk was minimal. But in the same way Discovery’s popular Deadliest Catch series puts the viewer on the deck of Alaskan crab boats, The Alaska Experiment drops the viewer into the wilds of Alaska, and the camera is soon forgotten. It’s great adventure-escapist fare.
Watch for new episodes Tuesdays at 10 p.m., catch re-runs throughout the week or visit the Web site before July 9 to watch full episodes online.