Thursday night offers some tough choices

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, September, 2006 | by Ellen Gray

SHARK. 10 tonight, Channel 3. SIX DEGREES. 10 tonight, Channel 6. REMEMBER WHEN "must-see TV" meant Thursdays on NBC? One channel, three hours (with time, usually, to walk the dog or do laundry in the half-hour between "Friends" and "Seinfeld"). Simpler times. Before CBS' "Survivor" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" helped kick NBC off the island.

Before ABC once again became a network with a pulse and decided to pit "Grey's Anatomy" against "CSI." Starting tonight, expect Thursdays to require some careful choices (or maybe even a second video recorder) as: ** The season premieres of NBC's two best comedies, "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office," go up against CBS' "Survivor: Cook Islands." (Next week, ABC's "Ugly Betty" joins the fray.) ** "Grey's" takes on "CSI." (Look for...