Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy Legend Award winner Liza Minnelli finally joins Robert Osborne's illustrious guest list on Saturday's episode of Private Screenings (10/9c, TCM). I watched her film the chat in the New York's West Village back in June, looking remarkably limber just a few months after knee replacement surgery. She was about to head out on tour to support her album Confessions, released this past September. Earlier this week, fresh from a San Francisco concert, the diva talked to me about her new album and her conversation with Osborne about growing up with legendary parents Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli and some of their equally famous friends. (AMC is also airing 10 of her parents' films — including An American in Paris and Gigi — plus Liza's Cabaret on Saturday and Tuesday...
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The Good Guys (Friday, 9/8c, Fox)
Not a great week for quirky crime-fighters. First FX gives the wonderful Terriers the boot, and now we come to the end of the line for Fox's genial but low-rated buddy-cop spoof. We will miss Bradley Whitford as gone-to-seed Dallas detective Don Stack, especially his bushy 'stache. The final episode brings back Gary Cole as Stark's legendary former partner, Frank Savage, and we also meet the ex-partner of Stark's sidekick Jack Bailey (Colin Hanks). Jack's former partner, played by American Pie's Chris Klein, has done well, now the assistant chief of the department, called in when a Mafia informant is murdered and a dirty cop is suspected. Surely not...
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Even with two Emmys, a voice gig in Shrek Forever After and the sixth season of her riotous reality show starting tonight at 9/8c on Bravo, Kathy Griffin insists she's still the redheaded stepchild of the A-list. This is why.
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Lie To Me (Monday, 8/7c, Fox)
See how the partnership between Lightman and Foster began, as the car-bomb killing of a former Pentagon colleague forces the duo to relive their past, including critical therapy sessions. (Shades of Bones, Booth and Sweets?)...
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The trailer for Sex and the City 2 finds Carrie asking, "What happens after you say I do?" Apparently for her the answer includes another wedding, a trip to Abu Dhabi with Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte, and a reunion with her former fiancé, fan favorite Aidan.
You also get to see Carrie in a tux (she dresses up for Stanford's same-sex nuptials), and there's also somehow room for Miley Cyrus, Penelope Cruz and...
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