The Bachelorette
8/7 CT ABC
So, romance fans: Who'll it be? Ed Swiderski? Kiptyn Locke? Neither of them? We'll find out tonight, following one last round of canoodling and soul searching in Hawaii (this time on the Big Island). But before the final rose ceremony, Ed and Kiptyn must also face another round of grilling from Jillian's family. And happily-ever-prospects aren't bright: Of the four previous Bachelorettes, two (Trista and Jen) did get married, but Jen wed someone other than the guy she picked on the show.
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Dancing With the Stars
8 pm/ET ABC
The eighth season kicks off with two celebrities already out of the competition. Announced participants Jewel and Nancy O'Dell dropped out on Thursday due to injuries they suffered during training. But the show must go on, and the remaining celebs — including Denise Richards, Lil' Kim, Shawn Johnson and Lawrence Taylor — should still be eager to strut their stuff and become the next Brooke Burke. And romance is definitely in the air this spring, as two real-life couples take to the floor: Julianne Hough pairs up with her boyfriend, Chuck Wicks, and pro dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy tries to outlast his fiancée, fellow pro Karina Smirnoff. — Jennifer Sankowski
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In this week's episode of Anthony Bourdain:No Reservations, Tony ventures off to Greece to face his irrational fears of the foreign land, and eats a truck load of lamb on the way. I may be a newcomer to the Anthony Bourdain world but let me tell you, his sarcasm was at it's peak tonight and I was absolutely loving it!In a land where fish is a luxury and greens are essential, Tony's first meal consists of both accompanied by sweetbreads, chick peas, stewed wild goat, and I bunch of other native delectable's I'm sure I'm missing. This of course is before Tony starts hitting the bottle which slowly drifts him into a mildly drunken stupor. The result of this, one of my favorite quotes of the night! "I'd tell you about last night but I'd throw up in my month," I think I felt his pain through the screen.Tony has the pleasure of spending his next day devouring a poor helpless lamb, shooting guns, and catching a live episode of Dancing with the Stars, front row seat of course. I'm not one t...
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As a first time viewer of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations I was thoroughly amused and wildly entertained by the show. Okay, that may sound like a bit of an exaggeration but I really did like the show and that special jen na sais quoi Anthony aka Tony (for those of us close him) brings to the table. Considering his name IS in the title and he is the actual HOST of the show, it’s probably a good thing his humor is a bit off beat and he seems to smoke and drink excessively. It seems to make for better TV and his attempt at asking the question, Why are Singaporeans obsessive about their food?In this premiere episode, Tony takes a trip to Singapore to sample a smorgasbord of native delicacies, (i.e. shark head) and other delectable dishes the locals seem to go crazy for.The first and most simplistic meal of the night was the infamous chicken and white rice. This of course consists of a big ol chicken boiled at room temperature placed over white rice, accompanied by what appears to...
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Tonight, the always-candid chef-writer Anthony Bourdain begins his fourth season of redefining and re-energizing the staid travelogue genre with his sharp and often hysterical series Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (10 pm/ET, Travel). First up: A culinary tour of Singapore. Bourdain served up his take on the upcoming season and today's celebrity chefs.
TVGuide.com: So did you have a Singapore Sling or two?Anthony Bourdain: No, absolutely not. Nobody in Singapore drinks Singapore Slings. It's one of the first things you find out there. What you do in Singapore is eat. It's a really food-crazy culture, where all of this great food is available in a kind of hawker-stand environment.
TVGuide.com: Where else do you travel this season?Bourdain: New Orleans. Berlin. Romania/Transylvania. And Jamaica. The Jamaica show has easily the single scariest, most terrifying scene we've ever done. We went caving, or spelunki
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