America's Got Talent
8/7c NBC
A contortionist break-dancer. An opera singer. A tenor trio. A golden-girl comic. Power tap-dancing siblings. These ace entertainers are among the final 10 acts who took the stage in Monday's last-chance performance episode. With tension spiking and nerves popping, they are now in line to score the big $1 million prize and a headlining Vegas show. With the big-stage curtain finally closing on the sprawling star search, one of them will be named the winner in tonight's two-hour Season 4 finale. Performers include Britain's Got Talent phenom Susan Boyle, pop songstress Shakira, English singer Leona Lewis, country stars Rascal Flatts and high-flying act Cirque du Soleil.
Read on for previews of The Beautiful Life: TBLLive from Lincoln Center, Glee, Top Chef: Las Vegas and Biography.
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Big Brother 11
8/7 CT CBS
It doesn't matter who is on the chopping block tonight because one of the houseguests will secretly be given the power of coup d'etat, which allows him or her to replace one or both nominees for eviction right before the live vote. Viewer votes determine the coup d'etat winner and the person can use the newfound advantage tonight or next week. It may seem unfair to Russell, this week's Head of Household who made the nominations, but it's a great way to get fans involved and to shake up the game.
Read on for previews of So You Think You Can Dance, Burn Notice, Bollywood Hero, Man vs. Fish with Matt Watson and Biography.
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Smile Pinki
7 pm/ET HBO
Like Pinki, the little girl of the film's title, you'll be grinning ear-to-ear — and shedding tears of joy — after seeing this 2008 Oscar-winning documentary short. Director Megan Mylan's heartwarming work chronicles efforts in India to encourage parents of children born with cleft lips to take them to a hospital for free corrective surgery. The defect causes public shame and makes speaking difficult, but all of these kids, including 5-year-old Pinki and 11-year-old Ghutaru, are finally ready for their close-ups.
Read on for previews of Law & Order, Make Me a Supermodel, Biography and The Cougar.
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Biography: Sheryl CrowYou may want to tune in to the Biography channel tonight, because considering the life Sheryl Crow has led to date, we're pretty confident her profile piece will be pretty compelling. Let's see… she's a Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, a breast-cancer survivor, a new mom and she's managed to get a new album together that's due out in February. Watch this clip to see an absolutely glowing Crow gush about her baby boy and her hopes for his future. Watch it now! | More online videosReal Housewives Mini-marathonThe Real Housewives of Orange County is one of those shows that falls into our "hate it but love it" category (hate the fact you got sucked in to such trashy reality TV, yet can't help but love the show). Considering everything is in repeats for holiday and/or strike reasons, now may be a good time to venture over to Bravo and delve into the ridiculously soapy lives of these obscenely wealthy women and their fams. C'mon, fess up if your a fan...no sha...
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Question: Can you tell me what A&E is turning into? Rollergirls? I just don't get it. I have enough problems trying to understand the programming on Spike. By the way, it would be nice if some of these cable networks would show some older movies. The constant repeats of the few movies they do show is getting old and tiresome, and these networks ought to have enough movies in their film libraries without having to air repeats so often. Also, welcome back.
Answer: It's good to be back, even if that means confronting depressing topics like the decline of A&E. The network will crow about the younger demographics it now attracts since it has shifted focus from a broad-based arts-and-entertainment network to a bottom-feeding swill factory that perpetrated one of the worst shows of the decade in Growing Up Gotti (which, thankfully, is history). If it weren't for the fact that MI-5 is still in the wings, waiting to return in summer (last I heard), plus the occasional Biography special or
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