There were a lot of dirty tricks on TV this week. Jo Reynolds (Daphne Zuniga) cajoled poor Riley into posing topless on Melrose Place. House and Foreman conducted an autopsy on a living person. Gossip Girl's Chuck kissed a guy because of Blair's deception. CSI: Miami's Eric Delko tricked us all by slinking off into the night with barely any explanation. Welcome to this week's Top Moments: Dirty Tricks Edition.
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Castle
10:02/9:02c ABC
She's a hard-nosed detective. He's a charmingly irreverent crime novelist. Surely this partnership can't last for long. Or can it? After all, the show is premised on their unlikely pairing. Things could change tonight, however, when Debi Mazar dances her way onto set to play Castle's agent and she brings with her an offer that may be too good for him to pass up. The catch? It could mean the end to Castle's days of derring-do as Beckett's partner, and that would certainly be a crime.
Read on for previews of Bud Greenspan Presents: Beijing 2008 — America's Olympic Glory, House, The Big Bang Theory and CSI: Miami.
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Hayden Panettiere and Madeline Zima's same-sex lip-lock might have titillated fanboys, but the buzzed-about kiss did not draw in many new Heroes viewers.
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Gossip Girl
9/8c CW
NYC natives Sonic Youth perform in this episode, which focuses on the nuptials of Lily and Rufus. These two have overcome so much on their tumultuous road to the altar, including the disapproval of her family, a secret pregnancy, years spent apart, other marriages and their kids dating. But now that all that's behind them, surely their wedding day will go off without a hitch, right? Not if Georgina spills Scott's secret, which she threatens Vanessa she will do if Dan doesn't stop seeing Olivia. — Jennifer Sankowski
Read on for previews of CSI: Miami, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Little People, Big World and Latin Music USA.
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Dancing with the Stars
8/7c ABC
The show enters its ninth season with its largest cast ever: 16 celebrities! This season will feature some new dances and several double eliminations. Some pros who haven't competed on the show recently are back, including Louis van Amstel and Anna Trebunskaya. As for the dancing novices, this year's big crop of diverse stars includes Donny Osmond, Kelly Osbourne, Melissa Joan Hart, Michael Irvin, Chuck Liddell and Macy Gray. On this first night of competition, the male celebrities perform.
Read on for previews of Heroes, House, Accidentally on Purpose and CSI: Miami.
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