The Jay Leno Show
Jay Leno Show
10/9c NBC
Jay Leno settles into his new — and somewhat controversial — 10/9c time slot tonight. Like his old gig on the Tonight Show, Leno hosts celebrity guests and airs some of his most popular segments like "Headlines" and "Jaywalking." But the standard two-guest-and-a-music-act setup is out the door as Jay spends more time focusing on comedy bits. Tonight's premiere features Jerry Seinfeld and a performance by Jay-Z, Kanye West and Rihanna.
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Greek
Greek
9/8c ABC Family
School's back in session for Season 3 of this college-set drama, which opens with the ramifications from the big "End of the World" party. As Casey copes with Cappie's surprising rejection, Cappie learns (perhaps too late) that Max is out of the picture. Elsewhere, someone finds out about Rebecca's secret kiss. But college isn't all romance — academics also factor into campus life, and Rusty realizes he needs to bring his organic-chemistry grade up if he wants to keep his honors status. — Jennifer Sankowski
CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock
8/7c ABC
Each year it's a country-music lover's paradise, as the four-day all-star event in Nashville welcomes fans to get up close and personal with their favorite artists for exclusive autograph sessions and high-energy concerts. Tonight's three-hour special highlights performances and goes behind the scenes with such stars as Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler and Julianne Hough.
Read on for previews of CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock, Weeds, Inside the Actors Studio and Dance Your Ass Off.
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Cook Yourself Thin
Cook Yourself Thin
5 pm/ET Lifetime
Couch potatoes won't be feeling much guilt watching Lifetime's newest entrée five days a week. Hosted by cooking experts Harry Eastwood, Allison Fishman and Candice Kumai, food lovers everywhere learn exactly how to turn recipes for their favorite indulgences into healthy low-calorie dishes without sacrificing taste. First order up: lasagna. Grab your forks, folks!
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Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton, One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill
9 pm/ET CW
This show often attracts top music acts, especially for their episodes in which Peyton stages concerts.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 - 20th Anniversary Edition courtesy Shout! Factory
New releases announced today, June 18:Inside the Actors Studio - Robin Williams will be coming out September 16 Mystery Science Theater 3000 - 20th Anniversary Edition will be coming out October 28 Robot Chicken - Season 3 will be coming out October 7 Voltron: Defender of the Universe - Collection 6 will be coming out September 30 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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Question: What the heck have they done to Bravo? The network has been completely destroyed. I loved The West Wing, Project Runway, Inside the Actors Studio — heck, even the first season of Blow Out was mildly diverting. Today, while waiting anxiously for the next season of Runway, I am served a diet of endless marathons of The Real Housewives of Orange County (possibly the most revolting show ever), real estate shows, workout shows, etc. There is no programming but these marathons! The West Wing is never on. My friends who like Top Chef will kill me, but except for the occasional Kathy Griffin special or show, a network I used to watch all the time is never on in my home. Are their ratings actually up? And what happened to NBC having a boutique network arm? Will I ever see Josh and Donna again?
Answer: Your primary gripe against Bravo appears to be the fact that The West Wing has been taken out of rotation, which I would guess has something to do with the fact that it probably doesn't
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Michael Vick by Kevin C. Cox/WireImage.com
Disgraced NFL star Michael Vick will give his first interview to Tom Joyner's syndicated radio show on Tuesday, says the New York Daily News. Vick is expected to receive a 12- to 18-month sentence for financing a dogfighting ring at his Atlanta home.... Tyler Bensinger and Steven DeKnight have been upped to show-runner/executive-producer status at CBS' Viva Laughlin, replacing Bob Lowry (who, as first scooped by Ausiello, will retain his e.p. title).... Inside the Actors Studio's James Lipton sits down with Charlie Sheen on Sept. 17.... Luke Skywalker's original Jedi light-saber will blast into space when the space shuttle Discovery embarks for the international space station in October.
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James Lipton, Inside the Actors Studio
James Lipton is a man of many talents — not to mention many words. Over the past five decades, the octogenarian intellectual has worked as an actor (he appeared on Guiding Light for a decade), an author (in addition to writing for numerous soaps, he also penned two musicals and a number of books) and an instructor (as dean of the Actors Studio Drama School). Yet despite his diverse accomplishments, he didn't become a household name until he began hosting Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio 13 years ago. Not only has Lipton managed to attract showbiz's biggest and brightest names to his stage (everyone from Sondheim to
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Question: A&E and Bravo have abandoned the highbrow entertainment they were created to showcase for the more lucrative waters of lowest-common-denominator reality shows, but they are just some of the latest examples of this phenomenon. Niche cable nets start out aimed at a targeted audience, often providing the only example of certain types of programming, but after a few years they start moving inexorably to the mainstream. MTV goes from videos to endless Real World-type shows. VH1 goes from videos to repackaged nostalgia shows. The Nashville Network turns into the National Network then morphs all the way into Spike. The Game Show Network becomes GSN, the Outdoor Life Network (which I hadn't heard of until it made its move) becomes the new ESPN. Even outfits that don't totally change their "mission statement" start adding their own versions of Survivor or American Idol. Is the money in niche programming so lousy that these networks have to make the change, or is it a case of their ...
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The likes of Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Don Cheadle and Robert Downey Jr. are scheduled to appear on Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio this spring — perhaps signifying that the series is back to profiling, you know, actual actors.... Tonight at 7 pm/ET, TV Guide Channel premieres Idol Tonight, a live preshow airing before each of this season's remaining American Idol telecasts.... Sci Fi Channel presents V for Vendetta: Behind the Mask, an inside look at the making of Natalie "I'll Kill Your Dog for Fun" Portman's new film, on March 16 at 11 pm.
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