Joel McHale is running late. He's due at the Ed Sullivan Theater to tape his spot on Wednesday's Late Show with David Letterman in just a few minutes, he's still in the suit he wore to film Wednesday's special New York edition of...
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Monday's episode of Intervention (A&E, 10/9c) profiles Tiffany, a young mother whose meth use causes all kinds of unseemly behavior, including picking the skin on her face to the point of scarring. During the climax of the episode, she lashes out in public — and what's worse, cameras are following her...
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In the clip below from this week's Intervention, we see the profiled addict, Latisha, basically walk all over her mother to smoke crack in her apartment. Her mother explains that as a recovering addict herself, guilt drives her to enable her daughter's addiction. It's harrowing. But you know what's even more harrowing?...
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In its weekly intro, A&E's Intervention explains that the show ropes in its subjects by presenting itself as a "documentary about addiction." You understand how this could work for a while, but for a show that's been around for as long as it has (its 10th season!), you'd expect someone to catch on. That's exactly what happens on Monday's episode...
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This is one of the more jam-packed weeks of a seriously overstuffed TV summer, so let's break it down by night.
MONDAY
COMEBACK: The mercurial and always opinionated Keith Olbermann, most recently ousted from his MSNBC perch, brings his act back to cable with the same title (Countdown) but a new network (Current TV). His eclectic roster of contributors will include documentarian Ken Burns, comedian Richard Lewis and filmmaker Michael Moore. Let the ranting begin.
GUILTY PLEASURE: [As seen in TV Guide Magazine] RuPaul's Drag U, Logo at 9/8c. Think...
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