Scrubs
9/8c ABC
J.D. has gone through many changes throughout the last nine seasons as he moved from timid intern to experienced doctor to mentor for the next generation of docs. But some things never change. He finds he still hungers for approval, and this time he wants it from Turk. Lucy, meanwhile, faces her own demons when she tries to summon the courage to perform a medical procedure on a real, live person.
Read on for previews of Scrubs, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, National Geographic's Most Incredible Photos: Afghan Warrior, Dirty Jobs and Family Style.
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Bryant Gumbel underwent cancer surgery two months ago to remove a malignant tumor in his lung, he announced on Tuesday's Live with Regis and Kelly.
Gumbel, who filled in for Regis Philbin, made the announcement after telling Kelly Ripa he could not dance due to the surgery and a "note from my doctor."
See photos of Gumbel through the years
"They opened up my chest. They took a malignant tumor, part of my lung and some other ...
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Fans of sports magazine shows get a double bonus Tuesday night with the return of Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel and a new episode of ESPN's year-old E: 60. On Real Sports (10 pm/ET, HBO), Gumbel travels to Jamaica to interview Olympic gold-medal-winning sprinter Usain Bolt. Though the world-record speedster isn't a big talker, the piece offers a nice snapshot of his life both before and after the Beijing Games. Bolt tells Gumbel...
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Tuesday nights Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel is mostly new but one updated segment is definitely worth watching Mary Carillos report on middle-distance runner Lopez Lomong originally aired last September and is revisited with news of Lomong earning a berth on the US Olympic team July 22 10 pmET HBOOn July 6 Lomong one of the so-called Lost Boys of Sudan finished third in the 1500-meter run at the US Olympic Team Trials for track and field He completes an especially diverse trio for this event world champion Bernard Lagat originally hails from Kenya while Leonel Manzano the NCAA winner for Texas was born in MexicoThe 23-year-old Lomongs journey to Beijing was long and turbulent When he was just 6 he was captured by militia fighters during Sudans civil war and separated from his parents He soon escaped to a refugee camp in Kenya where he stayed until 2001 As part of a program for the so-called lost boys Lomong was taken in by a family in upstate Ne
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• SportsCenter anchor John Anderson expands his resume as the host of the latest entry into the summer reality sweepstakes, Wipeout (Tuesdays, 8 pm/ET, ABC). The obstacle-course competition puts everyday folks up against bruise-inducing events like Big Balls, Dizzy Dummy and Sucker Punch. Ex-Talk Soup and TV Guide Network host Chris Henson is Anderson's on-air partner.• HBO's Real Sports returns with a (mostly) Olympic-themed episode (June 24, 10 pm/ET). Host Bryant Gumbel takes a typically smug (and borderline xenophobic) look at the demanding Chinese sports schools that are producing scores of potential medalists for the Beijing Games — and some tears among the students (because we Americans never push our kids too hard at sports). Additionally Andrea Kremer cheerleads for the return of softball into the Olympics. The American-dominated sport has its swan song in Beijing, booted by the IOC due to “lack of global appeal” — and three straight gold medal...
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