Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
8/7c CMT
It might be Thanksgiving break for most students, but the kids in this classroom are still hard at work. Tonight's contestant, Sanjaya Malakar, is no stranger to reality TV: He's a well-known and controversial contestant from Season 6 of American Idol. He's famous for creating the "ponyhawk" hairstyle and for being, according to Idol judge Randy Jackson, one of the smartest contestants to appear on the musical reality show. OK, Randy, but can he handle fifth-grade geography?
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iCarly
8 pm/ET Nickelodeon
Carly's school (yes, school — the iCarly gang are still hitting the books this summer) has a contest in which the prize is the school's best locker. And the lucky winner is Sam! And...Freddie. They both win, which means they have to share the premium locker. This, of course, gives the normally bickering buddies one more thing to squabble about. Meanwhile, Carly wants art lessons, and who better to teach her than her brother, the artist?
Read on for previews of Ellen's Bigger, Longer and Wider Show, Samantha Brown: Passport to Great Weekends, Storytellers and Groomer Has It.
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Kanye West always has something to say, but during his stint on Storytellers, he claimed to be speechless — at least for a moment or two.
Early in his set — which aired Saturday, featuring hits like "Touch the Sky" and "Stronger" and a number of selections from his latest album, 808s and Heartbreak — West suggested that he wouldn't be very good at telling the intimate stories that went into making these songs because "some stuff is too personal." He even apologized to the producers.
But then West went on to deliver a sermon about perseverance, forgiveness and, of course, his own awesomeness. He rambled on so much, in fact, that the producers had to edit out many of his comments to keep the show at its 90-minute running time.
Notable omissions from the show? His diss ...
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Anacondas: Trail of Blood
9 pm/ET SCI FI
What's worse than one gigantic, man-eating serpent? Two gigantic man-eating serpents. Duh! Fortunately for the franchise that just won't die, a big mutant snake also won't die if you cut it in half — it just becomes twice the slithering fun. Genre vet John Rhys-Davies and Crystal Allen reprise their roles in this sssequel.
Read on for previews of America, Storytellers, My Big Redneck Wedding and Rissi Palmer's Country.
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Survivor: Gabon---Earth's Last Eden
8 pm/ET CBS
Who doesn't love Sugar? Last week, the outwardly sweet but inwardly manipulative pinup girl orchestrated Randy's embarrassing exit by persuading Bob to give the self-proclaimed grouch the fake immunity idol and single-handedly gave this edition its best and funniest moment thus far.
Read on for previews of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NFL Football, Storytellers and CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.
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