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When Katie Couric was on The Late Show with David Letterman earlier this week, Dave forgot to yell at her for taking Senator John McCain away from his show a couple of months ago to interview him at the same time he was supposed to be on Letterman’s show. The New York Post pointed this out in yesterday’s paper, so last night Dave agreed and decided to call Katie and ask her all about it on the air. The exchange is after the jump.

However, it’s not the only video from Dave and Katie. She has her own video channel on YouTube, where she uploads various behind the scenes videos on a regular basis, and she made one for the night that she was on the show. It features Couric in her dressing room and backstage, talking to various staff members, a Late Show producer, and other people before she went to the chair to talk to Dave.

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• At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by new episodes of Supernanny and 20/20.
• CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer at 8.
• NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal at 8, then new episodes of Crusoe and Lipstick Jungle.
• FOX has new episodes of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? and Don’t Forget The Lyrics.
• The CW has a new Everybody Hates Chris at 8, followed by a new episode of The Game.
• There’s a new Washington Week on PBS at 8, then new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal.
• MyNetwork TV has a new Smackdown! at 8.
• TLC has a new Real Simple, Real Life at 8, followed by a new What Not To Wear.
• Food Network has Thanksgiving-themed shows all night, starting at 8 with two episodes of Good Eats and then Thanksgiving Disasters and Road Tested with The Neelys.
• Cartoon Network has a new Batman: The Brave and the Bold at 8, then new episodes of Secret Saturdays, The Clone Wars, and Ben 10: Alien Force.
• Also at 8: Disney has a new Suite Life on Deck.
• At 9, Sci-Fi has a new Stargate Atlantis, followed by a new Sanctuary.
• At 10, CBS has a new Numb3rs.
• E! has a new episode of The Soup at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

Continue reading What’s On Tonight: Smackdown, The Clone Wars, Numb3rs

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Thanks Chef Michael Symon, but your services are no longer needed on Dinner: Impossible. Yes, he’s been given the pink slip because it seems the folks at Food Network realize that they may have acted a bit rashly when they changed chefs last April. The Food Network has rehired Robert Irvine and will reinstate him as the host of Dinner: Impossible.

Apparently, fudging his resume wasn’t quite the high crime and misdemeanor it was made out to be. In fact, the network’s dramatic reversal is proof positive that Dinner: Impossible has not been the same show with Chef Robert.

It’s easier to forgive Irvine for padding his credits — including facts like cooking for the Queen and preparing meals at the White House — than it was to find as charismatic a star to anchor the weekly show.

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Just a couple of weeks ago, all was fine and dandy in Days of Our Lives-world. Or so it seemed. The big fan shindig at Universal in Hollywood seemed to signal that the status quo was holding that the lone NBC soap still in production would be able to use the 18-month renewal granted by NBC to climb in the ratings and return to past glory. Now comes the shocking news that NBC has fired Days of Our Lives’ two biggest stars, Deidre Hall (Marlena) and Drake Hogestyn (John). By the way, Deidre and Drake were at the fanfest. You think they knew the pink slips were on the way? Um, no.

This is all about money, folks, and instead of seeking other ways to trim costs, Executive Producer Ken Corday and company have used a hatchet and chopped off the top salaries. Don’t be shocked to hear that more is coming. That could be Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso — Bo and Hope — the other iconic romantic couple on the show, right after Marlena and John.

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• At 8, ABC has a new Pushing Daisies, then new episodes of Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money.
• CBS has a new Old Christine, followed by new episodes of Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY.
• NBC has new episodes of Knight Rider, Life, and Law & Order.
• FOX has a new Bones at 8.
• The CW has a new America’s Next Top Model at 8, then a new Stylista.
• PBS has a new installment of Monarchy at 8.
• Discovery has two new episodes of Time Warp at 8, followed by new episodes of Mythbusters and Prototype This!
• Also at 8: History Channel has a new Modern Marvels.
• At 9, Lifetime has the movie The Tenth Circle.
• Food Network has the special Dear Food Network: Thanksgiving Desserts at 9.
• Spike has a new UFC Unleashed at 9, followed by a new Ultimate Fighter.
• At 10, Comedy Central has a new South Park at 10, then a new Chocolate News.
• Bravo has a new Top Chef at 10.
• FX has a new Sons of Anarchy at 10.
• A&E has two new episodes of Parking Wars at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

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• At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty, then new episodes of Grey’s Anatomy and Life on Mars.
• CBS has a new Survivor, followed by new episodes of CSI and Eleventh Hour.
• NBC has new episodes of My Name Is Earl, Kath & Kim, The Office, 30 Rock, and ER.
• FOX has a new Kitchen Nightmares at 8.
• The CW has a new Smallville at 8, then a new Supernatural.
• TBS has four great episodes of Friends starting at 8.
• TCM has 1925’s Phantom of the Opera at 8, followed by 1923’s Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• Also at 8: Cartoon Network has a new Chowder.
• At 9, PBS has a new Live From Lincoln Center.
• Food Network has another Dear Food Network: Thanksgiving special at 9.
• HGTV has a new Rate My Space at 9.
• At 10, FX has the season finale of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia at 10, followed by a new Testees.
• There’s a new Tim Gunn’s Guide To Style on Bravo at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Sarah Silverman Program.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

Continue reading What’s On Tonight: Kath and Kim, Eleventh Hour, It’s Always Sunny

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Everybody Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton has signed with ABC to star in a pilot for a new sitcom.

The series, titled The Middle, centers on a family in the Midwest, and Heaton will play the mom. I know, that’s a really generic description. I might as well say Heaton will play a human being in a comedy that will feature humor and talking.

Ricki Lake was originally cast in the role when the show was first developed a couple of years ago, but things changed later when the network wanted Heaton in the lead role and held the show until a deal with Heaton was finalized. That means the show has been on hold since even before Heaton starred in the short-lived FOX comedy Back To You with Kelsey Grammer. A lot of people thought that show would come back for a second season since it got OK reviews and had two big names attached. But FOX canceled it and now Heaton has a new job.

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(S07E19) The big question coming into the results show this week, obviously, was who would make it through to the finals. That, on its own, was probably enough to get most of the crowd to tune in. The powers that be could have just banked on it and tossed any old random segment out there to fill up the first 50 minutes of the show. Some Jimmy Kimmel here… a highlight reel there… the numbers would have still been huge. Lucky for us, that’s not what they did, at all. It was the biggest musical event the show has ever seen. Along with those big results, we saw performances from Leona Lewis, John Legend, Julianne Hough, and the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. If that wasn’t enough, reigning champ Kristi Yamaguchi stopped by to dance. It made for a fun hour. The results, and a look at all of those performances, after the jump.

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• At 8, ABC has two new episodes of Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new Eli Stone.
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of The Mentalist and Without A Trace.
• NBC has a new Biggest Loser, followed by a new Law and Order: SVU.
• FOX has new episodes of House and Fringe.
• The CW has a new 90210 at 8, then a new Privileged.
• There’s a new Nova on PBS at 8.
• At 8:40, BBC America has a new Gavin and Stacey.
• At 9, Sci-Fi has a new ECW, then a new Cha$e.
• Food Network has the special Dear Food Network: Thanksgiving Turkey at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new episode of The Shield.
• Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Atlanta at 10.
• A&E has two new episodes of The Rookies at 10.
• Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.

Check your local TV listings for more.

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Continue reading What’s On Tonight: Biggest Loser, Gavin and Stacey, The Shield

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Filed under: TV Royalty, OpEd, Web, Celebrities, Reality-Free, British TV

Hey, want to know something super-sad? For most of seventh grade, I came home every day from school and, before doing anything else, watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail from beginning to end. I also spent a great deal of middle school reading everything I could about the troupe, filling my brain with pointless trivia about Sam Peckinpah’s “Salad Days” and Spam.

This not only caused me to develop a type of hardcore social awkwardness that was extremely rare outside of the 70s and 80s, but forever instilled in me a deep love for Monty Python. Since the boys are very busy with their individual projects these days, it’s a thrill to see any new Python stuff to come around, even when it’s in the form of an extra-short YouTube clip and they’re never actually shown to be in the same room together.

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