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June 29-July 5, 2012

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Starpix via Associated Press

Singer Katy Perry performs at a Pepsi-sponsored event at Brooklyn Pier 9A, kicking off Fleet Week in New York. The pop star’s energetic Day-Glo performances and chart success are undercut by heartbreak in her new 3-D concert film ‘Katy Perry: Part of Me.’

Wireless speakers great for phone use

Perry: ‘I still believe in love’

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By Ryan Pearson

TV Dancers are spinning around the TV dial

Page 16 This week’s movie releases: “Madea’s Witness Protection,” “Magic Mike, ” “People Like Us,” “Ted”

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in several scenes but his presence is reduced by the end mostly to Associated Press phone and text messages.

LOS ANGELES — Things In an interview, Perry spoke aren’t all dreamy in Katy Perry’s about sharing her side of the new 3D concert film. breakup on-screen, leaning on The pop star’s energetic Dayher fans as “a support system,” Glo performances and chart suc- and plans for her next album. cess — tying Michael Jackson’s The Associated Press: Your “Bad” with five No. 1 singles from relationship with Russell Brand her album “Teenage Dream” — supplies the narrative arc of the are undercut by heartbreak. She film. It’s very personal. You’re sobs uncontrollably backstage crying on screen. Is it the same as her marriage to Russell Brand to you as doing a break-up song falls apart during her world tour, like “Wide Awake”? and talks about her dashed desire Perry: Oh my God, I have for “fairy tale” romance. tear ducts! Crazy! I am human! I Perry co-produced “Katy think it was important for me to Perry: Part of Me” and is now pro- leave some of the more difficult moting it with the same energy things in the film so that it wasn’t she gave to the year-long “Califor- just a narcissistic fanfare film nia Dreams” tour it documents. about how great I am. Because Like Justin Bieber’s “Never Say I’m not all great. There might be Never,” the movie cross-cuts moments of greatness but they between concert footage and are very hard-worked (sic). I biography. It includes interviews think it was important to show with Perry’s friends, assistant, that there are obstacles and probmanager, makeup artist, Chrislems in people’s lives and it’s OK tian evangelical parents, and if you have them. You just have to plenty of fans. Brand is on screen overcome them. ... Sometimes if

you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs.

You just have to dodge them every once in a while.

AP: There’s a clip in the movie where you tell Ellen DeGeneres you’re going to take a long nap when the tour is over.

It seems like you never did. You never took a break.

Perry: I’m still having fun.

When I thought of documenting this whole process of last year, I didn’t know it was going to be a huge movie with billboards and Hollywood and stuff. But I just knew that there was a huge wave coming and I wanted to be able to forever keep the memory of that wave. So I caught everything. I threw the net out very wide. And at the end of it it was over 300plus hours of film. And it turned into this movie. And I’m glad.

Because it sends a great message, it’s very inspiring and it’s another kind of layer of me that I’ve revealed in time.

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Wasted no more Willie Nelson’s son documents battle with alcohol on his new CD Mark Humphrey/Associated Press

Musician Lukas Nelson, the son of music legend Willie Nelson, has a new album that explores his alcohol abuse.

By Kevin C. Johnson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — Rock ‘n’ roller Lukas Nelson was tired of getting wasted.

Nelson, the son of music legend Willie Nelson, nearly killed himself from drinking too much. He addresses this and more on “Wasted,” the new album by Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real.

“I was wasting my life when I wrote the album,” he says of his life about a year ago.

“I was drinking too much and running away from everything. I almost died, honestly, and that would be a huge waste of whatever gift I was given.”

His life then was filled with debauchery, everything was done in excess, and the mistakes piled up. A turning point came the day after he got “really wasted.”

He woke up and felt a spiritual experience.

“I’ve been good ever since and feeling great,” he says. “Now I’ve kind of settled

down, and I’m able to look back and make what I think is a great album.”

Though the album explores his alcohol abuse, Nelson says, he wants fans to know that the “Wasted” themes run deeper. “‘Wasted’ can mean many things,” he says. “Most people just think drunk. I just wanted to write an album about all the different meanings of the word wasted, how you can waste your life, all these different things.”

“Wasted” features Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real trying out new instruments including lap steel and keyboards, and with an increased presence of Hammond B3 organ. These instruments, he says, “added a new texture and maturity we hadn’t had before. The record is different in a lot of ways. It’s just another perspective on things.”

The album, the second full-length effort from the band, features Nelson’s sister Amy on two songs, “Wasn’t That Great”

and “Can You Hear Me Love You?” At the suggestion of Neil Young, who is like an uncle to Nelson, the band recorded only when the moon was full. But that wasn’t Young’s only advice: He gave the band the idea to record in digital, then mix to analog.

“Neil’s a genius when it comes to all of that,” Nelsn says. “He knows more about digital recording than anyone I know.”

As for Willie Nelson?

“He’s an influence as far as being a dad,” he says. “He taught me how to be around people. That’s important, how to hold yourself around people, how to have etiquette. He passed off a little bit of his own comfort around people to me.”

But that doesn’t mean their music sounds the same.

“If I wanted to do country, I would do country,” Lukas Nelson says. “But I don’t want to. I just follow my heart.”

AP: At one point in the film, you’re heartbroken and sobbing before going onstage in Brazil, where fans chant “We love you Katy” in Portuguese. The movie makes it feel like fan love replaces Russell Brand’s love — or at least helps you through the breakup.

Perry: Nothing was replaced.

It was always there. ... Yeah, of course, it’s a support system. It’s exactly like when I was signed to major labels and dropped. And the guys that really didn’t understand my artistic vision were like, “No, we’re not going to put her record out.” I packed up my things and went to Hotel Cafe, here in Los Angeles, which is a tiny venue. And I played my songs. ... And people were supporting these songs. And they were telling me that this was the right thing to do. So there is no void filled. It’s just that it’s always been there.

AP: You wonder in the film about whether you can have a relationship and a career. Do you feel like there is an answer to that?

Perry: The answer is always changing for me, you know, because every day is kind of a bit of a surprise. Sometimes it’s a great opportunity, sometimes it’s a situation I have to deal with. So I don’t know. I still believe in love, most definitely. I’m just going to let that take the lead.

AP: Where are you at on the next album? Will there be a shift in your sound?

Perry: I don’t want to completely self-sabotage everything that I’ve got and alienate everyone. But I definitely want to take some chances as I always have. And after the movie comes out, I think it’ll be appropriate for me to go away for a while.

AP: Do you worry about getting overexposed?

Perry: I worry if it’s not real.

I’m OK if everything is honest and truthful and relatable. If it’s fabricated and ill-motived, it’s not good.

But I don’t try and involve myself in that type of stuff.

AP: What will change in your next phase in terms of balancing your public and private life?

Perry: I’ll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth.

Even if it’s difficult.

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get out and do something: Music, theater, art and more in calhoun county

29 friDAY

MUSIC Steve Green and Southern Pride What: Country, bluegrass When: 6:30 p.m.

Where: Golden Saw Music Hall, Williams Community, Jacksonville Cost: Free Contact: 256-435-4696 Karaoke When: 7 p.m.

Where: American Legion Post 155, 1780 Beck Road, Bynum Cost: Free Contact: 256-238-8644 DJ and Karaoke When: 7 p.m.

Where: VFW Post 924, 100 U.S. Highway 431, Anniston Cost: Free and open to the public (ages 21+) Contact: 256-238-8047 10/55, DJ Tommy What: Country, rock, DJ When: 8 p.m.

Where: Upstairs, The Smoking Moose, 1214 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-741-9300 Gypsy Begonias What: Acoustic rock When: 7-10 p.m.

Where: Mellow Mushroom patio, 33 Industrial Drive, Oxford Cost: Free Contact: 256-835-1444 Riley Green What: Acoustic country rock When: 8 p.m.

Where: Blu’s Bar, 1013 U.S. Highway 431, Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-235-0613 DJ Rockin’ Roger When: 8 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-832-5000

Bobby Thomas What: Country, rock, blues When: 8 p.m.

Where: F&W Bar and Grille, 12175 Stemley Road, Lincoln Cost: Free Contact: 256-294-2193 Mossburg Karaoke When: 8-11 p.m.

Where: Red Pepper Grill, Quintard Mall, 700 Quintard Drive, Oxford Cost: Free Contact: 256-835-4667 Infuse Friday What: DJ dance party When: 9 p.m.

Where: Downstairs, The Smoking Moose, 1214 Noble St., Anniston Cost: TBA Contact: 256-741-9300 event Wine Tasting When: 1-6 p.m.

Where: White Oak Vineyards, 1484 Dry Hollow Road, Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-231-7998

30saturDAY MUSIC The Hepcats with Chuck and Greg When: 6 p.m.

Where: Rabbittown Café and Fiddlers Hall, 900 Rabbittown Road, Piedmont Cost: $5 Contact: 256-435-8008

Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-231-7998

Monday through Saturday

DINE IN OR CARRY OUT Open 10 am

“GO HOG WILD FOR HOG WINGS!” W/SIDE $8 13 and 15 West 10th Street Historic Downtown Anniston (256) 238-1899 DJ Rockin’ Roger When: 8 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-832-5000 Larry Keel & Friends What: Easy listening When: 8 p.m.

Where: Blu’s Bar, 1013 U.S. Highway 431, Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-235-0613 Bobby Thomas What: Country, rock, blues When: 8 p.m.

Where: F&W Bar and Grille, 12175 Stemley Road, Lincoln Cost: Free Contact: 256-294-2193

Karaoke When: 7 p.m.

Where: American Legion Post 155, 1780 Beck Road, Bynum Cost: Free. Members and guests welcome Contact: 256-238-8644

10/55, DJ Tommy What: Country, rock When: 8 p.m.

Where: Upstairs, The Smoking Moose, 1214 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-741-9300

Full Circle Band What: Country, classic rock When: 7-11 p.m.

Where: American Legion Post 19, Heflin Cost: $5 Contact: 256-579-2402

Revive Saturday with DJ Daddy What: Dance party Where: Downstairs, The Smoking Moose, 1214 Noble St., Anniston Cost: TBA

Contact: 256-741-9300 Stepping Out What: Southern rock, country When: 8:30 p.m.

Where: VFW Post 924, 100 U.S. Highway 431, Anniston Cost: $5, public welcome Contact: 256-238-8047 Trading Faces When: 9 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-832-5000 August Ashe What: Country When: 9:30 p.m.

Where: Heroes American Grill, 8896 McClellan Blvd., Anniston Cost: $4 Contact: 256-405-4366 Keitha Williams What: Acoustic rock When: 9:30 p.m.

Where: The Peerless Saloon, 13 W. 10th St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-1899 events Wine Tasting When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Where: White Oak Vineyards, 1484 Dry Hollow Road,

Wine Tasting When: 4-6 p.m.

Where: Wine Cellar, 309 Quintard Ave., Anniston Cost: $5 Contact: 256-237-5996

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sunDAY

MUSIC Karaoke with Russ When: 8 p.m.

Where: The Smoking Moose, 1214 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-741-9300 event Texas Hold ‘em When: 8 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-5996

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MUSIC Open Mic Night When: 8 p.m.

Where: The Smoking Moose, 1214 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-741-9300 Karaoke by Mossburg When: 8-11 p.m.

Where: Jefferson’s, 407 Pelham Road N., Jacksonville Cost: Free Contact: 256-435-3456 Open Mic with Derrick Pardue When: 9 p.m.

Where: The Crimson Tiger, 1003 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-2522

Where: Struts of Jacksonville, 500 Forney Ave., Jacksonville Cost: Free Contact: 256-782-0106 Trivia When: 7 p.m.

Where: Struts of Oxford, 88 Ali Way, Oxford Cost: Free Contact: 256-835-8102

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MUSIC Karaoke with Russ When: 8 p.m.

Where: The Smoking Moose, 1214 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-741-9300 Karaoke with Big Tony When: 8 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-5996 Karaoke with Bret When: 9 p.m.

Where: The Crimson Tiger, 1003 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-2522 events Trivia Night When: 7-10 p.m.

Where: Mellow Mushroom, 33 Industrial Drive, Oxford Cost: Free Contact: 256-835-1444 Texas Hold ‘em When: 8 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-5996

events Trivia When: 7 p.m.

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4 wednesDAY MUSIC Open Mic Night What: All musicians welcome When: 5:30-7 p.m.

Where: American Legion Post 26, 515 E. 18th St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-236-9314 after 2 p.m.

Bobby Thomas What: Country, rock, blues When: 7-11 p.m.

Where: F&W Bar and Grille, 12175 Stemley Road, Lincoln (Embry/Lincoln exit on I-20) Cost: Free Contact: 256-294-2193 Dance Party with Big Tony When: 8 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-5996 Karaoke by Mossburg When: 9 p.m.

Where: Applebee’s, 612 E. Hamric Drive, Oxford Cost: Free Contact: 256-835-2434 Unplugged with Matt Nelson When: 9 p.m.

Where: The Crimson Tiger, 1003 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-2522 events Shuffleboard Tournament When: 7 p.m.

Where: VFW Post 924, 100 U.S. Highway 431, Anniston Cost: Free and open to the public (ages 21+) Contact: 256-238-8047

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MUSIC Scott Grant What: Easy listening, jazz, When: 6-9 p.m.

Where: Garfrerick’s Cafe, 655 Creekside Drive, Oxford Cost: Free Contact: 256-831-0044

Karaoke When: 7 p.m.

Where: American Legion Post 155, 1780 Beck Road, Bynum (behind the post office) Cost: Free. Members and guests welcome.

Contact: 256-238-8644 Mossburg Karaoke When: 7-10 p.m.

Where: Mellow Mushroom patio, 33 Industrial Drive, Oxford Cost: Free Contact: 256-831-1444 Karaoke with Russ When: 8 p.m.

Where: The Smoking Moose, 1214 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-741-9300 Karaoke with Big Tony When: 8 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-5996 Karaoke with John Shaver When: 8 p.m.

Where: Blu’s Bar, 1013 U.S. Highway 431, Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-235-0613 Jam Night with Francis and Kira What: Open mic night

When: 8 p.m.

Where: The Peerless Saloon, 13 W. 10th St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-1899 Karaoke with Bret When: 9 p.m.

Where: The Crimson Tiger, 1003 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-2522 DJ Sky When: 9 p.m.

Where: Pelham’s, 116 Ladiga St. SW, Jacksonville Cost: Free Contact: 256-435-7455 events Wine Tasting When: 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Tyson Art & Frame, 3326 Henry Road, Anniston Cost: $5 Contact: 256-236-9910 Darts When: 6:30 p.m.

Where: VFW Post 924, 100 U.S. Highway 431, Anniston Cost: Free. Public welcome.

Contact: 256-238-8047 Texas Hold ‘em When: 8 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-5996

Exhibits Art exhibit What: Ongoing exhibit by East Alabama Artistis Inc. and other gallery artists When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday Where: Noble Gallery inside Nunnally’s Custom Framing, 1014 Noble St., Anniston Cost: Free Contact: 256-237-5921 Out of the Vault What: Berman Museum of World History unfurls

the first in a new series of changing exhibitions set to feature rare and unique collections items, not on permanent display.

When: 10 a.m.-5 a.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m.

Sunday Where: Berman Museum of World History, 840 Museum Drive, Anniston Cost: $5 per adult; $ 4.50 per senior (age 60+); $4 per child (ages 4-17); children under 3 are free Contact: 256-237-6261 or bermmanmuseum.org

June 29-July 5, 2012

Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen come full circle

By Alicia Rancilio

tells her everything. He even said in the magazine that he’d still like to have sex with her.

NEW YORK — Denise Richards and “I would rather him say that then ex-husband Charlie Sheen have come say some other things,” Richards said, so far that it’s almost hard to believe laughing. they were once in such a vicious They might be buddies now, but divorce battle that she filed a restrain- Richards is cautious to add that things ing order against him and claimed he aren’t always smooth sailing between threatened her. the two. “We’ve been in, I would say, a Now, the exes are friends and even good place for quite some time. ... You co-stars. Richards appears on an know it’s up and down, too. I take it day upcoming episode of Sheen’s new FX by day.” sitcom “Anger Management,” which The two divorced in 2006. They premieres Thursday. She says it was have two young daughters together, his idea for her to do the show.

Sam and Lola.

“It’s actually great working with Besides “Anger Management”, Richhim,” Richards said in a recent interards also has a role in the new Tyler view. “I like working with Charlie. We Perry movie called “Madea’s Witness met working together and we worked Protection” which opens Friday. She together when we were married, and says she got a kick out of seeing Perry this is the first thing we’ve worked on since our divorce. But I’m very excited transform into his alter-egos Madea for his show and I think it’s very funny, and Uncle Joe. “It’s funny to see (Perry) as Madea,” and I was, you know, honored that they Richards said. “He’s this hunky, gorwanted me to be a part of it.” geous leading man. ... I don’t know Sheen and Richards even recently how Madea and Uncle Joe comes out told Rolling Stone magazine that they’re “like best friends now” and he of that.”

Associated Press

DirecTV cuts 3-D channel from 24-hour to part-time Associated Press

DirecTV’s channel isn’t the first 3-D offering to stumble. Last August, AT&T Inc. said its U-verse lineup of video LOS ANGELES — DirecTV says it has reduced the programming hours of channels would no longer include ESPN 3D. The company said the cost its 24-hour 3-D channel, n3D, due to a wasn’t justified, “especially considershortage of 3-D content. ing the low demand we’ve seen from The satellite TV provider launched customers.” the channel to much fanfare in July Meanwhile, sales of 3-D TVs are 2010, boasting the backing of Panagrowing. Tracking firm NPD Group sonic Corp. The company said it was the first 3-D channel to operate around said last month that 3-D TVs accounted for 11 percent of all flat-panel TV sales the clock. in the first three months of the year.

A dearth of 3-D programs on n3D That’s nearly double the rate of a year led to the same shows being run in ago. a constant loop. Now, when there is DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer nothing available, the channel will said n3D will continue to air 3-D shows show the n3D logo. If there’s an upcom- like “Guitar Center Sessions” and plans ing special event, details will appear on to air Olympics coverage in 3-D this the program guide two or three weeks summer. in advance.

To watch the channel, viewers need The reduced hours began June 1. a 3-D ready TV, an HD receiver, and It’s the latest setback for 3-D TV, HD service, which costs $10 a month. which has had trouble attracting main- The channel is available to all DirecTV stream audiences. subscribers.

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Music remains No. 1 priority for Etheridge

By Michael Deeds McClatchy Newspapers

BOISE, Idaho — Contrary to popular belief, Melissa Etheridge does not jump out of bed each morning, throw open her tour-bus door and dash outside waving her arms in support of one of her many social causes.

“I’m marching down the street for gay rights!” she imagines, laughing.

Music comes first.

“Oh, absolutely for me,” insists Etheridge, 51, who is continuing her “Fearless Love World Tour” this summer. That means treating concert fans to new songs plus hits from the ’80s and ’90s such as “Bring Me Some Water,” “Come To My Window” and “You’re the Only One.” “What has happened to me along the last 25 years,” Etheridge explains, “is I’ve found that each time I’ve sort of stood up and said, ‘This is my truth, this is what I’m going through, this is what I am,’ it becomes activism work just by me being who I am.

“It might seem like I’m out there all the time doing stuff, but I’m really not. I’m just living my life and agreeing to answer the questions that people ask me.”

The full-court media press hasn’t lightened up much lately. Etheridge’s split from her former domestic partner, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, and the custody battle over their children have been tabloid fodder for two years.

Recently, it was revealed that part of the settlement includes Etheridge sharing 50 percent of the royalties from her 2007 album, “The Awakening,” with Michaels.

So ... is it cool if we don’t talk about any custody battles or settlements during this interview? “Let’s see, huh, I guess that would be all right,” Etheridge quips.

That said, now that you’ve had five years to consider it,

Review | Music

12 years later, Linkin Park’s still got it

By Mesfin Fekadu Associated Press

Jae C. Hong/Associated Press

Melissa Ethridge performs at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 27, 2008.

Although Ethridge is outspoken in her support of many social causes, music is still her No. 1 priority. would you say that “The Awakening” is probably your worst album and nobody should buy it? Etheridge roars with laughter.

“You’re fuuun!” she says and pretends to back out of this phone call: “Let’s see, I made a mistake! Stop! Change it! Change it!”

Humor is the instantly striking aspect of Etheridge’s charismatic personality. But her strength of character is equally impossible to miss.

This is, after all, the woman who showed up at the Grammys in 2005, bald from chemotherapy, to sing Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart.” So, even though the tabloid attention has been unpleasant, it wasn’t overwhelming.

Still, Etheridge admits, it’s nice to move forward.

“It’s hard enough going through this stuff, hard enough working out personal relations stuff and definitely

separating stuff — that’s awful,” she says. “But then to do it in the public (eye), where no one can possibly know all of what’s going on or what it is, is just ridiculous.

“So I’ve kind of got to just turn away from that. I’ve been working on a new album. I’m with my kids out here, and I’m happy and healthy and fine. So I just kind of move on through it, and it eventually fades away.”

It’s like she says: All about the music.

“It is very important for me to stay focused on the music, and this last album that I just completed this last week is about me being completely focused on the music,” Etheridge says. “Not drawn off by cancer, by gay, by anything.

Just loving the music.”

Etheridge sounds genuinely excited about her 12th album, “4th Street Feeling.” (A release date has not been set.) It’s the

first record she’s done where she handled all the guitars.

After 35 years of playing guitar, Etheridge says, she recently allowed herself to believe that she could get better.

“In these last two years, I have improved as a performer, as a guitar player, and I am thrilled about it,” Etheridge says.

Best of all, to appreciate Etheridge the musician, nobody has to agree with her about the environment, gay marriage or even give a hoot about her personal life.

On stage, it’s just that smoky voice and a guitar.

“Music is the place where everyone can meet and agree on and participate in with their own experience,” she says. “So I’m grateful to be able to stand there and play the music and entertain, and then my own personal stuff is that, behind it.

The music is that perfect place where we all meet.”

Linkin Park, “Living Things” (Warner Bros. Records) Talk about consistency — Linkin Park has created yet another great album.

“Living Things,” the group’s fifth album, is pretty top-notch from its opening track, “Lost In the Echo” — which features Chester Bennington’s signature screech — to its closing numbers, the Skrillex-sounding and grungy instrumental “Tinfoil,” which transitions into the guitar-heavy “Powerless.”

The album is dominated by anger and, at moments, disappointment and rage: “Lies Greed Misery” and “Victimized” are self-explanatory, and on “In My Remains,” Bennington sings: “Falling in the cracks of every broken heart, digging through the wreckage of your disregard.”

“Living Things” comes 12 years after the six-member band released its brilliant debut, “Hybrid Theory.” The new album was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, and it’s reminiscent of the rap-rock sound of the group’s first two discs. The guys took a departure from that on “Minutes to Midnight” and 2010’s “A Thousand Suns” — also produced by Rubin — which had psychedelic moments and featured excerpts from political speeches.

But Linkin Park never disappoints, and “Living Things” is living proof.

CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: It’s simple, but Bennington’s repetitive “Ohhh” on “Roads Untraveled” is oh-so-good.

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Maroon 5 plays it safe on ‘Overexposed’

By Mesfin Fekadu Associated Press

Maroon 5, “Overexposed” (A&M/Octone Records) The title of Maroon 5’s new album, “Overexposed,” pokes fun at the band’s ubiquity, which is mainly due to the massive (and at times annoying) hit “Moves Like Jagger,” as well as frontman Adam Levine’s popularity as a judge on NBC’s “The Voice.”

While the band is to be congratulated on all that exposure, it seems as if they’ve lost sight of how to make a good album in the process.

Their fourth release has some highlights, but it’s mainly boring and safe, with the group taking a more pop approach and stepping away from their rock foundation.

The result sounds like the boys are purposely playing to the Top 40-crowd and iTunes singles buyers. The songs lack edge and oomph: First single “Payphone” is one of the year’s worst songs; “Fortune Teller” and “Tickets” are just as bad.

“Overexposed” was produced by hit-makers like Max Martin and “Jagger” producers Benny Blanco and Shellback; all three men have crafted monster smashes for Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Ke$ha and many others. “Daylight,” co-written by Martin and Levine, sounds like a bad Coldplay cover and “The Man Who Never Lied,” produced by Noah “Mailbox” Passovoy, echoes Irish rockers The Script.

Even the ubertalented Ryan Tedder — whose client list includes Adele and Beyonce — can’t completely save Maroon 5: He produced “Lucky Strike” and “Love Somebody,” and they are just mediocre.

“Overexposed” is miles away from the band’s debut, 2002’s “Songs About Jane”; that album was flawless with its raw lyrics. Maroon 5’s other releases were also good, and at moments, great. But their new effort is an attempt to stay on the charts, and that’s unfortunate for a group that has artistic depth and credibility.

CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: “Sad,” a slow groove, is the best of this bunch.

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R. Kelly, “Write Me Back” (RCA Records) Dear R. Kelly, You’ve gone and done it again. I don’t know what’s going on with two back-toback, rather wholesome and anachronistic albums, but your 11th, “Write Me Back,” feels like a breath of fresh air on the contemporary urban scene.

You may be trying to subvert expectations of your chosen genre, you may be showing off your voice, maybe

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Vocalist and lead singer Adam Levine and guitarist James Valentine of Maroon 5 perform at the Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University in Boston, April 2, 2005.

R. Kelly continues old-fashioned charm

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you are preaching a newfound understanding of relationships, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’ve single-handedly produced and written an album with a voice.

Mixing 1970s funk and soul, ’50s beats, church organ sprinkles and ’90s nostalgia R&B was an excellent idea. Those sounds, coupled with romantic lyrics, may sound like a cheesefest, but that’s what makes the dish so delicious.

You start off with vivacious ode “Love Is” and meander through retro beats and ballads with a purposeful gait.

Your only pit stops on the love highway

are on the party dance floor with the engaging swing song “All Rounds On Me,” and the lively “Party Jumpin’.” “Believe That It’s So” is the one tune on the record that wanders from the realm of personal into the club. This highly enjoyable dance romp is a testament to your enduring presence on the music scene. You know I’m a “Fool For You”; You’ve got the “Green Light” to move on to your next album in the knowledge you’ve nailed this one.

CHECK OUT THIS TRACK: “Feeling Single” puts an imaginary cane, a fedora and tux on you, some smooth moves and pushes you right in that spotlight.

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Mark Wahlberg, left, with the character Ted, voiced by Seth MacFarlane, in a scene from ‘Ted.’

‘Ted’: So cuddly, so wrong, so hilarious

By Christy Lemire

for life. Decades later, the two are still best buddies living together in Boston, although they’re both understandably A teddy bear who smokes pot, parties a tad stunted; daily waking-and-baking with hookers, beds pop stars and spews probably doesn’t help matters. John works profanity in a New England accent as a nowhere job at a rental-car company, thick as chowdah? while Ted spends his days getting wasted Such a creature could only come from and enjoying the meager glimmers of the blissfully twisted mind of “Family fame he achieved for being such an oddGuy” creator Seth MacFarlane, confiity. (A flashback that places Ted on the dently making his feature directing debut “Tonight Show” set for an interview with with “Ted.” have been obvious even without a throw- Johnny Carson is seamless; actually, Ted’s If you love his animated TV show, insertion into all the live-action antics is away joke spelling it out for us). you’ll probably love this: In a lot of ways, impressive, even though the bear himself Still, you chuck enough of this stuff at “Ted” feels like a live-action, big-screen intentionally looks pretty ratty.) a wall and some of it will stick. Most of it version of “Family Guy” with its pop-culDespite this adolescent attachment, does for most of the time, although some ture references and inappropriate racial John has managed to carve out a healthy, of the one-liners and gross-out gags do humor, flashbacks and non sequiturs. show signs of strain. “Ted” also happens to four-year relationship with the beautiful, (MacFarlane co-wrote the script with two be sweeter than you might expect, despite successful and exceedingly patient Lori of his longtime collaborators on the series, the predictability of its formula, with a (Mila Kunis, who voices the awkward Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild.) He’s climax that will warm the heart of anyone teenage daughter Meg on “Family Guy”). even included the same sort of orchestral with New England ties.

But by this point, something’s gotta give. arrangements of jaunty transitional music Lori presses John for a more serious comMark Wahlberg stars as John, whose wish upon a star as a lonely kid in the between scenes. And Ted, whom Macmitment — and to the film’s credit, she Farlane himself voices, happens to sound ’80s turned his Christmas-morning doesn’t come off like a nagging shrew for teddy bear into a walking, talking friend making this request — but John isn’t ready exactly like Peter Griffin (which would Associated Press

ted HHH rating: R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language and some drug use Running time: 1:34 Starring: Voice of Seth McFarlane, Mark Walhberg, Mila Kunis

to put away childish things.

So this is essentially the film’s central conflict: John tries to please the two most important figures in his life at the same time but repeatedly disappoints them both. Subplots involving Lori’s leering boss (Joel McHale) and a scheme by a creepy dad (Giovanni Ribisi) to kidnap the bear feel like filler rather than real threats, although Ribisi’s character does add a whole ’nother level of daring weirdness to the proceedings.

“Ted” is at its best when Ted is at his worst. The disparity between the innocence such a toy is meant to represent and the utter wrongness of his every action provides a pretty consistent source of hilarity. But much of the material works because the bear has someone to bounce off of; Wahlberg does his best work in situations like this, where he’s playing it totally straight in a setting that’s totally silly.

If only the movie had come out closer to the holidays: Ted would make an excellent gift for the overgrown adolescent in everyone’s life.

9 ◆

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Oscar winner ‘The Artist’ tops new movie releases

By Rick Bentley McClatchy Newspapers

“The Artist,” Grade A-: A silent film star watches his career fade. The nearly silent film from writer/ director Michel Hazanavicius won the Academy Award for best picture.

Through stunning blackand-white imagery and a beautiful soundtrack, “The Artist” pulls the audience into a simple story of fame, pride and redemption.

It would have been easy for the film to become little more than a novelty.

Hazanavicius avoids that fate by making a film that is so accomplished in its look and sound that no words were needed. He shows that silence can be more powerful than any onscreen explosion.

“Wrath of the Titans,” Grade B: Director Jonathan Liebesman faced several Olympic-size challenges with the sequel to “Clash of the Titans.” The simple fact it is a sequel sets up the very real potential of an Icarus crash-and-burn scenario.

To his credit, the director has dealt with both potential pitfalls and created a sequel that’s interesting, fast-paced and a visual splendor. It, like the 2010 remake, still doesn’t have the charm of the original 1981 “Clash of the Titans,” but the latest tale of gods, demi-gods and titans accomplishes the Herculean task of being entertaining.

“Mirror, Mirror,” Grade D+: This film offers a comedic look at the battle between Snow White (Lily Collins) and the Evil Queen (Julia Roberts) to rule the kingdom. The pair also get into a tussle over the heart

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Jean Dujardin portrays George Valentin, left, and Berenice Bejo portrays Peppy Miller in a scene from ‘The Artist,” out this week on DVD. of the charming Prince Alcott (Armie Hammer).

The only hope for Snow is that her seven new friends can help her become a match for the queen.

The film needed to be far more dopey, especially Roberts’ performance.

When a person plays against type, the absurdity of the work has to be outlandish enough to make sure everyone gets the point. Roberts never comes across as Evil, more of The Mildly Unlikable Queen.

“21 Jump Street,” Grade B: Two police officers go undercover as high school students. Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill star. The “Jump Street” script by Jonah Hill and Michael Bacall doesn’t just lampoon the source material, it pokes fun at itself.

ALSO NEW ON DVD: “A Thousand Words”: Eddie Murphy plays a man whose life is limited by what he says.

“Bullhead”: A rancher ends up in trouble after a shady deal.

“Sector 7”: An underwater creature threatens an oil platform.

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‘People Like Us’ a movie in search of an identity

By Roger Moore McClatchy-Tribune News Service

“People Like Us” is a well-acted weeper that walks an unsteady line between the emotional and the darkly comical.

It’s about a guy who realizes he has a half sister, and who injects himself into her life without explaining who he is.

He befriends her kid, encourages her through substance abuse recovery and sets up to help her financially.

Since he’s the handsome and charming Chris Pine and she’s the fetching and approachable Elizabeth Banks, somebody is sure to get the wrong idea.

Which is the “darkly comical” bit.

It’s a “Rain Man” variation — the cynical salesman who grows as a person when he finds a sibling he never knew he had. And there’s a touch of every “I meant to tell you” tale of two people, one of whom hides his or her family connection to the other.

Pine stars as Sam, whose famous record-producer dad has just died.

That’s inconvenient, as Sam’s career is on the line at the big-time bartering business where his fast-talking shortcuts have earned the attention of the Feds and the ire of his boss (Jon Favreau).

Sam is willing to lie to his stunning girlfriend (Olivia Wilde) to get out of going to dad’s funeral. He’s willing to further upset his mom (Michelle Pfeiffer) to avoid going to Los Angeles. Yeah, he’s selfish, we figure. But he has good reason to be. He’s pretty much been left out of the will.

A note and a bundle of cash passed on by his dad’s lawyer (Philip Baker Hall) could change that. There’s a woman, a little older than him. And a kid. “Take care of them,” his father scribbled. Give them this cash, money that Sam could certainly use to get himself out of his current fix.

Still, Sam goes to check her out. He catches up with Frankie (Banks) at her Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, where she reads Sam’s father’s obituary to the group. She’s not in it.

“It’s official. I don’t exist.”

They’re related, somehow. Sam gets to know her without letting on who he is.

He tries to help out with her sullen, trou-

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Chris Pine, left, and Michelle Pfeiffer in a scene from ‘People Like Us.’ that is the best explanation for why he has been landing the big roles and People like us HH1/2 has become a movie star. He makes rating: PG-13 for language, Sam squirm without squirming at the some drug use and brief sexuality obvious chemistry between him and Running time: 1:58 Frankie, chemistry that’s the furthest Starring: Chris Pine, Elizabeth thing from Sam’s mind. And he’s simBanks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia ply wonderful at the film’s best scenes, Wilde Sam’s little life lesson lectures to Josh.

It’s the one thing his dad gave him that’s useful. bled son, Josh (Michael Hall D’Addario).

“Everything you think is important, He doesn’t tell his mom what he’s doing, isn’t,” he counsels. Life? “Lean into it,” doesn’t take the phone calls from his he says. “Be there for it, whatever ‘it’ is.” boss or the Feds. And the longer he Banks, given a character packed full strings everybody along, the worse his of flaws and packed into tight bartender big revelation is going to come off. shorts, sets off sparks and flirts with Sam Pine has an easy way about him by hinting that she has a bartender’s

ability to read people.

Alex Kurtzman’s film meanders a lot and strains to come up with credible reasons for Sam to continue to hide his connection to Frankie long past the point of reason. The juggling among the various relationships — business, and personal— that Sam is failing in is unwieldy.

But “People Like Us” has marvelous payoffs, third-act revelations that feel both heartfelt and earned. And Pine, Banks and Pfeiffer play the heck out of them. It takes some patience, but this turns out to be a film you want to lean into, that you want to be there for, whatever kind of movie this hybrid turns out to be.

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From left, Adam Rodriguez, Kevin Nash, Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello in a scene from ‘Magic Mike.’

Soderbergh, strippers work it with feeling in ‘Magic Mike’

By Roger Moore

ing star of the Xquisite Dance Revue. He’s living the good life. It’s McClatchy-Tribune News Service magic mike HHH a pity that all his businesses are rating: R for pervasive It’s no great stretch to imagine cash-only. At 30, he’s got no credit, sexual content, brief graphic the chiseled, hot-footed hottie no prayer of getting a loan to run nudity, language and some Channing Tatum as a stripper. It’s the business that is his first love drug use how he got his start in show busi— hand-crafted design.

Running time: 1:49 ness, after all.

Right.

Starring: Channing Tatum, And even though he never Enter Adam, aka “The Kid” Alex Pettyfer, Matthew Mcdanced for his dollars, Matthew (Alex Pettyfer), a hunky college Conaughey, Cody Horn McConaughey has never been shy drop-out who Mike takes under about shedding a shirt on the big his wing. The Kid doesn’t realize screen. what Mike means when he says But that’s the simple genius of “You OWE me” as he gets him into know we’re in good, um, hands.

Steven Soderbergh’s “Magic Mike,” Soderbergh’s direction here is like a club. Next thing Adam knows, a fictionalized spin on Tatum’s he’s helping Mike hustle birthstripping itself — the selling of a pre-Hollywood years in Florida, fantasy, a tease. It’s only as the film day girls into the strip club. After taking it off for ladies who stuffed progresses that the sobering real- that, David’s up on stage, a virgin tips into his thong. The casting doing his first awkward striptease. ity of living in this sordid world is does most of the work in this very The money rolls in and the lazy stripped bare. entertaining dramedy set in a sexy, Tatum has the title role. By Adam realizes the REAL American day, he’s a hustler — working as seedy world of male exotic dancDream — he’s getting paid just for an off-the-books roofer, running ers. being pretty. a mobile car-detailing business, From the moment McCoThe film showcases the dancliving in a beachfront split-level naughey, as the veteran owner of ers — the funny-beefsteak Joe where he’s as likely to wake up the Xquisite Dance Revue, struts Manganiello stands out in the onstage to introduce his ensemble with two naked women as one. supporting crew. And it sells the That’s because by night he is and tell the ladies “what you fantasy. For a while. The club “Magic” Mike — the break-danccan ... and canNOT touch,” we patrons are young and gorgeous

and beddable. The hours allow for enjoying the sun and fun as “The Kings of Tampa.”

And then the dark side shows up — the easy access to drugs, the “real” women who frequent such clubs (plain Janes, over 40, not supermodel skinny) — one dancer throws his back out lifting one onstage. There’s the fleeting nature of the career, the sleazy way employees are treated by the “entrepreneurs” who run such revues.

Tatum is spot-on, conflicted and perfect in the part. Mike is smart enough to know he can’t get by on his looks and his stripping forever. He’s ready to leave behind his “friend with benefits” (Olivia Munn) for the plainer and testier Brooke. Horn, the daughter of the head of Warner Brothers studio, acquits herself well in the role of the grounded girl, protective of her brother and suspicious of Mike.

But McConaughey is the spark here, preening, amusing, but suggesting the dark side of the busi-

ness and the only possible future for those who stay in it — alone, with lots of ready cash but no self-respect, a guy who has to take advantage of the next generation the way he was probably taken advantage of. McConaughey takes his hipster-revival preacher, buttslapping jock persona to the next level here, hinting that maybe all this dirty talk, getting up in his dancers’ business in the dressing room, is a closet door he’s hiding behind.

“Magic Mike” drifts into melodrama, and Pettyfer (“I Am Number Four”), though adequate, struggles to make an impression with a character that is little more than a cliche.

But Soderbergh, Tatum and McConaughey strip this world of glitter and body oils. They let us know that for all the supposed fringe benefits, these guys work hard for the money, and that creating every woman’s fantasy takes a lot of fantasizing on the part of the toy boys, too.

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— Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The Conduct of Life” Origin: Abstergent comes from the Latin word abstergere, which meant “to wipe off.”

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‘Wish You Were Here’ examines the terror of life “Wish You Were Here” by Graham Swift; Knopf, 2012; 319 pages; $25

Tom and their father. On his 18th birthday, Tom quietly leaves the farm, Jack listening from his own bed.

By Steven Whitton Tom becomes a Special Forces Special to The Star sniper, only to die in a bomb attack during the Iraq War. Even the most insignificant actions Tom’s death shakes Jack inform our lives. It is that idea that Graand Ellie’s marriage to its ham Swift continues to explore with the core. Both husband and preciseness of observation Henry James wife learn that even their perfected. In “Wish You Were Here,” Swift world is a precarious reflects recent British and world terplace, that anything rors through the seemingly insignificant that has happened actions of a seemingly insignificant man. — because of them and The results are shattering. despite them — will The novel is set late in 2006. England have an impact on has recently survived the terror of madtheir lives. There cow disease. The world still flinches every exists what Swift time it remembers the terror that the terms, with his attacks on the World Trade Center engen- scrupulous irony, “a dered. And Jack Luxton is still smarting larger, unlocal malaise of from selling his family cattle farm at the insecurity.” insistence of his wife, Ellie.

That “insecurity” eventually manifests The Luxtons now run a vacation itself as an indefinable terror. No manner caravan park known as The Lookout on of “looking out” or of “taking care” matthe Isle of Wight. Jack and Ellie grew up ters — not even the two trips Jack rememtogether, bonded by an abundance of bers from his youth, trips he tells himself family tragedies. Jack’s mother died horri- he magnanimously took with his younger bly; Ellie’s deserted the family for another brother, caravan trips he remembers as man. Jack’s father, Michael, died violent- “the best times of his life up to that time.”

Tom moves on; Jack remains on the ly; Ellie’s father soon followed. farm. Jack “better not move on and see Jack’s brother Tom, eight years Jack’s what else might be going, because he junior, always seemed the apple of his might end up having nothing … Jack was mother’s eye. Once she dies, Jack comes a sticker, a settler. He didn’t have the movto think of himself as the buffer between

ing-on instinct, or he never really thought he could move on.” Yet Tom, “a mover-on and leaver-behind,” is to be buried as Jack has had to bury their parents, even had to bury Tom’s dog, Luke.

The real achievement of “Wish You Were Here” lies in Graham Swift’s restrained elegance of language as he examines the subtleties of human interaction with a terror that cannot be given a face. That quality is epitomized by a British Campaign Medal from World War I. It’s a Distinguished Conduct Medal given to one of a pair of Luxton twins, a medal that has had a bearing on the lives of all the Luxtons since then.

The irony is that Britain wasn’t really sure the medal had been issued to the correct twin, but no matter. That existential irony is at the heart of this consummately executed exploration of the caprices of a world that seems to have few answers for our questions, a world that seems terrified to provide satisfactory definitions for family and heroism and love and hope.

Steven Whitton is a professor of English at Jacksonville State University.

NY’s tenements through a young girl’s eyes “The Virgin Cure” by Ami to make a go of it as McKay, HarperCollins, 2012; a pickpocket before landing at Miss 336 pages; $25.99 Everett’s eupheBy Michelle Wiener mistically named “Infant School,” Associated Press where young girls In 1871, in a squalid teneare groomed and ment on Chrystie Street, 12tutored for their year-old Moth Fenwick lives deflowering, with her mother, a fortune available to the teller whose affections Moth highest bidder. craves and never receives.

If this sounds Dickensian, the comparIt’s not that they’re barely ison is apt. So well researched making ends meet; they barely have any ends to begin is this novel, so deep does it take readers into the dark and with. And so Moth’s mother desperate life of Lower Mansells her into servitude to a hattan that it is easy to believe wealthy woman who treats it was written 150 years ago Moth with cruelty. as a treatise decrying the fate Moth escapes and winds that awaited so many impovup on the street, attempting

erished young girls.

And yet interestingly, in McKay’s story men are mostly consigned to the margins. It’s the women and girls in Moth’s life who figure largely in her development, some who would take advantage of her innocence and others who would rather protect it.

Among the latter is Dr. Sadie, who treats the poor and destitute and takes an interest in Moth. (Side note: Sadie is based on McKay’s great-great-grandmother, a doctor in late 19th-century

New York who was one of the first women to graduate from the school founded by Elizabeth Blackwell and her sister Emily.)

Moth herself is a remarkable character, at once jaded and naive — knowledgeable enough in the ways of the world that she recognizes what she’s going to need to sacrifice for her security, yet innocent enough to trust the good intentions of most people. Her story is told in her own voice, layered with journal entries from Sadie and interjections from newspaper stories and opinion pieces.

The novel is an immersive coming-of-age story, unnerving and powerful.

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Review | technology

Wireless speakers great for phone use

By Ron Harris Associated Press

ATLANTA — Diminutive wireless speakers are filling the shelves at electronics stores. They’re proving to be the ideal accessory for people who listen to the bulk of their music on mobile phones.

Because the smartphone is now such a ubiquitous entertainment device, there’s no reason it can’t also be a solid stereo around the house and on the road when paired with the right speakers.

All of the speakers I tested connect to your device wirelessly through Bluetooth. They also have a traditional stereo input jack, so you can plug in iPods and other music players without Bluetooth capability.

I looked at some of the latest wireless offerings that provide the most boom for your buck. I used a Motorola Droid X2, running Google’s Android operating software. These options work with Apple’s iPhone and iPad, too. nnn

Mini Boombox, by Logitech ($99.99) This speaker isn’t much bigger than a balled-up fist, but it packs a similar punch when you press play. It holds a battery charge that I couldn’t kill, even with a full day of house cleaning.

For such a small unit, the Mini Boombox delivered a full range of fidelity across various music genres, from the crunch heavy metal to the thumping beat of electronica.

The Mini Boombox was easy to set up once my phone scanned for available Bluetooth devices. The speaker kept the connection nicely throughout the first floor of a two-story house.

It also sports backlit, touchsensitive controls on top of

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From left, The Big Jambox by Jawbone, the Braven 650, the Beacon Audio Phoenix and Logitech’s Mini Boombox, wireless speakers that connect to smartphones via Bluetooth.

Diminutive wireless speakers are increasingly filling the shelves at electronics retailers as they quickly prove to be the perfect accessory for people who listen to the bulk of their music on mobile phones. the unit, allowing me to easily toggle back and forth through my music files and adjust the volume. Of course, everything can be controlled from the phone as well.

Pound for pound, the Mini Boombox is a serious performer and my favorite of the bunch. It has the best balance of sound quality, touch-sensitive controls and a price point that won’t gouge the wallet too deeply.

Braven 650, by Braven ($189.99) The Braven 650 has a streamlined, utilitarian design. Underneath the silver shell are stereo subwoofers

pumping out a decent six watts of sound, similar to the output of the Mini Boombox.

It can easily fill a large room with tunes, though it sounded thin when placed too far out in the open. I liked the resonance better when the Braven was about a foot in front of a wall.

Like the other units, the range for the Bluetooth connection remains steady at about 30 to 35 feet. One bonus: It sports a USB port, so I can charge my phone while continuing to play music through it via Bluetooth.

The Braven’s built-in rechargeable battery claims a playback time of 20 hours, double the battery time boast-

ed by the Mini Boombox. I don’t have enough good music to put that to the test, but it never went dead on me after days of intermittent (and loud) use.

Big Jambox, by Jawbone ($299.99) You’ll have to pay more for this speaker, but you’ll get monstrously huge sound.

This is the only unit that will blow you out of one room and into another. The Big Jambox sounds like a stereo speaker four times its size.

The fidelity here is impeccable, the setup easy and the physical controls on the top surface are nicely rubberized,

which gives them a good feel and makes them fingerprintproof. An oversized “minus” sign takes the volume down while a “plus” sign cranks it up.

The unit is sturdy, with a strong metal mesh for its external skin. You’ll want to be careful not to snag it on soft cotton fibers, lest they get stuck in the futuristic-styled housing.

The Big Jambox goes one step beyond the others reviewed by allowing you to sync it to exclusive content and apps through its “MyTalk” interface online. That requires a wired USB connection, which takes away from the goal of a wireless experience.

Moreover, the Pandora, SHOUTcast and other music feeds that this wired connection enables work fine wirelessly through a smartphone without needing MyTalk.

This feature comes across as redundant.

Phoenix, by Beacon Audio ($99) The Phoenix is small, light and well designed, but at the low-end of the sound spectrum, the bass isn’t as bass-y as I’d like. Still, it delivers decent volume for its weight and size.

Of the four tested, the Phoenix is the only one to lack a built-in speakerphone, so you can’t pause your music and answer phone calls wirelessly. Instead, you must answer the calls on the phone itself.

The Phoenix is the most portable of the bunch. The small cube comes in three colors, plus a nice case to tote it around in. If you’re looking for something to lug into a small office every day without weighing yourself down, the Phoenix is a decent choice.

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Rock with you

Michael Jackson tribute band to headline inaugural Anniston concert series

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LaTonya Darrisaw ldarrisaw@annistonstar.com

t has been three years since the death of the “King of Pop.” Yet, his music still lives on: Fans of Michael Jackson will get the chance to experience the musical icon’s addictive hit singles and infectious dance moves resurrected through the “ultimate Michael Jackson tribute band,” Who’s Bad, at the Model City Music Fest in Anniston on July 14.

Sunny King, the Anniston City Council and Larry May, owner of downtown music store, CD Cellar, bring some of the best local musicians and headlining act, Who’s Bad, together for the outdoor festival at Zinn Park.

“We could’ve picked any band, but for people my age and younger, Michael Jackson was like our Beatles,” May said.

“Michael’s music was just so universal, and I still see the impact his music has on people. We picked the band that best represented what he was all about, and these guys do the best job.”

Far from impersonators and cover bands, Who’s Bad is made up of talented artists who attempt to recreate Jackson’s music and choreography in the same essence in which it was originally performed. The band was formed back in 2003

by Vamsi Tadepalli and his college classmates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“We were just graduating from UNC where I studied jazz performance,” Tadepalli said. “There were plenty of impersonators out there, but there wasn’t a band touring and playing Michael’s music for people, so I said let’s do it.”

Michael Jackson. We’d be playing in China, for example, where no one could speak English, but they knew all the words to his songs.”

While the lineup has changed slightly since 2003, Tadepalli said the band is full of top-tier musicians with an incredible amount of energy that audiences can feel from the moment they step foot on the stage. The lead singer and New York native Taalib York is the real deal, someone Tadepalli said is “very much a visual representation of Michael from the ‘Bad’ era and pretty much the closest thing that you’ll get to seeing Model City Michael live.”

Music Fest “Basically, what we’re going to bring to When: 6-10 p.m. July 14 Anniston is 100 minutes Where: Zinn Park, of nonstop energy and 101 W. 14th St., Anniston music with costume Cost: Free changes, choreographed Contact: 256-237-0760 dance routines and a live band,” Tadepalli said. “It’s in your face, but most importantly, it’s family-friendly.”

Submitted photo Local band T.A.D. of Jazz will kick things off with a mixture of jazz and soul tunes.

Taalib York leads the group Who’s Bad, Together since 2007, T.A.D. of Jazz includes which will be playing at Anniston’s Zinn musicians from the Anniston and Gadsden Park on July 14. area who play the saxophone, trumpet, bass, keyboard and drums.

For the past nine years, Who’s Bad has “The band is so versatile, playing jazz toured all over the country and overseas. sets from the ‘40s and ‘50s,” May said. “They After Jackson’s death in 2009, the group can also play one of today’s hits in a jazzfilled a void for fans wanting to hear his type style, and it sounds just as good as anymusic. thing on the radio.”

“We’ve played shows in the UK, SingaRuben Mitchell, who plays saxophone pore, Germany, Romania, Mexico, South in T.A.D. of Jazz and is also the band direcAmerica and Canada,” Tadepalli said. “It tor at Anniston High School, said he was just shows how much reach his music has excited to be a part of such a huge outlet for because everyone all over the world knows

his band and the community.

“I think it will bring the community together because it will be full of music that reaches all generations,” he said. “Hopefully, people will support something positive that Anniston has to offer so we can have many more of these concerts in the future.”

With plans already in the works to contact bands for next year, May said he wants the concert series to continue for the next 20 years and keep it free for the public.

“We’ve got different people interested and we want to make sure two things happen,” May said. “We want to renovate and revitalize downtown Anniston, and we want to give kids and anybody else who is interested an appreciation for the arts.”

After T.A.D. of Jazz performs at 6 p.m., audiences will be treated to local dance troupes and a welcome from Anniston Mayor Gene Robinson and other key speakers from the community. Shortly thereafter, the main event starts at 8 p.m., and May said it is something audiences do not want to miss.

In addition to the live entertainment, there will also be various food and drink vendors. Volunteers will assist with regular and accessible parking, and the Anniston Police Department will provide security at the newly renovated Zinn Park.

“We urge everybody to come out to this free event,” May said. “If people wonder if the show is for them, it’s definitely for all audiences. It’s going to be big.”

“For any music lover, whether they’re a Michael fan or not, this will be a fun show with lots of energy and great music,” Tadepalli said. “We’ll cover all the songs from The Jackson Five era through his solo career. If you like to have a good time, then this is the show to be at.”

More live music For more live music this summer, check out the Quintard Mall Summer Concert Series.

July 14 The Altitudes The Record Year July 21 Lindsey Hinkle July 28 Counting the Cost When: All performances begin at Quintard Mall at 6 p.m. in the parking lot near Sears Cost: Free Contact: 256-831-4180 ext. 5, then 3

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Michael Jackson tribute band to headline inaugural Anniston concert series

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LaTonya Darrisaw ldarrisaw@annistonstar.com

t has been three years since the death of the “King of Pop.” Yet, his music still lives on: Fans of Michael Jackson will get the chance to experience the musical icon’s addictive hit singles and infectious dance moves resurrected through the “ultimate Michael Jackson tribute band,” Who’s Bad, at the Model City Music Fest in Anniston on July 14.

Sunny King, the Anniston City Council and Larry May, owner of downtown music store, CD Cellar, bring some of the best local musicians and headlining act, Who’s Bad, together for the outdoor festival at Zinn Park.

“We could’ve picked any band, but for people my age and younger, Michael Jackson was like our Beatles,” May said.

“Michael’s music was just so universal, and I still see the impact his music has on people. We picked the band that best represented what he was all about, and these guys do the best job.”

Far from impersonators and cover bands, Who’s Bad is made up of talented artists who attempt to recreate Jackson’s music and choreography in the same essence in which it was originally performed. The band was formed back in 2003

by Vamsi Tadepalli and his college classmates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“We were just graduating from UNC where I studied jazz performance,” Tadepalli said. “There were plenty of impersonators out there, but there wasn’t a band touring and playing Michael’s music for people, so I said let’s do it.”

Michael Jackson. We’d be playing in China, for example, where no one could speak English, but they knew all the words to his songs.”

While the lineup has changed slightly since 2003, Tadepalli said the band is full of top-tier musicians with an incredible amount of energy that audiences can feel from the moment they step foot on the stage. The lead singer and New York native Taalib York is the real deal, someone Tadepalli said is “very much a visual representation of Michael from the ‘Bad’ era and pretty much the closest thing that you’ll get to seeing Model City Michael live.”

Music Fest “Basically, what we’re going to bring to When: 6-10 p.m. July 14 Anniston is 100 minutes Where: Zinn Park, of nonstop energy and 101 W. 14th St., Anniston music with costume Cost: Free changes, choreographed Contact: 256-237-0760 dance routines and a live band,” Tadepalli said. “It’s in your face, but most importantly, it’s family-friendly.”

Submitted photo Local band T.A.D. of Jazz will kick things off with a mixture of jazz and soul tunes.

Taalib York leads the group Who’s Bad, Together since 2007, T.A.D. of Jazz includes which will be playing at Anniston’s Zinn musicians from the Anniston and Gadsden Park on July 14. area who play the saxophone, trumpet, bass, keyboard and drums.

For the past nine years, Who’s Bad has “The band is so versatile, playing jazz toured all over the country and overseas. sets from the ‘40s and ‘50s,” May said. “They After Jackson’s death in 2009, the group can also play one of today’s hits in a jazzfilled a void for fans wanting to hear his type style, and it sounds just as good as anymusic. thing on the radio.”

“We’ve played shows in the UK, SingaRuben Mitchell, who plays saxophone pore, Germany, Romania, Mexico, South in T.A.D. of Jazz and is also the band direcAmerica and Canada,” Tadepalli said. “It tor at Anniston High School, said he was just shows how much reach his music has excited to be a part of such a huge outlet for because everyone all over the world knows

his band and the community.

“I think it will bring the community together because it will be full of music that reaches all generations,” he said. “Hopefully, people will support something positive that Anniston has to offer so we can have many more of these concerts in the future.”

With plans already in the works to contact bands for next year, May said he wants the concert series to continue for the next 20 years and keep it free for the public.

“We’ve got different people interested and we want to make sure two things happen,” May said. “We want to renovate and revitalize downtown Anniston, and we want to give kids and anybody else who is interested an appreciation for the arts.”

After T.A.D. of Jazz performs at 6 p.m., audiences will be treated to local dance troupes and a welcome from Anniston Mayor Gene Robinson and other key speakers from the community. Shortly thereafter, the main event starts at 8 p.m., and May said it is something audiences do not want to miss.

In addition to the live entertainment, there will also be various food and drink vendors. Volunteers will assist with regular and accessible parking, and the Anniston Police Department will provide security at the newly renovated Zinn Park.

“We urge everybody to come out to this free event,” May said. “If people wonder if the show is for them, it’s definitely for all audiences. It’s going to be big.”

“For any music lover, whether they’re a Michael fan or not, this will be a fun show with lots of energy and great music,” Tadepalli said. “We’ll cover all the songs from The Jackson Five era through his solo career. If you like to have a good time, then this is the show to be at.”

More live music For more live music this summer, check out the Quintard Mall Summer Concert Series.

July 14 The Altitudes The Record Year July 21 Lindsey Hinkle July 28 Counting the Cost When: All performances begin at Quintard Mall at 6 p.m. in the parking lot near Sears Cost: Free Contact: 256-831-4180 ext. 5, then 3

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DANCE ON TV

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — As Fred Astaire would say, TV’s “gotta dance!”

You can hardly change the channels these days without seeing a pasa doble, a pirouette or a pop.

All styles of dance are celebrated in Fox’s summer sensation “So You Think You Can Dance,” which averaged 7 million viewers June 6 and beat every other show of the night. A month earlier, more than 16 million people tuned in for the finale of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” in which celebrities learn ballroom dance (and suggest that we could, too).

Little girls leap and spin, while their mothers squabble and their teacher shouts, in Lifetime’s reality hit “Dance Moms,” which recently began its third season. (A spinoff, “Dance Moms: Miami,” completed its initial run earlier this month.) On MTV, “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson is in his seventh season of searching for “America’s Best Dance Crew.”

Meanwhile, the primetime dance floor is getting even more crowded.

New this summer is the CW network’s “Breaking Pointe,” an unscripted series that goes behind the scenes of Ballet West, a ballet company in Salt Lake City. In July, Oxygen will launch “All the Right Moves,” which follows choreographer Travis Wall and three of his friends as they attempt to start a contemporary dance company in Los Angeles.

And this week on ABC Family, “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino returned to television with “Bunheads,” which follows a former ballerina turned Vegas showgirl (played by Broadway star Sutton Foster) as she moves to a small town and joins her new motherin-law in running a dance

ABC Family via Associated Press

Castmembers from the ABC Family drama ‘Bunheads,’ are shown. ‘Bunheads’ is one of several dancethemed shows on television. studio.

With so much dance on TV, including shows such as “Glee” and “Smash” in which dancing goes along with singing, the assumption could be made that this is boosting interest in studying dance or seeing dance live.

In St. Louis, though, opinions are divided on that among people involved in dance in various ways. Those queried didn’t always agree about the dance shows themselves, either.

Ashley Krupinski grew up dancing; her parents, Mark and Caren Krupinski, have operated the Krupinski Academy of Dance for more than 30 years. Ashley Krupinski now works there as a teacher and choreographer.

“I love ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’” Krupinski says.

“I mainly watch for the choreography, because it’s really innovative, really pushes creatively. My parents watch and enjoy it, too.”

She has also sampled “Dance Moms.”

“I was worried that it would turn out to be negative for dance teachers,” Krupinski says. “But I think people get that this is just one studio.

I’m thankful that this is not the dance world I grew up in.

n “Dance Moms,” 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Lifetime n “Breaking Pointe,” 9 p.m. Thursdays on the CW n “So You Think You Can Dance,” 7 p.m.

Wednesdays on Fox n “Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew,” 9 p.m.

Wednesdays on MTV n “Bunheads,” 8 p.m.

Mondays on ABC Family n “All the Right Moves,” beginning July 31 on Oxygen

and want to join in, there’s joy in that,” she says.

Michael Uthoff, head of But the show is one of those Dance St. Louis, also endorstrain wrecks you can’t look es “So You Think You Can away from.”

Dance” — to a point.

Once, she watched The show “amazes me “Dance Moms” with her because of what those mom — “but she got up and kids can do and how they left the room.”

Kari James, who runs Kari improve as the show goes on,” he says, “but overall, it James Dance Network for students 18 and older, wants does nothing to improve the to inspire a passion for dance appreciation of the art form.”

Instead, he says, “It in her students and says she’s sets people up to believe thrilled to have so many that dance should only be dance shows on television.

“Shows like ‘So You Think enjoyed in 45-second increments.”

You Can Dance,’ which is He compares that time my absolute favorite, have brought dance to the general restriction to “asking Monet to only paint an inch of public in ways that didn’t use to exist,” James says. “I’m ‘Water Lilies’ because otherwise it takes too much space, so in love with that show — it’s pure entertainment, and and for us to (look at it and) in a form that’s easy to enjoy, say we appreciate painting.”

“I do not think that any because the performances are so brief, not a full ballet.” of those shows has done anything for audience develJames especially likes opment,” Uthoff says. “We hip-hop dancing, she says, have not seen an increase and credits TV with intro(in attendance) because of ducing the style to people them. People say that expowho might not have known sure is good, so perhaps that it existed. they do enhance dance, but “And now it’s this huge (most of the shows) do noththing,” she says. ing for me.”

In fact, James believes One dance show Uthoff that watching any kind of dance on television will draw does watch regularly is more people to live dancing. “Dancing With the Stars,” which he calls “the most Or maybe, she hopes, even entertaining and least predo it.

“When you feel the music sumptuous.”

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POP culture Q&A

Max to the Maximum

By Rich Heldenfels

Do you have a question or comment for the mailbag? Write to the Akron Beacon Journal, 44 E. Exchange St., Akron, OH, 44309 or rheldenfels@ thebeaconjournal.com.

Please mark the email or envelope with “mailbag.”

Letters may be edited for publication. Please do not phone in questions. Individual replies cannot be guaranteed.

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Question: In the movie “Kindergarten Daycare” with Eddie Murphy, one of the little boys was named Max. He looks like a younger version of the actor in “Parenthood” named Max. Are they the same?

Answer: Actor Max Burkholder indeed played a kid named Max in Eddie Murphy’s “Daddy Daycare” and currently plays Max on the NBC drama series “Parenthood.” That series, by the way, is scheduled to start its new season on Sept. 11.

Q: In the ’70s I saw a movie about a couple in Australia who ran into a lot of trouble. Recently I saw a movie called “Nature’s Grave.” It looked like the same movie but was made in 2008. Could it be a remake?

A: It could. A late ’70s movie called “Long Weekend” was retooled into the more recent film, which was also called “Long Weekend” in some formats but is better known to U.S. audiences as “Nature’s Grave.”

Q: Do you know if the show “Grizzly Adams” will ever be put on DVD for sale? It is such a relaxing show to watch after working all day.

A: The “Life and Times of Grizzly Adams” originally aired on NBC in 1977 and 1978. Dan Haggerty played Adams, as he had in a big-screen “Grizzly Adams” movie several years earlier. He reprised the role in the 1982 TV-movie “The Capture of Grizzly Adams.”

Haggerty also starred in the 1999 movie “Escape to Grizzly Mountain,” but not

PictureGroup via Associated Press

Max Burkholder of the NBC show ‘Parenthood’ is the same Max found in the Eddie Murphy ‘Daddy Daycare’ films. as Adams. Unfortunately, I do not know of an authorized DVD release of the TV series.

Q: “Westward the Women,” a made-for-TV movie, was released on VHS. Will it be on DVD? A: I know of only one movie with that title, a 1951 feature starring Robert Taylor as the leader of a wagon train carrying more than 100 women to California to meet and marry men in a female-starved region.

Warner Archive released it on DVD in May through its online sales service.

You can order it at www. wbshop.com.

Q: Ten years ago (or more) I saw a movie on TV about a runner who died from steroids. Competition was hard in college,

didn’t do as expected, and he started taking steroids and winning again.

Dad was an architect, I think. I’ve tried Internet searches and can’t find it.

Probably a made-for-TV movie.

A: I think you are remembering a 1989 TV movie called “Finish Line,” which originally aired on TNT. It starred a young Josh Brolin as the track star and his real-life father James as his on-camera dad, a former track star pushing his son to succeed. The cast also included Mariska Hargitay and Stephen Lang. It has been released on VHS but I do not know of an authorized DVD version. (There is a DVD movie called “Finish Line,” but it is from 2008 and has a differ-

ent story.)

Q: What’s happening with the new Vincent D’Onofrio/Ethan Hawke vehicle “Blue Tilt”” I thought it was supposed to premiere this fall but it’s not listed in the network lineups. Does NBC intend to respectfully and enthusiastically produce, nurture and promote “Blue Tilt” or not? All of D’Onofrio’s fans have been waiting so long for his return to TV. What’s the story?

A: The planned series, about homicide detectives and the effect of their work on themselves and their families, was announced in September 2011. Since then, lots of talk but not much action; not even a pilot has been shot. In January, D’Onofrio said the script was still being worked on. A Twitter page for the program said in March that “NBC has unofficially put ‘Blue Tilt’ on the shelf for now. The powers that be don’t think it has enough ‘Pop’ to attract viewers.” So I would not look for it anytime soon.

But if you’re looking for D’Onofrio work, he directed a horror/musical called “Don’t Go Into the Woods,” now on DVD.

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E! News (N) Sex and the City Å Sex and the City Å Sex and the City Å Sex and the City Å Fashion Police Noureen DeWulf; Garcelle Beauvais. Chelsea Lately E! News E! ●X Games From Los Angeles. (N) (Live) Å ESPN ●Softball World Cup: Australia vs. United States. From Oklahoma City. (N) ●Boxing Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Jose Reynoso. From Corona, Calif. (N) Å ESPN2 ●NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: Feed the Children 300. From Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky. (N) (Live) ›› “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” (2010, Adventure) Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley.

The 700 Club Å FAM ›› “The Count of Monte Cristo” (2002) Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Mystery Diners Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive FOOD Best Thing Ate ●Action Sports World Tour From San Diego.

FOXSS ●MLB Baseball Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves. From Turner Field in Atlanta. (N) (Live) ›› “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005, Action) Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. A husband and wife are assassins for rival organizations. ›› “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005) Brad Pitt. A husband and wife are assassins for rival organizations.

FX ›› “Rules of Engagement” (2000, Drama) Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce. Å FXM ›› “Rules of Engagement” (2000, Drama) Tommy Lee Jones. An old friend defends a Marine accused of killing civilians. Å The $25,000 Pyramid The $25,000 Pyramid The $25,000 Pyramid The $25,000 Pyramid The $25,000 Pyramid The $25,000 Pyramid Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å GSN The $25,000 Pyramid Little House on the Little House on the Prairie “Whatever Happened to Little House on the Prairie “Darkness Is My Friend” Frasier “Crock Tales” Frasi- Frasier Frasier and Niles Frasier “Goodnight, Seat- Frasier Frasier takes a raHALL Prairie Å the Class of ’56?” The 25-year high-school reunion.

Escaped convicts take hostages. Å er reminisces. Å plan Martin’s wedding. tle” Martin’s wedding. dio job in Seattle. Å The Newsroom “We Just Decided To” ’ Å The Ricky Gervais Show Making: The Newsroom Real Time With Bill Maher (N) ’ (Live) Å Real Time With Bill Maher ’ Å HBO 41 ’ Å House Hunters House Hunters Celeb. Vacation Homes House Hunters World House Hunters (N) Å Hunters Int’l Hunters Int’l Hunters Int’l H&G Hunters Int’l American Pickers The American Pickers “Love ’Em and Leave ’Em” A former American Pickers “Knuckleheads” Kevin’s New Eng- American Pickers “The Elephant in the Room” The American Pickers “Frank’s Gamble” Frank tries to buy HIST guys freestyle in Iowa. boxer fights to keep his stuff. Å land property. Å guys visit a Maine taxidermist. Å a 1939 Plymouth. Å America’s Most Wanted Police search for a man.

America’s Most Wanted Å America’s Most Wanted Å LIFE America’s Most Wanted America’s Most Wanted Å ››› “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (2011, Science Fiction) James Franco. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Strike Back ’ Å MAX on Set ’ Å Femme Fatales (N) Å Strike Back ’ Å MAX ›› Green Lantern Å ›› “Flight of the Intruder” (1991, War) Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Brad Johnson. ’ Å Secrets of Seal Team 6 ’ Å ›› “Flight of the Intruder” (1991) Danny Glover.

MILIT Great Planes ’ Å Snooki & JWOWW ’ The Real World The roommates move in. ’ Å ››› “Scream 2” (1997) David Arquette. A psychotic slasher rampages through an Ohio college town.

MTV Awkward. “Resolutions” Snooki & JWOWW ’ Area 51 Declassified Chasing UFOs “Texas is for Sightings” Chasing UFOs Strange objects in the skies. (N) Chasing UFOs “Texas is for Sightings” NGEO Alaska State Troopers Victorious ’ Å Victorious ’ Å Hollywood Heights “Eddie Questions His Feelings” Yes, Dear ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Friends ’ Å Friends ’ Å NICK Figure It Out ’ Å Deep Space Marvels Solar system; planet hunters.

Deep Space Marvels “Survival” ’ Å Deep Space Marvels “Destiny” ’ Å Deep Space Marvels Solar system; planet hunters.

SCIENCE How It’s Made ’ Å ››› “Fright Night” (2011) Anton Yelchin. A teenager discovers that his new neighbor is a vampire. ‘R’ ››› “The Company Men” (2010) Ben Affleck. ’ SHOW ››› “Another Happy Day” (2011, Comedy-Drama) Ellen Barkin. ‘R’ Days of our Lives Paying tribute to Lexie. ’ Å General Hospital Michael and Star get closer. Å The Young and the Restless ’ Å Days of our Lives Paying tribute to Lexie. ’ Å SOAP Young & Restless Shut Up and Drive!

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NASCAR Racing SPEED ●Pass Time › “Wild Hogs” (2007, Comedy) Tim Allen, John Travolta. Four friends take a motorcycle road trip. ’ Diamond Divers “Pirates Poachers and Thieves” ’ SPIKE › “Wild Hogs” (2007) Tim Allen. Four friends take a motorcycle road trip. ’ ●XTERRA World Championship ●Raceline 3 Wide Life (N) College Field Hockey SPSO ●College Field Hockey ACC Tournament, Final: Maryland at North Carolina. ●WWE Friday Night SmackDown! John Cena’s role in next week’s Live Great American Bash. (N) Å Insane or Inspired? Largest creations. (N) School Spirits An apparition stalks an athlete.

SYFY Eight Legged Freaks Behind the Scenes Å The Hal Lindsey Report The Harvest Å Manna-Fest/Perry Stone Praise the Lord Å TBN The Potter’s Touch Å House of Payne House of Payne House of Payne House of Payne ›› “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” (2005, Comedy-Drama) Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris. Å TBS Seinfeld Å ›› “The Bribe” (1949) ›› “Woman in Hiding” (1949, Drama) Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Stephen McNally. A husband arranges an ac- ›› “Julie” (1956, Suspense) Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan. A woman discovers her new husband TCM Robert Taylor. Å cident to kill his wife. murdered her last spouse. Å Say Yes to the Dress ’ Say Yes to the Dress ’ TLC Randy to the Rescue ’ Say Yes to the Dress ’ Say Yes to the Dress ’ Say Yes to the Dress (N) Say Yes to the Dress (N) Randy to the Rescue “New Orleans” (N) ’ Å The Mentalist Investigat- ››› “The Sum of All Fears” (2002, Suspense) Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell. Terrorists plan to detonate a nuclear ››› “The Sum of All Fears” (2002, Suspense) Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman.

TNT ing a car explosion. Å bomb in the U.S. Å Terrorists plan to detonate a nuclear bomb in the U.S. Å Cartoon Planet King of the Hill Å King of the Hill Å American Dad ’ Å American Dad ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å TOON NinjaGo: Masters Home Improvement ’ Home Improvement ’ Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond The King of Queens ’ TVLND M*A*S*H Å › “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” (2009, Action) Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid. Å Common Law “Role Play” A role-playing exercise. › “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” (2009) Å USA Law & Order: SVU › “Wild Wild West” (1999, Action) Will Smith, Kevin Kline. Secret agents fight to stop a presidential assassination. ’ Mob Wives Chicago ’ VH1 Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Single Ladies Keisha loses big in a poker game. ’ CABLE NEWS Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies American Greed Mad Money CNBC The Kudlow Report (N) Ford: Rebuilding an American Icon Piers Morgan Tonight (N) Anderson Cooper 360 Å Erin Burnett OutFront CNN Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) Å Politics & Public Policy Today CSPAN Politics & Public Policy Politics & Public Policy Today Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN2 Close-Up on C-SPAN The O’Reilly Factor (N) Å Hannity (N) On the Record With Greta Van Susteren (N) Å The O’Reilly Factor Å FNC FOX Report The Rachel Maddow Show (N) Lockup: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility.

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Animal Atl. Yng- Skin Cops Å Silent Vc. Cops Å Natural Cops Å Who Knew Whacked True Hollywood Story Baseball Test Essential Julia Child Primal Grill Sara’s Sew With Quilt in a Sewing Love of South-Gar- American Hometime This Old This Old Lawrence Kitchen Pépin ’ Weeknight Nancy Day Å Room Quilting den Woodshop Å House ’ House ’ Welk ●U.S. Olympic Trials Gymnastics. Men’s final. From 13 News at Nightly Willa’s Wild Pearlie (EI) Paid Pro- ●Women’s Soccer Friendly: United States vs. Canada. From 13 News at Life gram Sandy, Utah. (N) ’ (Live) Å San Jose, Calif. (N) ’ (Live) Å 5:00pm News 6:00pm Yu-Gi-Oh! Home ››› “Rudy” (1993, Drama) Sean Astin, Ned Beatty. ›› “Rent” (2005, Musical) Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs.

Big Bang Two Men Big Bang Veterans Cheers ’ ››› “The Jackie Robinson Story” (1950) Rick & Bubba Å ›› “Call of the Wild” (1972) Charlton Heston.

Gaither Homecoming The Cross Paid Pro- Paid Pro- ●X Games From Los An- ●X Games From Los An- Paid Pro- Paid Pro- ●ESPN Sports Saturday (N) Paid Pro- ABC World News at gram gram geles. (N) Å geles. (N) Å gram gram gram News 6PM ●PGA Tour 2012: The ●PGA Tour Golf AT&T National, Third Round. From Congressional Country Paid Pro- Paid Pro- NASCAR This Week The Insider CBS Evening CBS 42 gram gram Sport of Golf (N) Å Club in Bethesda, Md. (N) (Live) Å (N) ’ News News at 6 Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. ›› “Uncommon Valor” (1983) Gene Hackman. ››› “Ali” (2001, Biography) Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight. ’ Psych ’ Å Psych ’ L WPXH Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Miracles Heartland Å (DVS) Military River Parade › “Zoom” (2006, Comedy) Tim Allen.

Payne Payne Ring ¥ WABM Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. MY68 Auto Paid Prog. Hollywood Sports CABLE ENTERTAINMENT News High Q Local Programming News Local Prog Ent ^ TV-2 Local Programming Sell: Extreme Flip This House Å Flip This House Å Flip This House Å Flip This House Å Cajun Cajun Cajun Cajun Cajun Cajun Storage A&E Flip This House Å ››› “The Big Country” (1958, Western) Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker. Texas ranchers ›› “U.S. Marshals” (1998, Crime Drama) Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes. ››› “The Matrix” (1999) Keanu Reeves. A computer hacker AMC involve an Easterner in a water rights feud. Å Sam Gerard gets caught up in another fugitive case. Å learns his world is a computer simulation. Å My Cat From Hell Å My Cat From Hell Å My Cat From Hell Å My Cat From Hell Å My Cat From Hell Å My Cat From Hell Å My Cat From Hell Å My Cat From Hell Å My Cat ANPL Dogs 101 ’ Å The Brit List: Sexiest The Brit List: Coolest The Brit List: Baddest Top Gear Å Top Gear Å Top Gear Å Star Trek: Next Star Trek BBC Kitchen Nightmares ’ Ramsay’s Kitchen Foxx Foxx Foxx Foxx Foxx Foxx Foxx Foxx Foxx Foxx Foxx Foxx Foxx Jamie F. Foxx ›› “All About the Benjamins” BET Foxx Celebrity Close Calls Celebrity Close Calls Ghostly Ghostly Ghostly Ghost Psychic Kids Para-State Para-State Paranormal State Å My Ghost Story Å My Ghost Story Å Ghost BIO Around the World Housewives/OC Housewives/OC Real Housewives Housewives/OC Housewives/OC Housewives/OC Housewives/OC OC BRAVO Around the World CMT Insdr Top 20 Countdown ’ Redneck Vacation Redneck Island Å Redneck Island Å Blue Collar Comedy True Blue: Ten Years Idiots CMTV Unplugged Music ›› “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder” (2002) South Park South Park › “Let’s Go to Prison” (2006) Dax Shepard. › “Saving Silverman” (2001) Jason Biggs.

Super Trpr COMEDY ›› “Coneheads” (1993) Dan Aykroyd. Å Fast N’ Loud ’ Å Auction Auction Auction Auction Auction Auction Dual Survival ’ Å Dual Survival ’ Å Dual Survival ’ Å Dual Survival “Adrift” Survival DISC American Guns Å Phineas Gravity Jessie ’ A.N.T. Farm WizardsWizardsGood Luck Good Luck Austin & Shake It Good Luck Good Luck Good Luck Good Luck Good Luck Shake It Austin & Gravity Lab Rats ’ DISN and Ferb Falls Å Å Å Place Place Charlie ’ Charlie ’ Ally Å Up! Å Charlie ’ Charlie ’ Charlie ’ Charlie ’ Charlie ’ Up! Å Ally Å Falls Å Å E! News (N) Bridal to Homicidal The Soup Eastwood Eastwood Eastwood Kardashian Kardashian Kardashian Kardashian Kardashian Kardas E! X Games (N) Å X Games (N) Å X Games (N) Å X Games (N) Å Softball ESPN 2012 Wimbledon Championships Early Round, Day 6. (N) (Live) Å ●NASCAR Now (N) Softball Softball CrossFit CrossFit NHRA Drag Racing ESPN2 ●SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å ›› “The Count of Monte Cristo” (2002) Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce. ›› “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” (2010) “Pirates of the Caribbean” FAM ›› “The Karate Kid” (1984, Drama) Ralph Macchio.

Dinner Contessa Giada Chopped Cupcake Wars Food Network Star Sweet Genius Diners Diners Iron Chef America Restaurant: Impossible Chopped FOOD Paula ●Sports Unlimited Game 365 Boys in Baseball Action Sports World Poker Tour MLB Baseball Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves. (N) (Live) Sports FOXSS ShipShape Outdoors TBA How I Met Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men ›› “Dear John” (2010) Channing Tatum. ›› “Stop-Loss” (2008) Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish. ››› “Wanted” (2008) James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman.

FX ›› “Dying Young” (1991) Julia Roberts. Å ›› “Cruel Intentions” (1999, Drama) Å › “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” Urban FXM Farewell ››› “An Unmarried Woman” (1978) Jill Clayburgh. Å Deal or No Deal Å Deal or No Deal Å Newlywed Newlywed Newlywed Newlywed Family Fd Family Fd Fam. Feud Fam. Feud Fam. Feud GSN Whammy! Chain Rctn Newlywed Newlywed Million Dollar I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy HALL Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å Å ›› “Happy Gilmore” (1996) Å ›› “The Adjustment Bureau” (2011) ‘PG-13’ › “Jonah Hex” (2010) Josh Brolin. ›› “Arthur” (2011) Russell Brand.

HBO REAL Sports Gumbel ››› “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” (2011) ‘PG-13’ Contractor Pop Shop Pop Shop I Brake for Yard Sales Flea Mar Junk Going Curb App’l Hunters Hunt Intl Junk H&G YardCrash YardCrash YardCrash Hse Crash Hse Crash BathCrash Elbow WWII in HD “Point of No WWII in HD “Striking Dis- WWII in HD “Glory and WWII in HD Battle of the WWII in HD “End Game” American Pickers “Invisi- American Pickers Å American Pickers The American Pickers “Duck, American HIST Return” Å tance” Å Guts” Å Bulge; Okinawa. Å ble Pump” Å guys head to Michigan. Duck, Moose” Pickers Chris Chris ›› “The Babysitter’s Seduction” (1996) Å “Student Seduction” (2003) Elizabeth Berkley.

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“Blue Lagoon: The Awakening” LIFE Paid Prog. Cindy C ›› “Unknown” (2011) Liam Neeson. ‘PG-13’ “I Know What You Did Last” ››› “Hanna” (2011) Saoirse Ronan. ‘PG-13’ ››› “Bridesmaids” (2011) Kristen Wiig. ’ ‘NR’ Å MAX ››› “Bridesmaids” (2011) ‘NR’ At Sea ’ Å Aircraft Carrier Great Planes ’ Å American Commandos Modern Sniper Å Wings Over Vietnam ››› “Tigerland” (2000) Colin Farrell. ’ Å History MILIT At Sea ’ Å 10 on Top Snooki Snooki Awkward. Awkward. Cribs Priciest Pads Cribs Priciest Pads Cribs Priciest Pads Cribs Priciest Pads Snooki Awkward. ’ MTV What Girl Teen Mom ’ Å Taboo King Arthur Crop Circles Behind Loch Paranatural Truth Behind Behind Bigfoot UFOs Over Phoenix Truth NGEO Taboo Kung Fu Power Sponge.

Kung Fu Kung Fu Kung Fu Kung Fu Big Time Big Time iCarly ’ iCarly ’ iCarly ’ iCarly ’ Victorious Victorious Victorious NICK Sponge. Sponge. Korra Twisted but True Twisted but True Twisted but True Through the Wormhole Through the Wormhole Through the Wormhole Through the Wormhole Through the Wormhole Oddities SCIENCE Twisted but True “No Look Pass” (2011) ‘NR’ ››› “Capote” (2005, Biography) ’ ‘R’ The Love We Make ’ Å “The Other F Word” (2011) ’ ‘NR’ ››› “The Rock” ‘R’ SHOW “The Ramen Girl” (2008) Brittany Murphy. Å Veronica Mars Å Veronica Mars Å Veronica Mars Å Gilmore Girls ’ Å Gilmore Girls ’ Å Gilmore Girls ’ Å General...

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Humphrey Bogart, Michele Morgan. Å Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor. Å Macedonia’s son wants to rule B.C. world. Å Moving Up ’ Å Moving Up ’ Å Craft Wars ’ Å Undercover Boss Å Undercover Boss Å Undercover Boss Å Undercover Boss Å Undercover Boss Boss TLC Moving Up ’ Å The Closer Dallas John Ross tries to ›› “Deep Impact” (1998, Drama) Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni. A ››› “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003, Fantasy) Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler. Humans ●Countdown to Green TNT Å gain the upper hand. large comet is on a collision course with Earth. Å and creatures unite to battle Sauron and his army. Å (N) (Live) Å Justice Drama Drama Ed, Edd ’n Eddy “Big Picture Show” Johnny T Johnny T ›› “Open Season” (2006) Ashton Kutcher ›› “Planet 51” (2009, Comedy) Jessica Biel Garfield TOON Lantern Extreme Makeover Love Lucy Love Lucy Love Lucy Love Lucy Love Lucy Love Lucy ››› “Crocodile Dundee” (1986) Paul Hogan. Å ›› “Crocodile Dundee II” (1988) Paul Hogan.

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30 Rock “MILF Island” ¥ WABM Ring of Honor CABLE ENTERTAINMENT Local Programming Action News Nightbeat Hot Topics ^ TV-2 Entertainment Tonight Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Barter Kings Å Barter Kings “Bah-Bam!” A&E Storage Wars Å ››› “The Matrix” (1999) ››› “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss. Freedom fighters revolt against machines. Å ››› “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003) Keanu Reeves.

AMC Keanu Reeves.

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My Cat From Hell “Cat Fight!” ’ Bad Dog! A dog clings onto his owner’s clothing.

Tanked: Unfiltered “Serenity Now” (N) ’ Å Bad Dog! A dog clings onto his owner’s clothing.

ANPL My Cat From Hell Å Star Trek: The Next Generation ’ Å Merlin Merlin goes into hiding. Å Merlin Uther enlists a powerful witchfinder. ’ Å The Graham Norton Show (N) Å BBC Star Trek: Next ››› “Love & Basketball” (2000, Romance) Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps. Å BET All About the Benjamins ›› “Meet the Browns” (2008) Tyler Perry, David Mann. A woman meets her late father’s uproarious family for the first time. Å Celebrity Ghost Stories Celebrity Ghost Stories Å Celebrity Ghost Stories (N) Å My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera (N) Å My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera Å BIO The Real Housewives of Orange County Å The Real Housewives of Orange County Å “Blue Crush 2” (2011, Drama) Sasha Jackson, Elizabeth Mathis, Sharni Vinson. Premiere.

BRAVO Housewives/OC My Big Redneck Vacation “The Birdman Group” Redneck Island “All Mixed Up” (N) ’ Å My Big Redneck Vacation “The Birdman Group” CMTV Them Idiots Whirled Tour ’ Å › “Joe Dirt” (2001, Comedy) David Spade. A mullet-headed janitor relates his personal tale of woe. Å ›› “Jackass 3.5” (2011) Johnny Knoxville. Å COMEDY ›› “Super Troopers” (2001) Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan. Å Dual Survival Surviving the Rocky Mountains. Å Dual Survival Escaping a hippo-infested marshland. Dual Survival Dave and Cody in the jungles of Laos. Dual Survival Escaping a hippo-infested marshland.

DISC Dual Survival ’ Å “Let It Shine” (2012, Comedy-Drama) Tyler James Williams, Coco Jones, Trevor Jackson. A teenage rapper Gravity Falls Dipper and A.N.T. Farm The school’s Jessie Jessie tries to help Good Luck Charlie Family Good Luck Charlie “Make DISN must use his talent to win the girl of his dreams. ’ Å Mabel look for a culprit.

Internet is shut off. Å Zuri. ’ Å secrets are revealed.

Room for Baby” Kardashian ››› “(500) Days of Summer” (2009, Romance-Comedy) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel.

Mrs. Eastwood Mrs. Eastwood The Soup Chelsea Lately E! ●X Games From Los Angeles. (N) (Live) Å ESPN ●Softball World Cup: Canada vs. United States. From Oklahoma City. (N) Å MLS Soccer Los Angeles Galaxy at San Jose Earthquakes. (N) (Live) ESPN2 ●MLL Lacrosse All-Star Game. From Boca Raton, Fla. (N) (Live) ››› “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003, Action) Johnny Depp. A blacksmith and a pirate must rescue a kidnapped damsel.

FAM ›› “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (2006) Johnny Depp.

Chopped A romantic gift as the centerpiece.

Chopped Canned spiced ham in the first basket.

Chopped Leftover pizza in the appetizer round.

Iron Chef America “Forgione vs. Cantrel” FOOD Chopped ●Boxing Mercito Gesta vs. Manny Perez. From Parker, Ariz.

World Poker Tour: Season 10 World Poker Tour: Season 10 FOXSS ●Sports Unlimited ›› “Hancock” (2008, Action) Will Smith, Charlize Theron. A scruffy superhero carelessly wreaks havoc in Los Angeles.

Anger Management Charlie returns to therapy.

Brand X With Louie FX ›› “Cruel Intentions” (1999, Drama) Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon. Å › “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” Å FXM ›› “Urban Legend” (1998, Horror) Jared Leto, Alicia Witt. Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud Å Family Feud Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å GSN Family Feud ’ Å I Love Lucy “Lucy Gets I Love Lucy Ricky puts I Love Lucy “Ricky Thinks I Love Lucy Ricky asks for I Love Lucy “Job Switch- I Love Lucy Lucy develops I Love Lucy “The Club I Love Lucy Lucy acciden- I Love Lucy “Lucy HALL Ricky on the Radio” Lucy on a rigid schedule. He’s Going Bald” a raise, loses his job. ing” Å a inferiority complex.

Election” Å tally gets a black eye.

Changes Her Mind” ›› “Final Destination 5” (2011) Nicholas D’Agosto. Premiere. ’ ‘R’ Å True Blood Sookie asks for Pam’s help. ’ Å ››› “Unstoppable” (2010, Action) Denzel Washington. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å HBO ›› Arthur (2011) Å Design Star Hollywood eras. Å Meg’s Great Rooms (N) The High Low Project (N) House Hunters Å Hunters Int’l House Hunters Å Hunters Int’l H&G Mom Caves (N) Å American Pickers “Driving Pawn Stars “Buffalo Bull” Pawn Stars A rare Jimi Pawn Stars Secret plans Pawn Stars Rare $1 and Pawn Stars A guy brings Pawn Stars Hatfield-Mc- Pawn Stars Soviet nuclear Pawn Stars NASA moon HIST Miss Dani” Å Å Hendrix’s poster. Å from WWII D-Day. Å $5 bills from the 1800s. in 100 pounds of silver.

Coy rifle. Å missile launch keys. flag; Civil War musket.

“Fugitive at 17” (2012) Marie Avgeropoulos. A murder suspect goes on the run to find the real killer.

“Walking the Halls” (2012) Jamie Luner. High-school students moonlight as escorts for wealthy men.

LIFE Blue Lagoon Strike Back Connolly plans to deliver WMD to Latif.

“Recoil” (2011, Action) Steve Austin, Danny Trejo. Premiere. ’ ‘R’ Å Strike Back ’ Å MAX ›› “Due Date” (2010, Comedy) Robert Downey Jr. ’ ‘R’ Å ›› “The Alamo” (2004, War) Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric. Premiere. Outnumbered Texans fight to secede from Mexico. ’ ›› “The Alamo” (2004, War) Dennis Quaid. ’ MILIT Unsolved History Å Ridiculousness ’ Ridiculousness ’ Ridiculousness ’ Ridiculousness ’ Ridiculousness ’ ›› “Scary Movie 3” (2003) Anna Faris. ’ MTV The Real World The roommates move in. ’ Å The Truth Behind UFOs: Popped Chasing UFOs Strange objects in the skies.

Chasing UFOs “Texas is for Sightings” The Truth Behind UFOs: Popped NGEO The Truth Behind...

Victorious (N) ’ Å How to Rock (N) Å Big Time Rush ’ Å iCarly ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Friends Å Friends Å NICK Victorious ’ Å Oddities ’ Å Oddities ’ Å Oddities: San Francisco Oddities: San Francisco Oddities ’ Å Oddities ’ Å Oddities ’ Å Oddities ’ Å SCIENCE Oddities ’ Å ●Boxing Cornelius Bundrage vs. Cory Spinks. Bundrage battles Spinks for the IBF light middleweight title. From Indio, Calif. (N) (Live) SHOW ››› “The Rock” (1996, Action) Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage. ’ ‘R’ General Hospital Liz runs into Jason. ’ Å General Hospital Patrick struggles with his demons. General Hospital Maxie worries about Patrick. Å General Hospital Michael and Star get closer. Å SOAP General Hospital Å ●NASCAR Victory Lane (N) Hard Parts: South Bronx Hard Parts: South Bronx MotoGP Racing MotoGP Racing Moto2: Dutch Grand Prix.

SPEED ●Monster Jam (N) ›› “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004, Action) Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm. Global warming leads to worldwide natural disasters. ’ SPIKE ›› “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004) Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal. ’ ●REV 3 Triathlon ●Volvo Ocean Race ●Raceline 3 Wide Life Tommy Wilcox Outdoors Sportsman Adventures SPSO Trackside Live: Special Edition (N) (Live) “Bigfoot” (2012, Suspense) Danny Bonaduce. Premiere. Two rivals try to capture the legendary creature. ›› “Mega Python vs. Gatoroid” (2011) Tiffany SYFY “Snow Beast” (2011, Suspense) John Schneider, Jason London.

In Touch With Dr. Charles Stanley Å Hour of Power Å Billy Graham Classic Crusades Not a Fan Travel the Road Å TBN Precious Memories The Big Bang Theory ’ The Big Bang Theory ’ The Great Escape “Escape From Alcatraz” Å ›› “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” (2009) Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson. Å TBS Seinfeld ’ Å ››› “Alexander the ›››› “Sullivan’s Travels” (1941, Comedy) Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert ››› “Christmas in July” (1940, Comedy) Dick Powell, Ellen Drew. A man goes ››› “The Great McGinty” (1940, Comedy) Brian TCM Great” (1956) Å Warwick. Hollywood director turns hobo for social epic. on a shopping spree, thinking he has won a contest.

Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff.

Undercover Boss “Waste Management” ’ Å Undercover Boss “United Van Lines” ’ Å Undercover Boss: Abroad “Hutchinson Builders” Undercover Boss “Waste Management” ’ Å TLC Undercover Boss Å ●NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup: Quaker State 400. From Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky. (N) (Live) Å ›› “Deep Impact” (1998) Robert Duvall. A large TNT comet is on a collision course with Earth. Å Home Movies ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å The Boondocks The Boondocks TOON ›› “Garfield’s Fun Fest” (2008) Voices of Frank Welker, Tim Conway.

That ’70s Show ’ Å Everybody-Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond “The Author” ’ Å Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond The King of Queens ’ TVLND The Soul Man Å Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Penetration” Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Dirty” ’ Å Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Pop” ’ Å Necessary Roughness “Slumpbuster” Å USA Law & Order: SVU ››› “Boyz N the Hood” (1991, Drama) Larry Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr. ’ ››› “Baby Boy” (2001, Drama) Tyrese Gibson, Omar Gooding, A.J. Johnson. ’ VH1 Hollywood Exes ’ CABLE NEWS Princess “Kezia” (N) ’ The Suze Orman Show “S’more Best Calls!” (N) American Greed The prison life of Bernie Madoff.

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Lockup: Raw How inmates spend their time.

Lockup: Pendleton Angry teens.

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Rick & Bubba Å ›› “Breach of Trust” (1996) Michael Biehn.

Southern Gospel Music Cheers ’ 8 WJXS Crosspoint ●Wimbledon Week One Highlights Highlights from the first week at Wimble- News at Sea Rescue Best Vacu- This Week W/ George Stop Mem- To Be Announced ABC World Funny H WJSU (N) um Ever! Stephanopoulos ory Loss don. (N) Å 5PM News Videos ●PGA Tour Golf AT&T National, Final Round. From Congressional Country Club in Bethes- News CBS News Face the Dawson Memorial Paid Pro- Lose 30Lbs To Be Announced 60 Minutes J WIAT Sunday Nation (N) Church gram da, Md. (N) (Live) Å ’Å ››› “The Fugitive” (1993) Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones. ’ Leverage ’ Å Leverage ’ Å Leverage ’ Å Leverage L WPXH Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Inspiration Today Camp Meeting ’ Faith NewHope Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Whacked Flawless Raymond Sunny ›› “I Heart Huckabees” (2004, Comedy) › “Eye of the Beholder” (1999) Ashley Judd The Unit ¥ WABM Church CABLE ENTERTAINMENT Local Programming News Cars.TV Health Paid Prog. Tummy Paid Prog. Local Programming Chan. 2 Action News Local Prog ^ TV-2 Chan. 2 Action News The Sopranos ’ Å The Sopranos ’ Å The Sopranos ’ Å Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds “Coda” Criminal A&E The Sopranos ’ Å ›› “Pitch Black” (2000) Radha ›› “The Chronicles of Riddick” (2004) Vin Diesel, Colm Feore. ››› “The Matrix” (1999) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. A computer ››› “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003) Keanu Reeves. Freedom AMC Mitchell, Vin Diesel. Å A fugitive fights an invading ruler and his army. Å hacker learns his world is a computer simulation. Å fighters revolt against machines. Å Wild Kingdom ’ Å Wild Kingdom ’ Å Whale Wars: Bluefin Whale Wars Whale Wars Whale Wars Whale Wars Whale Wars Tanked ANPL Dogs 101 ’ Å Toy Stories Top Gear Å Top Gear Å Top Gear Å Top Gear Å Top Gear Å ›› “Clash of the Titans” (1981) Harry Hamlin.

BBC Toy Stories Chosen ›› “Rush Hour 2” (2001) Jackie Chan. Å ››› “Love & Basketball” (2000) Sanaa Lathan. Å ›› “Meet the Browns” (2008) Tyler Perry. Å BET Awards 2012 Pre-Show BET Chris Biography “Will Smith” The Inside Story: Jaws Å The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance Å Wrestling’s Secrets Notorious Å Notorious Å Notorious Å Notorious BIO Million Dollar LA Million Dollar LA Million Dollar LA Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NYC Housewives/NYC Housewives/OC Jersey BRAVO Miss Advised CMT Insdr Top 20 Countdown ’ Music Redneck Vacation Redneck Vacation Redneck Vacation Redneck Vacation “Smokey-Bandit” CMTV CMT Music ’ Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama › “Saving Silverman” (2001) Jason Biggs. ››› “Private Parts” (1997) Howard Stern. Å › Joe Dirt COMEDY Rev.-Nerd › “Let’s Go to Prison” (2006) Dax Shepard.

MythBusters ’ Å MythBusters ’ Å MythBusters ’ Å MythBusters ’ Å MythBusters ’ Å MythBusters ’ Å MythBusters ’ Å MythBusters ’ Å Myth DISC MythBusters ’ Å Gravity Jessie ’ “Let It Shine” (2012, Comedy-Drama) Tyler James Good Luck Good Luck Austin & Shake It A.N.T. Farm Phineas Phineas Phineas Good Luck Good Luck Austin & Shake It Good Luck DISN Falls Å Å Williams, Coco Jones. ’ ‘NR’ Å Charlie ’ Charlie ’ Ally Å Up! Å Å and Ferb and Ferb and Ferb Charlie ’ Charlie ’ Ally Å Up! Å Charlie ’ Eastwood The Soup E! News (N) Kardashian Kardashian Kardashian Kardashian Kardashian Kardashian ›› “Shallow Hal” (2001) E! ●X Games From Los Angeles. (N) (Live) Å UEFA Euro 2012 UEFA European Championship Final: Teams TBA. (N) Baseball ESPN ●SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å ●Baseball Tonight (N) ●X Games From Los Angeles. (N) (Live) Å ●EURO 2012 Tonight The Sports NHRA Drag Racing Softball World Cup: Brazil vs. United States. (N) NHRA Drag Racing ESPN2 Outside ››› “The Mask” (1994, Comedy) Jim Carrey. ›› “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (2006, Action) ››› “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003) Incredibls FAM “The Little Vampire” Guy’s, Bite Barbecue Be.- Made Paula Pioneer Restaurant: Impossible Chopped Chopped Chopped Anne Burrell Diners Diners Food- Star FOOD Dinners Horse.

LOKAR Motorhead Game 365 Baseball Pre-Game MLB Baseball Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves. (N) (Live) Postgame Postgame Boys in Bull Riding FOXSS Boys in ››› “Jarhead” (2005) Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard. ›› “Stop-Loss” (2008) Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish. ››› “Wanted” (2008) James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman. ›› “Hancock” (2008, Action) Will Smith.

FX ››› “An Affair to Remember” (1957) Å ›› “Where the Heart Is” (2000) Å ›› “The Family Stone” (2005) Å › “Epic Movie” (2007) Kal Penn.

FXM Pres. Benchwrm FXM “Barbarn-Geisha” Deal or No Deal Å Fam. Feud Fam. Feud Fam. Feud Fam. Feud Family Fd Family Fd Are You Smarter Smarter GSN Whammy! Chain Rctn Newlywed Newlywed $ Pyramid $ Pyramid Deal or No Deal Å We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love We Love HALL Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å Lucy Å ››› “Megamind” (2010, Action) ’ ‘PG’ Å Real Time/Bill Maher ››› “Dolphin Tale” (2011) Harry Connick Jr. ››› “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” Å “X-Men: First Class” HBO ››› “Men in Black” First Place First Place Property Property Property Property Hunters Hunt Intl YardCrash My Yard Hunters Hunt Intl Holmes H&G My Kitchen Hate Bath YardCrash Hse Crash Love It or List It Å Swamp People “Divide to Swamp People Tommy Swamp People Swamp People “TreeSwamp People Å American Restoration Restoration Restoration Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars HIST Conquer” Å goes out on his own.

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A&E Criminal Minds ’ Å ››› “The Matrix Re›› “The Matrix Revolutions” (2003, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss. Neo, Morpheus and Trinity battle vicious machines. Å ›› “The Matrix Revolutions” (2003, Science Fiction) AMC loaded” (2003) Å Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. Å Call of the Wildman ’ Call-Wildman Gator Boys A 12-foot alligator stalks farm animals.

Call of the Wildman (N) Call-Wildman Gator Boys A 12-foot alligator stalks farm animals.

ANPL Tanked: Unfiltered Å ›› “Alexander” (2004) Colin Farrell. Å BBC ›› Clash of the Titans ›› “Alexander” (2004, Historical Drama) Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie. Premiere. Macedonia’s young king conquers much of the known world. Å The BET Awards 2012 Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj and Kanye West. (N) (Live) Å BET Awards 2012 BET BET Awards Notorious Jim Jones.

The Manson Women Charles Manson’s followers.

Warren Jeffs: Fallen Prophet Å I Survived “Cults” Turned into a sexual slave. Å The Cult Murders Å BIO The Real Housewives of New Jersey New Jersey Social (N) The Real Housewives of New Jersey (N) 10 Things Happy Housewives/NJ BRAVO Housewives/NJ Ron White’s Comedy Salute to the Troops 2012 (Premiere) ’ Å ››› “Smokey and the Bandit” (1977) Burt Reynolds, Sally Field. ’ CMTV ››› “Smokey and the Bandit” (1977) Burt Reynolds, Sally Field. ’ ›› “Jackass 3.5” (2011, Comedy) Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn. Å Tosh.0 Å Workaholics Å COMEDY › “Joe Dirt” (2001, Comedy) David Spade, Dennis Miller. Å MythBusters The truth of the world’s first torpedo.

MythBusters “Newton’s Crane Cradle” ’ Å MythBusters “Mythbusters” fans take control. Å MythBusters “Newton’s Crane Cradle” ’ Å DISC MythBusters ’ Å Good Luck Charlie Amy Good Luck Charlie Amy Shake It Up! “Rock and Gravity Falls “Tourist Gravity Falls ’ Å Gravity Falls Dipper and Austin & Ally “Soups & Jessie Jessie tries to A.N.T. Farm Olive’s pet roDISN brings home the baby. brings home the baby.

Roll It Up” (N) ’ Å Trapped” ’ Å Mabel look for a culprit.

Stars” ’ Å unglue hands. ’ Å bot no longer works. ›› Shallow Hal (2001) Keeping Up With the Kardashians Keeping Up With the Kardashians (N) Mrs. Eastwood Mrs. Eastwood Chelsea Lately The Soup E! ●MLB Baseball New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers. From Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å ●SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å ESPN ●Baseball Tonight (N) ●X Games Los Angeles. From Los Angeles. (N) (Live) Å ESPN2 ●NHRA Drag Racing O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 Nationals. From Joliet, Ill. ››› “The Incredibles” (2004) Voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter. Animated. A former superhero gets back into action.

FAM ››› “The Incredibles” (2004, Adventure) Voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson.

Cupcake Wars The 70th anniversary of the USO. Food Network Star “Deen Family Beach Party” (N) Chef Wanted With Anne Burrell (N) Chopped A romantic gift as the centerpiece.

FOOD Food Network Star ●The Best of Pride (N) ●UFC Ultimate Insider ●The Game 365 (N) World Poker Tour: Season 10 (Taped) World Poker Tour: Season 10 FOXSS Barfly ›› Hancock (2008) ››› “Taken” (2008) Liam Neeson. A former spy uses his old skills to save his kidnapped daughter. ››› “Taken” (2008) Liam Neeson. A former spy uses his old skills to save his kidnapped daughter.

FX FXM Presents Å ›› “The Rocker” (2008, Comedy) Rainn Wilson. A failed drummer gets another shot at fame. Å ›› “The Rocker” (2008) Rainn Wilson. Å FXM › “The Benchwarmers” (2006) David Spade. Å Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ’ Å Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ’ Å Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å GSN Are You Smarter We Love Lucy (Part 2 of We Love Lucy “The We Love Lucy “The We Love Lucy Lucy We Love Lucy The race to We Love Lucy “Lucy Wins We Love Lucy Lucy enters We Love Lucy Ricky can- We Love Lucy “Lucy Goes HALL 2) Å Celebrity Next Door” Å Celebrity Next Door” Å searches for uranium. stake uranium claim. a Race Horse” her horse in a race. cels second honeymoon. to Sun Valley” True Blood Lafayette endangers Sookie. (N) Å The Newsroom “News Night 2.0” (N) ’ Å True Blood Lafayette endangers Sookie. ’ Å HBO ››› “X-Men: First Class” (2011, Action) James McAvoy. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Holmes Inspection “Pump Up the Heat” ’ Å Holmes Inspection “No Breathing Room” ’ Å Holmes Inspection “Backyard Blues” ’ Å Holmes on Homes A crumbling concrete foundation.

H&G Holmes on Homes Å Pawn Stars “Ah, Shoot” Å Ice Road Truckers “No Way Out” The biggest storm of Ice Road Truckers “Desperate Measures” (N) Å Shark Wranglers “Killer Catch” (Series Premiere) The Mountain Men “Surviving Winter” Å HIST the season. Å team sets out to tag 50 sharks. (N) Å Drop Dead Diva “Happily Ever After” (N) Å Army Wives Trevor’s friend comes to Fort Marshall.

“Fugitive at 17” (2012) Marie Avgeropoulos. Å LIFE “Fugitive at 17” (2012, Suspense) Marie Avgeropoulos, Christina Cox. Å ››› “Galaxy Quest” (1999) Tim Allen. Aliens kidnap actors from an old sci-fi TV series. ’ ‘PG’ Å ››› “The Rundown” (2003, Adventure) The Rock. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Femme Fatales ’ Å MAX ›› Paul (2011) ‘R’ Å Secret Service Secrets “On Enemy Soil” ’ Å Secret Service Secrets “Campaign Nightmare” ’ Secret Service Secrets “The Home Front” ’ Å Secret Service Secrets “On Enemy Soil” ’ Å MILIT JFK: Magic Bullet The Real World The roommates move in. ’ Å Awkward. ’ Awkward. “Resolutions” Snooki & JWOWW ’ Snooki & JWOWW ’ True Life Two sets of incompatible roommates. ’ MTV Ridiculousness ’ Inside the Green Berets Troops in Afghanistan.

Taboo “Addiction” Lives haunted by addiction.

Taboo A look at the drug that kills the most. (N) Taboo A look at the drug that kills the most.

NGEO Supercarrier: USS My Wife and Kids Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Friends ’ Å Friends ’ Å NICK SpongeBob SquarePants My Wife and Kids Å Prophets of Science Fiction “George Lucas” Å Trek Nation The legacy of Gene Roddenberry. ’ Å Prophets of Science Fiction “George Lucas” Å SCIENCE Science Fiction Weeds “Messy” Å Episodes ’ Å Weeds “Messy” Å Episodes ’ Å SHOW ››› “The Help” (2011, Drama) Viola Davis. An aspiring writer captures the experiences of black women. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Days of our Lives ’ Å Days of our Lives ’ Å Days of our Lives E.J. and Nicole reminisce. Å Days of our Lives Paying tribute to Lexie. ’ Å SOAP Days of our Lives Å ●Wind Tunnel With Dave Despain (N) (Live) Two Guys Garage Car Crazy (N) Rolex Sports Car Series Racing Watkins Glen.

SPEED ●SPEED Center (N) (Live) ●NASCAR Victory Lane ›› “Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace” (1999, Science Fiction) Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor. Young Anakin Skywalker begins to learn about the Force. ’ SPIKE “Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace” ●Boxing Chris John vs. Shoii Kimura. WBA Featherweight bout from Singapore. ●Under the Lights ●In My Own Words ●In My Own Words ●In My Own Words SPSO Champ Boxing › “Repo Men” (2010) Jude Law, Forest Whitaker. Premiere. Agents repossess transplanted organs for nonpayment.

SYFY ››› “The Fifth Element” (1997) Bruce Willis, Ian Holm. A New York cabby tries to save Earth in 2259.

Joel Osteen Å Kerry Shook Ministries Believer’s Voice-Victory Creflo Dollar Å ››› “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (1965, Historical Drama) Max von Sydow, Charlton Heston.

TBN The Blessed Life ›› “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail” (2009) Tyler Perry. Madea raises hell behind bars. Å (DVS) TBS Madea’s Family Reunion ›› “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail” (2009) Tyler Perry. Madea raises hell behind bars. Å (DVS) ››› “The Music Man” ››› “Lassie Come Home” (1943, Drama) Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty. A British boy’s ›› “Goodbye, My Lady” (1956, Drama) Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon de Wilde. A dog brings joy into TCM (1962) Å collie finds her way back home from Scotland. Å (DVS) the lives of an old man and a boy.

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding ’ Å My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (N) ’ Å Fat American Gypsy Wedding: Aftermath My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding ’ Å TLC Gypsy Wedding ››› “Transformers” (2007, Action) Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel. Falling Skies “Young Bloods” Ben and Hal try to help a The Great Escape “Escape From the USS Hornet” Falling Skies “Young Bloods” Ben and Hal try to help a TNT Two races of robots wage war on Earth. Å young boy. (N) Å Teams are locked inside a battleship. (N) Å young boy. Å Level Up The Venture Bros.

King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Loiter Squad TOON ›› Garfield’s Fun Fest Level Up Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond The King of Queens ’ TVLND M*A*S*H Hawkeye and B.J. declare war on Charles. M*A*S*H Å NCIS A seaman’s death may be one in a series. ’ NCIS A murder is caught on tape. ’ Å (DVS) NCIS Tony revisits his time in Baltimore. ’ USA NCIS “False Witness” ’ NCIS A Marine is murdered on a dinner boat. Å Hollywood Exes Mayte seeks help. ’ Mob Wives Chicago Nora plans to confront Renee.

VH1 Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Mob Wives Chicago Nora plans to confront Renee. Hollywood Exes Former wives of stars. ’ CABLE NEWS Danger. Rich Billions Behind Bars: Inside America’s American Greed “Crash for Cash” The Facebook Obsession The rise of Facebook.

CNBC Wall Street Journal Rpt. A Greek Tragedy CNN Presents Å Piers Morgan Tonight CNN Newsroom (N) CNN Presents Å CNN CNN Newsroom (N) British House/Commons Road to the White House Q&A CSPAN Washington This Week Q & A Book TV Book TV: After Words Book TV Book TV CSPAN2 Book TV Huckabee (N) FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace ’ Å Geraldo at Large (N) ’ Å Huckabee FNC FOX Report (N) Caught on Camera Inches away from disaster.

Caught on Camera “Customers Gone Wild” Inside the Box A suspected serial rapist. ’ Å Lockup: Raw “Hard Time” Nothing left to lose.

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The 700 Club Å FAM ›› The Notebook Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Mystery Diners Diners, Drive FOOD Diners, Drive World Poker Tour: Season 10 World Poker Tour: Season 10 FOXSS UFC Reloaded “UFC 141 Lesnar vs. Overeem” Relive UFC 141.

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FX FXM Presents Å › “10 Things I Hate About You” (1999, Comedy) Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Å Blast From the Past Å FXM ›› “Blast From the Past” (1999) Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone. Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud Å Family Feud Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å GSN Family Feud Å Little House on the Little House on the Prairie “May We Make Them Little House on the Prairie “Wilder and Wilder” Hope- Frasier Frasier’s quiet time Frasier Frasier visits a Frasier A caller challenges Frasier Frasier’s dad HALL Prairie (Part 1 of 2) Å Proud” Loss of her baby shatters Mary. Å ful shift of Laura’s affection. Å is interrupted. Å trendy restaurant. Å Frasier to a fight. meets a woman. Å ››› “Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present” (2012) ‘NR’ Å George Lopez The Ricky Gervais Show REAL Sports Gumbel HBO ›› The A-Team (2010) Real Time With Bill Maher ’ Å Love It or List It “Colin and Beth” Å Love It or List It Opinionated art collectors. (N) House Hunters (N) Å Hunters Int’l Love It or List It Hard to please homeowners. Å H&G Love It or List It Å American Pickers “Mama Pawn Stars “Stalled Deals” Pawn Stars Elvis Presley American Pickers “You Betcha” Kentucky’s Pioneer Pawn Stars “Hot & Colt” Pawn Stars “Stuff It” (N) Å Cajun Pawn Stars “Under Cajun Pawn Stars A rare HIST Knows Best” Å contract; rare rifle. Å Playhouse. (N) Å (N) Å the Gun” Å World War II biplane.

“My Nanny’s Secret” (2009) Haylie Duff. A nanny suspects that her troubled brother committed murder.

“My Mother’s Secret” (2012, Suspense) Nicole de Boer, Yannick Bisson, Barbara Niven. Premiere. Å LIFE My Neighbor’s Secret ››› “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (2011, Science Fiction) James Franco. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å MAX ›› Sex and the City 2 ›› “Mr. Baseball” (1992) Tom Selleck. Aging New York Yankee gets traded to Japan. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å JFK: Inside the Target Car JFK assassination. ’ The Kennedy Detail The men of JFK’s Secret Service detail. ’ JFK: Inside the Target Car JFK assassination. ’ MILIT Conspiracy Test Å Snooki & JWOWW ’ Awkward. “Resolutions” Teen Wolf Scott gathers forces for protection. ’ Teen Wolf Scott and Stiles protect their friends. (N) Teen Wolf Scott and Stiles protect their friends. ’ MTV Friendzone ’ Wild Justice The illegal sale of bear gall bladders.

Wild Justice An interstate trophy buck poacher. (N) Locked Up Abroad “My Dad the Smuggler” (N) Locked Up Abroad “My Dad the Smuggler” NGEO Wild Justice Friends ’ Å Friends ’ Å Hollywood Heights (N) ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Friends “Pilot” ’ Å Friends ’ Å NICK Big Time Rush (N) Å Nik Wallenda Beyond Niagara ’ Å Nik Wallenda Beyond Niagara (N) ’ Å Nik Wallenda Beyond Niagara “Helicopter Hang” Nik Wallenda Beyond Niagara ’ Å SCIENCE Nik Wallenda’s Weeds “Messy” Å Episodes ’ Å Weeds “Messy” Å Episodes ’ Å Web Therapy ’ Å Weeds “Messy” Å SHOW ›› “Faster” (2010, Action) Dwayne Johnson. ’ ‘R’ Å Days of our Lives ’ Å General Hospital ’ Å The Young and the Restless ’ Å Days of our Lives ’ Å SOAP Young & Restless ●Gearz Gearz Hot Rod TV ’ Hot Rod TV ’ Two Guys Garage Two Guys Garage Gearz SPEED Wind Tunnel w/Despain ●Gearz SPIKE “Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones” ’ ›› “Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones” (2002, Science Fiction) Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman. Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice protect the former queen. ’ ●Braves Live! Postgame ●Braves Live! Postgame MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves.

SPSO ●MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves. From Turner Field in Atlanta. (N) (Live) Eureka Carter tries to be romantic. ’ Å Eureka “Mirror Mirror” (N) ’ Å Lost Girl “Can’t See the Fae-Rest” (N) ’ Å Eureka “Mirror Mirror” ’ Å SYFY › Repo Men (2010) Behind the Scenes Å On The Living Edge Kingdom Connection Jesse Duplantis Å Fireproof TBN The Potter’s Touch Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Conan Actor Steve Martin; Cake performs.

TBS Seinfeld “The Bris” ’ ›› “Killers of Kiliman- ››› “Mogambo” (1953, Adventure) Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly. Two women fight for a hunter’s af- ›› “Elephant Walk” (1954, Adventure) Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch. A bride must adjust to life TCM jaro” (1960, Adventure) fections during a safari. Å (DVS) on her husband’s tea plantation. Å Cake Boss ’ Å Cake Boss ’ Å Cake Boss (N) ’ Å Cake Boss (N) ’ Å Four Houses A classic Princeton manor. ’ Å Cake Boss ’ Å Cake Boss ’ Å TLC Craft Wars ’ Å The Mentalist “At First The Mentalist “War of the Roses” A murderer has in- The Mentalist “His Thoughts Were Red Thoughts” The Mentalist “Cheap Burgundy” Jane helps Agent Su- CSI: NY “Forbidden Fruit” A murder suspect is impaled.

TNT Blush” ’ Å formation on a case. ’ Å Jane encounters a former nemesis. ’ Å san Darcy. ’ Å ’Å Regular Show Annoying Orange King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å American Dad ’ Å American Dad ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å TOON Adventure Time (N) Home Improvement ’ Home Improvement ’ Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Retired at 35 “Up North” The King of Queens ’ TVLND M*A*S*H Å ●WWE Monday Night RAW (N) ’ (Live) Å NCIS Ziva finds herself under investigation. Å Common Law “Role Play” A role-playing exercise.

USA NCIS: Los Angeles Å Single Ladies “Deuces” Keisha learns a secret. (N) Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta ’ Single Ladies “Deuces” Keisha learns a secret. ’ VH1 Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (N) ’ CABLE NEWS Filthy Rich An investigation of oil rich countries.

American Greed The collapse of Erpenbeck.

Mad Money CNBC The Kudlow Report (N) The Costco Craze: Inside the Warehouse Giant Piers Morgan Tonight (N) Anderson Cooper 360 Å Erin Burnett OutFront CNN Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) Å Politics & Public Policy Today CSPAN House of Reps.

The Communicators Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Coverage The O’Reilly Factor (N) Å Hannity (N) On the Record With Greta Van Susteren (N) Å The O’Reilly Factor Å FNC FOX Report The Rachel Maddow Show (N) The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell (N) The Ed Show MSNBC Hardball Chris Matthews The Ed Show (N)

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BROADCAST CHANNELS Hell’s Kitchen Tempers flare on both teams. (N) MasterChef Graham participates in a challenge. (N) FOX6 News at 9:00 PM FOX6 News at 9:30 PM FOX6 News at 10:00 PM America Now ’ Å & WBRC Inside Edition (N) Å PBS NewsHour (N) ’ Å Michael Wood’s Story of England “Romans to Nor- Michael Wood’s Story of England The 14th-century Frontline “Money, Power and Wall Street: The Crisis “The Reconstruction of Asa Carter” (2010, Docu_ WCIQ mans” Lost history of Kibworth, England. ’ Å famine and Black Death. (N) ’ Å Spreads” Regulators try to fix the economy. mentary) Access Hollywood (N) ’ America’s Got Talent Hopefuls perform in Las Vegas. America’s Got Talent Four acts advance to the next Love in the Wild Drama tears a relationship apart. (N) Alabama’s 13 News at The Tonight Show With ` WVTM Å ’Å round. (N) ’ (Live) Å ’Å 10:00pm (N) Å Jay Leno ’ Å The L.A. Complex Nick’s love life heats up. ’ Seinfeld “The Cartoon” 30 Rock ’ Å The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show 5 WTTO The Big Bang Theory ’ The Catalina Kris hits on Stephanie. ’ Å The Lucy Show Å Most Wanted Cheers ’ Å Cheers ’ Å TV24 News at Nine Rick & Bubba Å 8 WJXS The Lucy Show Å Wheel of Fortune Å Wipeout “Hotties Versus Nerds 2.0” Nerdy guys com- Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition “Michael” A 493-pound-man tries to lose weight. ’ Å ABC 33/40 News at 10PM Nightline (N) Å H WJSU pete against hot women. ’ Å (N) Entertainment Tonight (N) NCIS “Restless” A beloved Marine is fatally stabbed. ’ NCIS: Los Angeles “Lange, H.” The team searches for 48 Hours Mystery ’ Å CBS 42 News at 10 (N) Late Show With David J WIAT ’ Å Å (DVS) Hetty in Romania. ’ Å (DVS) Letterman ’ Å Criminal Minds A gang of suspected murderers. ’ Criminal Minds Targeted killings in Florida. ’ Criminal Minds Bodies are found buried in Florida.

Flashpoint Ed gambles with his own safety. Å L WPXH Criminal Minds ’ Å Cold Case Lilly returns to work after being shot. ’ Cold Case A 15-year-old girl who was beaten. Å The King of Queens ’ American Dad ’ Å House of Payne House of Payne ¥ WABM Seinfeld “The Cartoon” CABLE ENTERTAINMENT Local Programming Action News Nightbeat Local Programming ^ TV-2 Entertainment Tonight Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å A&E Storage Wars Å CSI: Miami Natalia must ››› “Independence Day” (1996, Science Fiction) Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum. Earthlings vs. evil aliens in 15-mile-wide ships. Å ››› “Independence Day” (1996) Will Smith. EarthAMC face her ex-husband. ’ lings vs. evil aliens in 15-mile-wide ships. Å A Lion Called Christian Internet phenomenon. Å Echo: Queen of the Elephants ’ Å ANPL It’s Me or the Dog (N) ’ Echo: Queen of the Elephants ’ Å Merlin Merlin fears Lady Catrina is a troll. Å Merlin Merlin goes into hiding. Å Merlin Uther enlists a powerful witchfinder. ’ Å Merlin Cedric becomes Arthur’s manservant. Å BBC Merlin ’ Å Chris Brown’s Journey BET 106 & Park: Top 10 Live The BET Awards 2012 Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj and Kanye West. Å Breaking The Code Breaking The Magician’s Code 25 Biggest TV Blunders Mistakes in television.

25 Biggest TV Blunders 2 Å Breaking The Magician’s Code BIO The Real Housewives of Orange County Å The Real Housewives Top 20 Reunion Moments Pregnant in Heels (N) Pregnant in Heels BRAVO Housewives/NYC ››› “Under Siege” (1992, Action) Steven Seagal. Premiere. A Navy cook thwarts a plot to hijack a battleship. ’ Å ››› “Under Siege” (1992) Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones. ’ Å CMTV Redneck Island ’ Å Tosh.0 Å Tosh.0 Å Tosh.0 Å Tosh.0 (N) Å Workaholics (N) Å Daily Show/Jon Stewart The Colbert Report (N) COMEDY Daily Show/Jon Stewart Workaholics Å Deadliest Catch “Collision Course” ’ Å Deadliest Catch “Landlocked” (N) ’ Å After the Catch Life at home becomes complicated. Deadliest Catch “Landlocked” ’ Å DISC Deadliest Catch ’ Å Gravity Falls “Tourist Good Luck Charlie “Amy Shake It Up! A phantom ›› “Starstruck” (2010, Drama) Sterling Knight, Danielle Campbell. A Midwestern Austin & Ally “Kangaroos Good Luck Charlie “Dun- A.N.T. Farm Chyna susDISN Trapped” ’ Å Needs a Shower” Å makes a threat. ’ Å girl spends time with a rising Hollywood pop star. ’ ‘NR’ Å & Chaos” ’ Å can vs. Duncan” Å pects her teachers. Å E! News (N) Keeping Up With the Kardashians Keeping Up With the Kardashians Keeping Up With the Kardashians Chelsea Lately E! News E! ●Baseball Tonight (N) (Live) Å ●SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å ESPN ●SportsCenter Special ●2012 World Series of Poker From Las Vegas. (N) (Live) ●Bowling U.S. Women’s Open. From Reno, Nev. (Taped) Å ●NFL Yearbook (N) ●NFL Yearbook (N) ●NFL Yearbook (N) ●NFL Live (N) Å ESPN2 ●SportsNation Å Pretty Little Liars A new message from “A” arrives.

Pretty Little Liars “Kingdom of the Blind” ’ Å Pretty Little Liars “Birds of a Feather” ’ Å The 700 Club Å FAM Pretty Little Liars Å Cupcake Wars The 70th anniversary of the USO. Chopped Competitors from different countries.

Chopped Apple pie in the appetizer; bourbon. (N) Chopped Mussels in the appetizer round.

FOOD Cupcake Wars ●Soccer From Oct. 3, 2010. ●Sports Unlimited ●The Best of Pride FOXSS World Poker Tour ››› “Spider-Man 2” (2004, Action) Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst. Peter Parker fights a man who has mechanical tentacles. ›› “Spider-Man 3” (2007) Tobey Maguire. Peter Parker falls under the influence of his dark side.

FX ›› “Duplex” (2003, Comedy) Ben Stiller. A couple tries to get rid of an annoying neighbor. Å ›› “Duplex” (2003, Comedy) Ben Stiller. Å FXM › “10 Things I Hate About You” (1999) Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles. Å The Newlywed Game The Newlywed Game The Newlywed Game The Newlywed Game The Newlywed Game The Newlywed Game Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å GSN The Newlywed Game Little House on the Little House on the Prairie “He Loves Me, He Loves Little House on the Prairie “He Loves Me, He Loves Frasier Frasier throws a Frasier A caller’s ex con- Frasier Niles thinks his Frasier Frasier mulls doing HALL Prairie “Sweet Sixteen” Me Not” Charles forbids Laura to marry.

Me Not” Laura thinks Almanzo likes another. cocktail party. ’ Å fronts Frasier. ’ Å dad had an affair. Å commercials. Å ›› “Final Destination 5” (2011, Horror) Nicholas D’Agosto. ’ ‘R’ Å The Newsroom “News Night 2.0” ’ Å HBO ››› “The Tree of Life” (2011, Drama) Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Property Brothers “Kosher Kitchen” Å Design Star (N) Å House Hunters (N) Å Hunters Int’l Million Dollar Rooms (N) Million Dollar Rooms H&G House Hunters Å Pawn Stars 1950s Coke Pawn Stars “Chum-p Pawn Stars A panel from Swamp People Å Shark Wranglers “Killer Catch” The team sets out to Ice Road Truckers “Desperate Measures” Å HIST machine. Å Change” Å an SR-71 Blackbird. tag 50 sharks. Å Dance Moms “Maddie Has a Secret” Å Dance Moms Å Bristol Palin Bristol Palin Bristol Palin Bristol Palin LIFE Dance Moms Å ››› “Die Hard” (1988) Bruce Willis. A New York policeman outwits foreign thugs in an L.A. high-rise.

MAX ›› Devil (2010) ‘PG-13’ ››› “The Debt” (2010) Helen Mirren. A presumed-dead Nazi war criminal resurfaces after 30 years.

The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler Å The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler Å Narrow Escapes of World War II (N) ’ The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler Å MILIT The Secret War ’ Å Ridiculousness ’ Ridiculousness ’ Ridiculousness ’ Ridiculousness ’ ›› “Scary Movie 3” (2003) Anna Faris. A journalist investigates UFOs and a killer videotape. ’ MTV Ridiculousness ’ American Colony: Meet the Hutterites American Colony: Meet the Hutterites American Colony: Meet the Hutterites “ER Bound” American Colony: Meet the Hutterites “ER Bound” NGEO American Colony Friends ’ Å Friends ’ Å Hollywood Heights (N) ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Friends ’ Å Friends ’ Å NICK Victorious ’ Å Large, Dangerous, Rocket Ships 2011 ’ Å Oddities: San Francisco Oddities: San Francisco SCIENCE Oddities “Holly-Odd” ’ Oddities: San Francisco Oddities: San Francisco Large, Dangerous, Rocket Ships ’ Å Weeds “Messy” Å Web Therapy ’ Å Episodes ’ Å Weeds “Messy” Å ›› “Drive Angry” (2011, Action) Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard. ’ ‘R’ Å Episodes ’ Å SHOW ›› The Switch (2010) Days of our Lives ’ Å General Hospital ’ Å The Young and the Restless ’ Å Days of our Lives ’ Å SOAP Young & Restless Dumbest Stuff Dumbest Stuff Hard Parts: South Bronx Hard Parts: South Bronx My Ride Rules My Ride Rules Dumbest Stuff Dumbest Stuff SPEED ●Pass Time SPIKE “Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith” ’ ››› “Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith” (2005, Science Fiction) Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman. Anakin Skywalker joins the dark side and becomes Darth Vader. ’ ●Braves Live! Postgame ●Braves Live! Postgame MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves.

SPSO ●MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves. From Turner Field in Atlanta. (N) (Live) ●WWE Super SmackDown! (N) ’ (Live) Å Haunted Highway (Series Premiere) (N) Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files SYFY Lake Placid 3 (2010) Behind the Scenes Å Joyce Meyer John Hagee Today Å Breakthrough W/Parsley Spiritual Heritage of the U.S. Capital Tour of the historic building.

TBN The Potter’s Touch Å The Big Bang Theory ’ The Big Bang Theory ’ The Big Bang Theory ’ The Big Bang Theory ’ The Big Bang Theory ’ The Big Bang Theory ’ Conan Jennifer Aniston; Ron and Amy Shirley.

TBS Seinfeld ’ Å ››› “Adventures of Don ›››› “Gone With the Wind” (1939, Romance) Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard. Civil War rogue Rhett Butler loves Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara.

TCM Juan” (1948) Å Fat American Gypsy Wedding: Aftermath What Not to Wear “Emi” (N) ’ Å Craft Wars Patio furniture made out of beach toys.

Fat American Gypsy Wedding: Aftermath TLC Gypsy Wedding Rizzoli & Isles “Rebel Rizzoli & Isles “Welcome to the Dollhouse” Jane Rizzoli & Isles “Throwing Down the Gauntlet” Angela Franklin & Bash “L’affaire Du Coeur” Karp defends a Rizzoli & Isles “Throwing Down the Gauntlet” Angela TNT Without a Pause” Å learns more about Casey’s injury. Å gets involved in politics. (N) Å friend from college. (N) Å gets involved in politics. Å Level Up Adventure Time King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å American Dad ’ Å American Dad ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å TOON Total Drama: Revenge Home Improvement ’ Home Improvement ’ Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Retired at 35 (N) Å Hot in Cleveland Å The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ TVLND M*A*S*H Å Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Spooked” ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Users” Å Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Turmoil” Å Burn Notice “Last Rites” Å USA Law & Order: SVU Mob Wives Chicago Nora plans to confront Renee.

Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta ’ VH1 Single Ladies “Deuces” 40 Greatest R&B Songs of the 90s The top songs of the decade. ’ CABLE NEWS American Greed Mad Money CNBC The Kudlow Report (N) Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing 60 Minutes on CNBC “The Moguls” Piers Morgan Tonight (N) Anderson Cooper 360 Å Erin Burnett OutFront CNN Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) Å Capitol Hill Hearings CSPAN House of Reps.

Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Coverage The O’Reilly Factor (N) Å Hannity (N) On the Record With Greta Van Susteren (N) Å The O’Reilly Factor Å FNC FOX Report The Rachel Maddow Show (N) The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell (N) The Ed Show MSNBC Hardball Chris Matthews The Ed Show (N)

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The King of Queens ’ American Dad ’ Å House of Payne House of Payne FOX6 News at 9:30 PM

Betty White’s Off Their Up All Night Befriending a Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular Starbursts Rockers ’ Å (DVS) fun couple. ’ blaze above the Big Apple. (N) ’ (Live) Å America’s Next Top Model “Game” ’ Å America’s Next Top Model “Nikos Papadopoulos” Bonanza Cheers ’ Å Cheers ’ Å The Middle “Major Suburgatory “Don’t Call Modern Family “Lifetime Modern Family Phil asks Changes” Å (DVS) Me Shirley” Å (DVS) Supply” ’ Å (DVS) Haley and Gloria for help.

Entertainment Tonight (N) Dogs in the City “Don’t Give Me the Drool” A special- Criminal Minds “It Takes a Village” A Senate commitJ WIAT ’ Å needs dog. ’ Å tee questions the team. ’ Å (DVS) Cold Case “Debut” A debutante was killed in 1968.

Cold Case Solving a bank teller’s murder. ’ Å L WPXH Cold Case “Detention” Burn Notice Michael works to clear an old friend.

Burn Notice Brennan vows to release valuable data. ¥ WABM Seinfeld ’ Å CABLE ENTERTAINMENT Local Programming Action News Nightbeat Local Programming ^ TV-2 Entertainment Tonight Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Storage Wars Å Barter Kings (N) Å Barter Kings “Bah-Bam!” Barter Kings Å Barter Kings Å A&E Storage Wars Å ››› “The Patriot” (2000) ››› “Independence Day” (1996, Science Fiction) Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum. Earthlings vs. evil aliens in 15-mile-wide ships. Å ››› “Independence Day” (1996) Will Smith. EarthAMC Mel Gibson. Å lings vs. evil aliens in 15-mile-wide ships. Å ANPL Call of the Wildman ’ Call of the Wildman ’ Call of the Wildman ’ Call of the Wildman ’ Call of the Wildman ’ Call of the Wildman ’ Call of the Wildman ’ Call of the Wildman ’ Call of the Wildman ’ Star Trek: The Next Generation ’ Å Star Trek: The Next Generation “Conundrum” ’ Star Trek: The Next Generation “Power Play” Å Star Trek: The Next Generation “Ethics” ’ Å BBC Star Trek: Next The Game ’ Å The Game ’ Å The Game ’ Å The Game ’ Å The Game ’ Å The Game ’ Å The Game ’ Å The Game ’ Å BET The Game ’ Å The First 48 Å The First 48 A shooting in the street. Å The First 48 “Blame Game; Chasing Shadows” The First 48 A man is shot dead in a scrap yard.

Women Behind Bars Å BIO Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles The Real Housewives of New Jersey The Real Housewives of New Jersey The Real Housewives of Orange County Å BRAVO Million Dollar LA My Big Redneck Vacation ’ Å My Big Redneck Vacation “The Birdman Group” Ron White’s Comedy Salute to the Troops 2012 ’ Å Ron White’s Comedy Sa CMTV Redneck Vacation South Park Å Futurama ’ Å Futurama ’ Å Futurama (N) ’ Å South Park Å Daily Show/Jon Stewart The Colbert Report (N) COMEDY Daily Show/Jon Stewart South Park Å American Guns ’ Å American Guns (N) ’ Å Fast N’ Loud (N) ’ Å American Guns ’ Å DISC American Guns ’ Å A.N.T. Farm Chyna preAustin & Ally Dez films Jessie Emma and Zuri Gravity Falls “Tourist Gravity Falls ’ Å Gravity Falls Dipper and My Babysitter’s a Vam- Good Luck Charlie “Special Delivery” The Duncans DISN pares for a movie star. his first big movie. Å recreate Jessie’s prom.

Trapped” ’ Å Mabel look for a culprit. pire ’ Å prepare for a new arrival. ’ Å Kardashian Keeping Up With the Kardashians Keeping Up With the Kardashians The Soup (N) E! Entertainment Spec. Chelsea Lately Kardashian E! ●Baseball Tonight (N) (Live) Å ●SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å ESPN ●MLB Baseball Texas Rangers at Chicago White Sox. From U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å ●SportsNation ●SportsNation Å ●2012 Hot Dog Eating Contest At Coney Island, N.Y. ●NFL Live Å ESPN2 ●SportsCenter Special ●SportsCenter Å America’s Funniest Home Videos Contestants compete for the grand prize. ’ Å The 700 Club Å FAM Funniest Home Videos America’s Funniest Home Videos ’ Å Restaurant: Impossible “Chatterbox” Restaurant: Impossible “Pappas Restaurant” Food Network Star “Deen Family Beach Party” FOOD Restaurant: Impossible Restaurant: Impossible “Mamma D’s” Bull Riding CBR Championship Challenge.

Fox Focus: London 2012 ●UFC Countdown (N) World Poker Tour: Season 10 FOXSS ●Sports Unlimited Two and a Half Men ’ ››› “Live Free or Die Hard” (2007, Action) Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant. America’s computers fall under attack. ››› “Live Free or Die Hard” (2007) Bruce Willis.

FX FXM Presents Å ›› “Snow Day” (2000) Chris Elliott. Students steal a plow in hopes of keeping school closed. Å FXM ››› “The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” (2007, Fantasy) Emily Watson, Alex Etel. Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å GSN Family Feud ’ Å Little House on the Prairie Little House on the Prairie “A New Beginning” Start a Little House on the Prairie “Fight, Team, Fight” A star Frasier Frasier causes Frasier Frasier is obFrasier Frasier fills in for Frasier Martin’s romance HALL “Laura Ingalls Wilder” freight line in Sleepy Eye. Å coaches the football team. Å sportscaster to quit. ’ sessed with death. Å Bulldog on holiday. Å is on-air fodder. ’ Å ››› “Dolphin Tale” (2011) Harry Connick Jr. People band together to save a dolphin’s life. ‘PG’ Å True Blood Lafayette endangers Sookie. ’ Å Real Time With Bill Maher ’ Å HBO Jim McKay: My Words Income Property (N) ’ Kitchen Cousins Å Property Brothers “Steph & Micah” (N) Å House Hunters (N) Å Hunters Int’l Property Brothers Julie and Peter. Å H&G House Hunters Å The Revolution “A Presi- Cajun Pawn Stars “High Cajun Pawn Stars “Fire Cajun Pawn Stars “Little Cajun Pawn Stars “Buy Cajun Pawn Stars 1918 Cajun Pawn Stars “Some Cajun Pawn Stars “Cash Cajun Pawn Stars “Trigger HIST dent and His Revolution” Caliber” Å Sale” Å House on the Bayou” George!” Å Browning automatic rifle. Pig” Å Cows” Å Finger” Å Wife Swap ’ Å Wife Swap ’ Å Coming Home A soldier reunites with his family. (N) Coming Home Å LIFE Wife Swap ’ Å ›› “Water for Elephants” (2011, Drama) Reese Witherspoon. Premiere. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å ››› “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe. ’ ‘PG’ Å MAX ›› The Rite (2011) ’ Revolutionary War Spain enters the Alliance. Å Revolutionary War ’ Å Revolutionary War ’ Å Revolutionary War Spain enters the Alliance. Å MILIT Revolutionary War Å The Real World The roommates move in. ’ Å The Real World Laura and Trey kiss. (N) ’ Å The Real World Laura and Trey kiss. ’ Å MTV ››› “8 Mile” (2002, Drama) Eminem, Kim Basinger. ’ Å America’s Lost Treasures “Austin” America’s Lost Treasures “Austin” America’s Lost Treasures “Austin” NGEO Titanic: The Final Word With James Cameron Friends ’ Å Friends ’ Å Hollywood Heights ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Friends ’ Å Friends ’ Å NICK Victorious ’ Å Firefly The body of a dead smuggler turns up. ’ Firefly The crew strives to protect a bordello. Å Firefly A bounty hunter tries to capture River. Å Firefly The body of a dead smuggler turns up. ’ SCIENCE Firefly “Trash” ’ Å ››› “The Help” (2011, Drama) Viola Davis. An aspiring writer captures the experiences of black women. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Weeds “Messy” Å Episodes ’ Å Division III-Football SHOW ››› Fright Night ‘R’ Days of our Lives ’ Å General Hospital ’ Å The Young and the Restless ’ Å Days of our Lives ’ Å SOAP Young & Restless Battle of the Supercars Battle of the Supercars 101 Cars You must Drive 101 Cars You must Drive ●Barrett-Jackson Special Edition Battle of the Supercars Battle of the Supercars SPEED ●Pass Time ›››› “Star Wars IV: A New Hope” (1977, Science Fiction) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher. Young Luke Skywalker battles evil Darth Vader. ’ SPIKE ›››› “Star Wars IV: A New Hope” (1977) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford. ’ ●Braves Live! Postgame ●Braves Live! Postgame MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves.

SPSO ●MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves. From Turner Field in Atlanta. (N) (Live) The Twilight Zone Å The Twilight Zone Å The Twilight Zone Å The Twilight Zone Å The Twilight Zone Å The Twilight Zone Å The Twilight Zone Å The Twilight Zone Å SYFY The Twilight Zone Å Karen Peck & New River Turning Point-Jeremiah Joseph Prince Å End of the Age Praise the Lord Å TBN America: One Nation Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy “DaBoom” The Big Bang Theory ’ The Big Bang Theory ’ The Big Bang Theory ’ Conan Actress Betty White; Ne-Yo; Young Jeezy.

TBS Seinfeld ’ Å ››› “1776” (1972) ›››› “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (1942, Musical) James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston. Life of song-and- ››› “Stars and Stripes Forever” (1952, Biography) Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner. About MaTCM William Daniels. Å dance man George M. Cohan. Å (DVS) rine bandmaster/march composer John Philip Sousa.

Undercover Boss “Chicago Cubs” ’ Å Undercover Boss The MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Four Houses A classic Princeton manor. ’ Å Undercover Boss The MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

TLC Undercover Boss Å Dallas John Ross hopes to Dallas “The Last Hurrah” John Ross tries to gain the Dallas “Truth and Consequences” The deed to South- The Mentalist “The Red Ponies” A jockey is murdered. Dallas “Truth and Consequences” The deed to SouthTNT impress his father. upper hand. Å fork is revealed. (N) Å ’Å fork is revealed. Å NinjaGo: Masters Level Up King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å American Dad ’ Å American Dad ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy “Dog Gone” TOON Johnny Test ’ Å Home Improvement ’ Home Improvement ’ Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond The Soul Man (N) Å The Exes (N) Å The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ TVLND M*A*S*H Å NCIS Tony questions Ziva’s loyalty to NCIS. NCIS “Semper Fidelis” The death of an ICE agent.

NCIS “Aliyah” Tense reunion. ’ Å Suits Mike is caught in the middle. Å USA NCIS “Legend” Å Hollywood Exes Mayte seeks help. ’ Hollywood Exes Jessica thinks she still loves Jose. ››› “Barbershop 2: Back in Business” (2004, Comedy) Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer. ’ Å VH1 Hollywood Exes ’ CABLE NEWS Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage Apocalypse 2012 American Greed Mob Money: Murders and Acquisitions CNBC Costco Craze Piers Morgan Tonight “Pride of America” (N) Cruise to Disaster Gupta Reports: Big Hits, Broken Dreams CNN Big Hits, Broken Dreams Cruise to Disaster Capitol Hill Hearings CSPAN House of Reps.

Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Coverage The O’Reilly Factor (N) Å Hannity (N) On the Record With Greta Van Susteren (N) Å The O’Reilly Factor Å FNC FOX Report Lockup: Indiana Contraband.

Lockup: Indiana Residential Treatment Unit.

Lockup: Indiana Prisoners resort to violence.

Lockup: Indiana “Extended Stay: Cutting” Cutting.

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BROADCAST CHANNELS Take Me Out Single men try to land a date. (N) The Choice Rob Kardashian; Finesse Mitchell. (N) FOX6 News at 9:00 PM FOX6 News at 9:30 PM FOX6 News at 10:00 PM America Now ’ Å & WBRC Inside Edition (N) Å PBS NewsHour (N) ’ Å The This Old House Hour Restoring a raised panel Antiques Roadshow “Vintage Houston” (N) ’ Å Great Old Amusement Parks Early theme-parks. ’ We Have Signal! “Dan We Have Signal! “The xx” _ WCIQ front door. ’ Å Å Sartain” Access Hollywood (N) ’ The Office Jim tries to Parks and Recreation Saving Hope “Out of Sight” Alex tackles a double hand Rock Center With Brian Williams (N) ’ Å Alabama’s 13 News at The Tonight Show With ` WVTM Å save Dwight’s job. ’ “The Comeback Kid” ’ reattachment. (N) ’ Å (DVS) 10:00pm (N) Å Jay Leno ’ Å The Vampire Diaries “Ghost World” ’ Å Seinfeld “The Wizard” 30 Rock ’ Å The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show 5 WTTO The Big Bang Theory ’ Breaking Pointe Closing night approaches.

Bonanza Cheers ’ Å Cheers ’ Å TV24 News at Nine Rick & Bubba Å 8 WJXS The Lucy Show Å Wheel of Fortune Å Duets “Favorite Standards” Performing standards. (N) Wipeout “Wipeout Salutes the Armed Forces” Military Rookie Blue “Messy Houses” Andy investigates a do- ABC 33/40 News at 10PM Nightline (N) Å H WJSU ’ (Live) Å men and women face obstacles. (N) ’ Å mestic case. (N) ’ Å (N) Entertainment Tonight (N) The Big Bang Theory ’ The Big Bang Theory ’ Person of Interest “The Fix” A beautiful woman capti- The Mentalist “Cheap Burgundy” Jane helps Agent Su- CBS 42 News at 10 (N) Late Show With David J WIAT ’ Å Å Å vates Reese. ’ Å san Darcy. ’ Å Letterman ’ Å Cold Case “One Night” A killer’s demented puzzle.

Cold Case Tennis player’s murder reopened. Å Criminal Minds The team hunts for a serial arsonist. Criminal Minds Serial killer targeting coeds. Å L WPXH Cold Case “Sanctuary” Without a Trace “Transitions” ’ Å Without a Trace “Manhunt” ’ Å The King of Queens ’ American Dad ’ Å House of Payne House of Payne ¥ WABM Seinfeld “The Wizard” CABLE ENTERTAINMENT Local Programming Action News Nightbeat Local Programming ^ TV-2 Entertainment Tonight The First 48 “Cold Light of Day” Å The First 48 Local Louisville, Ky., celebrity killed. (N) Cajun Justice (N) Å Cajun Justice (N) Å Cajun Justice Å Cajun Justice “Cursed” A&E The First 48 Å CSI: Miami Julia has Hora- ››› “The Matrix” (1999, Science Fiction) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss. A computer hacker learns his world is a computer simulation. Å ››› “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003) Keanu Reeves.

AMC tio arrested for murder.

Freedom fighters revolt against machines.

River Monsters: Unhooked “Russian Killer” Å River Monsters: Unhooked “American Killers” Searching for an actual “Jaws.” ’ Å River Monsters: Unhooked “Russian Killer” Å ANPL River Monsters ’ Å ›› “Alexander” (2004, Historical Drama) Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer. Macedonia’s young king conquers much of the known world. Å BBC ››› “Gangs of New York” (2002) Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz. Å “The Cookout 2” Å BET “He’s Mine Not Yours” (2011) Caryn Ward, Gabrielle Dennis. A woman hires a temptress to test her lover’s fidelity. Å Dog the Bounty Hunter Dog the Bounty Hunter Dog the Bounty Hunter Dog the Bounty Hunter Pinning down a fugitive.

Dog the Bounty Hunter “Bait and Switch” Å Dog the Bounty Hunter Training a friend’s son.

BIO The Real Housewives of New York City Å The Real Housewives of New York City Å Kathy Jimmy Kimmel; Nick Rizzo; John Oliviera.

Kathy Jimmy Kimmel; Nick Rizzo; John Oliviera.

BRAVO Housewives/NJ Them Idiots Whirled Tour Bill Engvall, Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy. ’ Å Ron White: They Call Me Tater Salad Ron White talks about his ex-wife. Å Ron White’s Comedy Sa CMTV Redneck Vacation South Park “Grey Dawn” South Park Å The Comedy Central Roast Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav. Å Daily Show/Jon Stewart The Colbert Report (N) COMEDY Daily Show/Jon Stewart Chappelle’s Show Å Auction Kings ’ Å Auction Kings ’ Å Auction Kings (N) Å Auction Kings (N) Å Final Offer Pricey jewel; love letter collection. (N) ’ Auction Kings ’ Å Auction Kings ’ Å DISC Auction Kings ’ Å A.N.T. Farm Chyna, Olive Good Luck Charlie “Amy Gravity Falls Dipper and ›› “Frenemies” (2012, Drama) Bella Thorne, Zendaya, Mary Mouser. Friends Shake It Up! “Break It Up” Good Luck Charlie Amy A.N.T. Farm Chyna tries to DISN and Fletcher meet Zanko. Needs a Shower” Å Mabel look for a culprit. deal with the ups and downs of their relationships. ’ ‘NR’ Å Lake Whitehead. ’ deems the family unfit. get a guy’s attention.

E! News (N) The Soup E! Entertainment Spec. Mrs. Eastwood Mrs. Eastwood Bridal to Homicidal Chelsea Lately E! News E! ●SportsCenter Special Å ●SportsNation Å ●Baseball Tonight (N) (Live) Å ●SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å ESPN ●NFL Live Å ●2012 World Series of Poker From Las Vegas. (Taped) ●College Football Live Special ●NFL Yearbook (N) ●NFL Yearbook (N) ESPN2 Golf ››› “A Bug’s Life” (1998) Voices of Dave Foley. Animated. Insects help an ant fend off grasshoppers.

The 700 Club Å FAM ››› “A Bug’s Life” (1998, Fantasy) Voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey.

Chopped Familiar and mystery ingredients.

Chef Wanted With Anne Burrell (N) Sweet Genius Zen object in the first test; desserts.

FOOD Chopped “Sticking to It” Chopped Frozen fries in the appetizer round. ●UFC Ultimate Insider ●ACC All-Access ●Action Sports World Tour From San Diego.

World Poker Tour: Season 10 Fox Focus: London 2012 Barfly FOXSS World Poker Tour Two and a Half Men ’ Two and a Half Men ’ Anger Management Anger Management Anger Management (N) Wilfred “Dignity” (N) Louie (N) Brand X With Louie FX › “Babylon A.D.” (2008, Science Fiction) Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh. Å FXM Presents Å › “Babylon A.D.” (2008) Vin Diesel. Å FXM ›› “Pathfinder” (2007, Adventure) Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood. Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å Deal or No Deal Chance to win $1 million. ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å Family Feud ’ Å GSN Deal or No Deal ’ Å Little House on the Little House on the Prairie “Divorce, Walnut Grove Little House on the Prairie “Dearest Albert, I’ll Miss Frasier Frasier, Bulldog Frasier Martin and Frasier Frasier A visit from Lilith Frasier Thunderstorm may HALL Prairie “Portrait of Love” Style” Laura brawls with a woman rival. Å You” Albert tells pen pal he is athletic. Å are auctioned. ’ Å make a bet. ’ Å stirs old feelings. Å unite Niles, Daphne. › “Little Fockers” (2010, Comedy) Robert De Niro. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å 2 Days: Nonito Donaire The Newsroom “News Night 2.0” ’ Å True Blood Lafayette endangers Sookie. ’ Å HBO REAL Sports Gumbel Celebrities at Home (N) Selling LA Å Selling New York (N) Selling London (N) Å House Hunters (N) Å Hunters Int’l House Hunters Å Hunters Int’l H&G House Hunters Å Swamp People Troy’s Swamp People Å Swamp People (N) Å Mountain Men “Show Me the Money” (N) Å American Restoration American Restoration HIST good friend passes away.

“Big Boom” Å “Saddle Up!” Å Reba ’ Å Reba ’ Å Reba ’ Å Reba ’ Å Reba ’ Å Reba ’ Å Reba ’ Å Reba ’ Å LIFE Reba ’ Å ››› “Arachnophobia” (1990) Jeff Daniels. Couple’s new farm has termites and Venezuelan spider. ’ ››› “The Town” (2010) Ben Affleck. A woman doesn’t realize that her new beau is a bank robber. ‘R’ MAX ››› The Rundown ’ Gettysburg: The Battle That Changed America ’ Gettysburg: Pickett’s Charge ’ Å Custer’s Last Stand ’ Å Gettysburg: The Battle That Changed America ’ MILIT Gettysburg: Speech The Real World Laura and Trey kiss. ’ Å Snooki & JWOWW ’ Snooki & JWOWW ’ Snooki & JWOWW (N) Awkward. (N) ’ Snooki & JWOWW ’ Awkward. ’ MTV Friendzone ’ Amish: Out of Order “Amish 101” American Colony: Meet the Hutterites American Colony: Meet the Hutterites Amish: Out of Order “Can’t Go Home Again” NGEO Amish: Out of Order Friends ’ Å Hollywood Heights ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Yes, Dear ’ Å Friends Å Friends Å NICK Victorious ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å SCIENCE How It’s Made ’ Å ›››› “Five Fingers” (2006) Laurence Fishburne. Premiere. ’ ‘R’ Å Red Light Comedy: Live From Amsterdam (N) ’ SHOW The Other F Word (2011) ››› “Thunder Soul” (2010, Documentary) Premiere. ’ ‘PG’ Å Days of our Lives ’ Å General Hospital ’ Å The Young and the Restless ’ Å Days of our Lives ’ Å SOAP Young & Restless ●Trackside At... (N) ●Pro Celebrity Race Wrecked Hard Parts: South Bronx Hard Parts: South Bronx Car Warriors “’86 El Camino” SPEED NASCAR Racing ●iMPACT Wrestling (N) ’ (Live) Å ››› “Hunt to Kill” (2010) Steve Austin. A border-patrol agent strikes back against his kidnappers.

SPIKE World’s Worst Tenants ●Braves Live! Postgame ●Braves Live! Postgame MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves.

SPSO ●MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves. From Turner Field in Atlanta. (N) (Live) “Stigmata” (2009, Drama) Martha Carbonell.

SYFY Stigmata (2009, Drama) ›› “Angels & Demons” (2009, Suspense) Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer. Robert Langdon confronts an ancient brotherhood. Å Behind the Scenes Å Joel Osteen Å Joseph Prince Å Houston at Hillsong TV ››› “The Passion of the Christ” (2004) Jim Caviezel. Jesus endures the agony of his final 12 hours.

TBN The Potter’s Touch Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å The Big Bang Theory ’ The Big Bang Theory ’ Men at Work (N) The Big Bang Theory ’ Conan Megan Mullally; Steven Ho; Mona.

TBS Seinfeld “The Barber” MGM Parade Pete Smith; ›› “Ace in the Hole” (1951, Drama) Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Porter Hall. Newsman delays cave-in rescue ››› “The Night of the Hunter” (1955, Suspense) Robert Mitchum, Shelley Win- ›››› “On the WaterTCM Susan Hayward. to milk story. Å ters, Lillian Gish. Children run away from a corrupt preacher. Å front” (1954) Å Undercover Boss “Johnny Rockets” ’ Å On the Fly (N) ’ Å On the Fly ’ Å D.U.I. “Jesse & Haley” D.U.I. “Jason & Curtis” On the Fly ’ Å On the Fly ’ Å TLC Undercover Boss Å The Mentalist A surfer is The Mentalist “Red Rover, Red Rover” A message The Mentalist “The Crimson Hat” Jane fails to defeat CSI: NY “No Good Deed” A buzzard drops a human Dallas “Truth and Consequences” The deed to SouthTNT murdered. ’ Å from Red John distracts Jane. ’ Å Red John. ’ Å eyeball. ’ Å fork is revealed. Å Annoying Orange Regular Show King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å American Dad ’ Å American Dad ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å TOON Adventure Time Home Improvement ’ Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond Everybody-Raymond The King of Queens ’ TVLND Home Improvement Tim gives Al dating tips. Å › “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” (2009, Action) Channing Tatum. Elite soldiers battle a corrupt arms dealer named Destro. Å ›› Fast & Furious USA ›› “Fast & Furious” (2009, Action) Vin Diesel, Paul Walker. Å Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta ’ Single Ladies “Deuces” Keisha learns a secret. ’ Mob Wives Chicago Nora plans to confront Renee.

VH1 Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta “Pregnito” ’ CABLE NEWS Crime Inc. Thieves cash in on a fortune.

American Greed Van Thu Tran steals millions.

Mad Money CNBC The Kudlow Report (N) Pepsi’s Challenge Pepsi tries to get healthier.

Piers Morgan Tonight (N) Anderson Cooper 360 Å Erin Burnett OutFront CNN Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) Å Capitol Hill Hearings CSPAN House of Reps.

Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Coverage The O’Reilly Factor (N) Å Hannity (N) On the Record With Greta Van Susteren (N) Å The O’Reilly Factor Å FNC FOX Report The Rachel Maddow Show (N) The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell (N) The Ed Show MSNBC Hardball Chris Matthews The Ed Show (N)