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Raising the Bard toward a bigger act By Charles McNulty ASHLAND, Ore. — If the Oregon Shakespeare Festival doesn’t have the most enthusiastic audience of any regional theater in the country, there must be some performing arts center out there with a rabid cult. Ashland, OSF’s quaint home nestled in the foothills of mountain ranges and lined with arts-and-crafts boutiques and restaurants eager to pour local Pinot Noir, is a destination town for theatergoing. Spectators come from across the Pacific Northwest for multiday outings of Shakespeare, other classic and demiclassic authors and contemporary writing. It’s not just about the Bard of Avon, though the festival’s namesake sets the bar high in terms of dramatic scope and duration. Stemming the TVinfluenced tide of much contemporary theater, OSF makes 90-minute intermissionless fare the exception rather than the rule. The talk in 2009, the second full season of Cornerstone Theater Company co-founder Bill Rauch’s tenure as artistic director, is all about Equivocation, Bill Cain’s drama about Shakespeare’s struggle to dramatize the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I and the nation’s Protestant power-brokers. This play, receiving its world premiere under Rauch’s direction, is a hot property, with a different production slated to open at Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles in November and another one at Manhattan Theatre Club in early 2010 in New York. Some in the OSF crowd who had caught Henry VIII and Macbeth, which both shed light on events Cain is dramatizing, were unusually prepared to appreciate the political nuances and theatrical quips of this work of historical fiction. Rauch has brought to Ashland the same bold quality of communal idealism that distinguished his leadership of Cornerstone — extraordinary “ownership” of the audience,
but bad habits appear widespread. The choice of work was varied — popular (Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing) and less popular (Henry VIII and All’s Well That Ends Well) Shakespeare; spry world classics (The Servant of Two Masters); revamped masterpieces (Don Quixote” adapted by Octavio Solis); American writing old and new; outdoor offerings billed as the Green Show, and even a musical chestnut. As Appel said, “People here are willing to listen to a play that’s so obscure, and that energy goes from the audience to the actors in a way the almost spoils them.” With 82 actors and 10 acting interns, OSF has the largest resident company in the country. The situation has dream potential not just for thespians craving steady work but also for audiences longing to see a seasoned ensemble. Yet sought-after actors would have to be extremely devoted to their craft to accept an almost yearlong commitment in an area far from the media spotlight. Still, Rauch has brought to OSF more than enthusiasm. He’s come with a vision, aesthetic and political, to build on the achievements of Appel, who, talked of having “raised the profile of the festival among theater artists” expanded the operation and broadened the repertory. Raising the level of acting — the most pressing order of business — is a top priority for Rauch. He wants performers to continually confront new directorial perspectives (recognizing that comfort can lead to complacency), and he’s appointed Scott Kaiser as director of company development, a new position dedicated to “the long-term growth of each artist and the company as a whole.” There are also weekly ateliers for actors to work on their craft. And he’s assigned one group of actors to serve as an acting resource for new play development — especially exciting when you look at the names of those commissioned for the History Cycle, including Suzan-Lori Parks, Lynn Not-
tage, David Henry Hwang and Culture Clash. In short, there are reasons for artists to buy, so to speak, OSF stock. After all, there aren’t many places in America where talent can be stretched in so many directions. Or where diversity in casting translates into finding the best actor for the role, regardless of race, type or physical challenge. In The Music Man, Marian the librarian was played by black actress Gwendolyn Mulamba, and Howie Seago, a hearing-impaired actor, took the role of Marcellus Washburn. Last season saw a multiracial Our Town, directed by Chay Yew on the Elizabethan Stage, the first 20th-century play at the outdoor theater. Rauch says he’s trying to create an atmosphere in which “risk is rewarded rather than punished.” But when asked if he finds it hard to make those end-of-year decisions about which actors will be invited back, he replied with a single word: “Yes.” The Music Man and Equivo-
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R&B singer LeToya ready for round 2 as solo star Associated Press NEW YORK — After proving she could do it solo — her debut single and self-titled album both hit No. 1 on the charts three years ago — LeToya is ready for people to call her by her own name, without adding that annoying prefix. “I am now formerly the former member of Destiny’s Child,” the 28-year-old says with a laugh. “We are now LeToya Luckett, that’s what we’ve been and that’s what we will continue to say.” The Houston native will get a chance to show other sides of LeToya with her upcoming acting gigs: She stars in the movie Preacher’s Kid, due out this October, and has a role in 2010’s Five Killers with Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl. But before she heads to the big screen, LeToya is releasing her sophomore disc, Lady Love, out this week. The CD — which features Ne-Yo, Estelle, Ryan Leslie and Ludacris — has a range of breakup songs like “Lazy,” a tune about being too tired to try love after a failed relationship, and the uptempo “She Ain’t Got,” where LeToya’s so fed up she is ready to beat “the other woman” with a bat. The Associated Press: Would you really hit someone with a bat? LeToya: No. I wouldn’t. I’ve never had a fight in my life (laughs). I am so opposite of violent; lover not a fighter, for real. But I did that record because I know a lot of people would be able to relate to that. If you’ve been in the situation and you’ve done every-
thing you can, everything humanly possible to make it work, and this person just can’t get it together. And they have the nerve to go out and cheat and think this person that they’ve known for 10 minutes is going to be able to make things better and you’re at that boiling point and it’s like, “Oh, I wanna hit you with something!” AP: There seems to be a lot of breakup songs on the CD. How’d those records come together? LeToya: I’ve been single for a while now, and of course girls, we have our girl talks and we talk about each other’s crazy experiences in these relationships and so it makes it easy for me to write about my experiences, their experiences. AP: Do you feel like you’ve officially ventured away from your Destiny’s Child past? LeToya: I feel that way now, yes. I think that people are now starting to see who I am as an artist and get to know LeToya Luckett and not so much put all the focus on “former member of.” You know what I mean? AP: How have you grown since being in the group? LeToya: I’m not afraid to take chances. I don’t play it safe as much as I used to. I think when you’re so used to being on a team, any team, whether you be an athlete or in a singing group, you have to be a team player, and I’m still a team player, but when you step out on your own, it’s all about you. The focus is just on you, those eyes are just on you. So I think I’m accepting that now and it’s helping me to grow as a person.
NEW YORK — The world’s first Hasidic reggae superstar is getting a little unorthodox. Matisyahu Miller, known to his fans by his first name and to his friends simply as Matis, emerges this month with his first full-length album in three years — and a sound more like Jersey than Jamaica. He’s added electronica, funky pop, straightup guitar rock and even a touch of folk to his playlist. Singing lessons have given his voice new depth and melody. “It’s not really any longer about me being the Hasidic reggae guy,” he says an interview. “I’m informed by Hassidism and Judaism and reggae music, but it’s not that black and white, and it’s not that simple.” The early reaction? Not always cheers in Crown Heights, the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn where he lives in a modest apartment with his wife and two young sons. “Just yesterday I was walking down the street and some kid was walking by me. He’s like, ‘Matis, stick to the reggae!’ I was like, ‘Ahhgh!”’ he recalls. Matisyahu, 30, pays any hecklers no heed. An underground curiosity-turned-mainstream star, he’s not about to remain in his unusual genre of one. “I think the vast majority of people that respect what I do are willing to move with me. I think it’s not so much about genres or styles of music as it is about expressing the emotion or the idea,” he says. “Whatever allows you to do that, whatever style, as long as it’s authentic.” Matisyahu was initially seen as a musical oddity when he emerged five years ago, an Orthodox Jew in a flat-brim black hat and bushy beard who loved hip-hop beats and sang dancehall reggae in a Jamaican accent. Seeing him for the first time, you could be forgiven for thinking it was all a Sacha Baron Cohen skit. His 2004 debut Shake Off The Dust... Arise, and the subsequent CDs Live at Stubb’s and Youth — all featuring versions of his biggest single “King Without a Crown” — became a crossover hit. Not bad for a former Deadhead who, before his conversion, had followed Phish on tour, dabbled in drugs and grew up nonreligious in White Plains, N.Y. His new 13-song CD Light is still definitely grounded in reggae. The first single, “One Day,” is reminiscent of Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry.” But the album, which features collaborations with Good Charlotte, Trevor Hall and members of Fishbone, also has songs that could easily appear on a CD by Maroon 5. If you politely swayed while listening to his previous work, this will likely make you dance while pumping your fist.
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Chris Willis, who has worked as the main vocalist on Guetta’s past three albums, is probably the best collaborator on the disc, helping make “Gettin’ Over” and “Sound of Letting Go” both club-ready and radio-friendly. Guetta’s power as a producer is evident on One Love, which also features a remix of the Black Eyed Peas’ No. 1 jam, “I Gotta Feeling.” He also produced the original. CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: Most scornful, at-the-edge songs are sung by female divas, but Novel represents for all the men who are over it as well on the exceptional “Missing You.” — Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press
Queen Latifah brings back the raps Queen Latifah Persona
There’s nobody quite like Queen Latifah, the rough-edged rapper turned jazz singer and Oscar-nominated actress. On her new CD, Persona, Latifah goes back to the roots that made her so unique in the first place. The album is an enjoyable mix of singing and rapping, produced by hip-hop hitmakers Cool & Dre and featuring cameos from the likes of Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Busta Rhymes and Marsha Ambrosius. The style ranges from straight-up hip-hop to mid-tempo R&B to breathless techno, with a mercifully light sprinkle of the obligatory Autotune effects. Latifah has sung on two previous albums, and her voice is capable, comparable to most of the women populating today’s charts (She’s no Jennifer Hudson, but who is?). Singles like “Cue the Rain,” “My Couch” and “With You” are bodymoving tales of the type of hothouse love that blooms on the dance floor, while “People” with Mary J. Blige and “The World” tackle more weighty topics. Her singing occasionally get submerged beneath Cool & Dre’s dense instrumentals, and on a few songs it’s tough to differenti-
ate Latifah from her guest singers. When she raps, though, everything changes. Latifah still has the punch and wordplay of the woman who broke into entertainment more than 20 years ago as the rare female rapper who captured attention with skills instead of sex. On her new album, you recognize within the first few bars of “The Light” or “Over the Mountain” that Latifah is on the mic. Latifah’s rap voice demands attention the way her presence does on screen. That’s not usually the case with her singing. So big up to Latifah for continuing to expand her talents — and for not forgetting where she came from. CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: “Over the Mountain” is a revealing glimpse into Latifah’s personal thoughts, featuring rugged raps and a chorus that almost takes flight. — Jesse Washington, Associated Press
Loudon Wainwright III explores Poole Loudon Wainwright III High Wide & Handsome — The Charlie Poole Project
Charlie Poole was a rambling, roguish, alcoholic, illiterate, banjo-playing hitmaker born in a North Carolina town that no longer exists. He became a star in the early days of the record business, then died following one last booze binge at age 39 in 1931. Loudon Wainwright III explores Poole’s rich legacy in this 30-track, two-CD set. It includes tunes from Poole’s repertoire and new material inspired by him, and because the music’s filled with humor and colorful characters, it’s right in Wainwright’s wheelhouse. He sings about trains and liquor, the lure of the road and
the tug of home, snake oil salesmen and mother. These are the sort of songs that rhyme “the matter” with “Cincinnati,” and there’s a folksy charm to every note. By focusing on Poole, these bio-discs explore the roots of American music and show how folk, country, bluegrass, gospel and jazz are all part of the same family tree. It’s an entertaining history lesson. Poole’s novelty songs are still funny, and his sentimental ballads are unlike anything heard today. CHECK THIS OUT: Long an underrated singer, Wainwright is at his best on “Way Up In NYC,” a hilarious tale of Poole’s introduction to the big city and record-biz shenanigans. — Steven Wine, Associated Press
Maybe Willie Nelson is too prolific Willie Nelson, American Classic
Willie Nelson is one of music’s greatest — few can argue that. His popularity crosses genres, entertainment mediums and socio-economic boundaries. Even as he creeps up on 80, he’s cool, he’s smart, he’s — just as the title of his latest album suggests — an American Classic. Yet American Classic is his second CD this year (the first was with Asleep at the Wheel), and he put out two CDs last year (and we’re not counting the constant flow of rereleases). With all this material to sift through, an album like American Classic is in danger of becoming background music. The album harkens back to Stardust, Nelson’s 31-year-old trendsetter (and a half-dozen others he’s done since). There’s nothing wrong with American Classic, but it doesn’t have the gravitas of that forerunner. Nelson steps into producer Tony LiPuma’s arrangements of jazz standards like “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “The
Nearness of You” and “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” (with a playful Norah Jones), hits his mark and moves on to the next song. Nelson finished up his part on 11 of 12 cuts in a tidy four days of recording in New York, then headed to L.A. to record “If I Had You,” with Diana Krall. Easy as pie for a guy like Willie. Maybe a little too easy. CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: Some of Nelson’s appeal has been his ability to keep material fresh for decades with different treatments of old favorites that reflect newfound wisdom or experience. “Always on My Mind,” the final track of the album, revisits Nelson’s gospel choir-inflected original. There are still strings, but the song comes off feeling far more personal. — Chris Talbott, Associated Press
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Listening to David Guetta’s One Love is like partying at a multilevel European nightclub — bright colors shining, speedy beats bumping and intoxicated (or sober) boys and girls dancing the night away — all while vocals from R&B singers blast in the background. And the club’s VIP section is packed: The Black Eyed Peas, Ne-Yo, Akon, Estelle and Kelly Rowland make guest appearances on One Love. Though all those stars lend solid vocals to One Love, the songs that feature the lesser-known singers are what make the CD an enjoyable one. “Missing You,” featuring R&B singerproducer Novel, is top-notch; Kanye West protege Kid Cudi’s gritty singing tone blends well on the gloomy, but upbeat “Memories”; and on the CD’s closing track, the futuristic love song “If We Ever,” Makeba shines.
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Peace, love, not much else in ‘Taking Woodstock’ Taking woodstock HH Rating: R for graphic nudity, some
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LOS ANGELES — They aren’t words you hear very often: an Ang Lee comedy. He hasn’t really made one since he directed The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman back-to-back in 1993 and 1994. And so, on the heels of the emotionally heavy Brokeback Mountain and Lust, Caution, Lee lightens up with Taking Woodstock — and the result is too lightweight. He approaches the fabled three-day concert from an outsider’s angle, which is admirably innovative; truly, the significance and influence of Woodstock have been chronicled ad nauseam, especially lately with its 40th anniversary having just passed. But in telling the story of the people who inadvertently launched the event, Lee leaves out the substance. Rather, he ambles amiably among these motley figures, with civic leader Elliot Teichberg (comic Demetri Martin) at the center. When Robert Altman used this structural tactic — and he did it often — it still felt cohesive, like an intricate but subtle dance. Taking Woodstock, by comparison, feels scattershot and incomplete. The script from Lee’s longtime collaborator James Schamus, based on Elliot Tiber’s memoir, traces the pieces that fell into place to make Woodstock happen. Elliot, a New York City interior designer, happens to have moved back home with his Russian immigrant parents (Henry Goodman and an over-the-top Imelda Staunton) to help them salvage their run-down Catskills motel. An arts and music festival in a neighboring town happens to have lost its permit. As president of the Bethel Chamber of Commerce, Elliot thinks it would
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Mamie Gummer, left, and Jonathan Groff star in ‘Taking Woodstock.’ boost the economy to play host instead — and he just happens to know a guy named Max Yasgur (Eugene Levy) who owns a 600acre dairy farm, the perfect place for such an event. So Elliot reaches out to Woodstock producer Michael Lang, puts him in touch with Max, turns the motel into the concert’s headquarters and voila! History is born. It’s just that easy in a movie where there seems to be zero conflict. (Jonathan Groff stands out in his first film role as the laid-back but persuasive Lang.) And the always welcome Liev Schreiber stands out — for his sheer size, if nothing else — but also provides both laughs and gravitas in an awesomely bizarro turn as a 6-foot-3 crossdresser and ex-Marine named Vilma, who serves as a de facto security chief. Eventually, the hippies get wind of the show’s new location and descend on this rural area, the magnitude of which Lee depicts vividly through one long tracking shot as Elliot winds his way through traffic on the back of a police motorcycle. It’s a rare moment that feels organic and
alive, as if anything could happen at any time. There’s no real sense of the music, though, which is a bold step — then again, the performances have been so famously documented elsewhere, namely in the Oscar-winning 1970 concert film Woodstock, it was probably wise of Lee to avoid trying to recreate them and find his own angle into the event. But Taking Woodstock also leaves you feeling that something is missing. Instead, we hear some songs from far away, lilting over the hills, and at one point during an obligatory acid trip (in a van with Paul Dano and Kelli Garner) Elliot witnesses the teeming masses as waves of humanity undulating in front of the stage. It’s not his only moment of discovery: Elliot comes out as a gay man during this time. Rather than making a big deal out of this in a tortured or cliched way, Taking Woodstock just sort of lets it happen, then drops it. Like Martin’s sweet but placid performance — and the film in general — it ends up being forgettable, when it could have taken a little piece of your heart.
CHICAGO — The first thing you notice about Sharlto Copley, who grew up in South Africa and had not acted much until recently and somewhat fell into the lead role of the sci-fi extraterrestrial extravaganza District 9, is that he looks nothing like Hitler. Which is probably not what he expects to hear on his first press tour for his first film. But it’s also not what you’re expecting after you see Copley’s squirrelly, convincing performance in the movie, directed by an old friend, Neill Blomkamp. Copley plays a South African bureaucrat charged with evicting the Sasquatch-size lobster men who have been stranded in Johannesburg for 20 years, driving them from one shanty slum to the next, increasingly more degrading camp. As a parable for apartheid, it’s overt. But the Hitler thing is not. Copley plays Wikus — the name itself almost suggesting Blomkamp thought of the character as a kind of Wiki for “tyrannical company man.” Wikus, as Copley plays him, is one part Michael Scott from The Office, boxy and awkward, one part totalitarian creep, ensuring that the marginalizing of his targets is handled with a bloodless, efficient hand. But he’s not a villain, not ultimately, and Copley, in his mid-30s, is leaner and more movie-star rugged than the picture suggests. Q. You haven’t heard the Hitler comparison yet? A. No, and it’s fascinating. The mustache, I see. But it is a Hitler hairstyle in the film! Q. Your idea? A. All Neill — the character came from a short he made in 2005, but he let me create the rest of it, and improvise all of the dialogue. Q. Improvising against nothing? Against CGI? A. Well, no. The next biggest role in the film was held by this guy named Jason Cope, who played all of the creatures in the film. He was in this gray suit, which they kind of painted the aliens onto later. Neill had a script and a structure, but it was much looser while shooting. Q. Yet you’re not an actor, though, not really. You helped found a TV station in South Africa and produced lots of commercials and videos. Do you set out to talk to bureaucrats to figure out how to play this — people who were involved with apartheid? A. No. Neill told me to imagine an old bureaucrat from the apartheid era, but imagine it’s an alien situation. He has to go once a month and leave his desk to deal with these creatures, which he doesn’t want to do. My character really developed on camera, when other actors asked me questions.
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Shorts Extraterrestrials have become refugees in South HHH, 1:29, PG Africa. With Sharlto CopA magical, rainbowley and David James. colored rock falls from the sky and grants a boy’s G-Force 3-D every wish. Mayhem HHH1/2, 1:20 PG ensues when grown-ups Highly trained guinea get their hands on it. With pigs working in covert Jon Cryer, William H. operations and armed Macy and Leslie Mann. with the latest high-tech Taking Woodstock spy equipment discover that the fate of the world HH, 2:00, R is in their paws. A true story about a Greenwich Village integ.i. joe: The rise rior designer who inadof cobra vertently played a pivotal HH, 1:58, PG-13 role in the Woodstock The G.I. Joe team uses Music and Arts Festival. the latest in spy and mili- With Demetri Martin, tary equipment to fight Imelda Staunton, Emile the corrupt arms dealer Hirsch and Eugene Levy. Destro. The Final Destination Halloween II 1:22, R 1:41, R Crash survivors must The aftermath of figure out how to cheat Michael Myers’ murderdeath before reaching ous rampage through the their final destination. eyes of heroine Laurie With Shantel VanSanten, Strode. With Scout Taylor- Krista Allen, Andrew FisCompton, Brea Grant, cella, Richard T. Jones and Tyler Mane, Malcolm Mykelti Williamson. McDowell, Sheri Moon The goods Zombie and Brad Dourif. Inglourious Basterds
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Bobcat Goldthwait already counts his latest movie starring buddy Robin Williams a success, no matter how well it does at theaters. That’s because World’s Greatest Dad star Williams landed a slot to promote the film on NBC’s The Tonight Show, where Goldthwait once burned his own bridges by deliberately setting a chair on fire during an appearance with Jay Leno. In an interview shortly before Williams’ Tonight Show gig, Goldthwait marveled at the fact that the low-budget black comedy he wrote and directed would get airtime on one of Hollywood’s premier publicity venues. “I truly, not in a bitter way, am not too concerned about box office, because trust me, when I sat down and wrote this screenplay, I never thought that would happen,” Goldthwait, 47, said over coffee alongside Williams. “He’s going to go on The Tonight Show and talk about a movie I made. I’m banned from The Tonight Show.” World’s Greatest Dad continues Goldthwait’s tradition of truly twisted humor, which he also showcased in Sleeping Dogs Lie, an indie comedy about a woman whose impromptu sex act with
her dog causes havoc years later after she and her boyfriend adopt a policy of complete honesty. The new movie stars Williams as a high-school poetry teacher whose dream of becoming a famous writer finally happens after publicity surrounding a bizarre family tragedy snowballs into a national outpouring. The story leaves Williams’ single dad caught in a deception that serves his personal ambitions while sugarcoating the truth about his malignantly surly teenage son (Daryl Sabara of the Spy Kids flicks). Williams, 58, has been friends with Goldthwait for nearly 30 years. He appeared in Goldthwait’s 1991 directing debut, Shakes the Clown. That movie starred Goldthwait as a boozy clown framed for murder, Williams signing on for a bit part as a favor to his pal. “I went, ‘Alcoholic clown movie. Yes, I want that in my resume,”’ wisecracked Williams, who shared his thoughts about Goldthwait’s decision years ago to give up acting and stick to directing. “I think your acting in Shakes is pretty wonderful, in the Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies,” Williams told Goldthwait. “Bob can do it. It’s a question of do you want to do it? It’s like, people say to me, ‘Do you want to direct?’ I went, ‘Not at all. I’d rather cater.”’
dvd previews Adventureland In its own gentle way, the film restores a welcome note of humanism to a genre that has lately become little more than a repository for fart and vomit jokes. Jesse Eisenberg plays James Brennan, a recent college graduate whose plans for a European vacation before starting grad school are foiled when his family suffers an economic setback. James gets a job at the local amusement park. There he meets an eclectic group of lost and striving souls, including a thwarted rock musician (Ryan Reynolds) and a sultry, mysterious girl named Em (Kristen Stewart), with whom he furtively falls in love. Thanks to an exceptionally deft touch, director Greg Mottola captures the absurdity and anguish of young adulthood; his tender look back will ring wistfully true to anyone who has fallen in love, left home or still wonders what it would be like to do either. Contains drug use, profanity and sexual references. DVD extras include the rated and unrated versions of the film.
Duplicity Tony Gilroy’s romantic espionage caper pits two pharmaceutical companies against each other. Burkett & Randle, led by Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson), has discovered a cream that will revolutionize the industry. Equikrom, led by Richard Garsik (Paul Giamatti) needs to steal the secret to that lotion. And there’s romance, of sorts. Behind the scenes, Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and Ray Koval (Clive Owen) work their nefarious magic, he on Equikrom’s side, she on Burkett & Randle’s. But are they both really working for each other? And can they really trust each other? Luckily, Owen and Roberts both get to play off Giamatti, who overacts gleefully. It’s smart, it’s for grown-ups and it lets Julia Roberts laugh, if just once. Contains language, sexuality and displays of obscene wealth. DVD extras include commentary with writer/director Tony Gilroy and editor/coproducer John Gilroy. — The Washington Post
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“Ramblin’” Ray Clevenger When: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Where: Golden Saw Music Hall, Williams Community, Jacksonville How much: Free Contact: 435-4696 Buddy Wayne What: Classic country, classic rock When: 7 p.m. Where: American Legion Post 26, 515 E. 18th St., Anniston How much: Free and open to the public Contact: 236-9314 Larry Keel When: 8:30 p.m. Where: VFW Post 924, 100 U.S. 431, Anniston How much: $4 Contact: 238-8047 Stone Free What: Blues, classic rock, southern rock When: 8:30 p.m. Where: 19th Hole Sports Grille, 66 Galloway Gate Road, McClellan How much: Free Contact: 820-9315 Prowlerz What: Easy listening, southern rock When: 9 p.m. Where: Coyote Mike’s, 2810 Alabama 202, Anniston How much: $4 Contact: 237-2227 Keitha Williams What: Acoustic rock covers When: 9:30 p.m. Where: Peerless Saloon, 13 W. 10th St., Anniston How much: $3 Contact: 237-1899 Citizen Jayne When: 10 p.m. Where: On the patio, AJs Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston How much: TBD Contact: 832-5000 Feverdog When: 11 p.m.
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Steak dinner and poetry night What: Steak dinner from 5-8 p.m., poetry from 8-10 p.m. When: 5-10 p.m. Where: American Legion Post 312,1330 W. 10th St., Anniston How much: $5 cover charge begins at 9 p.m. Contact: 236-9434
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Alabama String Along Band What: Bluegrass When: 6 p.m. Where: Rabbittown Cafe and Fiddlers Hall, 900 Rabbittown Road, Piedmont How much: $5 donation for the band Contact: 435-8008 (weekends) or 435-3987 (Monday-Friday evenings) Once Blinded What: Bluegrass gospel When: 7 p.m. Where: Nances Creek Community Center, Hollingsworth Road, Nances Creek How much: Free, concessions will be available Contact: 447-7039 or 447-9612 Crossroads When: 8:30 p.m. Where: VFW Post 924, 100 U.S. 431, Anniston How much: $4 Contact: 238-8047 Prowlerz What: Easy listening, southern rock When: 9 p.m. Where: Coyote Mike’s, 2810 Alabama 202, Anniston How much: $4 Contact: 237-2227 Keitha Williams What: Acoustic rock covers When: 9:30 p.m. Where: Peerless Saloon, 13 W. 10th St., Anniston How much: $3 Contact: 237-1899
The Georgia Cadillacs When: 11 p.m. Where: Brother’s Bar, 206 Pelham Road S., Jacksonville How much: $7 for under 21, $5 for 21 and up Contact: 435-6090 Sam Hunt When: 11 p.m. Where: Pelham’s Bar, 116 Ladiga St. SW, Jacksonville How much: Free Contact: 435-7455
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Downtown Anniston Farmers Market What: Live music, cooking demos, gas and grocery card giveaways When: 8 a.m.-noon Where: Zinn Park, corner or 14th Street and Gurnee Avenue, Anniston How much: Free, items priced as marked Contact: 236-0996
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Bike night feat. Firewater What: Free food beginning at 6 p.m., music begins at 7 p.m. When: 6 p.m. Where: Coyote Mike’s, 2810 Alabama 202, Anniston How much: Free Contact: 237-2227 Keitha Williams What: Acoustic rock covers When: 7-10 p.m. Where: Mellow Mushroom, 33 Industrial Drive, Oxford (behind Lowe’s) How much: Free Contact: 835-1444 Abby Parks What: Acoustic, folk When: 8 p.m. Where: The Vault, 2 Public Square W., Jacksonville How much: Free Contact: 782-0102 Fly By Radio What: Rock covers When: 11 p.m. Where: Brother’s Bar, 206 Pelham Road S., Jacksonville How much: $12 for under 21, $10 for 21 and up Contact: 435-6090
Bike night feat. Jim “Dawg” Parks What: Classic Rock, blues, funk When: 7 p.m. Where: The Office, 1016 Noble St., Anniston How much: Free Contact: 238-6282
Exhibits Fabulous Frocks and Frills What: Changes in fashion during the 19th and early 20th centuries. When: Through Sept. 13; TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Where: Berman Museum lobby and Changing Exhibit Gallery, 840 Museum Drive, Anniston How much: $5 for adults, $4 for children (4-17), Free for children 3 and younger Contact: 237-6261 Baby on Board
What: An Exhibition of Native American Cradleboards What: Unique Native American infant carriers, on loan from local collector Dr. Gerald Woodruff. When: Through Sunday; TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Where: Anniston Museum of Natural History, 800 Museum Drive, Anniston How much: $4.50 for adults; $3.50 for children (ages 4-17), Free for children 3 and younger. Contact: 237-6766
To contribute to the calendar, call Deirdre Long at 235-3589 or e-mail dlong@annistonstar.com. Listings must be received at least seven days in advance.
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‘Arkham Asylum’ is Batman at his best tECHNOLOGY
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The video-game industry has defeated more superheroes than Lex Luthor could ever dream of. Superman, Aquaman, Iron Man, X-Men: All rendered lifeless by forces more focused on making a buck than on delivering thrills. So calling “Batman: Arkham Asylum” (Eidos, $59.99, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) one of the best superhero games ever is kind of a backhanded compliment. Let’s just call it a great game, period. For DC Comics fans, it’s a must-buy, but it’s hugely entertaining even if you aren’t versed in the whole Batman mythology. It begins with the Caped Crusader ushering the Joker back to Arkham Asylum, Gotham City’s home for the criminally insane. This time, however, the supervillain has set up a clever trap and quickly takes over the entire facility. Besides setting free hordes of violent lunatics, the Joker has an even deadlier endgame in mind — and only Batman can stop it. Fans will relish the chance to take on familiar foes like Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Killer Croc and Scarecrow. Combat is easy to handle, and Batman can usually handle a dozen or so henchmen without breaking a sweat. But it’s more rewarding to take them out one by one, using Batman’s stealth skills to sneak up on them or swoop down from the rafters. More intriguing is the opportunity to explore Arkham, the eeriest videogame setting since Rapture, the underwater city in “BioShock.” The dank,
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Batman battles some of the Joker’s henchmen in the video game ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum.’ decaying facility oozes menace and depravity, even when the all-seeing Joker isn’t taunting you over the public-address system. Throughout the asylum, you discover tools from Batman’s utility belt: “batarangs,” explosive gel, a grappling hook and other wonderful toys that open up new areas of Arkham and help you uncover its secrets. “Arkham Asylum” developer Rocksteady Studios borrows freely from other games: puzzles from “The Legend of Zelda,” stealth from “Metal Gear
Solid,” freaky nightmare sequences from “Eternal Darkness.” But those are pretty good games to imitate, and this game blends its influences smoothly. The mood reflects the darker tone of last year’s “The Dark Knight” movie, and younger Batfans may find the violence and dialogue disturbing. The smart script is by Paul Dini, a veteran of the noirish “Batman: The Animated Series,” and that show’s two stars — Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as the Joker — deliver stellar voiceover work.
Microsoft cutting price of high-end Xbox 360 By BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press
NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. is slashing the price of the high-end Xbox 360 console by $100, matching Sony’s $100 price cut for the PlayStation 3 last week. Now, both the Xbox 360 Elite and the PS3 will cost $299. The price cuts in both cases are worldwide, though the exact amounts vary by region depending on currencies. Microsoft, which has had three versions of its Xbox 360 available at three different prices, also was to announce Thursday it is phasing out the mid-range, Pro, version of the console. It will be available for $249, down from $299,
while supplies last. The cheapest Xbox, the Arcade, which comes without a hard drive, will still cost $199. The price cuts are effective Friday, said David Dennis, a spokesman for Microsoft. Video game companies hope the price cuts will re-ignite sales in time for the holiday rush. For the bulk of this year, the industry has suffered from weak sales — hurt by the recession and lackluster game releases, which have kept consumers waiting to spend money on new titles. The announcement from Microsoft leaves only Nintendo Co. without a price cut for the fall, at least for now. The Wii has cost $250 since its launch nearly three years ago.
Demanding fans will be disappointed by the absence of some popular villains, and most of the major boss battles are lackluster. And it’s frustrating that Batman’s powers are sometimes unnaturally limited, forcing you to solve problems the way the programmers want you to do. But it’s a fascinating journey, combining a solid story with a lively mix of diverse gameplay styles. Rocksteady has, at long last, delivered a superhero game that’s really super. Three-and-ahalf stars out of four.
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Buildings crumble in ‘2010,’ starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson and Thandie Newton. The film opens Nov. 13.
Upcoming releases share apocalyptic theme By Robert W. Butler McClatchy Newspapers
“It’s the end of the world as we know it,” Michael Stipe sang in one of R.E.M.’s most memorable tunes, “and I feel fine.” Evidently watching Earth face extermination makes all of us feel fine ... or at least keeps us mightily entertained. How else to explain the crop of apocalyptic titles headed our way at the megaplex? You’d think that with all the troubles afflicting mankind that we’d be reluctant to contemplate the extinction of the human race and the ravaging of our beautiful planet. Yet just the opposite is true. Once fueled by fears of nuclear war, recent end-of-the-world movies now dabble with environmental collapse, alien invasion, unstoppable diseases and cataclysmic asteroid strikes. The Terminator franchise has sold millions of tickets with the premise that our own machines will turn against us, leaving smoldering cities peppered with human skulls.
Heck, Kevin Costner has made two post-apocalyptic epics, Waterworld and The Postman. Two of the more intriguing comedies this fall are about, of all things, zombies. In Dead Snow (Sept. 18) Nazi zombies terrorize ski enthusiasts in the European Alps; Zombieland (Oct. 9) is about losers in the real world who have found ways to thrive in a post-apocalyptic environment. But those are mere appetizers. The main course consists of three apocalyptic fall films with big budgets, bigname casts and a grim view of where we’re heading: The Road (opening Oct. 16) is the longawaited screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer-winning novel about a father and son slogging through a nuclear winter where all animals and plants have died. Scavenging food, evading roaming bands of cannibals, they’re seeking some sort of refuge. Ask anyone who’s read the book — this is one grueling, depressing tale. The movie was to have been released last fall but was pushed back, reportedly
for additional special effects work. That left some of us fretting that perhaps the movie was so true to the book that its distributor was panicking. In any case, advance buzz has been strong for Viggo Mortensen’s performance (Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Robert Duvall and Molly Parker also are in the cast). And Aussie director John Hillcoat showed with his Down Under Western The Proposition that he knows how to handle heavy material. Still, McCarthy’s story wasn’t about the spectacle of extermination but rather about the brutal, ever-shrinking world left in its wake. Will audiences warm up to a theme so chilly? 2012 (Nov. 13): Maybe Roland Emmerich is a misanthrope. He has consistently tried to wipe out mankind in his films. He did it with aliens in Independence Day and with devastating climate change in The Day After Tomorrow. Now he caps his end-of-the-world trilogy with 2012, which already has been getting a big media push thanks to a trailer that shows massive tidal waves slamming into
the Big Apple and covering the Himalayas. Heading the cast are John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson and Thandie Newton ... but with Emmerich it’s all about the spectacle. We’re betting 2012 will deliver. 9 (opening Sept. 9): It’s not set on Earth (supposedly it takes place in an alternate universe) but 9 is close enough. It’s a computer-animated fantasy about a rag-doll creature who struggles in a postapocalyptic wasteland to survive against alien creatures bent on their destruction. Writer/director Shane Acker has expanded his 2005 Oscar-nominated short and picked up a first-class cast of voice talent — Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly and Martin Landau. It’s been noted that one reason science fiction is perennially popular is that it argues that mankind actually has a future. If so, why our fascination with end-ofthe-world scenarios? Perhaps we subconsciously hope that if we get our cosmic comeuppance in the movies, we’ll somehow avoid it in real life.
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Sept. 4 GAMER What: In a future where video games manipulate humans, a player schemes to take down an evil game inventor. Why we’d see it: We’ve got a soft spot for leading man Gerard Butler. Why we wouldn’t: Crank franchise creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor know their way around action. But is that all they have up their sleeves?
Sept. 11 ALL ABOUT STEVE What: Enamored of a TV news cameraman, eccentric woman trails him across the U.S. Why we’d see it: Sandra Bullock apparently can do no wrong (see The Proposal”). Bradley Cooper is this season’s “It” boy. Why we wouldn’t: Director Phil Traill has done only shorts and TV sitcoms ... does he have the stuff?
THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE What: Editor Anna Wintour prepares Vogue’s fall-fashion issue. Why we’d see it: It’s the real-life The Devil Wears Prada. Why we wouldn’t: Are we ready for 90 minutes of the withering Wintour?
EXTRACT What: Factory owner Jason Bateman struggles with professional and personal hassles. Why we’d see it: The partnership of Bateman and director Mike Judge (Office Space) might mean comedy heaven. Why we wouldn’t: Judge tends to lose control of his satiric out-there projects (see Idiocracy).
TYLER PERRY’S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF What: Perry’s Madea uses tough love to solve the problems of her sprawling family. Why we’d see it: Perry’s fans are devoted. Why we wouldn’t: We’re not big Perry fans.
SORORITY ROW What: After the death of a housesister in a prank gone wrong, sorority members are stalked by a serial killer. Why we’d see it: Is there a shower scene? Why we wouldn’t: Is there a shower scene?
WORLD’S GREATEST DAD What: Tragedy gives miserable high school teacher Robin Williams the life he has always wished for, if he can live with how he got it. Why we’d see it: Reviewers have called it “gloriously twisted.” Who can resist that ? Why we wouldn’t: Twisted isn’t everybody’s idea of a good time.
Sept. 18 WHITEOUT What: Female U.S. marshal trails killer across Antarctica on the eve of a six-monthlong night. Why we’d see it: We’re big Kate Beckinsale fans (though we prefer her in tight vinyl over parkas). And we like the premise. Why we wouldn’t: Director Dominic Sena’s track record (Swordfish, Gone in 60 Seconds) gives pause.
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS What: Food rains from the sky in this 3-D animated comedy. Why we’d see it: Based on a very popular children’s book. Why we wouldn’t: Hollywood has trouble turning a simple book into a big film . (See How the Grinch Stole Christmas ... or don’t.)
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JENNIFER’S BODY What: A possessed cheerleader goes on a high-school killing spree. Why we’d see it: Great trailer, big buzz and a screenplay by Oscar-winner Diablo Cody (Juno). Why we wouldn’t: Yeah, Megan Fox is hot. But we’re still waiting to see her act.
THE INFORMANT! What: Whistleblower Matt Damon gives up his bosses at a corrupt agribusiness to the feds. Why we’d see it: Might be director Steven Soderbergh’s version of The Insider... and that would be a good thing. Why we wouldn’t: The marketing sends mixed signals ... is this a comedy? A dramedy? A thriller? What?
LOVE HAPPENS What: Widower writes best-seller about recovering from grief ... but when the right woman appears, can he put his theories into practice? Why we’d see it: Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart sound like just the right actors for this story. Why we wouldn’t: The title. Where’s my insulin?
Sept. 25 PANDORUM What: Astronauts (Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet) awaken on their ship with no memory of who they are or what their mission is. Why we’d see it: Mystery and sci-fi ... an interesting combo. Why we wouldn’t: Amnesiacs in space ... didn’t we just see that in Moon?
SURROGATES What: In a future where people live in isolation, a cop must leave his home to investigate a murder. Why we’d see it: Bruce Willis. Plus, it’s a nifty idea of where our computer-obsessed world may take us. Why we wouldn’t: Director Jonathan Mostow’s career seemed to top out a few years ago with
FAME What: Remake of ’80 hit about students at NYC High School for the Performing Arts. Why we’d see it: Lots of music, dance and attractive young faces. Why we wouldn’t: Director Kevin Tancharoen has done only TV. Not sure of his ability to handle a full-fledged musical.
THE INVENTION OF LYING What: In this world no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain. Why we’d see it: The fall’s greatest cast: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Patrick Stewart, Jonah Hill, Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe. Why we wouldn’t: Uh ... actually we can’t think of a reason.
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›› “The Dead Pool” (1988) Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson. Premiere. ›› “The Enforcer” (1976) Clint Eastwood. Dirty Harry and partner hunt rocket-armed radicals. Legend of the Seeker ›› “The Brothers Grimm” (2005, Fantasy) Matt Damon. Traveling con men probe a magical mystery. Oak Mountain High School Football Replay ENTERTAINMENT Local Programming CSI: Miami “All In” Å Criminal Minds “Somebody’s Watching” ’ Å Criminal Minds A serial killer preys on the elderly. Criminal Minds “Charm and Harm” ’ Å ›› “Raising Helen” (2004, Comedy-Drama) Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack. A woman gains custody of her late sister’s children. Mad Men “My Old Kentucky Home” The writers are Å forced to work after hours; Roger hosts a party. (N)
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Monsters Inside Me “Living With the Enemy” Å Monsters Inside Me “Sex Maniacs” ’ Å Monsters Inside Me “Outbreak” Outbreaks. Å ›› “Revenge of the Pink Panther” (1978, Comedy) Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon. My 100,000 Lovers Sex addicts’ struggles. Å Michael Jackson M. Jackson Michael Jackson: The King of Pop Rare footage. Å I Survived Å I Survived “Dr. Roger & Dena; Sydney; Jennifer” I Survived “Death and Back” Back from the dead. Law & Order: Criminal Intent “Bedfellows” Å Law & Order: Criminal Intent “Masquerade” Å Law & Order: Criminal Intent “Siren Call” ’ Å Ron White: They Call Me Tater Salad Å Terry Fator Live From Las Vegas ’ Comedy Club ’ The Cable Guy Futurama ’ Å Futurama ’ Å “Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder” (2009) Billy West, Katey Sagal. Premiere. Animated. Å Planet Earth “Fresh Water” ’ Å Planet Earth “Caves” Cave habitats. ’ Å Planet Earth World’s biggest mountain ranges. ’ “Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie” (2009, Comedy) Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin. A young Jonas “Detention” Å Hannah Montana “Yet Anwizard conjures a spell that jeopardizes her family. other Side of Me”
Monsters Inside Me “Living With the Enemy” Å ›› “Revenge of the Pink Panther” (1978) BET’s Weekend Inspiration My Rescue People avoid certain death. Å Law & Order: Criminal Intent “Maltese Cross” ’ Bill Engvall’s Here’s Your Sign Awards ’ “Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder” (2009) Planet Earth “Fresh Water” ’ Å Wizards of Waverly Place Hannah Montana Hannah “Beware Wolf” ’ and Austin Rain. Å
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Multitude of Multiples (N) ’ Å Your Kid Ate What? (N) ’ Å Dancing Tweens (N) ’ Å Multitude of Multiples ’ Å ››› “The Pursuit of Happyness” (2006, Drama) Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Thandie Newton. A man strives for a better life ››› “The Pursuit of Happyness” (2006, Drama) Will Smith, Jaden Christopher for himself and his son. Å Syre Smith. A man strives for a better life for himself and his son. Å
Hollywood Murder Billionaire Crime Scene: Was It Murder? Kourtney & Khloe Kourtney & Khloe Kourtney & Khloe Reality Hell Dating show. The Soup Chelsea Lately Eli Roth. ●Baseball Tonight Å ●MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies. From Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. (Live) Å ●SportsCenter (Live) Å Homecoming 2009 World Series of Poker 2009 World Series of Poker 2009 World Series of Poker 2009 World Series of Poker ›› Sky High (2005) ›› “Ella Enchanted” (2004) Anne Hathaway. A young woman tries to break her curse of obedience. ›› “Legally Blonde” (2001, Comedy) Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair. Å Challenge Challenge “Cereal Bridges 2” Famous bridges. (N) Iron Chef America Kitchen Stadium. (N) Chopped “A Wish Upon a Starfruit” Throwdown-Bobby Flay Throwdown-Bobby Flay ●WPS Postgame (Live) Mayweather vs. Marquez ●Reloaded ●Sport Science Best Damn 50 ●The Final Score (Live) Elite XC: Champions ●The Final Score (Live) ›› “X-Men: The Last Stand” (2006, Action) Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart. ›› “I, Robot” (2004, Science Fiction) Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan. A homicide detective tracks a dangerous robot in 2035. Rescue Me “Jump” Life After Film School ››› “The Seven Year Itch” (1955) Marilyn Monroe. A happily married man meets an attractive blonde. ››› “Say Anything...” (1989, Romance) John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney. Å High Stakes Poker Å High Stakes Poker Å ●High Stakes Poker Å World Poker Tour Å ›› “Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven” (2004) Jon Voight. “Sacrifices of the Heart” (2007, Drama) Melissa Gilbert, Cyril O’Reilly, Ken Howard. An attorney visits her ailing “You’ve Got a Friend” (2007, Drama) John Schneider, Strangers and loved ones take a dead man back through his life. Å father on the family farm. Å Bitty Schram, Dylan McLaughlin. Å True Blood “Frenzy” (N) ’ Å House Hunters (N) House Hunters Pawn Stars Civil War Pawn Stars Old Pac-Man sword. Å game; jousting helmet.
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› “Because I Said So” (2007) Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore. Å Drop Dead Diva Jane must prove her client’s sanity. Army Wives “Duty to Inform” (N) Å Drop Dead Diva Jane must prove her client’s sanity. ›› Fred Claus (2007) ›› “Nights in Rodanthe” (2008) Richard Gere. Two lost souls find each other at a North Carolina inn. ››› “Live Free or Die Hard” (2007) Bruce Willis. America’s computers fall under attack. ‘PG-13’ Å 20th Century Battlefields Operation Valkyrie ’ Special Ops Mission “Operation Covert Canyon” Build It Bigger The M-1 Abrams tank. ’ Operation Valkyrie ’ Daddy’s Girls ’ America’s Best Dance Crew America’s Best Dance Crew P. Diddy’s Starmaker (N) ’ America’s Best Dance Crew In the Womb: Cats In the Womb: Extreme Animals (N) The Human Family Tree Scientists use DNA to prove that all people are related. (N) In the Womb: Extreme Animals True Jackson, VP Å Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å Superhuman ’ Å Superhuman “Genius” ’ Å The Truth About Liars (N) ’ Superhuman The lives of the world’s tallest people. Superhuman “Genius” ’ Å Battle of HS Musicals Dexter “All in the Family” (iTV) Sincere proposal. Dexter “Turning Biminese” (iTV) ’ Å Weeds (iTV) ’ Å Nurse Jackie (iTV) Å Penn & Teller: Bulls...! Penn & Teller: Bulls...! General Hospital Friday ››› “Miami Rhapsody” (1995, Comedy) Sarah Jessica Parker, Antonio Banderas. Premiere. Holidate “Chicago & Charlotte” Chicago. Holidate “Chicago and San Francisco” Chicago. ●SPEED Report (N) Jacked! “Bail Out” Jacked! ●Wind Tunnel With Dave Despain (Live) ●Pinks -- All Out From Montgomery, Ala. Pinks -- All Outtakes Pinks -- All Outtakes ›› Phone Booth (2002) “Meteor” (2009, Suspense) Christopher Lloyd, Marla Sokoloff, Stacy Keach. Premiere. A space collision sends a meteor hurtling toward Earth. ’ ●Inside the Orange Mark Richt ●Under the Lights ●Spotlight ●Spotlight Auto Racing ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour. ●Xterra USA Championship “Copperhead” (2008, Suspense) Brad Johnson, Billy Drago. Å “High Plains Invaders” (2009) James Marsters. Townspeople in the Wild West battle monstrous insects. “I Am Omega” (2007) Mark Dacascos, Geoff Mead. Jack Hayford Å Joel Osteen Å Taking Authority Å Believer’s Voice Changing Your World ›› “In the Beginning...” (2000, Drama) Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset, Billy Campbell. ››› Men in Black ›› “Men in Black II” (2002, Comedy) (PA) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith. ›› “Men in Black II” (2002, Comedy) (PA) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith. ››› “Men in Black” (1997) Tommy Lee Jones. ›››› “Mr. Smith Goes ›››› “You Can’t Take It With You” (1938, Comedy) Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart. Oscar-win- ››› “The Ex-Mrs. Bradford” (1936, Mystery) William Powell, Jean Arthur, James ›› “If You Could Only to Washington” ning classic about a blissfully eccentric family. Gleason. A doctor and his ex-wife join forces to solve a murder. Cook” (1935)
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Family Guy ’ Å Robot Chicken (N) M*A*S*H “Life Time” M*A*S*H Å ››› “Licence to Kill” (1989) Timothy Dalton. Tool Academy ’
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Å ›› “Blown Away” (1994, Suspense) Jeff Bridges. Å ››› “Joe Kidd” (1972) Å ››› “Joe Kidd” (1972) Clint Eastwood. Å ››› “Pale Rider” (1985, Western) Clint Eastwood. Å ›› “Last of the Dogmen” (1995) Tom Berenger. Å ›› “Dragonheart” (1996) Dennis Quaid. Å AMC W Hombre TH ››› “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” (1961) Å ›› “Dragonheart” (1996) Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis. Å ›› “Star Trek: Nemesis” (2002) Patrick Stewart. Å ›› “Stargate” (1994) Kurt Russell. F Gun Shy ›› “Be Cool” (2005) John Travolta, Uma Thurman. Å ››› “Running Scared” (1986) Gregory Hines. Å ›› “History of the World: Part I” (1981) Å ›››› “Young Frankenstein” (1974, Comedy) Bargain Bargain You Eat You Eat How Clean How Clean Ramsay’s Kitchen Gordon-F Word The Hotel Inspector Gordon-F Word Ramsay’s Kitchen News BBC Antiques Roadshow One One Sister, Sis. Sister, Sis. The Game The Game 106 & Park: BET’s Top 10 Live BET Smart Guy Smart Guy Sister, Sis. Sister, Sis. 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Å ›› “Wanted: The Sundance Woman” (1976) ›› “Son of Robin Hood” (1959) ››› “Dunston Checks In” (1996) ›› “Robin Hood” (1991) Å F ››› “Compulsion” (1959) Å ›› “The Cape Town Affair” (1967, Suspense) ›› “The Stone Boy” (1984) Robert Duvall. Å ››› “Two for the Road” (1967) Å ››› “Say Anything...” (1989) John Cusack. Super Super Jeopardy! Fortune Pyramid MatchGam Fam. Feud Password Lingo Lingo Pyramid Fam Feud Chain Fam Feud Newlywed Catch 21 Deal No GSN Fam. 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Natural World ’ Å Dogs 101 Meeting President Obama’s puppy. Å Monsters Inside Me Deceptive parasites. ’ Å Animal Cops Phoenix “Mange Misery” (N) ’ Dogs 101 Meeting President Obama’s puppy. Å World News Top Gear (N) Å ●Top Gear Porsche Cayman S; Audi RS4. Å BBC World News America Å Top Gear Å 106 & Park: Top 10 Live › “Bad Company” (2002, Action) Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock. A hustler is recruited by the CIA to pose as his brother. Tiny & Toya Å The Wendy Williams Show ’ Å Ripley-Believe Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Å Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Å Ripley’s Believe It or Not! One-wheeled motorcycle. Urban Legends Å Urban Legends Å Inside the Actors Studio The Real Housewives of Atlanta Å The Real Housewives of Atlanta Å The Rachel Zoe Project (N) Å The Rachel Zoe Project Å Extreme-Home Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy Å › “Son-in-Law” (1993, Comedy) Pauly Shore. A coed brings her surf-minded pal home to the farm. ’ › “Son-in-Law” (1993, Comedy) Pauly Shore. ’ › “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector” (2006) Larry the Cable Guy. Å Larry the Cable Guy: Morning Constitutions Å The Comedy Central Roast “Larry the Cable Guy” Larry the Cable Guy. Å Comedy-Roast Nature’s Most Amazing Nature’s Most Amazing Events “Arctic Summer” Nature’s Most Amazing Events ’ Å Nature’s Most Amazing Events “Kalahari Flood” Nature’s Most Amazing Events “Arctic Summer” Hannah Montana ’ Å ›› “Eloise at the Plaza” (2003, Comedy) Julie Andrews, Sofia Vassilieva, Jeffrey Tambor. A precocious young- Wizards of Waverly Place Hannah Montana The Suite Life of Zack & That’s So Raven Retaliaster seeks adventure at the famous hotel. Å “Fashion Week” Cody ’ Å tion from a sitter. Å The Daily 10 (N) Michael Jackson Kourtney & Khloe Kourtney & Khloe The Soup Presents (N) The Soup Presents Chelsea Lately Rex Lee. E! News Countdown ●NFL Preseason Football Minnesota Vikings at Houston Texans. From Reliant Stadium in Houston. (Live) Å ●SportsCenter (Live) Å ●U.S. Open Tennis First Round. From the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. (Live) ●E:60 (N) Å That ’70s Show ’ Å The Secret Life of the American Teenager (N) Greek “The Day After” (Season Premiere) (N) Å The Secret Life of the American Teenager Å The 700 Club Å Challenge Good Eats Good Eats Kabobs. Unwrapped Unwrapped Barbecue. Diner, Drive-In Diner, Drive-In Good Eats “Q” Unwrapped “Chewrific” Best Damn 50 ●Baseball’s Golden Age ●Reloaded ●Sport Science Best Damn 50 ●The Final Score (Live) ●Baseball’s Golden Age ●The Final Score (Live) ›› I, Robot (2004) ››› “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006, Comedy) Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier. A recent college graduate lands a job at a fashion magazine. ›› “The Family Stone” (2005) Dermot Mulroney. Life After Film School ››› “Die Hard” (1988, Action) Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman. A New York policeman outwits foreign thugs in an L.A. high-rise. Å ›› “The Edge” (1997, Adventure) Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin. Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å Family Feud Å Be a Millionaire Family Feud ’ Å Be a Millionaire The Newlywed Game Catch 21 Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å M*A*S*H The surgeons Touched by an Angel A white-collar criminal must re- Touched by an Angel “Homecoming” A prostitute de- Touched by an Angel “Homecoming” A prostitute tries The Golden Girls “Beauty The Golden Girls “That’s face a blood shortage. store the faith of a 13-year-old girl. ’ Å cides that she must turn her life around. Å to find her abandoned son. Å and the Beast” for Me to Know” Å The Bourne Ultimatum Real Time With Bill Maher ’ Å ››› “Youth Knows No Pain” (2009, Documentary) Premiere. ’ ‘NR’ Å ›› “The Express” (2008, Biography) Dennis Quaid. ’ ‘PG’ Å House Hunters Property Virgins (N) ’ Property Virgins Å House Hunters My First Place House Hunters For Rent Bachelor pad. The Unsellables Å My First Place Modern Marvels Medieval The Crumbling of America Investigating infrastructure deterioration in the United States. Å Clash of the Gods “Medusa” The gorgon Medusa. (N) The Bible Code: Predicting Armageddon Some becastles. Å Å lieve the Bible contains a prophetic code. Å
How I Met Your Mother Reba ’ Å Reba ’ Å Army Wives “Duty to Inform” Å Army Wives “Duty to Inform” Å Grey’s Anatomy ’ Å ›› Maximum Risk ‘R’ ›› “Get Smart” (2008) Steve Carell. Agent Maxwell Smart battles the KAOS crime syndicate. ‘PG-13’ ›› “Nights in Rodanthe” (2008, Romance) Richard Gere. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Harold & Kumar Escape Weapons Races: Tank Combat Zone “Battle of Inchon, Korea” ’ Å Great Planes “Huey” Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. Commanders at War “Midway” ’ Å Combat Zone “Battle of Inchon, Korea” ’ Å True Life ’ Å P. Diddy’s Starmaker ’ America’s Best Dance Crew Making His Band The contestants begin rehearsing. Making His Band The contestants begin rehearsing. Unabomber Inside Saddam’s Reign of Terror 9/11: Science and Conspiracy Experiments with heated steel and thermite. (N) Inside Saddam’s Reign of Terror iCarly ’ Å Glenn Martin, DDS (N) Malcolm in the Middle George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å NextWorld ’ Å NextWorld “Future Cars” Cars of the future. Å Popular Science’s Future Of Security technology. How Do They Do It? Sea vehicles. ’ Å NextWorld “Future Cars” Cars of the future. Å ››› “Lars and the Real Girl” (2007) Ryan Gosling. iTV. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Californication (iTV) ’ Californication (iTV) ’ Weeds ’ Å Californication (iTV) ’ Weeds (iTV) ’ Å Penn & Teller: Bulls...! Young-Restless All My Children Today ’ Å One Life to Live Today ’ Å General Hospital Today ’ Å Days of our Lives Today ’ Å Pass Time NASCAR Hall of Fame SuperCars Exposed SuperCars Exposed Barrett-Jackson 2009: The Auctions Car Crazy (N) Pass Time Meteor (2009) ’ “The Storm” (2009, Suspense) Treat Williams, James Van Der Beek. Premiere. Forces of nature combine to threaten humanity. ’ ●MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins. From Land Shark Stadium in Miami. (Subject to Blackout) ’ (Live) ●Braves Live! Postgame ●Braves Live! Postgame MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins. ’ Star Trek: Next Gener. Star Trek: The Next Generation “New Ground” ’ Star Trek: The Next Generation “Hero Worship” ’ Star Trek: The Next Generation “Violations” Å Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Bishop Jakes Å Behind the Scenes Å Mark Chironna Å Jentezen Franklin Å Jesse Duplantis Å Praise the Lord Å Seinfeld ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å My Name Is Earl Å My Name Is Earl Å The Bill Engvall Show Sex and the City Å ››› “The Man Between” ››› “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” (1966, Suspense) Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner. ››› “The Haunting” (1963, Horror) Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson. Shirley Jackson’s chiller about (1953, Suspense) A burned-out agent becomes a pawn in a high-level spy game. Å a malevolent mansion. Å Dancing Tweens Å Bones “The Man on the Fairway” ’ Å
Johnny Test ’ Å The Beverly Hillbillies NCIS “Kill Ari” Å Tool Academy ’ NEWS Kudlow Report Lou Dobbs Tonight Å House of Rep. U.S. Senate Coverage FOX Report Hardball Å
Jon & Kate Plus 8 “Beach Trip” Trip to the beach. The Closer “Waivers of Extradition” A woman is stabbed to death by someone wearing a ninja outfit.
Bobb’e Says What Would Happen? The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show NCIS “Kill Ari” ’ (Part 2 of 2) Å Real Chance of Love Fabled creature. ’ Å CNBC Reports Campbell Brown (N) Tonight From Washington The Communicators Tonight From Washington The O’Reilly Factor (N) Å Countdown With Keith Olbermann (N)
Jon & Kate Plus 8 Life on a dude ranch. (N) Å The Closer “Product of Discovery” Brenda’s squad investigates a quadruple murder. Å Stoked 6TEEN “Spring Fling” The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show ●WWE Monday Night Raw ’ (Live) Å Real Chance of Love Wrestling matches. ’ Å
Ultimate Cake Off “Pirates” (N) ’ Å The Closer “Controlled Burn” Large-scale fire; small apartment. Å King of the Hill ’ Å The Andy Griffith Show The T.O. Show ’
King of the Hill ’ Å The Andy Griffith Show
Jon & Kate Plus 8 “Beach Trip” Trip to the beach. Raising the Bar “Hair Apparent” Jerry defends a barber whose nephew was caught selling crack.
Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show Royal Pains “Wonderland” Å Real Chance of Love Wrestling matches. ’ Å The T.O. Show ’
Scam: Bernie Madoff’s Crime & Punishment Larry King Live (N) Å
Dirty Money: High-End Prostitution Anderson Cooper 360 Å
Hannity (N) The Rachel Maddow Show (N)
On the Record With Greta Van Susteren (N) Å Countdown With Keith Olbermann
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America’s Got Talent First 10 acts from the top 20 perform. ’ (Live) Å 90210 “One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer” The Andy Griffith Show Cheers ’ Å Shaq Vs. “Shaq vs. Albert Pujols” Shaq challenges Albert Pujols to a home-run derby. (N) ’ Å
Boston Legal “Breast in Show” ’ Å Street Patrol ’ Å Street Patrol ’ Å
›› “The Break-Up” (2006) Vince Vaughn. A couple end their relationship, but neither is willing to move. Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å The Simpsons ’ Å The Simpsons ’ Å
Big Brother 11 The veto competition. (N) ’ Å
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90210 “Zero Tolerance” ’ Å Buster Miles Auto Most Wanted Crash Course Five teams tackle an extreme driving course. ’ Å
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NBC 13 News at 10:00pm The Tonight Show With (N) Å Conan O’Brien (N) Å
The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show Rick & Bubba Å Rick & Bubba Å ABC 33/40 News at 10PM Nightline (N) Å (N) CBS 42 News at 10 (N) Lifestyle Lift House of Payne
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Local Programming Action News Nightbeat Local Programming The First 48 “Killing Spree” Å The First 48 “Johnny Black; Stranger Than Fiction” The Cleaner “Standing Eight” (N) Å The Cleaner “Standing Eight” Å ›› “Last of the Dogmen” (1995, Adventure) Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey, Kurtwood Smith. A modern-day tracker finds a long-lost band ››› “Pale Rider” (1985, Western) Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie of Cheyenne. Å Snodgress. Mysterious preacher saves gold miners from villains. Å
Untamed and Uncut “Amazing Attacks” ’ Å Your Worst Animal Nightmares ’ Å Piranhas ’ Å Untamed and Uncut “Amazing Attacks” ’ Å You Are What You Eat (N) Å Dragon’s Den (N) Å BBC World News America Å You Are What You Eat Å › “A Low Down Dirty Shame” (1994, Action) Keenen Ivory Wayans, Charles S. Dutton. Premiere. Frankie and Neffe (N) Frankie and Neffe Å The Wendy Williams Show ’ Å Happy Days 30th Anniversary Reunion ’ Å Laverne & Shirley Reunion Å Biography “The Love Boat” Å Flipping Out “Beware of Falling Houses” Å Flipping Out “Pajamas and Other Games” Å Flipping Out “Never Trust a Contractor” (N) Å Flipping Out “Never Trust a Contractor” Å Nanny 911 “The O’Melia Family” ’ Å ››› “Pure Country” (1992, Drama) George Strait, Lesley Ann Warren. A country singer struggles with the burden of stardom. ’ ››› Pure Country ’ Patton Oswalt: My Weakness is Strong Å South Park Å South Park Å The Comedy Central Roast “Flavor Flav” Flavor Flav. Å Comedy-Roast Swords: Life on the Line “Hostile Takeover” Å Swords: Life on the Line “Man Overboard” (N) ’ The Colony “A Test of Faith” (N) ’ Å Swords: Life on the Line “Hostile Takeover” Å ›› “Beethoven’s 2nd” (1993, Comedy) Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Nicholle Wizards of Waverly Place Wizards of Waverly Place Hannah Montana ’ Å The Suite Life of Zack & That’s So Raven Raven Tom. A greedy owner tries to abduct a St. Bernard’s litter. ‘PG’ ’Å “My Tutor, Tutor” Cody “Graduation” Å throws a party. ’ Å
The Daily 10 (N) Billionaire Crime Scene: Was It Murder? Kendra Kendra Kourtney & Khloe Kourtney & Khloe Chelsea Lately (N) E! News ●NFL Live (Live) Å 2009 World Series of Poker (Taped) 2009 World Series of Poker (Taped) ●Baseball Tonight (Live) Å ●SportsCenter (Live) Å ●U.S. Open Tennis Early Round. From the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. (Live) ●Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL -- Part I (N) That ’70s Show ’ Å 10 Things I Hate Ruby & the Rockits (N) ››› “Matilda” (1996) Mara Wilson. A child uses her amazing abilities against uncaring adults. Å The 700 Club Å Challenge Wedding cake. Ace of Cakes Ace of Cakes Unwrapped Best Thing, Ate Chopped Miniature produce; whole flounder. Good Eats Unwrapped Health foods. Best Damn 50 ●UEFA Champions League Soccer Arsenal FC vs. Celtic FC. Qualifying Playoff, Leg 2. ●The Final Score (Live) Best Damn 50 ●The Final Score (Live) ›› “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005, Action) Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. A husband and wife are assassins for rival organizations. Rescue Me “Drink” Uncle Teddy appears stoic. Rescue Me “Drink” Uncle Teddy appears stoic. ››› My Cousin Vinny ››› “Silver Streak” (1976) Gene Wilder. A long train ride leads an editor to love and intrigue. Å ››› “My Cousin Vinny” (1992) Joe Pesci. A Brooklyn lawyer defends his cousin in Alabama. Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å Family Feud Å Be a Millionaire Family Feud ’ Å Be a Millionaire The Newlywed Game Catch 21 Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å M*A*S*H “War of Nerves” Touched by an Angel “The Journalist” A reporter inves- Touched by an Angel Monica must reunite a violinmak- Touched by an Angel An advertising photographer The Golden Girls A hurri- The Golden Girls HurriÅ tigates an elderly couple for child abuse. Å er and his dying son before Christmas. ’ Å thinks her career is hurt by her mother. ’ Å cane threatens Miami. cane Gil hits Miami. Å “Which Way Home” (2009, Documentary) ‘NR’ Å ›› “Pride and Glory” (2008) Edward Norton. A detective probes a fatal drug bust involving his brother. Making Bored to Death House Hunters My First Place My First Place House Hunters Bang for Your Buck House Hunters House Hunters Modern Marvels “Wiring The Universe Death stars are in the final stage of life The Universe Scientists gain cosmic insights from ob- How the Earth Was Made Yellowstone, one of the most America” Å until they explode into supernovae. Å jects that fall from the heavens. (N) Å dangerous geological features on Earth. Å
Entourage ’ Å True Blood “Frenzy” ’ Real Estate Intervention My First Place Mega Disasters Experts predict what might happen when the world’s oil supply runs out. Å
Medium “Pilot” ’ Å Medium “Suspicions and Certainties” ’ Å Medium “A Couple of Choices” ’ Å Medium “Night of the Wolf” ’ Å Will & Grace Å Will & Grace Å ›› RocknRolla (2008) ›› “Swordfish” (2001) John Travolta. An ex-con computer hacker is pulled into a high-tech heist. ‘R’ ›› “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” (2008) David Duchovny. ‘PG-13’ Å Lingerie ’ Å The Color of War Å The Color of War The build up to victory in Europe. The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler Å The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler Å The Color of War The build up to victory in Europe. Made Loner image. ’ America’s Best Dance Crew House of Jazmin Å Daddy’s Girls ’ Daddy’s Girls (N) ’ House of Jazmin (N) ’ Daddy’s Girls ’ House of Jazmin Å Bounty Hunters In the Womb: Dogs Fetal development of canines. The Human Family Tree Scientists use DNA to prove that all people are related. In the Womb: Dogs Fetal development of canines. iCarly ’ Å Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å Ancient Secrets Exodus Earth “Callisto” Jupiter’s icy moon Callisto. Exodus Earth “Exoplanet” Gliese 581c. ’ Exodus Earth “Titan” Saturn’s moon. ’ Å Exodus Earth “Callisto” Jupiter’s icy moon Callisto. ›› “The Nanny Diaries” (2007) ‘PG-13’ Å “All Together Now” (2008, Documentary) iTV Premiere. ‘NR’ Weeds (iTV) ’ Å Weeds (iTV) ’ Å › “Captivity” (2007) Elisha Cuthbert. iTV. ’ ‘R’ Young-Restless All My Children Today ’ Å One Life to Live Today ’ Å General Hospital Today ’ Å Days of our Lives Today ’ Å Pass Time Pimp My Ride Pimp My Ride Super Bikes! Super Bikes! Jacked! Jacked! Pimp My Ride ’ Pass Time Deadliest Warrior ’ Deadliest Warrior “Apache vs. Gladiator” ’ Deadliest Warrior “Spartan vs. Ninja” ’ Surviving Disaster A simulated aircraft hijacking. ’ Surviving Disaster A simulated aircraft hijacking. ’ ●MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins. From Land Shark Stadium in Miami. (Subject to Blackout) ’ (Live) ●Braves Live! Postgame ●Spotlight MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins. ’ Warehouse 13 ’ Å Warehouse 13 “Duped” Myka is trapped. ’ Å Warehouse 13 Pete and Myka investigate suicides. ●ECW (Live) Warehouse 13 Pete and Myka investigate suicides. Life at the Summit Å Behind the Scenes Å Joyce Meyer John Hagee Today Å Precious Memories Å Praise the Lord Å Seinfeld ’ Å Family Guy “Petergeist” Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy “Peterotica” Family Guy ’ Å The Office ’ Å The Office ’ Å Seinfeld “The Hot Tub” Seinfeld ’ Å ››› “Above and Be››› “Hangover Square” (1945, Suspense) Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George ››› “The Devil and Daniel Webster” (1941, Fantasy) Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, James Craig. Daniel ›››› “Citizen Kane” yond” (1953) Å Sanders. A homicidal musician stalks the streets of 1903 London. Webster defends a farmer in a court of hell. Å (1941) Orson Welles. Ultimate Cake Off Å Bones “The Skull in the Desert” ’ Å
Chowder The Andy Griffith Show NCIS “Switch” ’ Å The T.O. Show ’ NEWS Kudlow Report Lou Dobbs Tonight Å House of Rep. U.S. Senate Coverage FOX Report Hardball Å
Jon & Kate Plus 8 Life on a dude ranch. ’ Å 18 Kids and Counting (N) 18 Kids and Counting ’ Masters of Reception “Wedding Crashers” (N) ’ 18 Kids and Counting ’ 18 Kids and Counting ’ Bones “The Man With the Bone” A body is found clutch- Bones Brennan is suspicious when a Jeffersonian co- HawthoRNe “Healing Time” A patient with dementia. Å Saving Grace “She’s a Lump” The entire squad searching a 300-year-old finger bone. ’ Å worker dies of heart failure. ’ Å es for the person who killed a court reporter. Total Drama Island Total Drama Action Å Married... With Children Married... With Children Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Privilege” Å Real Chance of Love Wrestling matches. ’ Å
Stoked 6TEEN “Spring Fling” Married... With Children Married... With Children Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Desperate” ’ Tool Academy ’
King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å Married... With Children Married... With Children Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Dominance” ’ My Antonio Workout. ’
CNBC Reports Campbell Brown (N) Tonight From Washington Tonight From Washington The O’Reilly Factor (N) Å Countdown With Keith Olbermann (N)
House of Cards Larry King Live (N) Å
Anderson Cooper 360 Å
Hannity (N) The Rachel Maddow Show (N)
On the Record With Greta Van Susteren (N) Å Countdown With Keith Olbermann
Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Married... With Children Married... With Children Law & Order: Criminal Intent “Lady’s Man” Å Fabulous Life Of... Å Mad Money Capital News Today Capital News Today The O’Reilly Factor The Rachel Maddow Show
★ What’s new this fall? Doctor shows and Jay Leno?!
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By FRAZIER MOORE
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NEW YORK — What can you say about a fall TV season most distinguished by the leap to prime-time by Jay Leno? Not exactly a fresh face after 17 years as host of The Tonight Show, Leno has the most-anticipated, most talked-about new show on the networks’ fall slate. Well, at least anticipated and talked about within the media sphere, where speculation rages over whether NBC can get away with stripping a talk-comedy hour every weeknight — instead of more ambitious, pricey episodic fare — in those five prime-time hours. Is NBC, which continues to struggle in fourth place among viewers, throwing in the towel as it hands Leno nearly one-quarter of its prime-time real estate? As the network TV business implodes, is NBC being shrewd to make do with less? Is it giving viewers what they didn’t know they wanted: a chipper, never-a-rerun alternative to sex, crime, blood and guts? Meanwhile, what kind of advantage, if any, will NBC rivals enjoy going up against The Jay Leno Show (arriving Sept. 14 at 9 p.m.) with their sex-crimeblood-and-guts dramas, including newcomers The Good Wife on CBS and ABC’s Eastwick and The Forgotten? Those are a few of the talking points for the new season — among those who are talking. But do the networks have viewers talking yet? Or even have their attention? Just how excited is the TV audience about Leno’s new show or any of the other 20 series debuting between now and early October on the five major broadcast networks? Once upon a time, the fall TV rollout was as eagerly awaited by Americans as those shiny new Ford and Chevy models unveiled in dealer showrooms. But motorists know this is the season of Cash for Clunkers. Maybe viewers suspect that, in the new age of digital media, a fall TV season is terribly, um, analog. Maybe network bosses dream of a simpler, more robust time before the PC became the new TV. In any case, they seem backward-looking this fall. The CW is reviving Melrose Place, the frothy L.A. soap that, in its initial conception, aired on Fox through the 1990s. The newfangled Melrose Place, which premieres Sept. 8, is the first Fall ’09 show out of the gate. There will also be spinoffs of current series. CBS’ undercover hit, NCIS, will
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Lindsay Price, left, Rebecca Romijn, and Jaime Ray Newman are shown in a scene from ‘Eastwick,’ premiering Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. on ABC. spawn NCIS: Los Angeles, starring Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J as undercover agents fighting crime at the other end of the country from the Washington-based original. Fox’s animated Cleveland Show follows longtime pal Cleveland Brown from the Family Guy fold as he exits Rhode Island to start a new life in the Virginia town where he grew up. Other new shows just feel like spinoffs, thanks to their ritualistic familiarity. ABC’s The Forgotten is a drama about a team of dedicated amateurs (the so-called Forgotten Network) who take up cases the police have abandoned, tracking down the identities of anonymous murder victims while solving the murders of these John and Jane Does. Think: Without a Trace mixed with Cold Case, plus a corpse. NBC’s Trauma blends action and medicine to tell the wild-and-woolly story of first-responder paramedics in San Francisco — a sort of al fresco ER. Also on NBC, Mercy is a hospital drama told from the nurses’ point of view (think: Showtime’s recent Nurse Jackie, plus a dash of TNT’s Hawthorne). And CBS is prescribing yet more medicine with Three Rivers, which introduces to the genre yet another specialty: organ transplant. Stat! The CW taps into the vampire craze, though anemically, with its high-school soap, The Vampire Dia-
ries. And ABC evokes the devilish hero of The Witches of Eastwick (adapted from the novel by John Updike and 1987 hit film that starred Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson) for its racy new supernatural drama Eastwick. The halls of justice haven’t been vacated. One of the most promising fall series is CBS’ The Good Wife. It stars Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother forced to resume her long-ago career as an attorney in the wake of betrayal when her politician hubby, played by Chris Noth, is jailed for corruption and philandering. (Think: former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich by way of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.) The fall’s funniest pilot is Community, a sort of classroom version of companion NBC comedy The Office. Here, a variety of losers (played by Chevy Chase, John Oliver and Joel McHale of The Soup, among others) enroll at a second-rate community college for any number of reasons, none of them connected with higher education. ABC’s Modern Family taps variations on a contemporary domestic theme. Crisscrossing with one another, the three main households share the same comfortable upper-middle-class neighborhood. But there the resemblance ends and the laughs begin.
On Fox, Brothers is a pleasant surprise. Sharp writing, a plausibly atodds family dynamic and an excellent cast (especially CCH Pounder as the family matriarch) score a touchdown for this project built around former football pro Michael Strahan. Fox’s charming hybrid of High School Musical and its own American Idol is called Glee, a one-hour musical comedy set at a high school where the glee club struggles for respect and even its very survival. This turns out to be a challenge on a campus where everybody else seems Looney Tunes. ABC’s FlashForward has a streak of looniness, too. The premise of this promising paranormal thriller: Everyone around the world simultaneously suffers a 2-minute-17-second blackout, then recovers with visions of what may or may not await them in the future. What else does the future hold for viewers this fall? Familiar stars from past sitcoms will be starring in new sitcoms. Patricia Heaton (late of Everybody Loves Raymond) stars in The Middle, where she plays a frazzled wife and working mother who is middle-aged, middle class and Midwestern. The show’s slyest, most poignantly telling joke: Frankie Heck (Heaton’s character) has the unenviable job of selling cars at her town’s sole surviving dealership. Also part of ABC’s new four-pack of Wednesday night sitcoms: Kelsey Grammer (who after Frasier co-starred with Heaton on the short-lived Back to You) is back, on Hank. This time he plays a Manhattan corporate boss who is forced from his job, and, in an effort to start over and cut back, moves his family to his hometown in Virginia. Yet another part of this Wednesday comedy block returns Courteney Cox to comedy in Cougar Town. Here, the Friends alumna plays a lovely but recently divorced mother of a teen who wrestles with the double standards for aging women and men. Yes, she’s a budding cougar (slang for an “older,” liberated women who dates younger men), even as she looks askance at her 40-ish sisters who embrace a rob-the-cradle dating lifestyle. The cougar theme is far less successfully depicted in CBS’ Accidentally on Purpose. Former Dharma & Greg star Jenna Elfman plays a woman in her late 30s who has a one-night stand with a guy who is cute but barely adult. A pregnancy, an unintended ongoing relationship and much forced hilarity result.
★ Select programs survive to their sophomore year
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Of more than two dozen newbies on last season’s broadcast schedule, fewer than half have made it to their sophomore year. Some died quick deaths. (Remember Do Not Disturb?) But others attained the coveted status of break-out hit. (See The Mentalist.) Others with so-so ratings were able to hang on for renewal (Dollhouse). To help you keep track, here’s a look at some programs that will be back for a second season this fall.
90210 Returns: Tuesday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m., CW Stars: Rob Estes, Lori Loughlin Premise: This update of Aaron Spelling’s 1990s hit Beverly Hills, 90210 returns to perhaps California’s hippest high school, centering on two siblings whose dad just happens to be the principal. When we last saw it: Revelations and accusations
were made at an after-prom party, while a baby was born elsewhere. Noteworthy: 90210 will be paired on Tuesday evenings with another Spelling remake, Melrose Place.
Parks and Recreation Returns: Thursday, Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m., NBC Stars: Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones Premise: An earnest local government bureaucrat takes on the system in Pawnee, Ind. When we last saw it: Poehler’s character tries to impress an important local figure. Noteworthy: The first two episodes of this season will be paired in the 8 o’clock hour with Poehler’s return to co-host two episodes of Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday with Seth Meyers.
Fringe Returns: Thursday, Sept. 17, 8 p.m., Fox Stars: Joshua Jackson,
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Castle Returns: Monday, Sept. 21, 9 p.m., ABC Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic Premise: A mystery novelist annoys and assists a New York police detective. When we last saw it: Fillion’s title character discovers a secret about his partner in crime-solving. Noteworthy: The network has been promoting Season 2 by posting a serialized novel based on the show at ABC. com.
Gary Unmarried Returns: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., CBS Stars: Paula Marshall, Jay Mohr Premise: A divorced couple with two kids navigates a post-marriage relationship. When we last saw it: The exes somehow find themselves in the bedroom together. Noteworthy: Keegan Michael Key joins the cast as Gary’s friend/competitor.
The Mentalist Returns: Thursday, Sept. 24, 9 p.m., CBS Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney Premise: A former fake psychic turned crime consultant helps the California Bureau of Investigation crack cases. When we last saw it: Baker’s character barely misses capturing the serial killer who murdered his wife and child. Noteworthy: Baker is up for an Emmy as best actor in a drama series.
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Reba “Fight or Flight” Family Guy ’ Å ENTERTAINMENT Entertainment Tonight Criminal Minds ’ Å ›› “Dragonheart” (1996) Dennis Quaid.
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America’s Next Top Model The winner is chosen. The King of Queens ’ Buster Miles Auto Cheers ’ Å TV24 Local News Crash Course Five teams compete on an extreme driv- Primetime: Crime ’ Å ing course to win money. (N) ’ Å
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Criminal Minds “Omnivore” BAU agents search for one CSI: NY “Greater Good” Mac tries to convince an exof the most-notorious serial killers. ’ Å con to tell the truth. ’ Å
NBC 13 News at 10:00pm The Tonight Show With (N) Å Conan O’Brien (N) Å The Andy Griffith Show Two and a Half Men ’ Rick & Bubba Å Rick & Bubba Å ABC 33/40 News at 10PM Nightline (N) Å (N) CBS 42 News at 10 (N) Paid Program ’ House of Payne
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Local Programming Action News Nightbeat Local Programming Dog the Bounty Hunter Å Dog the Bounty Hunter Dog the Bounty Hunter Criss Angel Mindfreak Trying to make history. (N) Criss Angel Mindfreak A field of live explosives. ›› “Stargate” (1994, Science Fiction) Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson. Premiere. An artifact found in Egypt is the doorway to an- ›› “Star Trek: Nemesis” (2002, Science Fiction) Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, other world. Brent Spiner. Capt. Picard faces his Romulan-engineered clone. Å
Unexplained, Unexplored Untamed and Uncut “Cat-tastrophes” ’ Å I Was Bitten The devastating effects of venom. ’ World News Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares “Momma Cherri’s” Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (N) Å 106 & Park: Top 10 Live ››› “Boyz N the Hood” (1991, Drama) Larry Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr. City Confidential Å Biography “Eddie Murphy Special” Profile of Eddie Murphy. Å Top Chef Å Top Chef: Las Vegas “Sin City Vice” ’ Å Top Chef: Las Vegas “Bachelor/Ette Party” Å Extreme-Home Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy Å Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy Å “Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder” (2009) Billy West. Animated. Å South Park “The Entity” South Park Å MythBusters ’ Å MythBusters “Seesaw Saga” ’ Å Man vs. Wild “Texas” (N) ’ Å Hannah Montana “Prom- ›› “The Thirteenth Year” (1999, Drama) Chez Starbuck, Dave Coulier, Lisa Stahl Phineas and Ferb Shrinkma Mia” ’ Å Sullivan. A boy seems to be turning into a fish. Å ing submarine.
I Shouldn’t Be Alive “Shipwrecked” ’ I Was Bitten The devastating effects of venom. ’ BBC World News America Å Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares “Momma Cherri’s” Tiny & Toya Å Tiny & Toya Å The Wendy Williams Show ’ Å Biography “Kevin James” (N) Å Urban Legends Å Urban Legends Å Top Chef: Las Vegas “Thunderbirds” (N) ’ Å Top Chef: Las Vegas “Thunderbirds” ’ Å CMT Music Awards 2009 Performances by Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Sugarland and others. The Comedy Central Roast “Bob Saget” Comedian Bob Saget. Å Comedy-Roast Man vs. Wild “Vietnam” The jungles of Vietnam. ’ MythBusters “Seesaw Saga” ’ Å Wizards of Waverly Place Hannah Montana “Prom- The Suite Life of Zack & That’s So Raven “Where’s ’Å ma Mia” ’ Å Cody ’ Å the Smoke” ’
The Daily 10 (N) Reality Hell Dating show. The Soup Presents Christina Aguilera: The E! True Hollywood Story Christina Aguilera achieves pop stardom. (N) ’ Å Chelsea Lately (N) E! News ●MLB Baseball Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays. From Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å ●MLB Baseball Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers. From Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. ●Tennis U.S. Open -- Men’s First Round and Women’s Second Round. From the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. (Live) ●SportsCenter (Live) Å That ’70s Show ’ Å America’s Funniest Home Videos ’ Å America’s Funniest Home Videos Homie awards. ’ Å The 700 Club Å Challenge Spuds Unwrapped Tater trivia. Throwdown-Bobby Flay Throwdown-Bobby Flay Dinner: Impossible Philadelphia Zoo milestone. (N) Good Eats Unwrapped ●ClubWPT.com World Poker Tour: Season 7 (Part 2 of 2) World Poker Tour: Season 7 (Part 1 of 2) ●SEC Gridiron Live (Live) Ky. Football ●The Final Score (Live) ›› Mr. & Mrs. Smith ›› “Perfect Stranger” (2007) Halle Berry. A reporter investigates the unsolved murder of a friend. ›› “Perfect Stranger” (2007) Halle Berry. A reporter investigates the unsolved murder of a friend. Life After Film School ›› “French Kiss” (1995) Meg Ryan. An American woman crosses paths with a smarmy French thief. ›› “A Walk in the Clouds” (1995, Romance) Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å Family Feud Å Be a Millionaire Family Feud ’ Å Be a Millionaire The Newlywed Game Catch 21 Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å M*A*S*H “The M*A*S*H Touched by an Angel A young lawyer is pressured to Touched by an Angel A minister loses his faith when Touched by an Angel A magician and his mother try to The Golden Girls Rose The Golden Girls “The Olympics” Å stop representing a tobacco company. ’ Å his son is killed in an auto accident. ’ Å escape the tragedy that changed them. Å debuts as a TV producer. Commitments” ’ Å REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel ’ Å Mayweather House Hunters Property Virgins Å Property Virgins Å Modern Marvels “Future MonsterQuest “Tigers in the Suburbs” Probing whether Tech” Å dangerous exotic cats are on the loose.
True Blood “Frenzy” ’ Å Hard Knocks: Training Camp With Cincinnati House Hunters Income Property Å House Hunters Renovation Realities MonsterQuest “Mega Jaws” Investigating sightings of a MonsterQuest “Terror From the Sky” Å 60-foot shark. Å
Real Time With Bill Maher ’ Å Big Amazing My First Place MonsterQuest Reports from Florida of encounters with potentially vicious wild chimps. Å
Medium ’ Å Medium “Coming Soon” ’ Å › “The Messengers” (2007, Horror) Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller. Å Will & Grace ’ Å Will & Grace ’ Å Mummy: Dragon Emp. ›› “Boomerang” (1992) Eddie Murphy. A sexist marketing executive gets his comeuppance. ‘R’ Å ›› “Nights in Rodanthe” (2008, Romance) Richard Gere. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Co-Ed Confidential 3 The Somme ’ Å Digging Up the Trenches ’ Å Timewatch ’ Å Digging Up the Trenches ’ Å Best Dance Crew House of Jazmin Å Daddy’s Girls ’ The Real World Jonna enjoys her freedom. Å The Real World “Cancun: Love Bites” (N) ’ Å The Real World “Cancun: Love Bites” ’ Å How It Was Lockdown “Total Control” The Devil’s Playground Locked Up Abroad “Kidnapped in the Philippines” Lockdown “Total Control” iCarly ’ Å Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å Survivorman ’ Animal Face-Off “Alligator vs. Black Bear” ’ Å Killer Lakes: Lake Nyos ’ Å Mantracker Barrie Police tactical officers. ’ Å Animal Face-Off “Alligator vs. Black Bear” ’ Å ›› “Bottle Shock” (2008) Alan Rickman. Vintners vie to win a French-American wine contest. ‘PG-13’ Weeds (iTV) ’ Å “Lower Learning” (2008, Comedy) Jason Biggs. iTV Premiere. ‘R’ ››› Honeydripper Young-Restless All My Children Today ’ Å One Life to Live Today ’ Å Holidate Dallas divorcee. (N) General Hospital Today ’ Å Pass Time New American Thunder Pinks -- All Outtakes (N) Pass Time (N) Pass Time (N) Wrecked Wrecked “Code Red” Pimp My Ride ’ Pass Time CSI: Crime Scn CSI: Crime Scene Investigation “Bite Me” ’ UFC Unleashed ’ Å Surviving Disaster A simulated aircraft hijacking. ’ UFC Unleashed ’ Å ●MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins. From Land Shark Stadium in Miami. (Subject to Blackout) ’ (Live) ●Braves Live! Postgame ●Braves Live! Postgame MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins. ’ Ghost Hunters ’ Å Ghost Hunters California haunts. ’ Å Ghost Hunters “Civil War Spirits” (N) ’ Å Ghost Hunters “Fort Mifflin” ’ Å Ghost Hunters “Civil War Spirits” ’ Å Billy Graham Classic Behind the Scenes Å Grant Jeffrey Å Secrets of Bible Jack Van Impe Presents Praise the Lord Å Seinfeld “The Robbery” House of Payne House of Payne Meet the Browns Meet the Browns House of Payne House of Payne House of Payne House of Payne ›› “The 27th Day” (1957) ›››› “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939, Comedy-Drama) James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains. ›››› “Casablanca” (1942, Drama) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. Nazis, intrigue and roGene Barry. An idealistic young man wades into hot political waters. Å mance clash at a Moroccan nightclub. Å (DVS) Stager Invasion (N) Å Lottery Changed My Life “Janitor Millionaire” (N) Truth Be Told “I Have OCD” (N) ’ Å Bones “The Soldier on the Bones “The Woman in Limbo” Brennan makes a shock- Leverage “The Ice Man Job” (N) Å Grave” ’ Å ing discovery. ’ Å
Total Drama Action Å The Beverly Hillbillies NCIS ’ Å My Antonio Ex-wife. ’ NEWS Kudlow Report Lou Dobbs Tonight Å House of Rep. U.S. Senate Coverage FOX Report Hardball Å
Bobb’e Says (N) Married... With Children NCIS “Honor Code” ’ Å My Antonio Workout. ’
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CNBC Reports Campbell Brown (N) Tonight From Washington Tonight From Washington The O’Reilly Factor (N) Å Countdown With Keith Olbermann (N)
Toddlers & Tiaras “Dazzling Dreams” (N) ’ Å Dark Blue “Venice Kings” The team gets involved in a turf war between the Crips and a new gang. (N)
Lottery Changed My Life “Janitor Millionaire” Å Leverage “The Ice Man Job” Å
The Othersiders (N) ’ Survive This (N) ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å Married... With Children Married... With Children How’d You Get So Rich How’d You Get So Rich NCIS “Forced Entry” ’ Å NCIS “Chained” ’ Å The Beatles Anthology The Beatles return to the United States. ’ (Part 2 of 3) Å
Family Guy “Airport ‘07” Family Guy ’ Å Roseanne ’ Å Roseanne ’ Å ›› “Bruce Almighty” (2003) Jim Carrey. Å The T.O. Show ’ Tool Academy ’
American Greed New Era Philanthropy. Larry King Live (N) Å
American Greed Anderson Cooper 360 Å
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On the Record With Greta Van Susteren (N) Å Countdown With Keith Olbermann
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Fringe Olivia starts having elaborate visions. Å Antiques Roadshow “Tucson, Arizona” Picasso-designed vases; court affidavit; saddle. Å The Office Michael reunites with Holly. ’ Å
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FOX6 News at 9:00 PM FOX6 News at 9:30 PM MI-5 “Looking After Our Own” A man who is trying to start a race war. Å
10 PM FOX6 News at 10:00 PM We Have Signal! “Young Widows”
10:30 TMZ (N) ’ Å We Have Signal! “Polvo”
30 Rock “Kidney Now!” Re- Law & Order “Crimebusters” Jack McCoy must make an NBC 13 News at 10:00pm The Tonight Show With lationship expert. ’ unpopular decision. ’ Å (N) Å Conan O’Brien (N) Å
The King of Queens ’ 5 WTTO ●NFL Preseason Football Baltimore Ravens at Atlanta Falcons. From the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Live) ●Southern Golfer Report ●Southern Golfer Report Word Alive Cheers ’ Å TV24 Local News TV24 Local News 8 WJXS Center Stage Wheel of Fortune “Big Grey’s Anatomy “Elevator Love Letter” Izzie’s medical Grey’s Anatomy “Sweet Surrender” Callie’s father visits; Private Practice “Do the Right Thing” Violet gets jealH WJSU Splash” Å condition requires a difficult surgery. Å Owen looks for help with his PTSD. ’ Å ous when Pete begins dating a single mother.
The Andy Griffith Show Two and a Half Men ’ Rick & Bubba Å Rick & Bubba Å ABC 33/40 News at 10PM Nightline (N) Å (N)
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Reba “Happy Pills” Å Family Guy ’ Å ENTERTAINMENT Entertainment Tonight Criminal Minds ’ Å ›› “Stargate” (1994) Kurt Russell.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation An unexplained illness The Mentalist Patrick and the team investigate the mur- CBS 42 News at 10 (N) affects random citizens of Las Vegas. ’ der of a movie producer. ’ Å
›› “Outbreak” (1995, Suspense) Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman. Premiere. Army doctor fights spread of deadly virus. ●High School Football Teams TBA.
Late Show With David Letterman (N) ’ Å
Local Programming Action News Nightbeat Local Programming The First 48 Events after the arrest. Å The First 48 “Lester Street” Å The First 48 “Collateral; Driven to Kill” Å Crime 360 “In Plain Sight” (N) Å ›››› “Young Frankenstein” (1974, Comedy) Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman. Dr. Frankenstein’s grandson returns to Transylva- ›› “History of the World: Part I” (1981, Comedy) Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, nia. Madeline Kahn. Mel Brooks satirizes the foibles of civilized man. Å
Cell Dogs ’ Å Into the Pride Dave discovers Brutus. (N) ’ Animal Armageddon Volcanic apocalypse. (N) ’ Animal Cops Houston A pack of dogs are rescued. Into the Pride Dave discovers Brutus. ’ World News Being Human Friends face tough decisions. Skins “Freddie” TV talent show. (N) BBC World News America Å Being Human Friends face tough decisions. 106 & Park: Top 10 Live › “Half Past Dead” (2002) Steven Seagal. An undercover agent battles gold-hungry invaders in prison. The Game ’ Å The Game ’ Å The Wendy Williams Show ’ Å City Confidential Å Biography Singer Whitney Houston. Å Biography “Stevie Wonder” Stevie Wonder. Å Biography “Boyz II Men” R&B group Boyz II Men. Biography “Beyonce” Singer Beyoncé. Å Real Housewives-Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Å The Real Housewives of Atlanta Å The Real Housewives of Atlanta (N) Å The Real Housewives of Atlanta Å Extreme-Home Nanny 911 Keeping up with children. ’ Å ››› “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982) Richard Gere, Debra Winger. A hardened loner enlists in the Naval Aviation Corps. ’ Officer-Gentle ›› “Legally Blonde” (2001, Comedy) Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson. Å South Park Å South Park “The Snuke” The Comedy Central Roast “Joan Rivers” Joan Rivers. Å Comedy-Roast How It’s Made ’ Å American Loggers “Graveyard Shift” ’ Å American Loggers “Closing the Golden Road” (N) Verminators JD tracks a raccoon. (N) ’ Å American Loggers “Graveyard Shift” ’ Å Hannah Montana ’ Å ›› “Ice Princess” (2005, Comedy-Drama) Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall, Michelle Trachtenberg. A teen chases her Wizards of Waverly Place Hannah Montana ’ Å The Suite Life of Zack & That’s So Raven Raven dream of becoming a figure skater. ‘G’ Å ’Å Cody Stacey’s party. ’ skips school. ’ Å The Daily 10 (N) 15 Unforgettable Hollywood Tragedies Headline events. ●College Football South Carolina at North Carolina State. (Live) ●Tennis U.S. Open, Early Round. From the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. (Live) ››› “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (1971) Gene Wilder. A famous candymaker offers a grand prize to five children. Challenge Iron Chef America Kitchen Stadium. Iron Chef America “Flay vs. Freitag” ●SEC Gridiron Live ●College Football Central Washington at Minnesota-Duluth. (Live) ›› Money Talks (1997) ›› “Snakes on a Plane” (2006, Horror) Samuel L. Jackson, Kenan Thompson, Julianna Margulies. ›› Robin Hood (1991) ››› “The Princess Bride” (1987) Cary Elwes. A stableboy in disguise sets out to rescue his beloved. Deal or No Deal ’ Å Family Feud Å Be a Millionaire Family Feud ’ Å Be a Millionaire M*A*S*H The junkman Touched by an Angel A judge suspends Monica when Touched by an Angel “Amazing Grace” Monica helps a makes a surgical clamp. she misses her performance evaluation. Å mall owner in a racially divided community.
Death-Jackson Kendra “Bridal Sweets” ●College Football Oregon at Boise State. (Live) America’s Funniest Home Videos ’ Å Ace of Cakes (N) Ace of Cakes
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Unwrapped Sack lunch. ●The Final Score (Live) ›› “Snakes on a Plane” (2006, Horror) Samuel L. Jackson, Kenan Thompson, Julianna Margulies. Life After Film School ›› “Robin Hood” (1991) Patrick Bergin. A forest outlaw saves Maid Marian. The Newlywed Game Catch 21 Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å Touched by an Angel Tess summons the Greene fami- The Golden Girls ’ (Part The Golden Girls ’ (Part ly to the hospital when Josh is blinded. Å 1 of 2) Å 2 of 2) Å
Mayweather House Hunters Modern Marvels “Presidential Movers” Å
“A Dog Year” (2009, Docudrama) Jeff Bridges, Lois Smith. Premiere. ’ Å Hung ’ Å My First Place (N) My First Place House Hunters (N) House Hunters Gangland “To Torture or Kill?” Phoenix. Å Marked “Death Ride” Members of outlaw biker gangs get branded with symbolic tattoos in rituals.
Entourage ’ Å Entourage ’ Å Real Sex Xtra Cathouse: The Series ’ House Hunters Real Estate Intervention Property Virgins Å My First Place Marked “The Devil’s Cage” Tattoos represent self-identi- Mega Disasters “American Volcano” Mount Rainier. Å fication and belonging for prison inmates.
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Police Women of Broward County ’ Å CSI: NY “Murder Sings the Blues” A young woman is found dead on a train car. ’ Å
Police Women of Broward County (N) ’ Å Bones “The Boy in the Shroud” A body wrapped in a shroud lies beside an overturned garbage truck.
LA Ink Aubry plans to perform stand-up comedy. Police Women of Broward County ’ Å ››› “The Pursuit of Happyness” (2006, Drama) Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Thandie Newton. A man strives for a better life for himself and his son. Å
Misadv. of Flapjack Stoked (N) Total Drama Action (N) 6TEEN “The Journal” (N) King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å Married... With Children Married... With Children Roseanne ’ Å Roseanne ’ Å Roseanne Å Roseanne Å ››› “Blood Diamond” (2006, Adventure) Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou. Two men join in a quest to recover a priceless gem. Å The T.O. Show ’ The T.O. Show ’ Real Chance of Love Wrestling matches. ’ Å
Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Roseanne ’ Å Roseanne ’ Å Monk Monk assumes a dead hit man’s identity. 40 Greatest Pranks 2 ’
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