Friday, Sep 5, 2008
Photos by Joseph Viles / The CW
The producers behind "Beauty and the Geek" (fifth season premieres at 8 p.m. EDT on the CW) are stirring things up: Instead of pairing up brainy nerds with empty-headed hotties who pity them, but relish being treated like princesses, the beauties and the geeks are going to compete against each other. Of course, if they really wanted to get innovative, they could've recruited a bunch of hunky young men as beauties, and cast dorky women with impressive brains as the geeks. Let's see, the hunks would treat the nerdy girls like chopped liver, and the girls would soothe themselves with sudoku in their rooms while the hunks waxed their bulging chests ... On second thought, better stick with your winning formula.
"Big Brother 9" gets unhinged as former couples compete against each other (9 p.m. EDT on CBS), and then more melodrama settles on "Jericho" like nuclear fallout (10 p.m. EDT on CBS). Alex bounces back from last week's devastating session on "In Treatment" (9:30 p.m. EDT on HBO), while the documentary "We Feed the World" explores the damaging practices of food corporations (9:30 p.m. EDT on Sundance). The "Charlie's Angels" of OB-GYNs grapple with pregnancy complications on "Deliver Me" (10 p.m. EDT on Discovery Health), and "The Real Housewives of New York City" head to the Hamptons tonight, presumably to get those electric-green hot pants out on the dance floor (10 p.m. EDT on Bravo). And after witnessing the glory of former Kiss frontman Gene Simmons on "Celebrity Apprentice," it might be time to check out "Gene Simmons' Family Jewels" (third season premieres at 10 p.m. EDT on A&E).
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Regis and KellyABC, 9 a.m. EDT | Alyssa Milano, Skeet Ulrich |
The ViewABC, 11 a.m. EDT | Tori Spelling, Kirk Franklin |
Ellen DeGeneresSyndicated, check local listings | Raven-Symone, winner of "Project Runway," Patrick Henry Hughes |
Oprah WinfreySyndicated, check local listings | Over 100 Osmonds reunion (repeat) |
Charlie RosePBS, check local listings | Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, Thomas Keller |
Larry KingCNN, 9 p.m. EDT | David Frum, CNN's John King guest-hosts |
Jon StewartComedy Central, 11 p.m. EDT | Grover Norquist |
Stephen ColbertComedy Central, 11:30 p.m. EDT | Geraldo Rivera |
David LettermanCBS, 11:30 p.m. EDT | Snoop Dogg |
Jay LenoNBC, 11:35 p.m. EDT | America Ferrara, Bob Saget, Blind Boys of Alabama |
Tavis SmileyPBS, check local listings | Neil Merlino, Gabriel Byrne |
Jimmy KimmelABC, 12:05 a.m. EDT | Naomi Watts, James Blake, Cobra Starship |
Conan O'BrienNBC, 12:35 a.m. EDT | John Tesh, Drive-By Truckers |
Craig FergusonCBS, 12:35 a.m. EDT | Jessica Alba, Mo'Nique, Dierks Bentley (repeat) |
Contributors: Molly Eichel, Heather Havrilesky, Amy Reiter, Charly Wilder
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