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Sure, we stuck up our noses at "Celebrity Apprentice" (9 p.m. EDT on NBC) when it premiered, not knowing that this would be the most entertaining season of "The Apprentice" by far. How could it have been otherwise, with so many oversize, threatened egos in play? Stephen Baldwin alternated between deviant and holier than thou, Vincent Pastore played the spy and then got booted, Gene Simmons was smooth and demented and left all too soon. The dramatic moments were too plentiful to mention, but the big ones had to be Omarosa casting aspersions on Piers Morgan's soundness as a father, and Piers pledging to bring Omarosa down (and then succeeding at it). Tonight, just Piers and Trace Adkins are left to battle it out. While Piers has the Duchess of York on his side, Trace is left fetching wheat grass for the Backstreet Boys. Yes, only a gaggle of has-beens could be that demanding -- which is a fitting moral for the whole "Celebrity Apprentice" experience, don't you think?
"Letters From Iwo Jima" airs at 8 p.m. on AMC, but then what will it be, the second-to-last episode of "In Treatment" (9:30 p.m. EDT on HBO) or the second-to-last episode of "Make Me a Supermodel" (10 p.m. on Bravo)? The first part of a four-part series on inequality in the healthcare system, "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" airs at 10 p.m. on PBS (check listings), or you could skip the heavy stuff for a new episode of "South Park" ( 10 p.m. on Comedy Central). Later, the finale of "Pros vs. Joes, Last Joe Standing" airs at 11 p.m. on Spike.
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Regis and KellyABC, 9 a.m. EDT | Couples from "Dancing With the Stars," finalists from "Celebrity Apprentice," guest co-host Bernadette Peters |
The ViewABC, 11 a.m. EDT | Lisa Ling |
Ellen DeGeneresSyndicated, check local listings | Ryan Phillippe, Suze Orman, Colin Cowie |
Oprah WinfreySyndicated, check local listings | Superstar couples |
Charlie RosePBS, check local listings | Sen. Chuck Hagel, Vitaly Churkin |
Larry KingCNN, 9 p.m. EDT | Vince McMahon, Triple H, John Cena, Chris Jericho, Floyd Mayweather, Big Show |
Jon StewartComedy Central, 11 p.m. EDT | Sen. Arlen Specter (Repeat) |
Stephen ColbertComedy Central, 11:30 p.m. EDT | Samantha Power (Repeat) |
David LettermanCBS, 11:30 p.m. EDT | Stupid Human Tricks, Eva Longoria, Colbie Caillat (Repeat) |
Jay LenoNBC, 11:35 p.m. EDT | Conan O'Brien, Anderson Cooper, Allison Moorer |
Tavis SmileyPBS, check local listings | Parag Khanna, Van Jones |
Jimmy KimmelABC, 12:05 a.m. EDT | Don Rickles, Jim Sturgess, Black Tide |
Conan O'BrienNBC, 12:35 a.m. EDT | Jake Gyllenhaal, Ghostland Observatory (Repeat) |
Craig FergusonCBS, 12:35 a.m. EDT | Susan Sarandon, Bonnie Somerville (Repeat) |
Contributors: Molly Eichel, Heather Havrilesky, Amy Reiter, Charly Wilder
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