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Monday, December 04, 2006

MeeVee Exclusive!: Interview with Noah Wyle

Fggh Noah Wyle is a geek and definitely proud of it. The original McDreamy is producing and starring in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, a sequel to his original hit, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear. A wild, campy ride across the fields of Kenya, the Indiana Jones-esque action flick features Wyle as an unlikely hero -- Flynn, a geeky librarian with over two dozen postgraduate degrees. The stellar cast also includes Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin, Gabrielle Anwar, Olympia Dukakis, and Erick Avari (Mohinder’s father on Heroes).

We spoke with Noah live via conference call.

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Casting Call: Need Etiquette Training? Learn Manners from TLC

Ccclapboard_46_5_9_1 Do you turn to Miss Manners for advice? Do you even know who Miss Manners is?

If not, TLC is looking for you!

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Totally Frakked: Doctor Who -- "The Satan Pit"

20460_p Last week, Doctor Who and his traveling companion Rose found themselves stranded on a desolate planet locked in the event horizon of a black hole. The TARDIS pulled one of her classic disappearing acts. As if that wasn’t bad enough, a sinister race of tentacle-faced Ood were on a murderous rampage through the planet’s deep space research station. To top things off -- and in keeping with this season’s unrivaled thrill ride -- the human exploration team digging around in the dark tunnels beneath the station unearthed the one and only devil himself.

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Totally Frakked: Battlestar Galactica -- Million-Dollar Battlestar Babies

Nup_103981_0010 Using the sport of boxing as a metaphor, members of the Battlestar Galactica crew step into the ring to settle private personal conflicts by beating the frak out of one another. Gods, say it isn’t so -- not another Sci-Fi sports-themed episode!

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Amazing Race: You Say Tomato, I Say "I QUIT!"

Race4 The Amazing Race enters the home stretch 100% Blonde-free. The beauty queens are sent packing when they fail to either come in first (and thus avoid the 30-minute "marked for elimination" penalty) or gain a 30-minute advantage on another team. Instead, Dustin and Kandice finish dead last for the second week in a row.

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WWE: Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Steel Cage Match

01_2_1 The period between WWE pay-per-view events vaguely resembles the pre-prom atmosphere at a high school. Finding out who will be matched with whom is nearly as dramatic as the event itself. Friday Night SmackDown!’s commissioner Teddy Long, with the carnival-barker-meets-Baptist-preacher delivery that such a job calls for, did some matchmaking on Friday, promising an Inferno match between Kane and MVP. In case you didn't know, the only way to win an Inferno match is to set your opponent on fire.

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Dec. 4: Clay Aiken's Bad Day, Katharine McPhee is It Girl, Tori Spelling Writes Memoir

*NBC picks up 30 Rock for full season [The Futon Critic]
*Clay Aiken has a bad day [GMMR]
*Beauty and the Geek is back [TV Squad]
*Tori Spelling has memories and she wants to share them with you [The Hollywood Gossip]
*Prison Break's Lane Garrison in SUV crash [TMZ]
*Katharine McPhee is the "It" girl of 2006 [Reality Blurred]

Tonight's Picks: Monday, Dec. 4

1234567890 Heroes - Fallout
The tragedy in Texas has sad series repercussions for many of our heroes, their friends, and families as they struggle to come to terms with who and what they are. More is learned about the nuclear bombing predicted in Isaac's painting and Matt and Audrey (Clea DuVall) pursue a new lead in their hunt for Sylar.

Faye2 Murder by the Book - Faye Kellerman
Faye Kellerman, author of the bestselling Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novel, presents a special one-hour episode about Tonica Jenkins, an Ohio woman who was convicted in an attempted murder plot after she tried to fake her own death (to avoid drug charges) by attacking a woman whose identity she hoped to take.

Supernanny733118Supernanny - Bowersock Family
In the third-season premiere - and possibly most explosive episode - Jo comes to the rescue of a family caught in a pattern of aggression and hitting that stems from a mother's old-fashioned methods of discipline and a father's indifference.

Ultimate Fighting Championship: Inside Information

Ufc Given the meteoric rise of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, it's no surprise that Dana White, president of UFC, is scrambling to find new ways to package his upstart league. The latest package, Inside the UFC, is a weekly recap show that’s heavier on interviews than it is on analysis -- no surprise, given the personality-oriented coverage of the sport. Joe Rogan continues his improbable rise to stardom as host.

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