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TV Junkie: Snoop & Tom Waits on Conan; Ozomatli on Ferguson!

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Earl wasn't all that last night despite the Smellovision but the Office was satisfyingly uncomfortable. Tonight it's nothing but Jerry Lewis until Conan comes on.
Tonight - Friday - May 4, 2007
Jerry Lewis Marathon (TCM, 5-??) Starting with the Nutty Professor, it just goes on and on and on
White Sox @ Angels (FoxSports, 7:00 p.m.)
Ghost Whisperer/Close to Home/NUMB3RS (CBS, 8-11:00 p.m.) Prophetic ghost foretells/Missing witness found dead/Water supply terrorism in Los Angeles!
Dateline NBC (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) Beauty pageant queen (allegedly) has one lover kill another.
Henry Rollins Show (IFC, 8:00 p.m.) Iggy Pop; Iggy and the Stooges perform!!
20/20 (ABC, 10:00 p.m.) Learn everything about: gun control, stress, ethanol, gambling, dining out, foreign aid, and the D.C. Madam
Law & Order (NBC, 10:00 p.m.) A sexual predator is suspected of killing little boys, fancy that.
Late Show With David Letterman (CBS, 11:35p.m.) Ray Romano; impressionist Reggie Reg; actor Dennis Haysbert
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC, 11:35p.m.) Thomas Haden Church; 102-year-old golfer who hit a hole in one! Ne-Yo performs
Jimmy Kimmel LIVE (ABC, 12:05 a.m.) Peter Krause; producer Garry Marshall
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS, 12:35 a.m.) SNL-alum Molly Shannon; Duane Martin; Ozomatli performs!!
Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC, 12:35 a.m.) From the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco: Snoop Dogg; Tom Waits performs!!
Tomorrow - Saturday - May 5th, 2007
Kentucky Derby (NBC, 1:30 p.m.) Fire up the mint juleps
Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) Best of 2006-7
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Donald Trump was a fading TV presence when the WGA strike put a dent in network schedules.
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Pickets are being held outside at movie and TV studios across the city
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For some critics, this feels less like a momentous departure and more like a footnote.
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Disneyland's famous "Fantasmic!" show came to a sudden end when its 45-foot animatronic dragon — Maleficent — burst into flames.
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Leads Ali Wong and Steven Yeun issue a joint statement along with show creator Lee Sung Jin.
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Every two years, Desert X presents site-specific outdoor installations throughout the Coachella Valley. Two Los Angeles artists have new work on display.