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TV Junkie: Aniston Makes a Quick Trip Back to NBC Thursday Night
It's Thursday so it's got to be all about NBC, right? First of all, you've got Jan (Melora Hardin) from "The Office" going off to Broadway to do "Chicago", then you've gotJennifer Aniston (pictured, right) guest-starring on "30 Rock" (a triumphant return to NBC-Thursdays?), and then we see that NBC finally cancelled the oft-maligned but truly terrible, Christian Slater series, "My Own Worst Enemy" along with the equally terrible "Lipstick Jungle".
The TV Junkie Plan: "California's Gold", "The Office", "30 Rock" (Jennifer, I forgive you for that whole John Mayer thing, just please come home), "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia", "The Sarah Silverman Program", Kimmel
8:00pm Dragon's Den BBC America - Who's going to run the gauntlet with their business idea this time?
8:30pm California's Gold PBS/KCET - Barack Obama's California College Days
9:00pm The Office NBC - Michael is thrilled when David Wallace sends him on a business trip to Canada; Oscar and Andy become friends when Michael decides to bring them on the trip; Jim counts the days until Pam returns from art school.
9:00pm Kitchen Nightmares FOX - Chef Ramsay tries to help a family-run Mexican eatery get back in business, but he encounters obstacles like unsanitary conditi..
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9:00pm Independent Lens PBS/KCET - A group of female U.S. Army support soldiers became the first women in U.S. history to serve in direct ground combat.
9:30pm 30 Rock NBC - Jennifer Aniston guests!!
10:00pm Life on Mars ABC - Sam must diffuse a hostage situation at County Hospital.
10:00pm LA Ink TLC - Trying to kick the habit, Kat and her fellow smokers in the shop seek help from a hypnotist
10:00pm It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia FX - The gang decides to pay it forward and give an unlucky family an extreme home makeover.
10:30pm The Sarah Silverman Program Comedy Central - Sarah's pregnant??!!
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actor Bruce Willis; Sia performs.
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12:05am Jimmy Kimmel Live ABC - Actor Daniel Craig; actress Olga Kurylenko; Ben Folds performs with Regina Spektor and Inara Jones.
Pic of Jennifer Aniston on "30 Rock" via NBC
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