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Due to Billy Mays death, perhaps the series finale of Discovery's "Pitchmen" airs tonight at 10:00pm
Bravo has renewed "Real Housewives of New York" for a third season - also, if you know of any insufferable New York housewives, send them to the casting call.
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Comedy Central has stepped up to take the first syndication rights to "30 Rock", episodes will start airing in 2011.
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Tour de France coverage: In offline discussions with readers and friends, the subject of Versus' TdF coverage has come up repeatedly with some people enjoying and appreciating the evening edition with others appreciating the classic live commentary of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin. The prevailing opinion is, however, that Versus throws too many gimmicks at the evening edition - tone it down boys, and stick to the cyclists on the road.The TV Junkie Plan: "Time Team America", "Gordon Ramsay's F Word", "Pitchmen", Letterman, Ferguson, TdF
8:00pm So You Think You Can Dance FOX - The top 12 dancers perform.
8:00pm Time Team America PBS/KCET - Fort Raleigh, North Carolina The scientists try to decipher the fate of the Roanoke colonists
9:00pm Ghost Hunters International Syfy - Season Premiere
9:00pm Gordon Ramsay's F Word BBC America - Gordon is challenged physically by the Marines and then shows them how to cook a beef curry.
9:00pm I Know Where I'm Going TCM - (1945) A young Englishwoman (Wendy Hiller) aims to marry a tycoon but finds love with a naval officer (Roger Livesey) instead.
9:00pm Ascent of Money PBS/KCET - Money evolves from a system of coins to a global financial system of credit, treasury bonds, hedge funds and credit default swaps
10:00pm Pitchmen Discovery - Season and perhaps Series Finale
10:00pm Wide Angle: Heart of Jenin PBS/KCET - The parents of a Palestinian boy killed by Israeli soldiers consent to donate their son's organs.
10:00pm Top Chef Masters Bravo - The chefs must each cook an egg with one hand tied behind their back; guests include actor Neil Patrick Harris.
10:00pm The Real World: Cancun MTV - More stuff happening in... Cancun
10:30pm Reno 911! Comedy Central - Season Finale
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actress Queen Latifah; actress Emma Watson.
11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Journalist Meredith Vieira; TV personality Andy Hillstrand; actor Al Madrigal.
12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - TV personality Julie Chen; comic Michael Ian Black; Will Dailey performs. Check out our 2007 interview with Michael Ian Black.
5:30am Tour de France Versus - Stage 6
