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"Deadliest Catch" on Discovery at 10pm
Former Laker Shaquille O'Neal will be hitting ABC starting August 18th with his new show "Shaq vs.".The show will feature Shaq competing in sports against Michael Phelps (perhaps a bong competition?), Serena Williams, Oscar de la Hoya, and many others.
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The economy is claiming the viability of Hollywood's 2nd largest prop house, 20th Century Props. The company will be auctioning off its 93,000 items starting on July 28th, including pieces from the movies Cleopatra and Titanic, as well as the TV series "The X-Files" among many others.The TV Junkie Plan: "Torchwood", "Deadliest Catch", Conan, Fallon, Tour de France
8:00pm Hell's Kitchen FOX - Two-Hour Season Premiere
8:30pm Ruby & the Rockits ABC Family - Series Premiere
9:00pm Torchwood: Children of Earth BBC America - Day Two Torchwood goes underground as the government plans Floor 13.
9:00pm Big Brother 11 CBS - People live together vying for the spotlight
9:00pm Nova scienceNOW PBS/KCET - The sense of taste; carbon sequestration; evolutionary roots of human language; biomedical engineer Sangeeta Bhatia.
9:00pm Better Off Ted ABC - Lem and Phil think they have discovered the cure for baldness
10:00pm Saving Grace TNT - Grace disappears while chasing a suspect on foot; Ham and Rhetta team up to find Grace.
10:00pm Deadliest Catch Discovery - Day of Reckoning
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actor Kevin Spacey; TV personality Jesse James; the Flatlanders perform.
11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Jonah Hill; actress Cheryl Hines; comic Dan Naturman.
12:05am Jimmy Kimmel Live ABC - Actor Seth Green; reality TV star Jillian Harris.
12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - Actor Gerard Butler; author Jackie Collins.
12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Comic Michael Ian Black; comic Michael Showalter; Jordin Sparks performs.
3:30am Tour de France Versus - Stage 17 From Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Le Grand-Bornand. Your friend and narrator has been at this very stage about 26 years ago.
