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TV Junkie: 'Galactica'; ITV; Spielberg Alien Series
Season finale of "The Superstars" on ABC at 8pm
Season finale of "The Superstars" on ABC at 8pm
"Galactica" fans, did you see Edward James Olmos on G4's "Attack of the Show"?
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Heads-up, this week the Independent TV Festival begins on July 31st at at Laemmle's Sunset 5. Full program is available at ITVFest.org
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TNT is establishing its cast for an as-yet untitled Steven Spielberg series about an alien invasion.
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The TV Junkie Plan: "The Superstars", "Better Off Ted", "Saving Grace", "The Daily Show", Conan, Fallon.8:00pm The Superstars ABC - Season Finale
8:00pm Hell's Kitchen FOX - The teams cook pasta dinners for a room full of firefighters; two contestants are sent to the hospital.
8:00pm Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood Oxygen - Season Finale. Please god, why isn't is a "series finale"?
8:00pm You Are What You Eat BBC America - A woman who consumes more than double the recommended amount of calories per day
9:00pm Nova scienceNOW PBS/KCET - Building a permanent base on the moon; microbiologist Jack Griffith; Australian songbird called the zebra finch; paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson.
9:00pm Better Off Ted ABC - Season Finale
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9:00pm Deadliest Catch Discovery - A savage storm causes multiple vessels to send out maydays; the Coast Guard races against the clock to save four men
9:00pm Dragons' Den BBC America - Celebrity look-a-like dating company; music festival for university students.
9:00pm More to Love FOX - Series Premiere
10:00pm Saving Grace TNT - The squad investigates the death of a 99-year-old man who was shot in the head
11:00pm The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Comedy Central - Spinal Tap
11:30pm The Colber(t) Repor(t) Comedy Central - Arianna Huffington
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Silversun Pickups perform.
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11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Supermodel Heidi Klum; actor Steve Zahn; comic Jimmy Carr.
12:05am Jimmy Kimmel Live ABC - Actress Leslie Mann; actor Eric Winter.
12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - News correspondent Christiane Amanpour; actor Johnny Galecki.
12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs; TV personality Marissa Jaret Winokur; TV personality Tom Colicchio.
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