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TV Junkie: 'Galactica'; ITV; Spielberg Alien Series

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
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.
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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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.