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You can now buy bottle of True Blood from HBO
You can now buy bottle of True Blood from HBO Weekend EditionHBO will be renewing "True Blood", "Hung", and "Entourage" - speaking of which, sneak previews have shown that this Sunday's "True Blood" will be epic! And speaking of speaking of which, you can now order bottles of True Blood online.
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At the TCA press tour in Pasadena, Larry David revealed details about the "Seinfeld" reunion that will be happening in the upcoming season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm". Tonight
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Fans of Amy Poehler will be happy to know that she will be back for a full _hour_ of NBC's Thursday night "Weekend Update" show this season.
--- The TV Junkie Plan: Tonight - Bill Maher, "The Soup", Kimmel. Saturday - The Notorious Betty Page. Sunday - "True Blood", "Hung", "Entourage".
7:00pm Real Time With Bill Maher HBO - Author Joe Queenan; TV host Rachel Maddow; historian Niall Ferguson; journalist Michael Ware; journalist Jeff Sharlet.
8:45pm Swiss Family Robinson TCM - (1960) The shipwrecked Robinsons and their three sons build a house in a huge tropical tree and fight pirates invading the island. It's what that weird thing at Disneyland is all about.
9:00pm Bill Moyers Journal PBS/KCET - Wendell Potter of the Center for Media and Democracy talks about the health insurance industry.
10:00pm The Soup E! - Yes, this is your reward for making it to Friday. [please click through for full weekend highlights]
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - TV personality Regis Philbin; comic Ted Alexandro; the Dave Matthews Band performs.
11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Hank Azaria; TV show host Adam Richman; Ben Harper and Relentless7 perform.
12:05am Jimmy Kimmel Live ABC - Actress Anne Heche; actress Aubrey Plaza; Diane Birch performs.
12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - Actress Saffron Burrows.
12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Actor Adam Sandler; Jimmy Buffett performs.
Saturday
9:00pm Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion PBS/KCET - New performances and archival footage feature the Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Leo Sayer, A Taste of Honey, Wild Cherry, Martha Wash; hosted by KC and the Sunshine Band.
9:00pm The Notorious Bettie Page IFC - (2006) A Nashville beauty (Gretchen Mol) moves to New York in 1949 and soon becomes a celebrated pinup girl.
9:00pm Jezebel TCM - (1938) A New Orleans belle (Bette Davis) uses another man (George Brent) to make her fiance (Henry Fonda) jealous.
10:00pm Dirty Sexy Money ABC - Karen tells Nick that she is carrying Simon's baby; Simon and Tripp plan to celebrate their new partnership
Sunday
8:00pm Big Brother 11 CBS - The nomination ceremony is held.
8:00pm Legally Blondes ABC Family - Original telefilm
9:00pm True Blood HBO - Maryann and her minions put Sam in a difficult situation; Sookie uses her telepathic powers to reach out to Bill
9:00pm Defying Gravity ABC - Series Premiere
9:00pm Web Soup G4 - Computer and internet stuff/humor/etc.
9:30pm The Boys From Brazil TCM - (1978) An old Nazi-hunter (Laurence Olivier) finds Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck) and a cohort (James Mason) in the jungle, cloning Hitler for the Fourth Reich.
10:00pm Hung HBO - An unsatisfied client asks Ray for a repeat
10:30pm Entourage HBO - With production on his next film delayed, Vince searches for ways to amuse himself
Every two years, Desert X presents site-specific outdoor installations throughout the Coachella Valley. Two Los Angeles artists have new work on display.
