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"Mad Men" gets another season - how do you like this season so far?
AMC's "Mad Men" has been picked up for another season (big surprise) - how are you enjoying what's happening so far this season?
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Martin Scorsese is heading to HBO as the network orders a pilot series of "Boardwalk Empire" to premiere in 2010. Set in Prohibition Era Atlantic City, the series will star Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, and Kelly MacDonald, among others.
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George Carlin might (finally) get an Emmy if Academy voters give him props for "George Carlin: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize." C'mon, give an old man a break!The TV Junkie Plan: "Hell's Kitchen", "Swords", "Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World", Kimmel.
8:00pm Hell's Kitchen FOX - The chefs compete in a blind taste-test challenge; one team serves raw meat and the other team runs out of potatoes.
9:00pm Swords: Life on the Line Discovery - Tempers flare aboard the Big Eye; stormy seas beat up the Eagle Eye II; a man is nearly sent overboard on the Sea Hawk.
9:00pm Nova scienceNOW PBS/KCET - How and why earthquakes strike in the heartland; the importance of sleep in strengthening memories; marine geologist Sang-Mook Lee.
9:00pm Big Brother 11 CBS - The veto competition is held.
9:00pm Shaq vs. Albert Pujols ABC - Shaquille challenges St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols to a home-run derby
9:00pm Dragons' Den BBC America Clothing and accessories that entertain and stimulate babies; Caribbean ready meals company.
10:00pm Rescue Me FX - Season Finale
10:00pm The Colony Discovery - The colonists run into missionaries on a river trip; the arrival of two new visitors creates an internal rift.
10:00pm Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World Travel Channel - Cuba Andrew takes part in a Santeria ritual that leaves him covered in blood and then devours a large tree rat
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - The Black Crowes perform.
11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Elijah Wood; actress Mila Kunis; Cheap Trick performs.
12:05am Jimmy Kimmel Live ABC - Actress Kyra Sedgwick; actor Patton Oswalt; Datarock performs.
12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - Director Quentin Tarantino; actor Jason Ritter.
12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Actress Joan Allen; director Rob Zombie; Michael Franti performs.
