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AMC's "The Walking Dead" premieres on Sunday at 10pm - be prepared to have the crap scared out of you.
Have a great Halloween weekend everyone. Tonight's highlights are former President Jimmy Carter and Zach Galifianakis on Bill Maher, more "Dead Set", and Jason Segel and Alison Brie on Ferguson. Saturday don't forget to either go to the "Sanity Rally" downtown or watch it live on Comedy Central from 9am to Noon! TCM has some great horror movies and we've highlighted a couple and we have "SNL" with Jon Hamm. Sunday we are madly anticipating the debut of AMC's "The Walking Dead" and thank goodness there is a rescreening of "Bored To Death" to watch after that.Watch for our "Walking Dead" post with interview on Sunday!
Also, check out the Aaron Karo video at the end of this post, setting an example of what not to do this Halloween weekend.
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The TV Junkie Plan: Tonight - "School Pride", "What Not To Wear", Bill Maher (President Jimmy Carter, Zach Galifianakis!), "Dead Set", Ferguson (Jason Segel, Alison Brie). Saturday - "Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear", What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, Mad Love, "SNL" (Jon Hamm, Rihanna). Sunday - "Boardwalk Empire", "The Walking Dead", "Bored To Death", "Eastbound & Down"
Tonight
8:00pm School Pride NBC - Students, teachers and parents help the team rebuild an elementary school after a destructive flood; Lady Antebellum performs.
9:00pm What Not to Wear TLC - Mindy Cohn from the 80's sitcom "The Facts of Life" gets help from Stacy and Clinton.
10:00pm Real Time With Bill Maher HBO - Commentator Margaret Hoover; anchor Lawrence O'Donnell; journalist Reihan Salam; former President Jimmy Carter; actor Zach Galifianakis.
10:00pm The Soup E! - A lot of shit went down on TV this week, Joel McHale and Co. puree it for you
10:00pm Blue Bloods CBS - Danny tries to find the source of a deadly narcotic after three teenagers die from an overdose.
10:00pm Sanctuary Syfy - The team goes on a routine mission to retrieve an Abnormal and take it to safety. But the mission becomes anything but routine
10:00pm Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed TCM - (1969) The baron (Peter Cushing) makes a couple (Veronica Carlson, Simon Ward) help him put a mad doctor's brain in another doctor's body.
10:00pm The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret IFC - With his boss now maniacally demanding results, Todd finally takes initiative with a publicity stunt guaranteed to get Britain buzzing about Thunder Muscle.
10:30pm Fashion Police E! - Joan Rivers, national treasure
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actor Michael J. Fox; snowboarder Shaun White; NBA player Amar'e Stoudemire presents the Top Ten.
11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Actor Rainn Wilson; gourd enthusiast Margaret Sparkman; Jimmy Eat World performs.
12:00am Dead Set IFC - The world outside the Big Brother house is at stake, and surviving the zombie takeover is looking less likely.
12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - Actor Jason Segel; actress Alison Brie; comic Adam Hills.
12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Actress Laura Linney; actor Josh Charles; chef Ming Tsai.
Saturday
9:00am Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear Comedy Central - Commercial-free coverage encompasses Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear in Washington, D.C.
7:15pm What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? TCM - (1962) A Hollywood child-star has-been (Bette Davis) torments her famous sister (Joan Crawford), now in a wheelchair.
9:30pm Mad Love TCM - (1935) A bald surgeon (Peter Lorre) grafts a killer's hands on to the pianist husband (Colin Clive) of an actress (Frances Drake) he loves
10:00pm The Graham Norton Show BBC America - New episode of new season.
11:25pm Saturday Night Live NBC - Host Jon Hamm; Rihanna performs.
Sunday
7:30-10pm Dead Set IFC - Marathon of the neo-horror-comedy
9:00pm Boardwalk Empire HBO - Nucky purges some bad childhood memories; Jimmy forges a new alliance with a veteran; Luciano and a friend cut a deal with the D'Alessio brothers.
9:00pm Dexter Showtime - Dexter is drawn into a precarious situation; Batista discovers an interesting lead; Quinn gets information about Dexter from a questi...
10:00pm Bored To Death HBO - Leah hires Jonathan to help find her new dog; Ray joins Jonathan in the search for Leah's dog; George heads to the hospital for surgery.
10:00pm The Walking Dead AMC - Series Premiere. Days Gone By
10:30pm Eastbound & Down HBO - Kenny shows Mexico what he is made of and settles some old scores
