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TV Junkie: Sheen To Be Roasted (Officially); 'Damages' 3rd Season on DVD; Podcast Round-Up
Andrew Zimmern heads to Sardinia in "Bizarre Foods" tonight at 9pm on the Travel Channel.
We have a new Channel Zero podcast for you, this time our interview with Comedy Central's "Queen of Mean" Lisa Lampanelli :
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Adding fat to the fire, today Comedy Central announced the "Comedy Central Roast Of Charlie Sheen" aka #SheenRoast, which will tape in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 10. The Roast will premiere on Comedy Central on Monday, September 19 at 10:00pm.
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Podcast Round-Up: If you watched "Christopher Titus: Neverlution" on Comedy Central this Sunday, and/or you are a Titus fan, you'll want to hear Marc Maron's extended WTFpod interview with him - it's excellent! The Long Shot Podcast has Myq Kaplan who has had specials on Comedy Central and was a finalist on "Last Comic Standing" in this very funny episode. Speaking of "Last Comic Standing," Greg Fitzsimmons has Iliza Schlesinger, the 2008 winner of "Last Comic Standing" on his FitzDog Radio podcast - Schlesinger is working with Fitzsimmons on a new show for VH1.
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Fans of "Damages" as well as those that got disconnected from the series after it left FX will want to get their orders in now for "Damages: The Complete Third Season" DVD which becomes available one week from today, June 12, 2011. While I'm sure the roasters will have plenty of material, it just seems a bit too easy, doesn't it? Not coincidentally, the Roast will air the same night that Ashton Kutcher debuts on "Two and a Half Men."
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The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan: "History Detectives," "Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern" (Sardinia), "Tosh.0," "Chelsea Lately" (Rosario Dawson; Roundtable: Joe Matarese, Ross Mathews, Sarah Colonna), "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" (Comic Stephen Wright; actress Ellie Kemper; TV personality Adam Savage)8:00pm History Detectives PBS/KOCE - A raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, W.Va.; why U.S. troops were in Siberia during World War I; Ronald McDonald costume.
9:00pm Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Travel - Sardinia In Sardinia, Andrew shows what the locals eat.
9:00pm Deadliest Catch Discovery - On the Cornelia Marie, a deckhand and the captain clash over the lack of bait; skipper Elliott Neese tries to fix a potential season-ending breakdown.
9:00pm MasterChef Fox - Top 13 Compete The cooks compete for a spot in the next round.
9:00pm White Collar USA - Veiled Threat Neal and Peter go undercover to find a black widow's next target.
9:00pm Memphis Beat TNT - Dwight and Whitehead are shocked by the prime suspect in a missing person case; Sutton seeks Paula's help when he discovers an abandoned baby in his car.
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10:00pm Tosh.0 Comedy Central - New episode!
10:00pm POV PBS/KOCE - Sweetgrass Cowboys lead their flocks of sheep to summer pasture in Montana's Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.
10:00pm Covert Affairs USA - Around the Sun Auggie starts his new job; Annie adjusts to the new tech operative while investigating a NASA leak
10:00pm Chopped Food - Nopales, No Problem Prickly nopales; colorful Chinese product in the entree round.
10:00pm HawthoRNe TNT - A Fair to Remember Jimmy Dupree continues to interview the staff; Kelly suspects a possible MERSA outbreak; Morrissey begins to crack.
11:00pm Chelsea Lately E! - Actress Rosario Dawson; comic Joe Matarese; TV personality Ross Mathews; comic Sarah Colonna.
11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Actress Lisa Kudrow; actor Billy Gardell; Natasha Bedingfield performs.
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12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson NBC - Comic Stephen Wright; actress Ellie Kemper; TV personality Adam Savage.
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