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TV Junkie: 'Earl' Season Finale; Betty Goes to Guadalajara; 'The Office' Goes Offsite

A Word or 17:
Season finales are upon us friends, keep your eyes open for your favorite shows wrapping things up.
Tonight - Thursday - May 10, 2007
Indians @ Angels (Fox Sports, 7:00 p.m.)
Dodgers @ Marlins (PRIME, 7:00 p.m.)
Survivor: Fiji (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) Major challenges this evening.
My Name Is Earl/The Office/Scrubs (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) Season Finale!/Will Michael be replaced?/JD and Turk head to a surgeon convention
Smallville/Supernatural (the CW, 8-10:00 p.m.) Crooked senator threatens to expose Lex's DNA experiments/Sam gets abducted by the Yellow-Eyed Demon
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) Two hour sextravaganza!
Ugly Betty (ABC, 8:00 p.m.) Roadtrip to Guadalajara
CSI/Without A Trace (CBS, 9-11:00 p.m.) Grissom reunites with his S&M pal/Teen involved in drug deal disappears
Grey's Anatomy (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Medical exam time for the interns
ER (NBC, 10:00 p.m.) Stanley Tucci joins the cast in an attempt to resucitate this show.
Traveler (ABC, 10:00 p.m.) Series premiere!
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m.) Author Reza Aslan
Charlie Rose (PBS, 11:30 p.m.) Rich guy Warren Buffet
The Colber(t) Repor(t) (Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.) Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner
Late Show With David Letterman (CBS, 11:35p.m.) Dr. Phil; Jungle Jack Hanna!!
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC, 11:35p.m.) Cameron Diaz(!); Nelly Furtado performs
Jimmy Kimmel LIVE (ABC, 12:05 a.m.) not-gay Clay Aiken; Aida Turturro; Alexa Ray Joel performs
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS, 12:35 a.m.) Roseanne Barr; Nathan Fillion; Craig Morgan performs
Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC, 12:35 a.m.) Inebriated starlet Lindsay Lohan pushes Georgia Rule; Larry the Cable Guy; Stephen Marley perfoms
Cameron Diaz at TRL via AP
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