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TV Junkie: Nelly Furtado on 'DWTS'; New 'Idol'/'House'/'the Shield'

A Word or 10:
I hope Jon Stewart rips Tenet a new one tonight.
Tonight - Tuesday - May 8, 2007
Indians @ Angels (KCAL, 7:00 p.m.)
NCIS/The Unit (CBS, 8-10:00 p.m.) Murder victim found in taxi, Jenny discovers a "secret"/The team is having past mission infractions investigated
Dateline NBC (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) NBC exploits families looking for loved ones Gilmore Girls/Veronica Mars (the CW, 8-10:00 p.m.) Rory's graduation party/Verionica investigates the disappearance of some recordings
George Lopez/Dancing With the Stars/Boston Legal (ABC, 8-11:00 p.m.) Dude, an hour of George/Nelly Furtado performs, someone gets the boot/Detainment camp torturee sues
American Idol (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) The 4 remaining contestants perform songs by Barry Gibb = some kind of hell.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent/Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 9-11:00 p.m.) Stripped from the headlines vs. stripped from the headlines (hint, the first one is the one with an actual stripper character who is the widow of a billionaire, hmmmm)
Frontline (PBS, 9:00 p.m.) Juvenile offenders who get life in prison.
House (Fox, 9:00 p.m.) Coughing up blood during karate class + House has the hots for a young hottie
The Shield (FX, 10:00 p.m.) Vic finds out that Shane killed Lem. Dude.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m.) George effing Tenet
Charlie Rose (PBS, 11:30 p.m.) Former deputy secretary of State, Robert Zoellick
The Colber(t) Repor(t) (Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.) Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Late Show With David Letterman (CBS, 11:35p.m.) Jane Fonda(!); Tom Ruprecht; Kelly Clarkson performs
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC, 11:35p.m.) Matthew Fox; Larry the Cable Guy; Feist performs
Jimmy Kimmel LIVE (ABC, 12:05 a.m.) Tracy Morgan(!);
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS, 12:35 a.m.) Triumphant boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.; Julianne Nicholson; comic Lynne Koplitz performs
Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC, 12:35 a.m.) Zach Braff; DJ Qualls; comic Jimmy Carr performs
Cast and director of 'the Shield' via AP
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