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TV Junkie: Tenet on Charlie Rose; 'Earl' In Smellovision; New 'Office', 'Ugly' n' more

A Word or 52(approx):
Gouge away if you wish, but Lost was excellent last night. I need some comic relief tonight so it's My Name Is Earl in Smellovision (go get your TV Guide now with the Smell Card) and the Office for me - I can't commit to more than that, I have a couple bottles of beer waiting for me.
Tonight - Thursday - May 3, 2007
Angels @ Royals (FoxSports, 7:00 p.m.)
Survivor: Fiji (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) Boo's mouth drives the rest of the island crazy
My Name Is Earl (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) In Smellovision!
Smallville/Supernatural (the CW, 8-10:00 p.m.) Dreams of 1940s Smallville/Dean visits a world where he lives a normal life
Ugly Betty (ABC, 8:00 p.m.) Betty scrounges for extra cash to solve family dilemma
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?/Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy (Fox, 8-10:00 p.m.) You will fail/The close of the Naudin-Ellen saga
The Office/Scrubs (NBC, 8:35-9:45 p.m.) Someone flashes Phyllis!/Elliot's engagement ring fiasco
The Dreamers (IFC, 8:45 p.m.) Bernardo Bertolucci's tribute to 1968 Paris is worth watching just to get an eyeful of the "criminally beautiful" Eva Green.
Grey's Anatomy (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Addison visits friends in Los Angeles
CSI/Shark (CBS, 9-11:00 p.m.) UFO-club member murder case/Sebastian tries to lure a serial-killer out of hiding.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m.) Ted "helmet head" Koppel
Charlie Rose (PBS, 11:30 p.m.) Former CIA director, George "four years too late" Tenet
The Colber(t) Repor(t) (Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.) author Conn Iggulden
Late Show With David Letterman (CBS, 11:35p.m.) Marcia Cross; impressionist Joe Piscopo (that's all he does now? what about all the weight-lifting?); Tori Amos performs
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC, 11:35p.m.) Howie Mandel; Bryce Howard; Alan Jackson performs
Jimmy Kimmel LIVE (ABC, 12:05 a.m.) Eva Longoria; Frank Vincent; Macy Gray performs
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS, 12:35 a.m.) Alice Cooper; Michael Rosenbaum; comic Gary Gulman performs
Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC, 12:35 a.m.) From the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco: Randy Jackson; Patton Oswalt; hippie alert: Bob Weir and RatDog perform
Macy Gray & Shondrella Avery via AP
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