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Is HBO really in trouble? (Speaking of HBO, check out this great movie from 1983 about the creation of the HBO Theater opening sequence). Business Week asks if the premium channel is in trouble now that "The Sopranos" are gone (also "The Wire", "deadwood", "Rome", etc.) with nothing on the horizon to step up. The fact is that Showtime, FX, and even AMC are coming up with more compelling shows as of this last year than the flagship of premium, HBO. It's going to take more than "Entourage" to keep HBO going and "Tell Me You Love Me", "John of Cincinatti", and "In Treatment" were or are duds.
8:00pm Autism: The Musical HBO - Documentary about a theater program for autistic kids.
9:00pm Frontline: Bush's War PBS/KCET - Part 2 of 2. Per yesterday's TV Junkie - TV Junkie Pick O' the Night
9:00pm Dancing With the Stars ABC - 2 couples are eliminated.
9:00pm Last Restaurant BBCA - New!
10:00pm Jericho ABC - Season finale. Did that seem like a short season to you?
10:00pm The Riches FX - An episode called Friday Night Lights
11:30pm The Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Kate Bosworth, John Witherspoon, the Raveonettes perform
12:05am Jimmy Kimmel LIVE ABC - The first two eliminated celebrities from "Dancing With the Stars," Roseanne Barr(?), emo alert: Panic! at the Disco performs
