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TV Junkie: Weekly Update - Leno's Last Night Friday
It's Jay Leno's last week as host of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" (NBC)
The TV Junkie is away (back on June 8th) but we'll give you some highlights of what to watch this week, another update will be posted next week:Other than Al Pacino slated to play Dr. Kevorkian in an HBO pic, the other big highlight is that this is the final week of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" - catch it while you can.
Wednesday:
8:00pm Season premiere of "Wipeout" (ABC)
9:00pm Series premiere of Mike Judge's "The Goode Family" (ABC)
Friday:
10:00pm Season premiere of "What Not To Wear" (TLC), check out our interview with Clinton Kelly.
10:00pm "SuperNews" season finale on Current
10:00pm "The Soup" on E! - why wouldn't you be watching "The Soup"?
11:35pm "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" (NBC) Leno's last night
Saturday:
10:00pm "Pushing Daisies" (ABC) returns from hiatus
Sunday:
10:00pm Season finale of "Breaking Bad" (AMC) - not to be missed!
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