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TV Junkie: Rudolph; TV On the Radio; Lots of B-ball; Nigella
Tonight - Friday
"NBA Basketball" (PRIME, 5:00 p.m.) Clippers @ Spurs
"NBA Basketball" (Fox Sports, 7:30 p.m.) Hawks @ Lakers
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) Yup, the original, with Burl Ives -- come on misfits, tune in!
"Primetime" (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Diane Sawyer visits North Korea
"Battlestar Galactica" (Sci Fi, 9:00 p.m.) New episode!
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"Charlie Rose" (PBS, 11:30 p.m.): journalist John F. Burns, Stephen Colbert(!!), billionaire Anthony O'Reilly
"The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" (NBC, 11:35 p.m.): Sylvester Stallone pushing Rocky XVIII, Parminder Nagra (from "ER"), Seal performs
"The Late Show With Conan O'Brien" (NBC, 12:35 a.m.): Chazz Palminteri, Seth Meyers (from "SNL"), TV on the Radio(!!) performs!
Tomorrow - Saturday
Endless college basketball including Texas A&M @ UCLA
"Christmas In Connecticut" (TCM, 9:00 a.m.) Get in the holiday mood, see Barbara Stanwyck out-Martha Martha in this one.
"All Star Holiday Cookies" (Food, 2:00 p.m.) Get your weekend project going here.
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"Being John Malkovich" (IFC, 6:15 p.m.) Always enjoyable: Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich
"Mad TV" (Fox, 11:00 p.m.) They're gonna spoof Timberlake's "SexyBack" video
"Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 11:35 p.m.) Annette Bening hosts, Gwen Stefani performs
Sunday
"The Shop Around the Corner" (TCM, 9:00 a.m.) With James Stewart, this 1940 holiday classic was the basis for the Meg Ryan abomination "You've Got Mail"
"NFL Football" (CBS, 10:00 a.m.) Raiders @ Bengals followed by Broncos @ Chargers
"NFL Football" (FOX, 10:00 a.m.) Giants @ Panthers
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"Nigella Feasts" (Food, 1:00 p.m.) I can't get enough Nigella
"60 Minutes" (CBS, 7:00 p.m.) Interview with the guy who blew the whistle on Abu Ghraib abuse
"Sleeper Cell" (Showtime, 9:00 p.m.) If you pay for it, watch it -- new cell awakens on Sunday.
pic of Gwen from the AP
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