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TV Junkie: Tuesday
With even more evidence of the population spending more time with programming and movies online, Lifetime, which I jokingly refer to as the most sexist network on the planet, is now launching programs on the web. If you weren't getting enough reality TV, first verify that you don't have testicles and then check out mylifetime.com and look for "That Magic Moment" which is about couples' first time in the sack and the "Clean Start Challenge” about 10 goody-two-shoes women who are sticking to their New Years' resolutions.
8:00pm American Idol FOX - Contestants hit the Hollywood Round to compete.
8:00pm Last Restaurant Standing BBCA - Anyone else enjoying this? It's a worthy alternative to Idol.
9:00pm Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part CBS - Season Premiere. The ninth season? JFC.
10:00pm Swoosh! Inside Nike CNBC - Let the business marketer or Nike fan in you get overexcited.
10:00pm Jericho CBS - Season Premiere. Welcome to the Allied States of America.
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10:00pm Nip/Tuck FX - The last new episode for a while. Last week's episode was pretty darn good and it hearkened back to the clown-car car-crash that this show started out as.
11:30pm The Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Lost's Evangeline Lilly, I hope she broke up with the Hobbit, 2008 Sports Illustrated cover model Brad Paisley
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