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TV Junkie: Weekend Edition

Grab a beer friends, we survived the week. I still got hours of junk Tivo'd that I'm supposed to watch but on the calendar it says it's Friday and that's a great thing. Late night TV is super busy tonight, check it out: a free Paris Hilton, Michael Douglas, Seth Myers, Jenny McCarthy. Also, LeBron James is on SNL tomorrow - have a great weekend.
5:00pm-11:00pm Body Switcharoo Marathon TCM - A rock block of movies featuring people switching bodies with other people: Freaky Friday (the original with Jodie Foster), Vice Versa, Turnabout
8:00pm Ghost Whisperer CBS - Season Premiere
9:00pm Las Vegas NBC - Season Premiere.
9:00pm Moonlight CBS - Series Premiere. This new vampire series looks like complete shit.
9:00pm Bubba Ho-Tep IFC - A much better story featuring the undead.
10:00pm NUMB3RS CBS - Season Premiere.
11:35pm The Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Paris Hilton, Emile Hirsch
12:05am Jimmy Kimmel LIVE ABC - Michael Douglas(!), Amanda Bynes, James Blunt
12:35am Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC - Seth Meyers, Bret Michaels, Jose Gonzalez
12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - Greg Kinnear, Jenny McCarthy, Raul Midon
Saturday
8:00pm Cops FOX - 20 year anniversary episode.
11:30pm Saturday Night Live NBC - Season Premiere. LeBron james hosts.
Sunday
8:00pm The War PBS - The second week of the megadocumentary begins.
8:00pm 60 Minutes CBS - A feature on the alleged sexual harasser/Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas.
9:00pm Dexter SHOWTIME - Season Premiere. A lot of hype around LA for the opener of Season 2 as profiled in LAist HERE and HERE.
10:00pm Brothers & Sisters ABC - Season Premiere.
10:00pm Shark CBS - Season Premiere.
10:00pm Brotherhood SHOWTIME - Season Premiere.
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