Tonight is the live episode of Hot In Cleveland, which TV Land has advertised about a billion times now.
William Shatner, Shirley Jones, Danny Pudi and Brian Baumgartner will join Betty White, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendy Malick. And the big question is - who will flub their lines or fall down or something?
Of course, if you're a cable subscriber here in Utah, you won't be seeing this episode live. The state's biggest cable outlet, Comcast, gives us the West Coast feed of this channel (along with many others), meaning it doesn't air until 11 p.m.
That's really stupid.
If you have DirecTV or Dish, you can see the "Hot In Cleveland" live episode li...

Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy is the center of soccer in the United States tonight. The U.S. Men's National Team takes on Honduras in a qualifier for next year's World Cup.
The U.S. is in first place in their group, and a win tonight would all-but guarantee them a trip to Brazil in 2014.
The game will air nationally on ESPN at 7 p.m.; there's a pregame show at 6:30 p.m.
Elsewhere on TV ...
NBA Finals (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Game 6 - San Antonio Spurs at Miami Heat
America's Got Talent (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Auditions continue.
So You Think You Can Dance (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): The top 20 finalists are ...

Miss Utah USA, Marissa Powell, tried to redeem herself on “The Today Show” on Tuesday morning - and she did a pretty good job.

Powell made headlines with her halting, nonsensical response to a question about pay inequity for women.

“I think we can relate this back to education and how we are continuing to try to strive to figure out how to create jobs right now,’’ she said on Sunday night. “That’s the biggest problem and I think, especially the men are, um, seen as the leaders of this and so we need to try to figure out how to create education better so that we can solve this problem.”

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You could hardly ask for Stanley Cup Finals more exciting than the the series that currently under way. The Chicago Blackhawks took Game 1 in triple overtime. The Boston Bruins took Game 2 in the first OT.
The scene shifts to Boston for Game 3 (6 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) - could there possibly be yet another overtime in the offing?
Elsewhere on TV ...
The Bachelorette (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Desiree and the guys are in Atlantic City - and some of the guys compete for the title of "The Bachelorete's Mr. America."
The Voice (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The remaining contestants perform. A winner will be declared on Tuesday.
M...

HBO's vampire series is a bloody mess - literally. True Blood (Sunday, 10 p.m., HBO) is swimming in faux plasma. And the convoluted plotlines have traveled far from Charlaine Harris' books. As Season 6 begins, Bill is resurrected; Sookie and Jason's fairy grandpa shows up; and vampires and humans are at each other's throats. If you aren't already a fan, you'll be totally lost.

Friday on TV ...
Dateline (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): A young sister and brother are torn apart when their mother disappear.
Continuum (8 and 10 p.m., Syfy): Kiera and Carlos try to stop Liber8's plan to hijack a prison transfer.
20/20

I have to admit that I haven't followed the NBA Finals all that closely. But I did gasp when I saw the score of Game 3 - a 113-77 win by the Spurs.
Not that I'm rooting for the Heat. Far from it. But who saw that score coming?
We'll find out if it was just a fluke or a sign of things to come in tonight's Game 4 - Miami at San Antonio (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4).
Elsewhere on TV ...
Golf (7 a.m., ESPN; 1 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5; 3 p.m., ESPN): First round of the U.S. Open
Save Me (7:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Beth tries to save a hospital.
Hell's Kitchen (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): The remaining chefs compete in a relay ...

Since 1915, the Boston Bruins have appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals 18 times, winning six and losing 12. The Chicago Blackhawks have appeared 11 times, winning four and losing seven.
The two teams have never faced each other with the cup on the line. Until tonight. It's Game 1 of the finals (6 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5 - Boston Bruins at Chicago Blackhawks.
Elsewhere on TV ...
The American Baking Competition (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): The competition continues.
MasterChef (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Contestants prepare a meal for firefighters.
Guys Choice Awards 2013 (7, 9 and 11 p.m., Spike): Ben Affleck, Jimmy Ki...

Twisted (10 p.m.) is the ABC Family Channel's attempt to build on the success of "Pretty Little Liars" by launching another series about ridiculously attractive teenagers caught up in a murder.
Avan Jogia stars as Danny Desai, a 16-year-old who returns to his hometown five years after he went away for murdering his aunt. (And we're not sure what exactly happened there - it's a Big Secret that Danny refuses to tell.)
On his first day back at school, Danny attends a kegger (as kids do). And when someone at the party ends up dead, Danny is the prime suspect.
"Twisted" is entirely in the ABC Family wheelhouse. It's aimed at the same teen and twentysomething crowd tha...

The Winner Is … (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) is a singing competition/game show hosted by Nick Lachey. Six acts compete to impress an audience of 101 music fans. They can either take some money ($10,000 up to $50,000) and run or try to be one of the two acts who will compete for $1 million.
Meh. There are worse ways to waste an hour.
Elsewhere on TV ...
The Bachelorette (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Ah, the excitement involved with this show. This comes to us from ABC: “In one of the most explosive showdowns in 'Bachelorette' history, Desiree confronts one man who is not there for the 'right reasons'; an aggressive dodgeball group sends someone to the ER;...

Here’s the release. Which I pretty much wrote, so I’ll pass it along without comment:

THE TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2013 TCA AWARDS NOMINEES

“Game of Thrones” is back to defend its title as Program of the Year

TCA Program of the Year Nominees Represent Diverse Genres From Period Piece “The Americans” and Fantasy Adventure “Game of Thrones” to D...

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Nigel Lythgoe has been ousted as the show runner/executive producer of "American Idol."
What with the ratings dive the show has taken in the past couple of years, it was bound to happen.
It is as least a big surprising that Fox and FreemantleMedia North America, which produces the show, has gone to Sweden to find a replacement.
Lythgoe is clearly a scapegoat here. He was saddled with terrible judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Randy Jackson. "Idol" is no longer as distinctive, what with the advent of "The Voice" and "X Factor." And shows tend to fade as they age.
Lythgoe, however, was unable reverse or even slow the decline.
(He ...

As of Monday morning (June 17), Amanda Jones will join Jon Watkins on KEGA 101.5/105.1 FM — aka The Eagle — from 6-10 a.m. weekdays.

Jones is a graduate of Alta High and the University of Utah; she’s married to KUTV reporter Chris Jones.

And here’s what Chris and Amanda want you to know about their show:

Hosts Jon Watkins and Amanda Jones know that you don’t always wear your cutoff jeans and cowboy boots, but we know that you DO love new country hits, plus real-life topics, pop culture news, celebrity interviews, and of course, FREE STUFF. So that’s wha...

In the new series Graceland (11 p.m., USA), under cover agents from the DEA, FBI and Customs share a fabulous beach house - and this series is based in reality. Really.
It's a bit darker than your average USA drama, but it's pretty good.
Elsewhere on TV ...
NHL playoffs (6 p.m., NBCSN): Chicago Blackhawks at Los Angeles Kings
Finals (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Game 1 - San Antonio Spurs at Miami Heat
Save Me (7 and 7:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Beth tries to earn her daughter's respect; Beth receives a message from above telling her to get rid of all her possessions.
Hell's Kitchen (7 p.m...

Hey, it's been, what, a week or so since there was some sort of country music awards show. So it must be time for another.
And it is. Jason Aldean and Kristen Bell host the CMT Music Awards (6 p.m., CMT).
Yee-haw!
Elsewhere on TV ...
NHL playoffs (6 p.m., NBCSN): Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins
The American Baking Competition (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): The competition continues.
MasterChef (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Contestants prepare a meal for 300 children.
Family Tools (7:30 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Terry issues a challenge to Tony.
How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your L...

Feel like it's too late to catch up on what's happened in Pretty Little Liars? Tonight's episode - subtitled "A Liar's Guide to Rosewood" (9 p.m. ABC Family) - recaps what has happened in the previous 71 epiodes.
The new season begins a week from tonight.
Elsewhere on TV ...
Extreme Weight Loss (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): A woman who was adopted tries to lose weight before meeting her birth mother.
The Voice (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Contestants face elimination.
So You Think You Can Dance (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Auditions continue.
Polygamy USA (7 and 10 p.m., National Geographic): Ezra H...

Almost four decades after she became a bit of an overnight sensation on “The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson,” Utahn Dian Thomas is returning to television with a gig as a regular guest on the Hallmark Channel’s “Home and Family Show.”

She’ll do what she did for eight years on NBC’s “Today Show,” four years on ABC’s “Home Show” and in dozens of appearances on everything from “Mike Douglas” to “Merv Griffin” to “Good Morning, America” - provide helpful and somewhat odd hints.

The author of “Roughing It Easy” and 18 other books has, among other things. Showed “Home and Family” hosts Mark...

Teen Wolf (11 p.m., MTV) is the best supernatural teen show since "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
OK, there haven't been a whole lot of supernatural teen shows since "Buffy," but this one is still very entertaining. As Season 3 begins, a new wolf pack wreaks havoc on Scott's life.
Also tonight, it's the premiere of The Fosters (10 p.m., ABC Family, which features a black-white lesbian couple; the biological child of one; their adopted Latino twins; a troubled girl right out of juvie; and an ex-husband. And there are a whole lot of complications. It's a decent family drama that - despite its oh-so-diverse cast - is a lot like a lot of shows that went befo...

In the two-hour, third-season premiere of The Killing (Sunday, 6 and 9:05 p.m., AMC), Sarah is pulled back in to help investigate a serial-killer case.
Not everyone is a fan of this show, but I am. Despite the fact that I'm not a big fan of serial-killer dramas.

Elsewhere on Friday ...
What Would You Do? (8 p.m., ABC/Ch.4): The series returns for a summer run.
Treehouse Masters (8 and 10 p.m., Animal Planet): New series about guys who build amazing treehouses.
Merlin (8 and 10 p.m., Syfy): Merlin faces his moment of destiny. (Season finale)

Elsewhere on Saturday ...

On tonight's episode of Hell's Kitchen (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13), the seven remaining contestants are tested.
Also, Gordon Ramsay screams and swears. Because that's what he does.
Elsewhere on TV ...
Wipeout (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Two-man, boss-employee teams compete.
Save Me (7 and 7:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Beth tries to help an elderly neighbor; Beth is obsessed with helping a squirrel.
Motive (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): A limo driver is murdered.
Does Someone Have to Go? (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Three employees have to defend their positions or get fired.
Rookie Blue (9...

Jeff Foxworthy hosts The American Baking Competition (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2), which features 10 home bakers. One will be eliminated each week; the winner takes home $250,000 and a contract to publish his/her own cookbook.
The problem with cooking competitions is that we have to take the word of the judges about how things taste. And, by the way, if they tell us something has a "delicate flavor," that means it's bland.
Elsewhere on TV ...
Soccer (6 p.m., ESPN2): USA vs. Belgium in a friendly. (Live from Cleveland)
MasterChef (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): The top 19 contestants compete.
Love Thy Neighbor (7 a...

Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots (7 and 8 p.m., OWN) is Perry's version of "Upstairs, Downstairs" - a soap about a rich, powerful family and the hired help.
I haven't seen a preview, so you're on your own here.
Elsewhere on TV ...
Extreme Weight Loss (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Twins David and Rebecca fight to lose a lot of weight.
So You Think You Can Dance (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Auditions continue.
Polygamy USA (7 and 10 p.m., National Geographic): The cult leaders try to keep their children in the faith, but outside influences make it tough.
The Voice (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5):...

A new season of The Bachelorette (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) begins, and Utahn Brooks Forester is among the 25 guys competing for the affections of Desiree Hartsock.
Because what would a season of "The Bachelorette" be without someone from Utah? We wouldn't have had last year's "winner," Jef Holm, who was temporarily engaged to Emily Maynard. We would have had The Worst Human Being Ever On "Bachelor/Bachelorette," Bentley Williams.
Will Brooks be more Bentley or more Jef?
The big spoiler for tonight's premiere is - Brooks isn't in the episode much.
Oh, and some of the spoiler sites - which are often surprisingly accurate in their spoilery - have named Brooks as a fro...

Audra McDonald has won five Tony Awards. She has an incredible voice. She's the host of PBS' Live from Lincoln Center (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7).
And this week, we get to hear McDonald's incredible voice as she takes a turn as the featured performer, singing songs from her new album and other favorites in a special spring concert at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.
By the way, McDonald is married to Utah native/fellow Broadway performer Will Swenson.

Friday on TV ...
Sanjay and Craig (8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., Nickelodeon): This new animated series follows the adventures of two best friends - one of whom happens ...

Netflix is going to release all 15 episodes of the new season of “Arrested Development” on Sunday, and fans are all excited. Including yours truly, who was exhorting viewers to watch the show throughout the length of its 53-episode run from 2003-2006.

It didn’t work. Despite mountains of praise from TV critics, “Arrested Development” was a ratings flop. Fox did everything imaginable to find it an audience — including giving some episodes the best lead-in possible, “American Idol” at the height of its popularity — but American viewers rejected the show.

It has, however, become a cult class...

In the new comedy Save Me (7 and 7:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5), In this new comedy, Anne Heche stars as a woman who has a near-death experience and believes she can now talk to God.
There's a reason NBC is burning this thing off during the summer.
Also tonight, it's the debut of the reality show Does Someone Have to Go? (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13). Employees are given control over their workplaces and the power to make decisions - up to and including whether someone needs to be fired.
Gee, when I go home I want to watch TV and relax. It's not particularly relaxing to watch co-workers fight with each other.
Elsewhere on TV ...
Wipeout

Michael Smith has already proven that he knows more sports trivia than anyone in the Pac-12. Now the recent U. of U. grad is out to prove he's the best nationally.
Smith is in the finals of "The Schwab" on Wednesday's edition of ESPNU's "UNITE" (10 p.m. MDT). He's one step away from claiming bragging rights for himself and the Utes.
"This is pretty awesome," said the 22-year-old from Sandy, who admitted to being "kind of nervous" heading into the finals.
"The Schwab" is a revival of "Stump the Schwab," which ran on ESPN2 and ESPN Classic from 2004-2006. Contestants would match wits with sports trivia guru Howie Schwab and with each other.
In the current incarnation, Schwab c...

Things get serious on the season finale of Modern Family (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) when Phil's mother dies. The family travels to Florida for the funeral.
Viewers never got to meet Phil's mom, although we've seen his dad multiple times. And Fred Willard returns tonight in that role.
This is one of TV's best comedies, and - not surprisingly - there are lots of laughs as well. Claire helps Phil with Gracie's last wish for Frank, and the kids reflect on the gifts grandma left for them. Gloria has to contend with an outstanding arrest warrant in Florida, Cam finds himself fitting right into an elderly women's group at Frank's retirement community, and Jay runs into a pivotal p...

As we head into the final night of Dancing with the Stars (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4), this is where the contestants stand:
Zendaya Coleman partnered with Val Chmerkovskiy: 65 points
Kellie Pickler partnered with Derek Hough: 64 points
Alexandra Raisman partnered with Mark Ballas: 61 points
Jacoby Jones partnered with Karina Smirnoff: 56 points
I have no idea who's going to win, although it seems like Jones is in trouble.
I can tell you that most of the two-hour season finale will be filler. Really, the only thing that matters is the 30 seconds when the winner is announced.
Elsewhere on TV ...
The Bachelor (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4)...

HBO's award-winning "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" delves into the issue of violence against referees on Tuesday with a report on the death of a soccer official here in Utah.
Referee Ricardo Portillo, 46, was working a game in Taylorsville on April 27 when he yellow carded a 17-year-old goalkeeper. According to a police report, the goalie was angered by the card and punched Portillo in the head.
The referee soon lapsed into a coma and died on May 4.
Among those interviewed in Tuesday's episode (8 and 11 p.m., HBO), is Portillo's daughter, Johana.
"My dad, he always said that he wanted to be a famous referee." she says. "And I'm, like, I just feel bad that he got to be famou...

After three years at the helm of KUED, general manager Michael A. Dunn is stepping down to return to the private sector.
"It's the right time," he said. "KUED has never been in a better place. We're moving ahead. I think we're the envy of the [PBS] system."
Dunn came to Channel 7 in May 2010 from a career in advertising, marketing and film production.
"We were lucky to attract him," said Fred Esplin, the University of Utah's vice president of university relations. "He's done a great job. It's a terrible, terrible loss for us. We're going to miss him."
Dunn has accepted a position as chief marketing officer of chief marketing officer of ski boot and running shoe manufacturer S...

The twist in the new crime drama Motive (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) is that we know who both the victim and the murderer are from the beginning and learn the motive over the course of the hour.
It's not a bad show as procedural crime dramas go. But it also feels like it's trying too hard to be different and not hard enough to be better than "not bad."

Also tonight, CBS has pulled the scheduled season finale of Mike & Molly and will instead air a repeat (8:30 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2). The season finale features a plot about a tornado, and the network is worried it will seem insensitive given the string of deadly tornadoes in recent days. It will air the tornado...

The second season of the made-in-Utah series “Breaking Pointe” doesn’t premiere until July 29, but The CW has released a one-minute trailer that gives away a few things from inside the Ballet West troupe:

• “Rex [Tilton] and I are no longer together,” says Allison DeBona, taking a whole bunch of the mystery out of that.

• “Ronnie is injured,” says Rex Tilton. “That’s going to open up an opportunity.”

• And Ronnie Underwood’s injury is a “disaster.” “What’s my worst-case scenario?” he asks. The response: “You could lose your foot.”

BYUtv's rather ambitious effort to make a name for itself with its first scripted drama, Granite Flats, ends its first season on Sunday (6 and 9 p.m.) - and the kids face real danger at the school science fair.

Friday on TV ...
College baseball (6 p.m., BYUtv): St. Mary's at BYU
Undercover Boss (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Bosses from past episodes reveal how the show affected their businesses and their lives. (Season finale)
Nikita (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Nikita must choose between saving Michael or herself. (Season finale)
Great Performances at the Met (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): The Metrop...

Spoiler alert! KUTV is going to win the late-news ratings competition for the May sweeps.
OK, that's really not a spoiler. Channel 2 was way ahead after Week 1; way ahead after Week 2; and remains way ahead after Week 3.
As a matter of fact, there's no suspense about the late-news numbers. Unless something on the order of a TV apocalypse occurs - a station loses it signal for five days or something - KUTV-Channel 2 will finish first by a wide margin, followed by KSL-Channel 5, KSTU-Channel 13 and KTVX-Channel 4.
Here's where Nielsen has it after Week 3 (and we're talking about the 10 p.m. newscasts on Channels 2, 4 and 5 and the 9 p.m. newscast on Channel 13):

K...

It just wouldn't be a season of "The Bachelorette" without somebody from Utah involved, would it?
Among the 25 guys competing for airtime ... er, uh, competing for the heart of bachelorette Desiree Hartsock is Salt Laker Brooks Forester. As is their wont at "The Bachelorette," they're not handing out a lot of information about him.
We do know that Forester is from Boise, Idaho; that he's one of 10 children; that he has a degree from the University of Utah;
Forester's bio at Fit Marketing (fitmarketing.com/our-team), where he's a sales representative, tells us, "An adventurer, athlete and model in his spare time, Brooks brings vision and class to our team. He knows how to trea...

After an hourlong retrospective of The Office (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5), its the hourlong series finale (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5). And there's a wedding.
This will be a chance to check back in with a series a lot of fans left long ago. And if you haven't been watching lately, odds are you'll feel a little lost.
Elsewhere on TV ...
College baseball (6 p.m., BYUtv): St. Mary's at BYU
The Big Bang Theory (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Leonard receives a huge opportunity to work overseas, which throws both Sheldon and Penny for a loop. (Season finale)
Wipeout (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Contestants face the Killer Croc.

If you didn't know The CW is struggling in the ratings, you'd certainly be able to tell from the network's fall schedule - 80 percent of it is changing.
There are three new shows, and five returning series are moving to new nights and/or times. Only "Arrow" and "Vampire Diaries" are staying put.
Those are The CW's two most successful series - success being relative. So it's no surprise that we're getting a pair of new shows from the producers of those two.
"We had a terrific season last year, growing our audience on-air, digitally and socially," said CW president Mark Pedowitz. (Terrific? Only if you're measuring using The CW's very low bar as a standard.)
"Now we are buildin...

The Mountain West Conference has named its regional television partner for football and men's basketball and, as expected, it's ROOT Sports.

ROOT will air about 10 football games and a minimum of 25 basketball games per season. And, no doubt, some of those games will feature new MWC member Utah State.

This deal is in addition to the Mountain West's national deals with the CBS Sports Network and ESPN.

Here's the MWC/ROOT release:

DIRECTV Sports Networks and the Mountain West Conference have entered into a multi-year agreement, making DIRECTV Sports, and its ROOT SPORTS-branded regional sports network, the regional TV home of Mountain West football and men's ...

For the first time in years, “So You Think You Can Dance” didn’t bring auditions to Salt Lake City this season. But the show had barely begun its new season on Tuesday night before the first Utah dancer made an impression.

Malece Miller, 19, got a nice chunk of screen time for her story (how her parents’ divorce affected her), and she was a big hit with the judges, who sent her quickly on to the next round of auditions.

Whether she makes it any further toward becoming a finalist remains to be seen.

If there’s any cause for concern, let’s hope Mom doesn’t...

Two of the bigger surprises about CBS' just-announced fall schedule were a pair of shows that aren't on it.

The network passed on "NCIS Red," a spinoff of "NCIS: Los Angeles." And on "Beverly Hills Cop," a sequel of sorts to the 1984 movie.

We don't generally see failed pilots, so we have to take CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler's word for it when she says, "Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't." And, given CBS' success, you have to think Tassler knows what she's talking about.

"NCIS Red" was introduced in an "NCIS: Los Angeles" two-parter and featured John Corbett, Kim Raver and Scott Grimes. It is, to all appearances, dead.

That may not be the...

They're laughing it up at CBS today - both because they have so much to celebrate and because the C in CBS is starting to stand for "comedy" again.
Your most-watched network is adding four comedies to its fall schedule and just one drama. And CBS execs are laughing because their competitors are looking up at them.
"We were very flattered when Jimmy Kimmel called us 'smug mother------- yesterday" at ABC's upfront presentation, said CBS chief Leslie Moonves. "I guess that means we're winning."
And they are. CBS is No. 1 in total viewers (by more than 4 million - the largest margin in 24 years), in viewers 18-49 and in viewers 25-54.
By the way, even if you don't average in the ...

I liked Brigham Street: Salt Lake City's Fine Boulevard (7 p.m. Ch. 7), but I didn't love it.
It's about the history of the mansions on South Temple and the people who lived in them. There's a lot of fascinating information.
But it felt like skimming a really good book. It isn't that often that a documentary feels too short, but this one does.
Elsewhere on TV ...
NCIS (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Gibbs and his team go to unusual lengths to hunt down Eli David and Jackie Vance's killer. (Season finale)
Wipeout (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Contestants encounter zombies.
The Voice (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Contestan...

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ABC has one of the most buzzed-about new shows on TV on its fall schedule - Joss Whedon's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." - and ABC has programmed it opposite the No. 1 show on TV.
ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee, however, says he's not worried about sending the show, a spinoff of sorts from the blockbuster movie "The Avengers," up against "NCIS."
"We think it's going to recruit a whole new audience," he said. "And we don't necessarily think that audience is the same as 'NCIS.'"
It's not the only risk Lee is taking. His new Tuesday lineup is made up of three new shows - a gamble few programmers take. He's taking a page out of the "So You Th...

When the original "Beverly Hills, 90210" signed off almost exactly 13 years ago, it was kind of a big deal in TV terms.
The show helped put the fledgling Fox network on the map. It ran for 10 seasons and 194 episodes. It was, for a time, a pop-culture icon.
The sequel series 90210 signs off tonight - and it is not a big deal. The only splash this series on The CW made was when original cast members showed up.
Yeah, it's been on for five years and 114 episodes, but most Americans have never seen it. Or even heard of it.
Nonetheless, it wraps things up with an hourlong retrospective (7 p.m., Ch. 30), followed by the final episode (8 p.m., Ch. 30).
Elsew...

As she announces her retirement, Barbara Walters is being hailed as some sort of broadcast journalism icon.
She's certainly broken ground. First as the co-host of "The Today Show"; then as the first female co-anchor of an evening newscast (on ABC); then as the co-anchor of ABC's first successful prime-time newsmagazine ("20/20"); finally as the producers and sometimes panelist on "The View."
Walters has interviewed a variety of important newsmakers - up to and including heads of state. She's broken news.
And she deserves a lot of credit not just for doing that, but for breaking barriers in a male-dominated industry while she did it.
But Walters' legacy is a complicated one. S...

NBC couldn't cancel everything on its schedule, although it sure seemed like the network was trying.
Well, everything but "The Voice."
Conventional wisdom is that you can't make too many changes to your fall schedule and add too many shows because you can't possibly promote more than a handful effectively.
And NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt added six new shows, which isn't a huge number. But he also moved seven returning series to new nights and/or times, leaving only Sundays NFL night untouched.
That's a whole lot of changes. And a whole lot of shows were canceled - a list that includes "Animal Practice," "Deception," "Do No Harm," "Go On," "Guys with Kids,"...

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Fox is making a whole bunch of changes for the upcoming television season - five new comedies, four new dramas, a couple of "event" series; a sort-of new reality/competition series and an animated show.
Seth MacFarlane ("Family Guy") brings his first live-action sitcom, "Dads," to the network; Andy Samberg ("Saturday Night Live") stars in the sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"; J.J. Abrams has a new action/drama, "Almost Human"; and the legend of "Sleepy Hollow" is updated.
M. Night Shyamalan, whose movie career has pretty much tanked in recent years, is coming to television with one of those "event series" - Matt Dillon will star in "Wayward Pines," a limite...

SPOILER ALERT!!! If you don’t want to know who won “Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites,” STOP READING NOW!!!

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Maybe Dawn Meehan never had a chance to win “Survivor.” The BYU English professor who lives in South Jordan certainly had zero chance when she went up against John Cochran in Sunday’s season finale, when he sailed to victory and the million-dollar prize.

Cochran won the final immunity challenge and got to determine which two competitors he would take to the final tribal council. The goal is to take the two others you have the best chance of beating, and he chose co...

There are a few changes from yesterday - NBC canceled "Go On" and "Rock Center with Brian Williams" and picked up a couple of pilots; CBS picked up five new shows. T is what we know about which shows the networks have renewed and which they have canceled as of 4:30 p.m. MT on Friday.
The networks announce their fall schedules next week, so we'll be able to fill in all the blanks.

ABC
Canceled: "Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23," "Last Resort," "Private Practice," "666 Park Avenue,""Zero Hour"
No word yet: Everything else. Although, clearly, shows like "Grey's Anatomy," "The Middle," "Modern Family," "R...

Will Dawn Meehan become the second Utahn to win the million dollars on Survivor?
Well, she's one of five remaining contestants as we head into the two-hour season finale on Sunday at 7 p.m. on CBS/Ch. 2. Win or lose, she'll be on hand for the reunion show that follows at 9 p.m.
And if you've forgotten, Todd Herzog was the first Utahn to win on "Survivor" back in 2007.

Friday on TV ...
College baseball (6 p.m., BYUtv): San Francisco at BYU
Undercover Boss (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Revisiting employees from past episodes.
Fashion Star (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): A winner is declared. (Season finale)