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Where to find Ricky Gervais, Stephen Colbert and Sarah Palin
Jim Lehrer will lead PBS’s and The NewsHour’s in-depth election coverage, with cohorts Mark Shields, David Brooks, Gwen Ifill and more. All the regular election-coverage jazz, plus “voter videos submitted via YouTube!” Suck it, Magic Wall. (9 p.m.)
BET will be hosting an all-day election event with Jeff Johnson, plus guest-bloggers Rhymefest and Bun B blogging on the “Hip Hop vs. America” blog, encouraging viewers to vote and then share their experiences online. BET will report any viewer’s voter irregularities to watchdog groups like the NAACP and the Election Protection Coalition. BET News: Be Heard Election 2008 kicks off at 8 pm.
On the Independent Film Channel, you can check out IFC News Election Special 5: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Election but Were Afraid to Ask, hosted by Will Rabbe and Sarah Scully. (8:30 p.m.)
Discovery Channels has a new, presidential Dirty Jobs, recalling U.S. presidents who once held “dirty jobs” (but, presumably, not all the dirty jobs done by U.S. presidents).
No, it’s not more election coverage: the Animal Planet’s new episode of Weird, True & Freaky explores just that in nature, folks. Though it certainly sounds similar to what some of the anchors might be saying on the big networks at that very same time: “These animals are the result of intensive experimentations and genetically altered super-species. Vicious attacks. Ferocious free for alls. And fights to the death.” (8 p.m.)
John Talks Joe
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Why America Must Learn to Bow
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
Going Rogue: The Index
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
Beyond Ryan Seacrest
Nicole Ankowski writes about television, pop culture, and—on occasion—more frivolous matters. She lives in Brooklyn.
Aniston on The View, and Holiday Specials Galore
Nicole Ankowski writes about television, pop culture, and—on occasion—more frivolous matters. She lives in Brooklyn.
'Momma's Boys' and Other TV Highlights
Nicole Ankowski writes about television, pop culture, and—on occasion—more frivolous matters. She lives in Brooklyn.
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