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After she kissed Madonna on
national television and posed nearly nude for Rolling Stone and
Esquire magazines, it may be a surprise that ABC decided to air a
Britney Spears special during the 8 p.m. family hour
But its no surprise
that the Disney-owned network wanted to support one of its
former Mouseketeers, especially one who at the tender age of 20
ranked No. 1 on Forbes' 2002 power list of the top 100 celebrities
(she failed to make the list this year with no new album or movie
flop to promote and sell).
Tonight's one hour program
is just one element in a recent blitz of media to
promote the debut of Britney's fourth album, "In the
Zone," due in stores tomorrow.
The special, aptly named
"Britney Spears: In the Zone,"' includes exclusive
performance footage from New York City's Gotham Hall and a
behind-the- scenes look at the life of this popstar.
In other words, it will
be a show rich with hip-shaking, high-energy lip-syncing and low
on intelligent discourse.
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look at this week’s top TV draws |
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MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 1 7 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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Check listings |
Syndicated |
“Wheel of Fortune” (G) |
Welcome to NBA week, with
current and former NBA and WNBA players. |
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8 p.m. |
ABC |
“Britney Spears: In the
Zone” (A) |
Is Britney actually always
on TV or does it just seem that way? |
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8 p.m. |
WB |
“Seventh Heaven” (D) |
Former “Family Ties”
star Meredith Baxter guest stars. |
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10 p.m. |
AMC |
“The AMC Project” (A) |
Two films from director
Peter Mattei in this monthly special series. |
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10 p.m. |
Hallmark Channel |
“M*A*S*H” (C/D) |
Yet another reairing of
the final episode, but always worth another watch. |
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 8 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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1 p.m. |
ESPN2 |
“Man vs. Machine World
Chess Championship” (S) |
Gary Kasparov versus the
supercomputer reaches its final and deciding match (No. 3). |
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8 p.m. |
NBC |
“Whoopi” (C) |
Diahann Carroll guest
stars. |
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8 p.m. |
History Channel |
“Men Who Killed Kennedy”
(A) |
Part one of six, profiling
JFK’s assassin(s) and the questions that remain about the
shooting. |
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8:30 p.m. |
UPN |
“All of Us” (C) |
Must be sweeps –
executive producer Will Smith guest stars. |
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10 p.m. |
Bravo |
“Queer Eye for the
Straight Guy” (R) |
“Still gay,” promise
the promos for Bravo’s most popular show, which returns with
new episodes after a monster summer run. |
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 9 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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8 a.m. |
A&E |
“Pride & Prejudice”
(M) |
OK, this isn’t the best
time slot. But any chance to watch this 1995 movie can’t be
missed. |
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8 p.m. |
NBC |
“Ed” (D/C) |
Burt Reynolds guest stars. |
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8 p.m. |
PBS |
“JFK: Breaking the News”
(N) |
Reporters who were there
remember the moments after the president was shot. |
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9 p.m. |
ABC |
“The Bachelor” (R) |
Bob makes his choice. |
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10 p.m. |
CBS |
“Victoria’s Secret
Fashion Show” (A) |
The now-annual sweeps
event at least gets an appropriate time slot this year. |
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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7 p.m. |
USA |
“House Wars” (R) |
Season finale. The
first-year show lets viewers vote on who should keep the house
the families have been working on. |
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8 p.m. |
ABC |
“The Bachelor: After the
Final Rose” (R) |
Wringing just a bit more
out of ABC’s most successful reality show. |
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8 p.m. |
BET |
“Walk of Fame” (A) |
Honoring Aretha Franklin. |
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9 p.m. |
Food Network |
“It’s Thanksgiving
From Martha’s Kitchen” (A) |
We saw what she can do to
a cabbage. Somebody hide the turkey. |
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Check listings |
ABC |
“The View” (T) |
Check out the candidates to
replace Lisa Ling as judgment day nears. |
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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7 a.m. |
ABC |
“Good Morning, America”
(T) |
Bob and his woman appear
just in time to quickly deny inevitable reports that they’ve
broken up. |
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3 p.m. |
Comedy Central |
“Action” (C) |
Fox’s short-lived,
hard-edged 1999 sitcom gets revived for a brief re-run. |
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8 p.m. |
UPN |
“Vibe Awards: Beats,
Style, Flavor” (A) |
Inaugural awards event
hosted by Queen Latifah. |
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8 p.m. |
Disney Channel |
“Full Court Miracle”
(M) |
Original movie. A black
coach teaches Jewish kids how to play basketball. |
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8:30 p.m. |
Speed |
“Gordon/Montoya Tradin’
Paint” (S) |
Racing stars Jeff Gordon
(NASCAR) and Juan Montoya (Formula One) do a “Trading Places”
thing. |
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9 p.m. |
Country Music Television |
“Morning After: 40
Greatest Drinking Songs” (A) |
There’s certainly enough
material to pick through. |
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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7 p.m. |
PBS |
“Great Performances:
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘Oklahoma!’” (A) |
It’s “X-Men” star
Hugh Jackman doing his best cowboy imitation. |
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8 p.m. |
ABC |
"Eloise at
Christmastime" (M) |
Original movie. Sequel of
sorts to last year’s Disney “Eloise” offering. |
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10 p.m. |
VH1 |
“Super Secret TV
Formulas” (R) |
The secret reason for the
plethora of wacky TV neighbors. |
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 |
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Time |
Network |
Program |
Description |
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8 p.m. |
Fox |
“The Simpsons” (C) |
The cartoon family visits
England, where Tony Blair provides a guest voice. |
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8 p.m. |
NBC |
“American Dreams” (D) |
Hilary and Haylie Duff
play the Shangri-Las. |
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8 p.m. |
TBS |
“National Lampoon’s
Thanksgiving Vacation” (M) |
Original movie. If you’re
really craving a National Lampoon holiday, you may be better off
with the classic “Christmas Vacation,” since this lacks the
“Vacation” cast. |
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9:30 p.m. |
Fox |
“Arrested Development”
(C) |
Alleged David Gest beater
Liza Minelli stops by. |
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A = Awards show or special,
C = comedy, D = drama, K = kids, M = movie, N =
News/Documentary, R = reality, S = Sports, T = Talk/Variety
show.
Source:
Media Life
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