What to Watch Friday, Sept. 26

'2008 Presidential Debate'
(9PM, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox)
With the presidential race essentially deadlocked, tonight voters get a chance to see candidates John McCain and Barack Obama go head-to-head live during the first presidential debate of the 2008 election season.

PBS newser Jim Lehrer travels to the University of Mississippi in Oxford to play moderator of the event, which will find the candidates answering questions (or craftily trying to avoid answering them, as the case may be) about the economy, their plans for handling the ongoing financial market scandals, taxes, foreign policy, their political experience and their running mates.

With the election a little less than six weeks away, tonight's debate -- the first of three before Nov. 4 -- could tip the scales for either contender, a la the famous 1980 Reagan/Carter debate and the Kennedy/Nixon debates of 1960.


'2008 Presidential Debate'
(9PM, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox)
With the presidential race essentially deadlocked, tonight voters get a chance to see candidates John McCain and Barack Obama go head-to-head live during the first presidential debate of the 2008 election season.

PBS newser Jim Lehrer travels to the University of Mississippi in Oxford to play moderator of the event, which will find the candidates answering questions (or craftily trying to avoid answering them, as the case may be) about the economy, their plans for handling the ongoing financial market scandals, taxes, foreign policy, their political experience and their running mates.

With the election a little less than six weeks away, tonight's debate -- the first of three before Nov. 4 -- could tip the scales for either contender, a la the famous 1980 Reagan/Carter debate and the Kennedy/Nixon debates of 1960.

'Gone Country'
(8PM, CMT) 2nd season finale
Mikalah Gordon struck out on 'American Idol,' but she might just end up a winner on 'GC.'

'Grizzly Man Diaries'
(9PM, Animal Planet) series finale
In what would be his final journal entry, Timothy Treadwell writes about a tragically prophetic nightmare in which he was eaten alive by a bear.

'Stargate Atlantis'
(10PM, Sci Fi)
There's a hidden lab afoot, and one Dr. Daniel Jackson is going to pay a little visit to help find it.

'Star Stories: Britney Spears'
(9:20PM, BBCA)
This cheeky fake celeb bio series may not spill the truth, but the 'Star Stories' re-enactments of celebs' most embarrassing moments are often far more fun than the real happenings. And often far less scandalous.

'2008 Tour of Gymnastics Superstars'
(8PM, MNT)
Let's get ready to tummmmmble! Olympics favorites Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson and Alicia Sacramone show the skills that nabbed them silver medals in Beijing.


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