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The best stuff that Conan does, whether it was on the old Late Night or the new Tonight Show, is the out of the studio segments. This clip from last night isn't one of the video segments they usually do, there's a lot of special effects and fake stuff in the pictures, but it's still pretty funny. Conan really is the whitest man in the world (and kudos to Andy for agreeing to take off some or most of his clothes in sketches like this).

• At 8, ABC has a new Wipeout, followed by two new episodes of The Goode Family and a new The Unusuals.
• FOX has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance at 8.
• NBC has a new I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Outta Here at 8, then the second part of Inside The Obama White House and the season finale of Law and Order.
• At 9, TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne, followed by two new episodes of Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns.
• Discovery has a new Mythbusters at 9, then a new Pitchmen.
• A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter at 9, then two new episodes of Tattoo Highway.
• History Channel has a new MonsterQuest at 9.
• At 10, ESPN has a World Cup Qualifying Match, U.S. vs. Costa Rica.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Reno 911!

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• USA has an NCIS marathon all night.
• At 8, ABC has a new Scrubs, followed by new episodes of Better Off Ted, Lost (recap episode), and The Unusuals.
• FOX has a new Lie To Me at 8, then a new American Idol.
• The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8.
• PBS has a new Secrets of the Dead at 8, followed by Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures.
• Nickelodeon has a new iCarly at 8, followed by a new True Jackson, VIP.
• TNT has the Hawks/Heat game at 8, then the Hornets/Nuggets game.
• Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters at 9.
• Discovery has a new Time Warp at 8, then new episodes of Mythbusters and Pitchmen.
• At 10, CBS has a new Criminal Minds.
• TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne at 10.
• Comedy Central has a new South Park at 10, then a new Reno 911!
• Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
• TV Land has a new episode of The Cougar at 10.
• Also at 10: A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Danny already told you that ex-Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich might join the cast of the new NBC reality competition show I'm A Celebrity...Can I Get 15 More MInutes Of Fame, Please? I'll Even Eat A Bug If You Want Me To! Now the show has grabbed another cast member, former American Idol contestant Sanjaya.

If you're not familiar with the show that originated in Britian and aired a season on ABC in 2003, a bunch of celebrities are dropped in the jungle (in this case, Costa Rica) and have to survive using their wits, their charm, and ... their shiny white teeth, or something. Sanjaya and Blagojevich will be joined by Geraldo Rivera, Heidi and Spencer from The Hills, Dog The Bounty Hunter Duane Chapman, and model Janice Dickinson.

OK, the real title is I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Outta Here!, but you probably already knew that.

The article above says that Sanjaya released his memoirs a while back. His memoirs?!?

• At 8, ABC has a new Scrubs, followed by new episodes of Better Off Ted, Lost, and the series finale of Life on Mars.
• CBS has the April Fool's special I Get That A Lot at 8.
• FOX has new episodes of Lie To Me and American Idol.
• The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8.
• At 9, NBC has a new episode of Life.
• Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay at 9.
• Also at 9: Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters.
• At 10, Comedy Central has a new South Park, then the season premiere of Reno 911!
• FX has the season finale of Damages at 10.
• A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter at 10.
• MTV has a new Real World at 10.

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After the jump, the late night talk shows.

• At 8, CBS has a new Old Christine, then new episodes of Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY.
• NBC has a new Knight Rider at 8, followed by new episodes of Life and Law and Order.
• FOX has a new American Idol at 8.
• At 9, ABC has a new Lost, followed by a new Life on Mars.
• PBS has a new American Masters at 9.
• History Channel has a new MonsterQuest at 9.
• There's a new Spectacle on Sundance Channel at 9.
• Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters International at 9.
• Fine Living has a new Whatever, Martha at 9.
• At 10, FX has a new Damages.
• TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne at 10.
• A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter at 10.
• MTV has a new Real World at 10.
• Also at 10: Bravo has a new Top Chef.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Important Things with Demetri Martin.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

A new What's On Tonight, now with all of your Talk Talk late night listings included!

• At 8, FOX has a new Bones, followed by new episodes of 'Til Death and Do Not Disturb.
• NBC has a new America's Got Talent at 8.
• The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8.
• PBS has a new Live From Lincoln Center at 8.
• Nickelodeon has another new episode of My Family's Got GUTS at 8.
• At 9, ABC has 20/20: The Royal Family.
• Discovery has a new Mythbusters at 9, followed by a new Man vs. Wild.
• History Channel has a new MonsterQuest at 9.
• Sundance has a new Architecture School at 9.
• Showtime has a new Inside the NFL at 9.
• Also at 9: Bravo has a new Project Runway, followed by a new Top Design.
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, then two new episodes of Criss Angel Mindfreak.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible.
• FX has a new Sons of Anarchy at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Lewis Black's Root Of All Evil.

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After the jump, the late night show listings.

• More all-night coverage of the Republican National Convention on the news channels, some PBS channels, and CSPAN. Networks at 10.
• TCM has political movies all night.
• At 7, USA has The U.S. Open.
• At 8, FOX has the two-hour season premiere of Bones.
• CBS has a new Greatest American Dog at 8.
• The CW has the season premiere of America's Next Top Model at 8.
• Discovery has a new NextWorld at 8.
• At 9, FX has the series premiere of Sons of Anarchy.
• Bravo has a new Project Runway at 9.
  
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, followed by a new Criss Angel Mindfreak.
  
• At 10, Bravo has the season premiere of Top Design.
• There's a new Man vs. Wild on Discovery at 10.
• Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Lewis Black's Root of All Evil.

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• The news channels have the Democratic National Convention all night, with the main networks joining at 10.
• At 7, USA has more coverage of The U.S. Open.
• At 8, CBS has a new Greatest American Dog.
• NBC has a new, two-hour America's Got Talent at 8.
• Bravo has a new Project Runway at 9, then a new Shear Genius.
• Discovery Channel has a new NextWorld at 8, followed by a new Mythbusters.
• At 9, Sundance Channel has a new Architecture School.
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, then two new episodes of Criss Angel Mindfreak.
• At 10, Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible.
• At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Lewis Black's Root of All Evil.
• Also at 10:30: E! has a new Sunset Tan.

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• NBC has the Olympics all night.
• At 8, CBS has a new Great American Dog.
• ESPN has more Little League World Series coverage at 8.
• At 9, Bravo has a new Project Runway, followed by a new Shear Genius.
• Sci-Fi has a new Ghost Hunters International at 9, then two new episodes of Scare Tactics.
• Sundance has the series premiere of Architecture School at 9, followed by the series premiere of On The Road In America.
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, then two new episodes of Criss Angel Mindfreak.
• At 10, Food Network has the season premiere of Dinner: Impossible, with new host Michael Symon.

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• At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother.
• FOX has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance at 8.
• PBS has a new Click & Clack's As The Wrench Turns at 8, then a new NovascienceNOW.
• At 9, NBC has a new Baby Borrowers, followed by a new Celebrity Circus.
• A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter at 9.
• History Channel has Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight at 9.
• There's a new Costas Now on HBO at 9.
• Bravo has a new Project Runway at 9, then a new Shear Genius.
• At 10, ABC has a new Primetime: Crime.
• TruTV has a new Black Gold at 10.
• TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne at 10.
• Also at 10: Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible.

Check your local TV listings for more.

As A&E's Dog the Bounty Hunter begins filming it's fifth season, Boris Krutonug sues the network for royalties, salary and other compensation for season four. The actor who appeared in The Hunt for Red October and Air Force One filed papers in Manhattan at the state Supreme Court and said he's the shows creator and co-executive producer. Furthermore, he wants $5 million in damages. Krutonug says that David Hout and his companies Hybrid Films and D&D Television Productions breached contract with him.

Apparently, in 1995, Krutonug introduced himself to Dog and, believing Dog's life and work would make a great film or TV show, signed papers for exclusive rights. According to the court papers, Krutonog developed the show between 1995 and 2003. And to get permission to produce and air the show, A&E agreed to pay Boris Krutonog as a co-executive producer for the duration of the program. Dan Silberman, the spokesperson for the network, said he could not comment at this time.

Dog the Bounty Hunter will be finding its way back to the A&E network. The network executives who are his masters have decided to give Duane "Dog" Chapman a second chance after he was caught on tape saying racial slurs about one of his son's girlfriends. A&E spokeman Michael Feeney even said that he believed Chapman wasn't a racist.

The show involves Chapman and his crew (which includes his fifth wife Beth and some of his kids) chasing down bail jumpers in Hawaii and other states. He previously had gotten in trouble with the Mexican government for his actions (bounty hunting is illegal in that country).

When I think of Dog the Bounty Hunter, I tend to think of the satire done on an episode of South Park when Cartman played Dog (loved it when Cartman parodied the philosophical rhetoric of Chapman which he does while taking prisoners to jail). Reruns will begin on A&E on June 25th with original episodes starting a few weeks later.

You can't keep a good dog down, even after he's been outed using a racial slur about the woman his son is dating. Duane Chapman is returning to the airwaves.

I didn't think they'd cancel his show forever, any more than Imus was kept off the air for a similar remark. He did apologize to the African-American community. I recognize he used a racial slur in talking to his son, but his son then his turned around and sold the tape of him doing so to the National Enquirer. Also, the man has been married five times and has twelve kids. It sounds like a pretty f**ked up family to me.

I think the Chapman family should have its own reality show, a la The Osbournes. Perhaps he could hunt down escaped convicts during the day and return to his family at night where hijinks would ensue. It's a cross between the Brady family and the Manson family. There's my pitch. Think the networks would go for it?

And the good luck for Duane "Dog" Chapman and his acquaintances continues. Back in November of 2007 his A&E show Dog the Bounty Hunter was halted after some pretty racist comments he made to his son were publicized. Now, it looks like one of his sidekicks is in hot water for something else that came out in public.

Last Friday, Tim Chapman (no relation to Duane Chapman) turned himself into Honolulu authorities after a shopping center security guard found the reality star naked in his truck allegedly performing a lewd act. Once discovered, the guard asked Chapman to put on his clothes and get out of the truck. Instead, Chapman put on his clothes, started the truck and drove away, nearly hitting the security guard in the process. Police are investigating whether or not to charge Tim for his actions.