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The vice-presidential debate will take over on four of the nets (as well as the cable news nets) at 9 p.m. Really the CW’s episodes shine tonight, so they’ll get top billing.
The CW: Smallville — Oliver (a.k.a. Green Arrow) falls ill and experiences delerium about his time on the island, how he met Tess, and how he learned to fight with a bow and arrow to survive), while Clark and Chloe race to save his life. Chloe makes a decision in helping Oliver that shocks Clark. For more, click here.
Supernatural — Dean goes back in time and sees his parents …read more

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ABC: Ugly Betty – Betty finally has to make her choice between Henry and Gio. And Lindsay Lohan is back. Honestly, if her performance is as good as the previews, she might want to consider a full-time sitcom gig.
Grey’s Anatomy – If you’ve seen any of the preview commercials with Grey’s during and after the Emmy’s, you already know what’s going to ruin Derek and Meredith’s morning-after glow. Also, Cristina’s intrigued by a guy who comes in as a trauma patient. It’s about time Sandra Oh gets another love interest!
CBS: Survivor: Gabon – The castaways are stuck in Africa this …read more

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Can you make a hit TV series out of a movie that was in theaters in 2002? Jennifer Lopez seems to think so, as she exec-produces a new ABC project based on the Cinderella-in-the-city tale she starred in six years ago, “Maid in Manhattan“.
The show, which is destined to match up with Salma Hayek’s “Ugly Betty“, will focus more on the starring role of a Latina maid’s relationships with coworkers than on any particular love interest.
In fact, pilot writer Chad Hodge said it will bear more resemblance to the classic Brit series, “Upstairs, Downstairs“. If Hodge is smart, he’ll …read more

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Now here’s a way to work through the pain of a broken engagement. Salma Hayek and her producing partner, Jose Tamez, are teaming up with Merv Griffith Productions to develop a reality show based around weddings, sez Variety.
Hayek, probably best known for her interlude with a snake for “From Dusk Till Dawn“, recently split with her fiance, billionaire and babydaddy Francois-Henri Pinault. Most women would shy away from any reminder of a would-be wedding of their own. But Hayek, who also developed “Ugly Betty”, clearly isn’t most women.

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