Thursday, August 17

9:00 NBC AMERICA'S GOT TALENT

Season finale! The winner gets a million dollars, and David Hasselhoff gets shipped back to Germany.

Saturday, August 19

9:00 LIF THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY

Sure, life isn't a fairy tale—but it could be worse. You could be Justin Guarini!

Sunday, August 20

8:00 FOX TEEN CHOICE AWARDS

Featuring Rihanna (EEEEEE!), Nelly Furtado (EEEEE!), and a performance by... KEVIN FEDERLINE?? (TOTALLY BARF!)

Monday, August 21

8:00 FOX PRISON BREAK

Season premiere! Bellick leads the guards on a hunt for the escaped prisoners—luckily they left a trail of BOOOORING!

Tuesday, August 22

10:00 OXY BREAKING UP WITH SHANNEN DOHERTY

Debut! Though I would love to break up with her, Shannen shows other people how to break up.

Wednesday, August 23

10:30 MTV TWO-A-DAYS

Debut! A documentary series on Alabama high-school football. (Something only slightly less scary than wearing meat underpants in a dog pound.)

Dr. Phil is not a fairy tale, either...

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