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Your advent calendar of television
By Kate Torgovnick
Published: Dec 01, 2007
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Pushing Daisies
Wednesdays at 8pm, ABC
We were skeptical when it premiered, but this show about a guy whose touch brings people back from the dead makes us feel warm and gooey inside. Plus, Pee Wee Herman guest stars.
Super Skinny Me
Sunday, Dec. 2nd at 10pm, BBC America
Two British journalists try celebrity fad diets for a month the way Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonalds in Super Size Me. The results are just as scary.
Scrooged
Anytime you like, HBO OnDemand
It’s the time of year when Christmas movies play 24-hours a day. This is one of the few worth watching. A Christmas Story is acceptable, too.
Crowned
Series Premiere, Wednesday, Dec. 12th at 9pm, CW
Eleven mother-daughter teams compete in a beauty pageant reality show for $100,000. Women sleeping in curlers, bad talents and cat fights abound. A straight-up guilty pleasure.
Where’s Amelia Earhart?
Tuesday, Dec. 11th at 8pm, National Geographic Channel
This special tries to figure out what the heck happened to Amelia Earhart as she flew her solo mission around the globe. Some theories make sense (she crashed in the ocean) while others are far-fetched (she was a spy captured by the Japanese military).
The Real Housewives of Orange County
Tuesdays at 10pm, Bravo
Season three of the Real Housewives is destined to be the best. A festival of breast implants, insane purchases and dysfunctional kids.
Lost: Missing Pieces
Anytime you like, abc.com
Last season was frustrating, but we’re still not willing to give up on Lost. The show doesn’t premiere until 2008, so ABC has created webisodes that promise to reveal back-story that will help fill in the blanks.
Fashionably Late with Stacy London
Fridays at 10pm, TLC
Just when you got bored of What Not to Wear, Stacy London hits you with a late night show that mixes celeb interviews, fashion and makeovers into an addictive cocktail.
I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA
Saturday, Dec. 8th at 1:30pm, HBO
Animal testing is bad, but PETA goes as far as to think seeing-eye dogs are evil. This doc looks at founder Ingrid Newkirk, who’s built PETA into a $25 million operation. We’re hoping for the footage where she douses fur-clad fashionistas in red paint.
The Amazing Race
Sundays at 8pm, CBS
Root for pink tiger-print wearing Kynt and Vyxsin, the goth lesbians from Louisville, Kentucky.
Paranormal State
Series Premiere, Monday, Dec. 10th at 10pm, A&E
A reality show about the Penn State University Paranormal Research Society, a club that investigates ghosts, hauntings and other bizarre phenomenon. It’s the X-Files, lite.
Kate Torgovnick lives in the world's smallest apartment, yet has a 3x5 foot television. Suffice it to say, she watches it a lot. Kate also loves to write—she's an editor-at-large at Dame and her articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Jane, and Page Six Magazine. Her first book Cheer! (www.cheerthebook.com), about the intense world of college cheerleading, comes out on March 11th.
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