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• At 8, FOX has the Sprint Cup: Budweiser Shootout NASCAR race.
• TNT has the movie Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story at 8.
• Nickelodeon has a new iCarly at 8, then new episodes of iCarly,True Jackson, VIP, The Naked Brothers Band, and The Penguins of Madagascar.
• HGTV has a new Divine Design at 8, followed by new episodes of Design on a Dime and Color Splash.
• Also at 8: TCM has Casablanca.
• At 9, CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show.
• At 11, FOX has a new Talk Show with Spike Feresten, with Dana Carvey and Perez Hilton.
• At 11:30, NBC has a new Saturday Night Live, with Bradley Cooper and TV on the Radio.
  

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• HGTV has Christmas programming all night.
• SoapNet has old Christmas episodes of General Hospital all night.
• At 8, NBC has a new, two-hour Deal Or No Deal.
• TNT has the Cavaliers/Wizards game at 8, followed by the Mavericks/Trailblazers game.
• Comedy Central has Bad Santa at 8.
• Alton Brown makes cookies on Good Eats at 8, on Food Network.
• Nickelodeon has Christmas episodes of various shows starting at 8: iCarly, SpongeBob, Home Improvement, George Lopez, and more.
• Also at 8: Disney has Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas.
• TCM has Casablanca at 8, then The Big Sleep.
• At 9, Hallmark has the movie Our First Christmas.
• TLC has two Christmas episodes of Little People, Big World at 9.
• Lifetime has the movie A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride at 9.
• At 11, Lifetime has two Christmas episodes of Will & Grace.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk show listings.

• At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty.
• FOX has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader at 8, followed by a new Don't Forget The Lyrics.
• TCM has Casablanca at 8, then From Here To Eternity.
• G4 has a new X-Play at 8.
• At 8:30, HGTV has a new Carter Can, then a new Divine Design.
• Hallmark has a new movie at 9, Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder.
• At 9, NBC has a new Celebrity Apprentice, then a new ER.
• ESPN2 has coverage of The Australian Open starting at 9.
• Also at 9: Spike has a new TNA Impact!
• At 10, CBS has a new Without A Trace.
• ABC has a new Big Shots at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

(S06E06) I always like the titles for The Dead Zone: They usually have a double entendre happening, and last night's episode is no exception: Switch for train switches on train tracks, and also for the switch Maggie pulls with the diamond necklace. Johnny helps a beautiful woman get her ticket out of the machine, and therefore ensures his interest in her when he touches her and sees her being thrown from the train.

Maggie is a smart chick and she immediately dismisses Johnny's "I'm psychic," schtick with some pretty apt predictions about other passengers on her own. I thought she read Johnny pretty accurately, too. Of course, she is good at reading people because she is a grifter. She is a female version of Sawyer from Lost, only much nicer.