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I thought I'd get this in before we get too far away from the Republican National Convention.

Conan O'Brien sent Triumph The Insult Comic Dog to St. Paul last week to cover the convention, and as usual the results are hilarious. He manages to get an interview with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. Well, at first Cooper just sends him a note from across the convention hall (I won't spoil for you what the note says) but Triumph finally gets a face-to-face interview with Cooper, where he lays down an awesome dig at MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews that Cooper laughs at (Cooper should be looking at Triumph during the interview but keeps looking at Robert Smigel instead).

Triumph also gets Wolf Blitzer. Actually, Wolf doesn't talk to Triumph, but that doesn't stop the dog from thanking Blitzer for keeping his porn name even after he got into journalism. There's also a mention of Law and Order, thanks to Fred Thompson, and he screams to Greta van Susteren and other pundits and hosts.

After the jump is the video (in two parts).

Before we jump right into things, let's take a moment to think about just how amazing these past two weeks of Daily Show have been. The program has always been pretty solid, but both the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention have provided beautiful fodder for both Jon and the correspondents, who seem to have finally hit their stride. This particular group of correspondents works best when they're all teamed up, and it really showed during convention coverage. From Jason Jones and Samantha Bee sucking face in front of hapless interviewees to Rob Riggle and Wyatt Cenac grillin' up some arugula in an elitist parking lot. TDS is taking another break next week and, boy, do they deserve it.

"Sarah Palin: Vet This!": More of that thrilling Republican National Convention coverage. I think I either underestimated just how super-snarky the right is or I just missed a hefty chunk of all the jackassery from the convention coverage. I mean, Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani mocking my community service alone would probably leave me in a serious case of playground tears.

• It's the last night of the Republican National Convention, and the news channels, some PBS stations, and CSPAN will have all-night coverage. The networks join in at 10.
• NBC has football at 7, the Redskins vs. the Giants.
• At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother.
• FOX has the two-hour season premiere of Kitchen Nightmares at 8.
• USA finishes their coverage of the U.S. Open at 8.
• Discovery Channel has two new episodes of Some Assembly Required at 8, then a new Destroyed in Seconds.
• At 10, Comedy Central has a new Gong Show, followed by a new Reality Bites Back.
• Sundance Channel has a new Live From Abbey Road at 10.
• Also at 10: Spike has a new TNA Impact.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Some correspondents reported on the real reason why Republicans have gathered in Minnesota, and as it turns out, it's just to check out Larry Craig's old Minnesota airport stall. I think most audience members missed John Oliver's sneaky tweaking of the word "clockwork", unfortunately. However, the audience didn't miss any of Jason Jones' stall activities, which were especially disturbing, whereas Aasif Mandvi's handicap stall antics were just fabulous. I wonder if those dancers were just hapless interns roped into a scene. Also, the dancing reminded me of a beautiful moment from one of Stephen Colbert's old Daily Show reports, forever immortalized in this hypnotizing GIF. In other news, The Daily Show must be the only reason why Jimmy Dean Chocolate Chip Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick is still in existence.

• 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.

Check your local TV listings for more.

The Daily Show team must be exhausted. Last week was Tuesday through Friday on-location coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Colorado, and this week is the same from the Republican National Convention in Minnesota. I can't even imagine how new mommy-again Samantha Bee has been handling this, returning at the busiest time in months.

• The news channels, some PBS channels, and CSPAN have coverage of the Republican National Convention all night. The networks join in at 10.
• At 7, USA has coverage of The U.S. Open.
• At 8, NBC has a new, two-hour America's Got Talent.
• The CW has the series premiere of 90210 at 8.
• ABC Family has The Secret Life of an American Teenager at 8, then a new Greek.
• ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker starting at 8.
• At 8:40, BBC America has a new Gavin & Stacey.
• At 9, ABC has a new Wanna Bet?
• CBS has a new Big Brother at 9.
• There's a new Food Detectives on Food Network at 9.
• At 10, FX has the season premiere of The Shield.
• A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner at 10.
• E! has a new Pam on the Loose at 10.
• Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
• Also at 10: Bravo has the season premiere of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Our Monday morning roundup of a half dozen things TV Squad readers - and TV fans in general - will be talking about this week.

1. Season Premieres. Prison Break (tonight at 8pm on FOX), Gossip Girl (tonight at 8pm on The CW), One Tree Hill (tonight at 9pm on The CW), The Shield (Tuesday at 10pm on FX), Bones (Wednesday at 8pm on FOX), America's Next Top Model (Wednesday at 8pm on The CW), Top Design (Wednesday at 10pm on Bravo), Kitchen Nightmares (Thursday at 8 on FOX), Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? (Friday at 8pm on FOX), Cops (Saturday at 8pm on FOX), Football Night in America and Sunday Night Football (Sunday at 7pm on NBC), and Entourage (Sunday at 10pm on HBO).

2. Series Premieres. Raising The Bar (tonight at 10pm on TNT), 90210 (Tuesday at 8pm on The CW), Privileged (Tuesday at 9pm on The CW), Sons of Anarchy (Wednesday at 10pm on FX), Hole in the Wall (Sunday at 8 on FOX), and True Blood (Sunday at 9pm on HBO.)

3. Republican National Convention. Important for the usual reasons, but also because Hurricane Gustav might affect what goes on at the convention and who shows up. (All week on the cable news channels and CSPAN and Monday-Thursday at 10pm on the networks.)

4. Stand Up To Cancer. ABC, CBS, and NBC (though not FOX or The CW) join forces on one night to raise money. (Friday at 8pm.)

5. Swingtown season finale. Or is that the series finale? (Friday at 10pm on CBS)

6. U.S. Open Finals. Will it be Federer vs. Nadal again? We know it won't be a Williams/Williams women's final because they're in the same half. (Women's Final: Saturday at 8pm on CBS. Men's Final: Sunday at 4pm - or whenever football gets over - on CBS.)