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Katie Denny

11 p.m. Fridays on VH1
Episode: Dec. 27

When you're good from the get go, the only place you can really go is down. That's exactly what has happened to VH1's "Best Week Ever."

Kianna Cole

10:30 p.m. Sundays on HBO

Season Finale Sunday Dec. 26

HBO has a tendency to deliver some racy, out there shows and this one is no different. I watched the season sporadically and did not get it until the end (kind of).
It's a mockumentary of a term in an Australian public school. The show was originally made for Australian television.

Ruth Spiegel

HBO: 8 p.m., Dec 29
Also: 9:45 p.m. Jan.1
12:30 p.m., Jan. 4
5 and 11:45 p.m., Jan. 7
12:45 p.m. Jan. 13.
2:45 p.m., Jan. 17
10 a.m. Jan 22.

This is a documentary about Sirio Maccioni, his wife and their three sons. It is a behind the scenes look at the ups and downs of their restaurant in New York City that entertains dignitaries, artists, celebrites and the New York social elite.

This documentary follows the owner and his three sons thru the closing of Le Cirque at the Palace Hotel following the 2004 New Years Eve bash through the rebirth in New York's Bloomberg Tower two years later.

Marietta Lachenauer

9:30 p.m,.Wednesdays on A&E
Episode: "Let it Snow," Dec. 31

Duane "Dog" Champman cracks me up! I absolutely love watching "Dog the Bounty Hunter." I do not know what draws me more to this show - Dog and Beth's crazy hairdos and outfits or Dog's sage advice. It truly is a toss-up.

Michael Aaron Gallagher

Episode: Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. on PBS

Could it be that dragons were not merely the product of medieval imaginations and fanciful story-telling? Does our world hold clues to the existence of these mysterious creatures, so marvelously depicted in paintings and ancient mythology?

Randy Kieffer

HBO, check local listings

You may not realize it from the abundance of professional black athletes today but there was a time when they weren't allowed to be on college football fields, or even on a university campus.

"BTH" takes you on a journey from the 1950s to the 1970s showing how black athletes were integrated into such colleges as USC, Maryland, and Alabama.

Kevin Kawa

9 p.m. Wednesdays on Fox
Premiering Jan. 21, "Pilot"

The new Fox drama "Lie to Me," premiering Jan. 21, was inspired by the scientific discoveries of Dr. Paul Ekman, a real life specialist who reads clues embedded in the human face, body and voice to expose both the truth and lies in criminal investigations.
The show stars Tim Roth ("Reservoir Dogs" and "Funny Games"), in a role that seems like a nearly perfect match for the actor's somewhat snarky persona.

Kevin Kawa

11:30 a.m. Mondays on Nickelodeon
Premiering Jan. 26, "Olivia Measures Up" and "Olivia Plays Hotel"

Based on Ian Falconer's award-winning titles, "Olivia" is the latest addition to Nickelodeon's preschool lineup.