NAACP Image Awards (8pm, NBC) - The 43rd annual gala that honors achievement in the arts presents this year's NAACP Vanguard Award to "Red Tails" executive producer George Lucas. Performers include Lenny Kravitz and Jill Scott. Chances you'll get to see Viola Davis make a speech? Pretty darn good!
Shark Tank (8pm, ABC) - Products include a wedge pillow designed to allow women with large breasts to sleep comfortably on their stomachs and a way to deal with missing garbage can lids.
One Moment in Time: The Life and Times of Whitney Houston (9pm, ABC) - A retrospective that includes an interview Whitney gave to Diane Sawyer in 2002. That would be the infamous "crack is whack" interview.
Fringe (9pm, Fox) - A patient with a mental disorder seems to be linked to a series of murders, but the ensuing investigation helps Olivia discover even more surprises.
Blue Bloods (10pm, CBS) - A thief is shot and killed after robbing a family and beating them, which makes the Reagans ponder how far they would go to protect their loved ones. Meanwhile, Frank struggles with charges brought against a girl arrested at a rally due to her identity.
Real Time with Bill Maher (10pm, HBO) - Maher's guests include Eliot Spitzer, Alexandra Wentworth, Steve Moore, and Erin McPike.
90210 (8pm, CW) - In the Season 4 premiere, Naomi adjusts her lower social status at college while also digesting the news of her pregnancy. Also, Adrianna wants to redeem herself and Dixon needs a place to live.
ABC's "World News with Diane Sawyer" has spent a lot of time lately talking about products made in the USA and how buying more locally made products can put Americans back to work.
awaits a post-date phone call from Dr. Bill.
CSI Miami (8pm, CBS) - A millionaire is murdered and the investigation leads to an elite dating service. Ryan goes undercover and poses as a rich businessman to expose the truth behind the business. Because crime scene technicians do things like that. Sigh.
Stand Up to Cancer (8pm) - Network news anchors Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, and Brian Williams host a fundraiser for cancer research which is airing on several major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Discovery Health, VH1). There's a musical performance by Stevie Wonder, Natasha Bedingfield, Queen Latifah, Martina McBride, Aaron Neville, and Dave Stewart. Also appearing are celebrities who are themselves cancer fighters and survivors, including Raleigh native Michael C. Hall, Sharon Osbourne, Maura Tierney, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sofia Vergara, Christina Applegate, Lance Armstrong, Fran Drescher, and Ethan Zohn.
Tonight's 6:30 national news on ABC ws the final broadcast of Charles "Charlie" Gibson.
Tomorrow will be the last early morning for "Good Morning America" teammates Diane Sawyer and Chris Cuomo.
A couple of hours before "20/20" broadcast the interview of singer Rihanna by Diane Sawyer, I was involved in a three-way, sometimes loud, discussion about the Rihanna/Chris Brown incident.