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What to Watch on Tuesday: "Glee" takes on "Rocky Horror Picture Show"

Glee (8pm, Fox) - The glee kids perform their version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," despite Sue's scheming, after Will learns that Emma's a big fan of the 1975 cult-classic movie. John Stamos and "Horror Show" alums Barry Bostwick and Meat Loaf guest star.

No Ordinary Family (8pm, ABC) - Daphne worries about the moral implications of her telepathy when she thinks a classmate and a teacher may be having an affair. Also, Stephanie finds reasons to doubt JJ's assertion that he doesn't have any superpowers.

Raising Hope (9pm, Fox) - We get a full hour of the colorful Chance family tonight. First up, Jimmy offers to take the place of Sabrina's boyfriend when he can't attend her coworker's Halloween party, and Virginia takes Maw-Maw trick-or-treating. Then Jimmy recieves a box of videos of Hope's mother (Bijou Phillips) in prison, and ponders showing them to his daughter.

In Treatment (9pm, HBO) - Debut night number two. Tonight's 9pm episode features NC School of the Arts grad Dane Dehaan, and the 9:30pm episode introduces Amy Ryan as Dr. Weston's therapist.

Detroit 1-8-7 (10pm, ABC) - Fitch, Washington, Stone and Sanchez investigate the murder of a young woman in her SUV while her 2-year-old child was hidden in the back of the vehicle. Longford and Mahajan, meanwhile, look into the death of a college janitor who had drugs in his system.

The Good Wife (10pm, CBS) - Does this sound familiar? A massage therapist accuses a Nobel Peace Prize winner of sexual assault, but Alicia and the firm's partners aren't sure if they want to take the case. Meanwhile Peter and Eli become concerned over a third candidate in the state attorney race.

What to Watch on Tuesday: "Glee" gets down with Jesus

No Ordinary Family (8pm, ABC) - Jim and Stephanie agree to keep their powers under wraps, but Jim uses his abilities to hunt for bank robbers and Stephanie reverts to using her super speed.

Glee (8pm, Fox) - Word on the street is that tonight's episode is much better than last week's weak Britney Spears mess. Word also says the episode is sure to be pretty  controversial. In the episode, titled "Grilled Cheesus," Finn has an existential crisis when he thinks he sees the face of Jesus in a grilled cheese sandwich. Then the glee kids engage in a theological discussion after rallying around Kurt when he faces a crisis of his own. The episode will feature songs with a religious theme, such as REM's "Losing My Religion," Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young," Joan Osbourne's "One of Us," and Barbra Streisand's "Papa Can You Hear Me."

Raising Hope (9pm, Fox) - Virginia's family convinces her that she is a hoarder, and they set about babyproofing the house because Hope has learned to crawl.

The Good Wife (10pm, CBS) - Whew, we're still thinking about last week's steamy bathroom scene with Peter and Alicia (set to NPR's "All Things Considered," no less). Tonight Alicia goes up against her former colleague Cary in court when she defends an Army reservist accused of murdering his wife.

Caprica (10pm, Syfy) - In the season premiere, Clarice visits Gememon to pitch a terrorist attaack to the STO leadership, while Daniel has a meeting with the Ha'La'Tha where he seeks support for creating a virtual afterlife.

What to Watch on Tuesday: Britney Spears on "Glee" and "Good Wife" returns

Glee (8pm, Fox) - Britney Spears appears as herself in an episode in which Schuester does not want the kids doing a Britney Spears routine. Could we get a battle of the brains between Britney and Brittany (Heather Morris, left). Reports are that the two Brits will sing "Me Against the Music" together. Also, Schuester is jealous of Emma's new dentist boyfriend,  played by John Stamos.

Baseball: Tenth Inning (8pm, UNC-TV) - In the follow-up to Ken Burns' "Baseball" documentary (1994), the filmmaker explores the crippling baseball strike of 1994, the influx of international players, Cal Ripken's consecutive-games streak, and the home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. This is part one of two parts.

No Ordinary Family (8pm, ABC) - The premiere of an entertaining adventure drama about an ordinary family that develops super powers after a plane crash in the Amazon. Stars Michael Chiklis ("The Shield") and Julie Benz ("Dexter"). Here's our review.

Stargate Universe (9pm, Syfy) - In the Season 2 opener, Rush devises a risky plan to use radiation from the binary pulsar to force the Lucian Alliance to cede control of Destiny. If you watch this show, I assume you know what that means. 

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What to Watch on Tuesday: Big night for Fox and cops

NCIS (8pm, CBS) - In the eighth season opener, the Reynosa cartel tries to hurt Gibbs by going after those he loves, and Gibbs must take extreme stesp to protect them from harm.

Glee (8pm, Fox) - Always with the budget cuts. In the Season 2 opener, the glee club faces more budget cuts while trying to recruit new members. The most interesting thing about tonight's debut is the introduction of the school's new football coach, who promises to be a formidable opponent for Sue Sylvester. Here's more on tonight's premiere episode.

Biggest Loser (8pm, NBC) - Season 10 has Bob and Jillian leading community-wide fitness challenges in seven cities as part of the season's "Pay it Forward" theme.

Raising Hope (9pm, Fox) - From the creator of "My Name is Earl," a funny new pilot about a somewhat coarse working-class family adjusting to the sudden addition of a new baby. Read our review of "Raising Hope."

 

Keep reading for more of tonight's big premieres.

"Glee" returns with interesting new faces

"Glee" returns for its second season tonight, and it looks like making regionals last year (even if they did lose), has done nothing to make those singing divas more popular or accepted among their peers.

Seems it's just too hard to shake that "loser" tag, and Jacob Ben Israels's muckracking blog picking apart all their collective and individual weaknesses hasn't helped them any. Jacob's ambush reporting techniques, which open the show, get that "still losers" point across while bringing us up to date on stuff that happened over the summer. (And aren't we all hoping Mr. Shuester takes to heart Jacob's critique that the club's song selections sound like they came "from a drag queen's iPod," and also that Shue will read the forum devoted to students begging him to stop rapping?)

Jimmy Fallon's "Glee" opening to Emmy show (VIDEO)

Best opening to the Emmy Awards show ever.

 

2010 Emmy recap: Party time at AMC, HBO

The stars are working the Red Carpet now, heading inside for the big night. From the limited bit I've seen so far, it sounds like navy blue is big color this year. Here's a photo gallery that will be updated several times tonight.

Starting the live recaps at 8pm. Check in periodically for updates!

8pm: GREATEST. EMMY. OPENING. EVER.  Host Jimmy Fallon took the kids from "Glee" and at least one person from a bunch of other shows and did a terrific song and dance number to Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." Betty White gave Jon Hamm dance lessons and then Hamm sang a bit (Jon Hamm singing Springsteen? I can die happy now). Jorge Garcia from "Lost," Joel McHale from "Community," Tim Gunn from "Project Runway," Tina Fey from "30 Rock" -- perfection.

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Bill Maher's "New Rules" for this weekend's Emmys

Bill Maher fans love the New Rules segment of his HBO show, "Real Time with Bill Maher." It's the part of the show where he basically rants about people and policies that irritate him.

Maher gave The Hollywood Reporter a list of New Rules for people attending this Sunday's Emmy Awards show.

An example: New Rule: Please spare me the 40-minute dissertation on how fabulous "Glee" is. It's 2010. You can just come right out and say you're gay.

Maher has been nominated for 26 Emmys, including four this year for "Real Time."

Read more of Maher's New Rules at The Hollywood Reporter website.

Behold the "Glee" comic book

Are you ready for a "Glee" comic book?

Bluewater Productions brings you Fame: The Cast of Glee comic book as part of their ongoing series of "biography comics." The 32-page comic book looks at the lives of the actors and creative talent involved with the Fox show.

The book will be released in November and will retail for $3.99.

Bluewater has also published (separate) comic books on Michelle Obama and Sarah Palin.

More images from the comic book are at RadarOnline.

Click below for a larger look at the cover.

Jane Lynch to host SNL

Big news to fans of "Glee" -- and to fans of just plain funny: Movieline.com reports that Jane Lynch will host "Saturday Night Live" on October 9th!

Lynch plays the acerbic cheerleading sponser Sue Sylvester on the Fox hit, and she's also pretty well known for comic roles in movies such as "Best in Show" and "The 40 Year Old Virgin."

Okay, SNL writers. Bring your "A" game!

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