For the record: I have had and loved a dog, two cats, several gerbils, a bird and goldfish.
I'm an animal lover.
I like people too. Which is why, in part, I decided to check out "The Michael Vick Project" last night on BET. (It will air every Tuesday at 10 p.m.) It's an eight-part documentary series telling Vick's story since he served time in jail for running a dogfighting ring.
Tonight at 10, "Dogtown" returns to the National Geographic Channel, and continues to tell the story of the dogs rescued from the dogfighting ring financed by football player Michael Vick.
You'll learn about Cherry, (that's him pictured) a dog that was either kept in his cage all his life or, because he's docile, used as bait for the fighting dogs.
When you're a celebrity who has messed up or is in need of a career boost, the antidote is the reality show.
So it shouldn't be a surprise that Michael Vick is partnering with BET for an eight-part docu-series scheduled to air early next year, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Tentatively titled "The Michael Vick Project" the show willl spotlight his comeback with the Philadelphia Eagles and deal with his past, including his childhood and his 2007 arrest for funding a dogfighting ring.
Olympic gold medal swimmer and NC State grad Cullen Jones appears in one of the segments on tonight's (10 p.m.) September premiere of HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel."
"The Swim Gap" explores the relationship between race and swimming in the U.S., and Jones' mission to bring down the number of African-Americans who don't know how to swim.
That gap is significant -- black children drown at a rate more than three times greater than whites and as many as 75 percent of African-Americans don't know how to swim.
60 Minutes (7pm, CBS) - NFL Today anchor James Brown interviews dog murderer Michael Vick (left), who was recently released from prison and then signed with the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this week. Also, Steve Kroft profiles the British rock group Coldplay and interviews Chris Martin.
Shark Tank (9pm, ABC) - The sharks hear an idea about a life-saving product, a new learning technique, and a gourmet food brand.
Drop Dead Diva (9pm, Lifetime) - Former CSI star Jorja Fox guest stars as a woman with a 20-year-old arrest warrant who goes to Jane for help.
My Antonio (10pm, VH1) - Former Calvin Klein underwear model Antonio Sabato Jr is looking for love on a television show. His mom is helping. Read Antonio's interview with Happiness is a Warm TV.
P. Diddy's Starmaker (10pm, MTV) - Yet another Diddy show with young entertainers hoping to make it big.
Mad Men (10pm, AMC) - The third season opener has the folks at Sterling Cooper adjusting to the company's merger with a British firm, while Don and Sal travel to Baltimore for a meeting with London Fog.
Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami (10pm, E!) - In this "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" spinoff, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian leave Calabasas, California, to open a new Dash store in Miami. In addition to the new store, Khloe is also working on a new career as a late night radio personality. The first show has everything you might expect from these two: screaming, cursing, name-calling, drinking, tantrums, inappropriate make-out sessions . . .
Reality Hell (10:30pm, E!) - A new reality show in which unwitting reality show contestants compete on fake reality shows. The point of all this seems to be to humiliate the constestants who are in the dark. If you enjoy shows that make fools of people, you will like this.
