America's Got Talent (8pm, NBC) -  In the season 4 finale, a winner is announced and takes home $1 million. British singer Susan Boyle will perform, as will Shakira, Leona Lewis and Rascal Flatts. 

The Beautiful Life (9pm, CW) - Tonight is the pilot for a new CW show exec produced by Ashton Kutcher about up-and-coming models in the New York fashion world. Sara Paxton, Elle Macpherson, and Mischa Barton (all at left) star.

Glee (9pm, Fox) - Will neglects the Glee club while forming an all-male acapela group, so the kids hire a well-known choreographer to assist them. Josh Groban stars as himself.

BIO Remembers Patrick Swayze (10pm, A&E) - A special look back at the life of late actor Patrick Swayze. There's also a marathon of Swayze's A&E tv show "The Beast" from 2pm-6pm, and again at 11pm. "The Beast" aired on A&E last season.

The funniest thing I've seen in late night (or even semi-late night) recently comes from where you might least expect: Jimmy Fallon.

I complain all the time that SNL has never spoofed Bravo's "Real Housewives" series, opting instead to repeat stale oldies like "MacGruber." Each "Housewives" city has its own flavor, and the ridiculous women featured make the shows a fertile ground for mocking. Well, SNL shouldn't even bother now. While I love the Bonnie Hunt/Niecy Nash take on Atlanta's Kim & NeNe, Jimmy Fallon has come up with a spoof that should put all others to rest.

Behold the "Real Housewives of Late Night."

Biggest Loser (8pm, NBC) - Tonight is the season premiere and three of the sixteen folks on the show are from NC (Antoine Dove, Daniel Wright, and Tracey Yukich). They'll be working to lose weight and get back on the healthy track, and we'll be recapping the show, so check back with us tomorrow!

Big Brother 11 (9pm, CBS) - It's finally over! Jordan Lloyd (right) and Kevin compete for HoH and the winner gets to evict one person from the house. Then jury members question the final two and select a winner. Of course we're hoping Jordan, from Matthews, N.C., wins it all, but even if she doesn't, she's done amazingly well. Good job, Jordan.

Shaq Vs. (9pm, ABC) - Shaq takes on Olympic swimming machine Michael Phelps. Phelps will be heavily handicapped to give Shaq a prayer.

The Jay Leno Show (10pm, NBC) - Jay has Michael Moore, Tom Cruise, and Cameron Diaz.

Flipping Out (10pm, Bravo) - Jeff falls ill and accuses Zoila of poisoning him, so Jenni has to take over for him on job sites.

You've been reacquainted with Daniel Wright and got to know a little about Antoine Dove.

Now let us introduce you to Tracey Yukich, the third Tar Heel appearing on the latest round of "The Biggest Loser," which premieres tonight at 8.

Born and raised in Raleigh, Tracey attended Athens Drive High School. (Back then, she was Tracey Upchurch.)

The homemaker and mother of four says her parents still live in Raleigh, but Yukich lives in Allen,
Texas, because her husband is in the Marines Corps.

Last week, we featured returning NC contestant Daniel Wright from "The Biggest Loser" (which returns Tuesday on NBC at 8 p.m.)

Today we talk with Dudley's Antoine Dove, the second of three NC contestants on the show.

At 23, Antoine came to the biggest loser about 100 pounds overweight, at 367 pounds.

He says he believes that taking his quest to lose the weight public was what it was going to take to tackle it.

With North Carolina ranking # 12 when it comes to rate of adult obesity, it should be no surprise that we've been represented a couple of times on NBC's hit "The Biggest Loser."

This year, there are 3 folks from our great state on the show, making the stories of transformation and perseverance feel a little more personal.

The contestants are Tracey Yukich, a stay-at-home mom who was born in Raleigh; Antoine Dove, who's from Dudley; and Daniel Wright from Willow Springs. The show returns Tuesday at 8 p.m. Today, a chat with Daniel.

The latest issue of Time magazine has a cover story by TV critic James Poniewozik in which Poniewozik asserts that Jay Leno is the future of television.

He may very well be right, but God help us. Or God help me, at least. 

Ever since NBC announced that Leno would be taking his bland late night antics into primetime five nights a week, I've been stewing over the subsequent loss of 5 weekly hours of scripted dramas. To make room, NBC has already had to send two of their "Law & Order" shows to earlier timeslots (will the decidedly adult themes of the . . .

Networks are announcing special broadcasts remembering Sen. Ted Kennedy, who passed away early this morning.

So far...

At 7pm, CNN will air HBO's 2009 documentary, "Teddy in His Own Words" in a two-hour special hosted by Campbell Brown.

Katie Couric is hosting a special on CBS called "Ted Kennedy, the Last Brother," which features Kennedy interviews with Ed Bradley and Leslie Stahl. That will air at 8pm.

On ABC, Diane Sawyer and Charlie Gibson will host "Remembering Ted Kennedy" at 10pm.

NBC's Brian Williams is broadcasting a special 1-hour "Nightly News" show live from Hyannis Port.

MSNBC is showing a first look at Chris Matthews' "The Kennedy Brothers: A Hardball Documentary" at 11pm. The documentary is also scheduled to run Thursday night. 

More updates as we hear...

Ed Mitchell, esteemed pitmaster at Raleigh's The Pit restaurant, appeared in a rib showdown this morning on NBC's "Today" show. Mitchell went up against Kenny Callaghan, a pitmaster at the New York City restaurant Blue Smoke, and BBQ cookbook author Chris Lilly.

Each ribmaster demonstrated their recipe and cooking technique (Lilly uses cherries and blackberries in his sauce, for goodness sake) and then Matt Lauer, Meredith Viera, and Ann Curry judged the results. (Check out all of the recipes).

Surprise, surprise, the "Today" show homers picked NYC's Callaghan, who prepared Texas style beef ribs. As the judges convened, Lauer can be heard telling Viera and Curry, "I"m going with number 2," Callaghan's beef ribs. Curry also points to number two and says, "I'm here," and Viera responds, "Okay, you win then."

Apparently, Meredith Viera preferred a different rib, and we like to think it was Ed's. 

You can watch the segment below.

Big Brother 11 (8pm, CBS) - Apparently this show is on about every other night. Tonight, the house's first nomination for eviction is announced. Will it be our local girl, Jordan Lloyd?

Drop Dead Diva (9pm, Lifetime) - A new series from Lifetime that puts a girly twist on the Warren Beatty film "Heaven Can Wait," except with dead models and lawyers. Read Adrienne's "Drop Dead Diva" review. It sounds great. Margaret Cho stars.

Meteor (9pm, NBC) - A scientist, played by Christopher Lloyd, discovers that a meteor named Kassandra is on a collision course with the earth, while smaller meteor showers ahead of Kassandra create havoc in American cities. Stacy Keach also stars. First part of a two-part series.

Entourage (10:30, HBO) - The 6th season premiere finds the gang back on top again, with Vince awaiting the premiere of his prestigious new "Gatsby" film, which was directed by none other than Martin Scorsese. What's the same? Eric is still pining over Sloane, and Drama is still working hard to maintain his D-list career. What's different? Turtle is actually dating a hot starlet (Jamie-Lynn Sigler as herself) who is really into him, and Lloyd, hoping to advance his career, gives Ari an ultimatum. Gary Cole is back as Ari's business partner.