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What to Watch on Thursday: Royal Pains still a pleasure

Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night (8pm, ABC) - Kimmel's NBA Finals special tonight features Jack Black and Michael Cera (left), stars of the upcoming movie "Year One." Game 4 between the Lakers and Magic to follow at 9pm.

Burn Notice (9pm, USA) - A detective finds Michael's stash of explosives, so he has to scramble to hide it all before she gets a search warrant. We're pretty sure Michael has a clever trick for hiding weapons in a hurry. All of this while Sam and Fi help him locate a kidnapping victim. 

Royal Pains (10pm, USA) - This is a fun new summer series, so if you missed the premiere last week just read Adrienne's review and jump in tonight. Hank (right) treats a retired ballerina who eats till she collapses, and Jill loses funding for her free clinic. 

Naked Science (10pm, NGC) - National Geographic Channel's "Twister Outbreak" examines an off-season outbreak of tornados in February 2008 when 87 twisters swept across nine states killing 57 people.

Late Show with David Letterman (11:35pm, CBS) - Letterman isn't rolling over for Conan. Tonight he has Denzel Washington, the Jonas Brothers, and Regis Philbin doing the Top Ten List. 

"Royal Pains" didn't hurt that much


I'll admit I wasn't optimistic about "Royal Pains."

The promos for the USA show, which airs tonight at 10, made it seem like another one of those too glib, too hip, too guy shows that I find extremely annoying.

In the end, though, "Royal Pains" won me over.

I'm not saying the glibness isn't there; it is. But there's also some heart, some edginess, some humor and lots of potential in the storytelling.

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