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"Nail Files" is as fun as a mani/pedi

Two things might come to mind when you hear about "Nail Files" (TV Guide Network, 10 tonight) : 1) One day we will all have reality shows; 2) Does every (blank) to the stars have to have a reality show?

If you don't know, "Nail Files" follows Katie Cazoria, who owns a nail salon in Sherman Oaks, close enough for celebs like Debbie Gibson, Vanessa Hudgens, and others who need to have the very best in nail care.

Cazoria is a native New Yorker which means while she's adapted to the L.A. standard of blondeness and thinness, she's still kind of loud, speaks with her hands, and throws around plenty of cuss words. In other words, she's a character.

Dude, check it out. It's "Weeds Awareness Week"

The TV Guide Network thinks your life could use a little, uh, enhancement, so they've launched "National Weeds Awareness Week" to address the problems many Americans face in regularly accessing "Weeds." The best part of this news is that the network will celebrate the awareness week with a six-day "Weeds" marathon.

The TV Guide marathon will air from 9pm to 2am each night beginning Sunday, October 17th through Friday, October 22.

Special preview of "Survivor: Nicaragua"

 

If you're a "Survivor" fan, you won't want to miss tonight's "Survivor: Nicaragua Preview" show on TV Guide Network.

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" hits basic cable with enhanced episodes

How does TV Guide Network handle the prolific use of profanity on "Curb Your Enthusiasm?" A heck of a lot better than A&E did with "Sopranos."

HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" makes its syndication debut on basic cable this week, hitting the TV Guide Network with uncut episodes and other enhancements that will take the show from the usual half-hour format to one full hour.

On HBO, "Curb" ran for a half-hour without commercials. TVGN runs commercials, but they aren't cutting the episodes to fit them in. Instead, they're expanding the show to a full hour, adding a celebrity discussion panel at the end of each episode.

"Curb: The Discussion" is hosted by Susie Essman, who plays Jeff's wife Susie on "Curb." Essman and a group of celebrities will watch an episode of "Curb" together, and then discuss the episode's moral and ethical dilemmas (such as, How long do you have to wait after your girlfriend's relative dies before you can break up with her?). The panel is actually pretty interesting (and funny), and their arguments are not unlike the watercooler dissections the show's fans engage in with friends and colleagues.

Showtime's "Weeds" coming to basic cable

The critically acclaimed and hilariously offbeat Showtime hit "Weeds" is coming to the TV Guide Network starting in September.

"Weeds" is about a suburban mom (Mary-Louise Parker) who finds herself broke when her husband dies suddenly, and she can't support her children in the lifestyle to which they've become accustomed. She resorts to selling pot to her affluent neighbors (Kevin Nealon) but over time, her involvement in the drug trade escalates. Those escalations are alternately horrifying and hilarious.

The show is pretty profane at times, so it's likely to be heavily edited.

Guide to Oscar coverage

There's nearly 20 hours of original Oscar programming on television today. And as much as we love the Academy Awards Show, we admit that's ridiculous.

Ridiculously awesome.

Here's a brief guide to the countdown specials, the Red Carpet beat downs, and the brutal (we hope) after party coverage.

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