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What to Watch on Saturday: Dirty Sexy Money series finale

Keyshawn Johnson: Tackling Design (Noon, A&E) - Two back-to-back eps feature former NFL player Keyshawn Johnson designing a breakfast nook for a mother and daughter, and a kitchen-living room redesign for a team of husband and wife attorneys. 

Dirty Sexy Money (10pm, ABC) - Tonight is the series finale and frankly, I no longer care. Perhaps my favorite thing about this show was always the promise of great dramatic scenes with Donald Sutherland and Jill Clayburgh each week, but neither Sutherland nor Clayburgh have hardly had any screen time in the final episodes. The second part of this doomed season began to turn into the Blair Underwood-Lucy Lui show, with Underwood's Simon Elder character becoming an evil villain of comic book proportions. Unanswered question: Did ABC give Underwood a white cat to stroke between takes?

Megan Wants a Millionaire (10pm, VH1) - Yeah well, who doesn't. Another dating reality show, but this time reality show vet Megan Hauserman has 17 millionaires competing for her affection. Three men are eliminated in this first episode. (New episodes air on Sunday nights at 9pm).

What to Watch on Saturday: HBO doc on gruesome 1983 boxing crime

Face the Ace (9pm, NBC) - A new series in which amateurs take on World Class poker players for a chance to win up to $1 million.

Assault in the Ring (10pm, HBO) - A look back at the 1983 boxing match between Billy Collins, Jr. and Luis Resto. Collins was badly injured in the match, due to the padding being removed from Resto's gloves. Resto also admitted in 2008 that the tape used to wrap his hands was soaked in plaster of Paris, essentially giving him hardened casts under his unpadded gloves. The documentary includes interviews with Resto's trainer Panama Lewis, and Collins' widow. Resto and Lewis both served time in prison. 

Dirty Sexy Money (10pm, ABC) - Karen and Nick finally profess their love for each other. Too bad Karen is pregnant with Simon's baby.

Austin City Limits (12midnight, UNC-TV) - A repeat of Wilco performing songs from their 2007 album "Sky Blue Sky." Let's hope they do another show soon for "Wilco [the album]."

What to Watch on Saturday: John Schneider on Dirty Sexy Money

Kings (8pm, NBC) - The conclusion of season 1 of NBC's ambitious series also means the conclusion of the series forever. Tonight, Jack prepares to take the throne, but Silas turns up alive. David sets out to warn Silas of the plot against him.

Dirty Sexy Money (10pm, ABC) - Nick borrows the Darlings private jet to retrieve Kiki from Maryland, while Tripp Darling wants Patrick to convince a congressman (John Schneider, left) to change his position on biofuels.

Alone in the Wild (10pm, NGC) - This 4-part series from the National Geographic Channel premieres with adventurer Ed Wardle beginning a three-month stay in Canada's Yukon Territory. His only supplies are a knife, a rifle, a cooking pot, the clothes on his back, and of course, a video camera. 

What to Watch on Saturday: ABC shows final eps of Dirty Sexy Money

Dirty Sexy Money (10pm, ABC) - Just like "Pushing Daisies" and "Eli Stone," ABC cancelled this show and abruptly stopped showing completed episodes way back in December. Now that everyone has pretty much forgotten what happened on the last installment, the network has brought it back to burn off the last four. Don't get us wrong, it's better than a repeat of "Wipeout," but it's still one of those shows we'd like to have seen stick around, so there's lingering bitterness.

If you need to catch up on what happened the last time we saw the Darlings, you can read recaps or watch full episodes on the ABC site. In that last show, Nick and the Darlings were dealing with the aftermath of the shooting spree at Patrick's inauguration.

Tonight's episode, titled "The Facts," has Dwight the chauffeur telling his version of the sordid Darling family history to a reporter in New York, while the Darlings are away celebrating Thanksgiving. The show stars Peter Krause, Donald Sutherland, Jill Clayburgh, Blair Underwood, and William Baldwin.

ABC's "Daisies," "Stone" and "Dirty" will feel the burn

 

 

 

Fans of ABC dramas will get to see the last few episodes this summer.

TV Week is reporting that the network is bring back Burnoff Theater aka filling the schedule with the shows you loved but didn't make them enough money.

As we reported the other day, “Pushing Daisies” will air Saturdays at 10 from May 30 until June 13; “Eli Stone” taking over that slot on June 20.

Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money cancelled?

I can't type the words coming out of my mouth right now because I'd get fired and the newspaper would get sued. But rest assured this member of Happiness is NOT happy tonight. (Maybe this is what that U of Md study earlier this week was talking about -- the sadness and depression TV watchers experience  because their favorite shows always get cancelled??).

Less than 24 hours after airing one of the best episodes of one of the best shows on television, ABC is reportedly "passing" on Pushing Daisies. Deep breath. EW's Ausiello Files has the scoop from multiple unnamed network sources. I'm not all that surprised, because ratings haven't been great. But this show is so good, I was hoping ABC would be a little more patient.

Also, Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone. I'm so mad at TV right now.

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