SMALL SCREEN THE BUZZ ON TELEVISION.Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski JACKO'S WACKINESS REPLAYED: ``Living With Michael Jackson Living with Michael Jackson was a Granada Television documentary, in which British journalist Martin Bashir interviewed Michael Jackson over a period of 8 months, from the middle of 2002 to January 2003. ,'' the two-hour interview with British journalist Martin Bashir that ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. aired to astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, numbers, will be repeated ad nauseam on VH1. It airs at 9 tonight, 10 a.m., 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Sunday, and 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. Monday. Record this one and the Jackson-authorized outtakes Fox is airing next Thursday and you'll know way more about the oddest of pop stars than is necessary. For his part, Bashir stood by his editing of the interviews Thursday, despite complaints from his subject. ``It was of deep concern that a 44-year-old sleeps in a bed with children aged 12 who have no relationship with him biologically,'' Bashir said in an audio Internet interview hosted by ITV (1) See interactive TV. (2) (iTV) The code name for Apple's video media hub (see Apple TV). . ``I didn't set out to ensnare (Jackson),'' he said, adding that the admission came from the singer and one of his young friends. ``I am not - I repeat, not - accusing anyone of being a child molester.'' LIVING WITH MICHAEL JACKSON, 9 tonight, VH1. 'MILLIONAIRE' DEBUT: Fans of ``Joe Millionaire'' can see Evan Marriott in a different setting tonight: He's featured in a sketch on ``Mad TV.'' The routine suggests that things could be worse for the construction worker than facing the wrath of Sarah or Zora once the jig is up in Monday's ``Joe Millionaire'' finale. He could be forced to choose among Lorraine (Mo Collins), Bunifa (Debra Wilson) or Anna Nicole Smith (Stephnie Weir). MAD TV, 11 tonight, Fox, Channel 11. HOME GIVEAWAY HEATS UP: The promoters at HGTV HGTV Home and Garden Television are astounded a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, at the viewer response to their Dream Home 2003 sweepstakes, offering a million-dollar custom-built home in northwestern Florida. The network's Web site (www.hgtv.com) has logged 22 million entries since the contest kicked off Jan. 1, with a peak of 720,000 in one day on Feb. 7. (Contestants may enter only once per day.) And the post office serving HGTV headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn., has added extra staff to handle the mail-in entries. Last year, HGTV received 11.2 million entries. The entry deadline is Monday. INSIDE OSCAR (Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime) AOL's internal project name for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). The core functions of OSCAR, known as the Basic OSCAR Services (BOS), include Login/Logoff, Locate (find out about other AIM users), Instant Message CONTENDERS: James Lipton does his formulaic chats with several Hollywood shakers and movers in today's compilation of past ``Inside the Actors Studio'' interviews with current Oscar nominees Ed Harris, Michael Caine, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Martin Scorsese. It will be interesting to see whether Streep's favorite curse word or Moore's favorite sound (two of Lipton's stock questions) proves a bigger draw than his interview last weekend with the voice cast of ``The Simpsons.'' Bravo reports that episode attracted a record audience in adults 25 to 54. Doh! INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO Inside the Actors Studio is the Emmy-nominated, longest-running original series on the Bravo cable television channel, hosted by James Lipton. It is produced and directed by Jeff Wurtz. , 4 p.m. today, Bravo. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1) JACKSON: More of the same. (2) MARRIOTT: Spoofs of his noteriety. (3) HARRIS (4) MOORE (5) CAINE |
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