Prime Pick
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If you suspect that, with more support and encouragement, you would have been a concert pianist instead of a customer relations specialist, then tune in for "Rehearsing a Dream" (7 p.m. EDT on Cinemax). The Oscar-nominated short documentary follows some of the country's most talented 17-year-olds as they spend a week at the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, studying under well-known artists and performers like Mikhail Baryshnikov and Vanessa Williams. (Maybe Williams teaches a crash course in Scandal Management and Recovery?) Seeing these kids connect with one another and gain confidence in their unique talents is undeniably moving. "There's hope for our generation," one participant tells the camera, almost breathlessly. "We don't all want to play football and be in videos."
Also…
Biography debuts an hour-long look at the twisty-turny life of Tina Turner at 9 p.m. EDT. And at 10 p.m. EDT, AMC airs the fourth episode of its deliciously wicked summer hit about the Madison Avenue ad industry in the 1960s, "Mad Men." (Watch a sneak peak of Thursday's episode here. And read an interesting interview with the show's creator, "Sopranos" veteran Matthew Weiner, here.)
On the talk shows
Regis and KellyABC, 9 a.m. EDT |
Cuba Gooding Jr. |
The ViewABC, 11 a.m. EDT |
Anne Hathaway, Cameron Mathison, guest co-host Joan Rivers (repeat) |
Ellen DeGeneresSyndicated, check local listings |
The cast of "Little Miss Sunshine" (repeat) |
Oprah WinfreySyndicated, check local listings |
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood (repeat) |
Charlie RosePBS, check local listings |
Sen. Joe Biden |
Larry KingCNN, 9 p.m. EDT |
TBA |
Jon StewartComedy Central, 11 p.m. EDT |
Tal Ben-Shahar |
Stephen ColbertComedy Central, 11:30 p.m. EDT |
Judd Apatow |
David LettermanCBS, 11:30 p.m. EDT |
Bruce Willis, Tony Parker, Diving Dogs (repeat) |
Jay LenoNBC, 11:35 p.m. EDT |
David Duchovny, Tiki Barber, Nick Thune |
Tavis SmileyPBS, check local listings |
David Milch, Joseph Califano |
Jimmy KimmelABC, 12:05 a.m. EDT |
Paul Rudd, Michael Cera, Public Enemy |
Conan O'BrienNBC, 12:35 a.m. EDT |
Cuba Gooding Jr., Jackie Hoffman, Bruce Parry |
Craig FergusonCBS, 12:35 a.m. EDT |
Kristen Bell, Wolfgang Puck, Chrisette Michele |
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