Private Practice
Airs Wednesday, 11/26 at 9pm ET on ABC
Addison's brother (and fellow surgeon) Archer (played by "Melrose Place" & "Swingtown" star Grant Show) pays her a surprise visit at the Oceanside Wellness Center, which spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E for her and her colleagues. Naomi and Sam's on-again, off-again relationship is strained even further when Archer puts the moves on Naomi. Elsewhere, a patient, who is accused of a cruel and violent crime, causes feelings of anger for both Violet and Dell. And also look for the return of Meg trying to make it work with Pete. In the previous week's episode, Sam and Naomi are forced to evaluate their relationship when Billy Dee Williams guest stars as the loving husband of an Alzheimer's patient. Billy's character gives some sage advice to Sam and Naomi hoping that they'll work out their dissolved marriage.
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Top Chef
Airs Wednesday, 11/26 at 10pm on Bravo
With famed restaurateur Grant Achatz on board as this week's guest judge and Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters in the kitchen chowin' down on some rockin' Thanksgiving classics, this season's holiday spectacular will satisfy all of your cravings as one deserving contestant takes the cake, another is served some humble pie, and the turkey of the group is sent to the slaughterhouse.
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Gary Unmarried
Airs Wednesday, 11/26 at 8:30pm ET on CBS
Martin Mull of "Roseanne" and Jane Curtin of "Kate & Allie" guest star as Allison's parents in "Gary Unmarried's" Thanksgiving-themed episode. Turkey Day is fast approaching and a territorial battle breaks out between exes Gary and Allison when Allison wants everyone to come over to her house for the feast. Gary ruins her plans by luring the whole family to his place to help celebrate his first Thanksgiving as a single dad instead.
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Dirty Sexy Money
Airs Wednesday, 11/26 at 10pm ET on ABC
The Darlings are away celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday, so their trusted chauffeur Clark is back at the New York mansion holding down the fort. While on duty, he does his best to assuage a nosey and sexy reporter (played by guest star Rena Sofer) who's determined to expose the family secrets. Clark tries to set the Darling rumors straight by telling his version of the story regarding betrayal, possible criminal cover-ups, and murder accusations. Will he accidentally air the family's dirty secrets? Meanwhile, Letitia (still on house arrest) hosts the Ferragamo fashion show at the mansion where one of the socialites (guest star Donna Mills) gets into a scuffle with the Darling matriarch. In an early November episode, Nicole Richie's beau Joel Madden will appear as himself on the November 5th episode of "Dirty Sexy Money." Joel will be an attendee at Lisa's art gallery opening. His role may be small, but the surprising news he shares with Nick about Lisa may be just the thing that will end their already tumultuous marriage.
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The New Adventures of Old Christine
Airs Wednesday, 11/26 at 8pm ET on CBS
It's time for turkey with Christine's domineering mother (played by guest star Brenda Blethyn of "Secrets & Lies") and let's just say Christine isn't looking forward to it. But the holiday turns out better than expected when Christine discovers they have a secret in common.
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30 Rock
Originally aired Thursday, 11/20 at 9:30pm ET on NBC
Steve Martin guests as Liz's latest oddball suitor Gavin Volure, who is Jack's billionaire friend. Turns out that Gavin's the perfect match for Liz because he's a big germaphobe (he won't be able to get physically intimate) and he'd rather stay at home and watch TV. Later in the month, Mary Tyler Moore is expected to pop up. Rumors have also been swirling about Leighton Meester and Blake Lively appearing in a flashback episode as Liz Lemon's high school classmates. And finally, "Mad Men's" Jon Hamm is supposedly in talks with the "30 Rock" folks for a multi-episode guest role as a love interest for Liz. The "Gossip" gals and Hamm's appearances have yet to be confirmed, but we're crossing our fingers! In a previous episodes, Liz flew to Chicago to avoid jury duty, and on her way back to the Big Apple she found herself sitting on the plane next to Oprah Winfrey. "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston returns to the small screen as Liz and Jenna's friend Claire Harper. Turns out that Claire is a bit of stalker, and the lucky guy that she immediately takes a liking to is Jack Donaghy. Meanwhile, the cast of "Night Court" (Harry Anderson, Markie Post and Charlie Robinson) reunites to help Tracy cheer up a distressed Kenneth.
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CSI: New York
Originally aired Wednesday, 11/19 at 10pm ET on CBS
"CSI: New York" goes all out for their landmark 100th episode with a bevy of guest-stars and the introduction of a new detective played by Julia Ormand. In the 100th episode, the CSI team is in hot pursuit of a serial killer targeting people with the name Mac Taylor -- which happens to be the name of Gary Sinise's character. Amongst the other unlucky Mac Taylors in the episode are Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's eldest daughter Rumer Willis, former "Party of Five" star Scott Wolf, and "American Idol" alum Chris Daughtry. Grammy-winning rapper Nelly will play a club owner working with the CSI crew as a confidential informant in the episode. And NFL player Marshall Faulk will also be a guest star, but no word yet on his character.
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ER
Originally aired Thursday, 11/13 at 10pm ET on NBC
For its fifteenth and final season, "ER" is bringing back a couple of familiar faces for guest spots. Anthony Edwards rushes back to "ER" this month to reprise the beloved character of Dr. Mark Greene. Nearly six years ago Dr. Greene passed away due to a brain tumor, so this time around Anthony will be appearing in flashback scenes where the troubled Dr. Banfield remembers his heroics in caring for her sick son when she arrived at County General as a patient and not yet a doctor. The flashbacks will help shed light on Dr. Banfield's past. Later in the season, expect the return of Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter for a few episodes. George Clooney is still firm with his decision not to return as Dr. Doug Ross, but until they close the curtain completely on "ER," we're holding out hope on the slim chance that he'll change his mind.
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Samantha Who?
Originally aired Monday, 11/10 at 9:30pm ET on ABC
On November 10th, Mary-Kate Olsen will guest-star as Natalie, a troubled young woman Sam meets while doing community service. Natalie reminds Sam of her younger and much badder self, so she's determined to help turn Natalie's life around. We loved the pint-sized Mary-Kate on "Weeds," and was glued to the tube when she appeared on "Oprah" with her sister to promote their book "Influence," so you can only imagine how stoked we are to see her on one of our favorite comedies! Unemployed and in need of money, Samantha joins forces with her mother to start a real estate business and falls for their first client -- a charming and handsome philanthropist named Owen (guest-star James Tupper). It seems the feeling must be mutual as we'll be seeing Tupper in at least two more episodes.
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Heroes
Airs Monday, 11/24 at 9pm ET on NBC
Famous fanboys Seth Green and Breckin Meyer will appear in two episodes of "Heroes" as comic-book geeks. Seth's character Sam is the owner of a comics shop and Breckin plays Sam's slacker pal Frak. Hiro and Ando travel to Lawrence, Kansas in search of speedy Daphne and when they walk into the Sam's Comics store, Sam and Frak immediately recognize them from the "9th Wonders!" comic series. The solar eclipse causes Hiro to lose his memory, so Sam and Frak help him recall the past by going through back issues of the prophetic comic.
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Two and a Half Men
Airs Monday, 11/24 at 9pm ET on CBS
In a case of like uncle, like nephew, Jake runs away with the daughter of Charlie's new neighbor (guest star Michael Clarke Duncan). The neighbor is a former pro football player and isn't too happy about his missing child. Will Charlie be able to find Jake before the menacing neighbor does? Let's hope for Jake's sake that Uncle Charlie comes through.
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One Tree Hill
Airs Monday, 11/24 at 9pm ET on The CW
James Van Der Beek guest stars as the Hollywood film director Lucas meets up with to discuss his film. Unfortunately, the director has plans to change Lucas' screenplay by killing off one of his main characters, Haley. Will Lucas agree to compromise his story for the director's vision? In a previous episode, Peyton organizes a USO concert featuring musical performances by Angels & Airwaves and Kate Voegele. Things go well onstage, but backstage tension fills the air as Lucas deals with Peyton and Julian's romantic past.
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House
Airs Tuesday, 11/25 at 8pm ET on Fox
The Princeton-Plainsboro clinic turns into a crime scene when a disturbed man (played by guest star Zeljko Ivanek of "Damages") holds House, Thirteen and several patients from the waiting room hostage at gunpoint in Cuddy's office. He claims to be sick with an undiagnosed illness and demands medical attention from the best doctor in the hospital. (House must be flattered, we're sure). The situation becomes all too frightening when the man lets House know that if he doesn't figure out what's wrong with him, he's going to start killing hostages. As Cuddy and the rest of the team stay on the phone with House in an attempt to run tests and come up with possible diagnoses, they realize that the guy might not actually have anything physically wrong with him... and that House and others could end up dead.
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The Biggest Loser
Airs Tuesday, 11/25 at 8pm ET on NBC
It's Thanksgiving week and even though turkey and all the trimmings have nothing to do with weight loss, the contestants will in fact get to celebrate with a holiday dinner and football. NFL Super Bowl MVPs Jerry Rice and Steve Young stop by the "Biggest Loser" ranch and work out contestants with a few football-style drills. Then guest chef Rocco DiSpirito helps the contestants enjoy Thanksgiving (after a nice workout) with a healthy version of the traditional meal.
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NCIS
Airs Tuesday, 11/25 at 8pm ET on CBS
A determined criminal plans to steal top-secret government files and the "NCIS" team must place their trust in the intel provided by some questionable sources in order to stop the thief. One of those shady individuals is guest star David Eigenberg of "Sex and the City."
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Airs Tuesday, 11/25 at 10pm ET on NBC
Detective Benson tries to help a woman (played by guest star Clea DuVall of "Carnivale") who has been abused by her husband, and she goes as far as to hide in a stairway to protect her. While in court, the battered woman's neighbors ("M*A*S*H's" Mike Farrell and "Secret & Lies'" Brenda Blethyn) are too frightened to testify against the abusive husband. In the previous episode, Rapper Big Boi played hip-hop artist Gots Money. Gots Money agrees to help Stabler with an animal smuggling-related investigation by going undercover. In early November, teen pop star Jesse McCartney guest starred as a student of Blessed Heart High named Max Matarazzo. Detectives Stabler and Munch are introduced to the "Blessed Heart Chastity Circle" by Max and soon they discover that a group of girls at the school formed a bizarre pact to all get pregnant together on purpose.
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