Miley Cyrus Hosts "Teen Choice 08" on Fox, "The Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony" on NBC and More TiVoWorthy TV for the Week of 8/3

SATURDAY AUGUST 2Fab Five The Texas Cheerleader Scandal Lifetime 9 pm ETPremiere A bold teacher risks her career and reputation in order to bring justice to a high school community The captain of the cheerleading squad Brooke Tippit is also the principalamp8217s daughter Brookeamp8217s circle of friends known as the amp8220Fab Fiveamp8221 are always goofing off without consequence from the schoolamp8217s administration until Emma Carr a new teacher and cheerleading coach is hired The girlsamp8217 high jinx escalate from skipping class to posting racy photos on the Internet Frustrated by her inability to discipline the girls Emma turns to Principal Tippit for help but instead receives a request for a resignation Emma then turns to the media to expose the injustices within the faculty as well as the behavior of the amp8220Fab Fiveamp8221 Based on a true story Tatum Oamp8217Neal stars Murder 101 Locked Room Mystery Hallmark Channel 9 pm ETPremiere Samuel a yoga teacher locks himself in his studio with four students only to be found later dead while his students were in deep meditation Professor Maxwell must solve the mystery with the help of his colleagues Charles Shaughnessy The Nanny and Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show Diagnosis Murder staramp160SUNDAY AUGUST 3Design Star HGTV 9 pm ETSeason Finale Itamp8217s down to two designers Matt Locke and Jennifer Bertrand and one will be crowned this yearamp8217s design star and win his or her very own HGTV series The nine finalists will be reunited with host Clive Pearse and judges Vern Yip HGTVamp8217s Deserving Design Cynthia Rowley home and fashion designer and Martha McCully InStyle MagazineLA Hardhats National Geographic Channel 9 pm ETSeries Premiere Two episodes will be featured in this twohour premiere event In episode 1 a crew of ironworkers is led by firsttime foreman Julio Sandoval as they set 7 million pounds of steel rebar over 400 days The project runs behind schedule and the workers must cope with angry subcontractors as well as design flaws and architectural changes At 10 pm meet the amp8220mud menamp8221 who pour and shape concrete under the guidance of the amp8220Prince of Pouramp8221 Lynn CallPam Girl on the Loose E 10 pm ETSeries Premiere Pam Anderson not only stars but is also codirector and coeditor of this reality series which is deeply focused on her work with charitable causes and her devotion to her sons In the premiere episode Pam poses in a photo shoot for a museum installation project with famous photographer David LaChapelle Pam then boards a private jet to catch the last performance of The Red Piano a show featuring Elton John and directed by LaChapelleamp160 Summer Showdown HGTV 10 pm ETSeries Premiere Keenan Ivory Wayans hosts this fourepisode design competition series HGTVamp8217s best designers and carpenters go headtohead each week In the premiere episode Vern Yip and Cynthia Rowley along with their respective teams of carpenters and assistants compete to make over the ugliest living room in America as submitted on HGTVcom Judges include Kim Fields The Facts of Life Living Single interiors design team Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams Design Star Season 2 contestant quotSparklequot Josh Johnson Beth Littleford The Daily Show Spin City and Emily Procter CSI Miamiamp160MONDAY AUGUST 4Teen Choice Awards Fox 8 pm ETThis 10th annual celebration of the hottest teen icons in pop culture will be hosted by teen sensation Miley Cyrus Winners from categories such as Choice Male Hottie and Choice HookUp will take home a coveted Teen Choice surfboard Notable nominees include Gossip Girl and its cast with 14 nominations Chris Brown with nine nominations and Teen Choice veteran Justin Timberlake with three nominations Mariah Carey will perform her new single Iamp8217ll Be Lovinamp8217 You Long Time Other participants include Sophia Bush Josh Holloway Ryan Sheckler Steve Carell Scarlett Johansson Zac Efron Pink Jaime Pressly Danica Patrick Selena Gomez JoJo Minka Kelly Jesse McCartney Chad Michael Murray Chace Crawford Kristen Bell Drake Bell Mischa Barton Brittany Snow and Hayden Panettiere Telecast from the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal CityBaghdad High HBO 9 pm ETPremiere Four Iraqi teens are documented as they brave their senior year of high school in a war torn country Much of the footage comes from the young men themselves who recorded more than 300 hours of tape They face the most common of teenage woes against a background of citywide curfews suicide bombings and kidnappings I Want To Work For Diddy VH1 9 pm ETSeries Premiere Thirteen hopefuls duke it out to land a position as Diddyamp8217s assistant Itamp8217s no easy task so the applicants are put through rigorous challenges that will test their every ability to cater to Diddy himself In tonightamp8217s episode the candidates are divided into to teams Uptown and Downtown Their first assignment puts everyoneamp8217s multitasking skills to the test as they are challenged to complete as many tasks as they can on Mr Combsamp8217 exhaustive todo list in just 24 hours Because of the importance of the todo list items sleep is forbidden The losing team must face the judges to determine who will be sent homeamp160TUESDAY AUGUST 5Smash Lab Discovery Channel 10 pmSeason Premiere The expert team of engineers scientists and designers returns for a second season of crashes and discoveries on safety solutions Joining last yearamp8217s team are Gadget and Nathaniel Taylor Gadget is best known for his environmentally friendly designs including the worldamp8217s largest Espresso machine Nathaniel a sculptor created a prototype lab for mechanical and electronic art called RadioRobot On tonightamp8217s episode the team is challenged to make a car survive a cliff dive This season is narrated by Ben Bailey host of Discovery Channelamp8217s Emmy awardwinning game show Cash CabMillion Dollar Listing Bravo 11 pm ETSeason Premiere Three of Los Angelesamp8217 youngest and most aggressive realtors Josh Flagg Madison Hildebrand and Chad Rogers star in this observational reality series about the drama and competition surrounding the sales of multimillion dollar properties is Los Angelesamp8217 hottest neighborhoodsamp160WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6The Baby Borrowers Lessons Learned NBC 9 pm ETThe teen couples and parents of their borrowed children from the series reunite for the first time since filming ended last summer The teen couples will share what happened after returning to life as usual after the social experiment concluded The Today showamp8217s Hoda Kotb hosts an interactive town hall along with Dr Drew Pinsky to engage guests in a debate about the issue of teen pregnancy Viewers can simultaneously text in their own commentsProject Runway Bravo 9 pm ETThe designers go on a field trip to get inspired by the worldamp8217s largest sporting competition Guest judge is speed skating champion Apolo Anton OhnoHard Knocks HBO 10 pm ETSeason Premiere This season of the first professional sportsbased reality series will follow the Dallas Cowboys as they prepare for the 2008 NFL season Secondyear head coach Wade Phillips football veterans free agents and rookies endure training camp and the preseasonReal Vice Cops Uncut Spike 10 pm ETSeries Premiere This thrilling series follows real vice squads from Memphis Las Vegas Miami Detroit Atlanta Dallas and Orlando as they plan and execute strategies to arrest hard criminals Mythbusters Discovery Channel 9 pm ETSeason Premiere This popular series returns to explore both common and odd myths using science and creativity to put them to the test On tonightamp8217s episode the team experiments with explosives as a meat tenderizer They also test whether angry driving affects a caramp8217s fuel emissionTaboo National Geographic Channel 9 pm ETSeason Premiere This investigative series returns for a fifth season of exploration into some of the worldamp8217s most dangerous bizarre and disturbing rituals and traditions Each hourlong episode will take on a particular theme with perspectives from a variety of cultures Tonightamp8217s premiere episode will focus on rituals surrounding the dead A second episode airing at 10 pm ET focuses on children and their participation in cultural traditions which may be viewed as too mature and disturbing by some amp160THURSDAY AUGUST 7Dr Horribleamp8217s SingAlong Blog hulucomIn case you missed the premiere last month all three parts of this insanely popular Internet musical are now available on Hulu Written and directed by Joss Whedon Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel Firefly Dr Horrible stars Neil Patrick Harris How I Met Your Mother Felicia Day Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Web series The Guild and Nathan Fillion Desperate HousewivesLast Comic Standing NBC 8 pm ETSeason Finale Before the Last Comic Standing is revealed viewers will enjoy stand up performances by Jon Lovitz last seasonamp8217s winner Jon Reep and special appearances by Gilbert Gottfried Penn and Tell and Joel McHale and this seasonamp8217s top 12 finalists Bill Bellamy hostsamp160FRIDAY AUGUST 8Puppy Games Animal Planet 6 pm ETPremiere Fans of Animal Planet39samp160Puppy Bowl and animal lovers alike will adore the K9 version of the Summer Games Dozens of puppies will compete in events such as swimming boxing gymnastics and soccer during this threehour event A second version of the games will be telecast during the closing ceremonies of the Summer Games on August 23rdOlympic Games Opening Ceremony NBC 730 pm ETLive The long awaited Summer Games are here A cast of 10000 performers will be kicking off the XXIX Olympiad from Beijingamp8217s National Stadium The ceremony will also feature the parade of nations and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron

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