THIS WEEK AT THE TV BARN
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HERE'S WHAT'S WORKING FOR ME ...


1. Support for KKFI. The reaction to my Star Magazine story about the crisis at
community radio station KKFI has been gratifying, even from those who disagreed
with my conclusion: that KKFI's financial woes are a product not just of
revenues, but ratings and relevance as well. One letter-writer said I had made
the situation seem "hopeless." It's not hopeless — but the KKFI board is in
denial, and until that changes, nothing else will.

2. 10 years cancer-free for Gary Lezak. The KSHB weathercaster
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/02/gary-lezak-to-r.htmlis being honored
June 7 at Cancer Survivors Park.

3. "Dance Your Ass Off." I have no idea if this new weight-loss competition
series, which begins June 29 on Oxygen, is any good or not. But there hasn't
been a TV show with a title so wonderfully to the point since "Win Ben Stein's
Money."

... AND WHAT'S NOT

1. "The Unit" canceled. On behalf of all my liberal Democrat friends — who
tell me this is the only action drama they ever liked — shame on CBS for not
finding a spot on its schedule for another season.

2. Double the begging at KCPT. The new KCPT2 channel is innovative, local and
interesting — so why are the same canned pledge programs from the main KCPT
simulcasting there this week?

3. "The Real World Cancun." They're kidding, right?



WHAT'S ON TVB RIGHT NOW!
Suddenly, the newsletter is giving me fits again. HTML tags, which I have been
successful at keeping out of this all-text newsletter for years, are suddenly
sticking to the weekly mailings like ladybugs in the lampshade.

However, I am taking vacation time this week, and I'll be darned if I spend more
than the time to type this message thinking about it.

So instead I am just cutting and pasting in my recent articles with help from
Twitter. Not all of these were written by me but if I include them here they're
worth a click. If this works, I may just go back to typing up my newsletter
every week. How 1994!

Here's what to expect from the first few nights of Conan's TONIGHT SHOW -
http://tr.im/n2o1

Saying g'bye to Jay - http://tr.im/mNs7

The lowdown on the upfronts - http://tr.im/mlw1

John Walsh now involved with an Innocents project? Yep, right here in Missouri -
http://tr.im/mPQm

My epic (ie, LONG) look into what's slowly killing 100,000-watt community
station KKFI-FM is in today's Star Magazine: http://tr.im/mh72

Holy smokes, I had no idea Hallmark Channel's parent co was in trouble - is that
why two top execs just bailed? http://tr.im/mOvN

60 MINUTES has best season in years - http://tr.im/mOi9

Al Jazeera not just about the news - also, a new partnership with Link TV -
http://tr.im/mGrm

Bigotry as entertainment on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE - http://tr.im/mELh

Remember when RAYMOND's creator predicted that after the death of sitcoms "there
would be no more smiling"? http://tinyurl.com/ovz7kx

THE BACHELOR Aaron Buerge's bar files for Chapter 11 - http://bit.ly/gPDlz10:35
AM May 27th from web

Steve Chamraz on the scene as Roland Burris sinks deeper into his own frontyard
quicksand: http://tr.im/mzAO

If you're keeping score, that's three female news directors in Kansas City and
one male: http://tr.im/mzls

About 12 years too late, the board overseeing the Indy 500 ousts homewrecker
Tony George - http://ow.ly/9pV8

@BroadcastKC is onto something - KathyJudy out might mean Randy Miller in at WGN
Radio - http://tr.im/mh8012:43 PM May 24th from web

VIDEO: Waiting on a train that's bringing my sweetie home - http://tr.im/mei3




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*** Sue's late-night lineups ***
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LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CBS
Mo 6/1: Bill Cosby, Paula Abdul
Tu 6/2: Jack Hanna, John Krasinski
We 6/3: Jessica Biel, Steve Earle
Th 6/4: Elvis Costello
Fr 6/5: Paris Hilton, Steven Wright

Mo 6/8: Mos Def
Tu 6/9: Julia Roberts, Black Eyed Peas
We 6/10: Sonic Youth
Th 6/11: Denzel Washington, the Jonas Brothers
Fr 6/12: Sandra Bullock, Pete Correale, P.J. Harvey with John Parish

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, NBC
Mo 6/1: Will Ferrell, Pearl Jam
Tu 6/2: Tom Hanks, Green Day
We 6/3: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bradley Cooper, Sheryl Crow
Th 6/4: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Mayer Trio
Fr 6/5: Ryan Seacrest, Chickenfoot

Mo 6/8: David Duchovny, Anna Friel
Tu 6/9: Bonnie Raitt
We 6/10: Dane Cook, Rancid
Th 6/11: Jim Gaffigan, Neko Case
Fr 6/12: Jamie Foxx, Kevin Nealon

LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON, CBS
Mo 6/1: Mary Louise Parker, Guillermo del Toro, Tori Amos
Tu 6/2: Denis Leary, Diane Birch
We 6/3: Jeffrey Tambor, Gabrielle Anwar
Th 6/4: Elizabeth Perkins, Mark Burnett, Bernie Williams
Fr 6/5: Seann William Scott, Henry Cho

Mo 6/8: Kevin Bacon
Tu 6/9: TBA
We 6/10: Chris Matthews, Theresa Andersson
Th 6/11: Larry King, Anna Friel
Fr 6/12: Mary Steenburgen, Peter Travers

LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, NBC
Mo 6/1: Anne Hathaway, Will Forte, Jon Favreau, Mario Batali
Tu 6/2: Steve Martin, Paul Simon, Vanessa Williams
We 6/3: Danny McBride, Dave Matthews Band
Th 6/4: Jessica Biel, Rachel Dratch, Jason Sudeikis, Doves
Fr 6/5: Bradley Cooper, Denise Richards, Mandy Moore

LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY, NBC
Mo 6/1: Troops at Fort Irwin
Tu 6/2: Harland Williams, Diane Birch
We 6/3: Jo Koy, Lissy Trullie

THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, Comedy Central
Mo 6/1: Bob Woodruff
Tu 6/2: P.J. O'Rourke
We 6/3: Michael Lewis
Th 6/4: Will Ferrell

THE COLBERT REPORT, Comedy Central
Mo 6/1: Sen. Byron Dorgan
Tu 6/2: Katty Kay
We 6/3: Eric Schlosser
Th 6/4: Dag Soderberg

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, ABC
Mo 6/1: Ben Stiller, Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas, No Doubt (R
5/20/09)
Tu 6/2: Danny McBride, Nia Vardalos, Taking Back Sunday
We 6/3: Heather Graham, Lance Krall, Katie Melua
Th 6/4: Thomas Haden Church, Ed Helms, 311
Fr 6/5: Michael J. Fox, Chuck Wicks, Julianne Hough, Asher Roth (R
4/28/09)

Mo 6/8: Adrien Brody, Steve "Lips" Kudlow & Robb Reiner, the Airborne
Toxic Event (R 5/14/09)
Tu 6/9: Paris Hilton, Ken Jeong, No Doubt
We 6/10: Dominic Monaghan, J.J. Abrams, Bang Camaro (R 4/29/09)
Th 6/11: Artie Lange, Adam Perry Lang, Blink 182
Fr 6/12: Paula Abdul, Ty Murray and Chelsie Hightower, Todd Glass (R
5/12/09)

THE VIEW, ABC
Mo 6/1: Paris Hilton
Tu 6/2: Edie Falco, Nia Vardalos, the Broadway cast of "West Side
Story"
We 6/3: Vanessa Williams, Claire Shipman
Th 6/4: Chandra Wilson, Paula Froelich
Fr 6/5: Neil Patrick Harris, Lionel Richie

Mo 6/8: A day of Hot Topics
Tu 6/9: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Mandy Moore
We 6/10: Joe Scarborough
Th 6/11: Melissa Gilbert
Fr 6/12: Kathy Griffin, Black Eyed Peas

LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY, syndicated
Mo 6/1: John Goodman, Jillian Harris, guest co-host Pat Sajak
Tu 6/2: Kyra Sedgwick, guest co-host Pat Sajak
We 6/3: Peter Gros, M.C. Hammer, guest co-host Will Ferrell
Th 6/4: Jeffrey Donovan, Denise Richards, guest co-host Anderson Cooper
Fr 6/5: Bradley Cooper, Catherine Bell, guest co-host Anderson Cooper

Mo 6/8: Wilmer Valderrama, Imagination Movers, guest co-host Mark
Consuelos
Tu 6/9: Jeff Gordon, Michael Vartan
We 6/10: Alan Alda
Th 6/11: John Krasinski, Betty White
Fr 6/12: Denzel Washington

THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW, syndicated
Mo 6/1: Anne Hathaway (R 1/8/09)
Tu 6/2: Paris Hilton (R 3/9/09)
We 6/3: Dwayne Johnson, Elle Fanning (R 3/13/09)
Th 6/4: Portia de Rossi, "American Idol" castoffs Jasmine Murray and
Jorge Nunez (R 3/16/09)
Fr 6/5: Jessica Biel, Kathy Freston, Kellie Pickler

Mo 6/8: Felicity Huffman, Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas, Rascal Flatts
(R 3/12/09)
Tu 6/9: Halle Berry, Flo Rida (R 3/31/09)
We 6/10: Christina Applegate, Keith Urban (R 4/1/09)
Th 6/11: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Chicago (R 4/11/09)

TAVIS SMILEY, PBS
Mo 6/1: Mandy Moore
Tu 6/2: Norman Lear
We 6/3: Edie Falco
Th 6/4: Vernon Jordan
Fr 6/5: Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni

CHELSEA LATELY, E!
Mo 6/1: Kendra Wilkinson, Heather McDonald, John Caparulo, Jay Manuel
Tu 6/2: Chris Isaak, Jeff Wild, Guy Branum, Diablo Cody
We 6/3: Peter Facinelli, Tom Papa, Whitney Cummings, Chris Franjola
Th 6/4: Candy Spelling, Jason Kennedy, Sarah Colonna, Josh Wolf
Fr 6/5: Daisy De La Hoya, Greg Proops, Natasha Leggero, T.J. Miller (R
5/28/09)

THE HOUR WITH GEORGE STROUMBOULOPOULOS, CBC
Mo 6/1: Ali Velshi, Lynn Johnson
Tu 6/2: Moby, Alan Bell
We 6/3: Perry Farrell
Th 6/4: Christopher Buckley, Randy Bachman
Fr 6/5: David Cronenberg, the Amazing Kreskin, Bradley Cooper

THE BONNIE HUNT SHOW, syndicated
Mo 6/1: Howie Mandel, LaBelle (R 11/3/08)
Tu 6/2: Molly Sims, Chris Jericho (R 2/23/09)
We 6/3: Brian Williams, Christine Lahti, Rocco DeLuca with Jillian
Leigh (R 1/6/09)
Th 6/4: Lance Bass, Niecy Nash, Todd English (R 11/24/08)
Fr 6/5: Donny and Marie Osmond, David Tutera (R 1/27/09)

Mo 6/8: Jo Frost, Kaley Cuoco (R 2/6/09)
Tu 6/9: Tony Danza, Roselyn Sanchez, Jesse McCartney (R 12/9/08)
We 6/10: Jennifer Beals, Kyle Bornheimer (R 1/16/09)
Th 6/11: Hilary Duff, Jared Padalecki, Mike Birbiglia (R 2/10/09)

THE MORNING SHOW WITH MIKE AND JULIET, syndicated
Mo 6/1: Teresa Giudice, Danielle Staub, Bethenny Frankel, Scott
Haltzman
Tu 6/2: Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval
We 6/3: Niecy Nash, Joe Francis, Chuck Nice, Patrick Meagher, Sylvia
Browne, Chef Fabio Viviani, Jeff McInnis, Carla Hall
Th 6/4: Ken Seeley
Fr 6/5: Geraldo Rivera and Jeanine Pirro, Dannion Brinkley