By ROBERT RORKE
Posted: 12:00 am
July 6, 2008
CATEGORY: TRIBUTE
Early checkout
The day that talented Australian actor Heath Ledger, soon to be seen in "The Dark Knight," died from a toxic ingestion of drugs was a genuine Hollywood shocker. Ledger, who was only 29, had stunned audiences and critics with his performance as a closeted American cowboy in Ang Lee's film "Brokeback Mountain." Of course, there were signs that his life was in trouble; most notably, he had moved out of the home he shared with his "Brokeback" co-star Michelle Williams and their daughter. The folks at E! gather friends and co-stars to keep his memory alive.
HEATH LEDGER: THE E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY
Friday, 9 p.m., E!
CATEGORY: REALITY
Reservation blues
For the season finale of "30 Days," Morgan Spurlock, who started the season living among coal miners in West Virginia, heads west to Window Rock, New Mexico, deep in the heart of Navajo nation, to live with the Dennisons, an extended Native American family. Spurlock will study the Navajo language, seek employment and report on the economic hardships that are common to reservation life.
30 DAYS
Tuesday, 10 p.m., FX
CATEGORY: DRAMA
Gone to pot
Nancy Botwin's life has taken a dark and irreversible turn on "Weeds." She has moved to the California border town of Ren Mar and is running drugs across the border to Mexico. She's managed to help police put her former neighbor Celia (Elizabeth Perkins) in jail on drug charges and now Celia is conspiring with the law to gather evidence against Nancy. Meanwhile, Nancy's brother Andy (Justin Kirk), who now lives with his father, has become her newest accomplice in the narcotics business.
WEEDS
Monday, 10:30 p.m., Showtime
CATEGORY: REALITY
A breed apart
Dog owners and their pets - from "pageant dogs" to those simply trained at home - will live together and compete against each other in games that put the owners' ability to train their dogs to the test in the new show "Greatest American Dog." The host is zoologist Jarod Miller and the dogs include Beacon, a Schnauzer, Elvis, a Parson Russell Terrier, Presley, a Boxer and Galaxy, an English Pointer Border Collie . The winning team will walk away with a $250,000 cash prize.
GREATEST AMERICAN DOG
Thursday, 8 p.m., CBS
CATEGORY: REALITY
The other 'Hills'
African-American teenage life is the focus of "Baldwin Hills." Also known as the Black Beverly Hills, it's an upscale black neighborhood in Los Angeles, where professional athletes, TV and movie stars, entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers and engineers live. Their children fit school in with trips to the beach, pool parties, high-end shopping and driving their daddy's luxury cars. Some of them are smart and hardworking, while some of them are spoiled and overly entitled. Thankfully, none are named Lauren Conrad.
BALDWIN HILLS
Tuesday, 10 p.m., BET
