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This week’s TV picks
Discovery’s “Air Jaws” is a lot less cuddly than Disney’s hoops-shooting “Air Bud,” and he’d probably pop the basketball anyway.
Monday
‘Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa’ 7 p.m., Discovery: Shark week started last night, so if you turn on Discovery any night this week you’re probably going to see sharks. The creatures profiled in this particular show leap out of the water, hunting seals. Also, 27 of them devour a whale carcass. Sharks are awesome.
‘Obsessed’ 9 p.m., A&E: An OCD-afflicted woman plucks out her eyebrows; another woman can’t stop picking at her skin; a TV critic compulsively checks what’s on other channels right now.
Tuesday
‘Paris Hilton’s My New BFF’ 9 p.m., MTV: Paris chooses one of two remaining hopefuls as her new BFF, which begs the question — what’s that final “F” for if she’s choosing a new one every year?
Wednesday
‘True Hollywood Story’ 9 p.m., E!: Farrah Fawcett gets the bio treatment and I reminisce about that poster I won at the school fair in middle school.
‘Make My Day’ 9:30 p.m., TV Land: This new hidden-camera series follows unsuspecting participants who are set up with the best day of their lives. I thought this show was following me last week when I went to get a Snickers bar from the vending machine and two fell out instead of one.
Thursday
‘So You Think You Can Dance’ 7 p.m., FOX: Season 5’s winner is announced.
‘World’s Wildest Vacation Videos’ 7:30 p.m., truTV: No program description was available but, just to be safe — I can totally explain that weekend in Myrtle Beach.
Friday
‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader’ 7 p.m., FOX: Tonight, general-knowledge grade-school questions are posed to a surfer who lost an arm to a shark. Okay, I know it’s Shark Week, but c’mon.
Saturday
‘George Lopez: Tall, Dark and Chicano’ 9 p.m., HBOe: Popular comic Lopez filmed this stand-up special in San Antonio.
‘Dirty Sexy Money’ 9 p.m., ABC: This is the series finale, so that means it’s your last chance to catch the Darlings (as in ‘not viewer darlings’).
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