Arts & Entertainment

Tonight's TV Tips - Monday, Aug. 8

Bachelor Pad, Giuliana and Bill, The Closer

Bachelor Pad, 8 p.m., ABC

Proving once and for all that you can never whore yourself out enough, Jake and Vienna are among the former Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants moving into the “mansion” in this latest incarnation of reality-show-retreads.

Giuliana and Bill, 8 p.m., Style

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It is, of course, hilarious (and perhaps even ironic) that the Rancics are opening a restaurant, since Giuliana hasn’t eaten since Y2K.

The Closer, 9 p.m., TNT

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I had really been hoping that the final season would involve a terrifying and riveting cat-and-mouse game between Brenda and that uber-creepy lawyer/murderer-rapist from two seasons ago. One of the few check marks in Brenda Leigh’s loss column. But it appears that we are going to use Brenda’s bad decision from last season as the dramatic crux for the finale. Oh well.


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