Arts & Entertainment

Tonight's TV Tips - Tuesday, Aug. 16

Cupcake Wars, It's Worth What?, Auction Hunters

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It’s Worth What?, 8 p.m., NBC

Cedric the Entertainer goes into the appraising business, or at least oversees those who take guesses as to how much certain items are worth. I can only imagine how much padding goes into the hemming and hawing contestants do as they examine an object for wear and tear, discoloration, and other telltale value factors. It's probably like watching Deal of No Deal if contestants tried to guess the price tag on every suitcase.

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Cupcake Wars, 8 p.m., Food

War is clearly not hell in this case.

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Auction Hunters, 10 p.m., Spike

My first thought when I saw this was, “What is the ‘men’s channel’ doing running a show that’s about antiquing?” It turns out it’s not quite the case. The hosts are indeed antique dealers, but they’re going after abandoned storage units up for auction to see what they can find. Which turns out to be a lot of manly things like arcade games, jukeboxes, and guns guns guns.


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