What To Watch On Tv Tonight, Thursday May 26, 2011

Lyndey and Blair’s Taste Of Greece, SBS ONE 8pm

In a tragic twist of fate, Blair, Lyndey Milan’s son and co-host, tragically died 3 days after being diagnosed with Leukaemia in April this year. This cooking/travel doco sees the mother and son travel around Greece and showing us the cuisine and culture of an amazing country. With plans for the duo to do more series, it’s bitter sweet watching this, but Lyndey plans to carry on with it, in her sons memory.

American Idol – FINAL, FOX8 7.30pm

This is the repeat of the live announcement at 10am on FOX8. Will country crooner Scotty McCreery or the young Lauren Alaina take out the title for 2011. I predict it will be the charming Scotty that will get the girls voting, but I predicted Adam Lambert and lost on that one. See all the hoopla and fireworks as another person is inducted into this reality history.

Miss Congeniality 2, GO! 9.30pm

Because of the notoriety she gained from the Miss United States pageant, Gracie Hart’s life as an undercover FBI agent is over. In addition, Agent Eric Matthews broke off their relationship which she did not take well. Begrudgingly on the advice her boss Director Harry McDonald, Gracie decides to become the FBI’s media relations officer. Ten months later with the assistance of style coach Joel Meyers and a bestselling book behind her about her experience, Gracie becomes a designer-clad media darling and the made-up face of the FBI. The new Gracie is the exact opposite of Agent Sam Fuller, a woman who, like Gracie before her pageant experience, has deep seated anger issues. The two do not get along, but that doesn’t stop McDonald from assigning Sam to be Gracie’s bodyguard. The two are sent to Las Vegas when Gracie’s friend, reigning Miss United States Cheryl Frasier, and the long-time Miss United States pageant host Stan Fields are kidnapped.

The Principal, 7TWO 10.40pm

Rick Latimer (James Belushi) is a teacher who gets a job as the principal of a school with a very bad reputation. In fact, his transfer there is a kind of punishment because he beat his wife’s boyfriend. So, Rick finds himself in a school where drugs, knives and guns are very usual things. Also stars Louis Gossett Jr.

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