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Today's News: Our Take - November Sweeps Highlights: Nov. 9-15

Mickey O'Connor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:17:00 -0500

Monday, Nov. 9

8/7c

How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Ted, Marshall and Lily work together to get Barney and Robin to break up. Alan Thicke guest-stars as himself.

One Tree Hill (CW)
In an episode directed by series star Sophia Bush, devastating news threatens to derail Brooke and Julian's fairy-tale romance. Millie's downward spiral jeopardizes her relationship, her job and her life.

9/8c

Gossip Girl (CW)
Leighton Meester's new single "Somebody to Love" (with Robin Thicke) is featured in the episode. All-girl rock band Plastiscines perform.

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Today's News: Our Take - NCIS Preview: Mike Franks Returns — with Gibbs' Boat

Adam Bryant — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:36:00 -0500

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NCIS' Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) has always been able to turn to his mentor, Mike Franks (Muse Watson), in times of trouble. When Franks returns in the hit CBS procedural's Tuesday episode, the tables will be turned.

Two mercenaries are found dead on Gibbs' boat, which forces Gibbs to re-evaluate his old friend and talk his way out of some hot water.

"We find out where the boat has ended up and it's something that Franks is involved with," Watson tells TVGuide.com "Franks and Gibbs have been such dear friends, so Gibbs lets Franks have the boat and everything gets confused from there. And of course when Vance finds out that Gibbs' boat is involved, they want answers from him and he doesn't have any."

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Today's News: Our Take - November Sweeps Roundup: Monday, Nov. 2 - Sunday, Nov. 8

Mickey O'Connor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:33:00 -0500

Highlights of the special guest stars and events the networks have planned for the first week of the November sweeps month:

Monday, November 2, 2009

7:30/6:30c

World Series Game 5: New York Yankees at Philadelphia Phillies (Fox)
Will the Yanks (3-1 in the series so far) take it in five? If they don't, Games 6 and, if necessary, 7, will pre-empt Fox's Wednesday and Thursday lineups.

Today's News: Our Take - November Sweeps Roundup

Mickey O'Connor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:03:00 -0500

Highlights of the special guest stars and events the networks have planned for November sweeps month:

Monday, Nov. 2

7:30/6:30c

Today's News: Our Take - Heroes: Will Hiro and Charlie Get Their Happy Ending?

Adam Bryant — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:06:00 -0500

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Heroes kicks off November sweeps Monday with the reunion of one of the show's most memorable, if tragically separated, couples: Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) and Charlie Andrews (Glee's Jayma Mays).

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The duo's brief love affair began in Season 1, but was brought a drastic halt when Sylar (Zachary Quinto) split Charlie's skull to steal her power. Hiro later traveled back in time to prevent Charlie's murder, and though he was successful, she eventually died from a blood clot in her brain. Now facing his own death by brain tumor, Hiro has set out to cross Charlie's name off his bucket list by saving her once and for all. So, will the third time be the charm?

"I think Hiro's learned a little bit more about what he can and can't do," Oka tells TVGuide.com. "There's definitely something he knows and there's the people he's met as well. He's tried over and over again to save Charlie, but this time he has different kind of knowledge that definitely will help out."

Mays says...

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