Monday, November 20, 2006
"Kennedy Center Presents: Mark Twain Prize" (9 p.m., PBS): Neil Simon, 79, has written more than 40 Broadway plays, creating some of theater's funniest and most memorable characters and winning an assortment of awards in the process. Now he adds another: the 2006 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In this special taped Oct. 15, friends and colleagues of the playwright including Christina Applegate, Lucie Arnaz, Richard Dreyfus, Nathan Lane and Robert Redford offer tributes and testimonials. The program also includes film clips from Simon's six-decade career.
"Puppet Up! Uncensored" (11 p.m., TBS): Improvisational comedy takes a fresh turn in this special as puppeteers concoct scenes based on the suggestions of a Las Vegas audience. Members of the Jim Henson Co. join nationally known improv artists to devise the uncensored stage sketches. Performers include Tyler Bunch, Brian Henson, Drew Massey, Ted Michaels and Allan Trautman. Patrick Bristow hosts.
"A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" (8 p.m., ABC): Let's be thankful that the Peanuts gang is back in "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving." Just one problem: Snoopy is put in charge of making the feast and the best the goofy canine can come up with is popcorn and toast. At least he's not serving up dog food.
"Heroes" (9 p.m., NBC): Promo ads for tonight's action-packed edition of "Heroes" have promised that it's "the episode that defines their destiny" and one that will explain what that cryptic message, "Save the Cheerleader. Save the world" means. You don't have to tell us twice. We're so there.
"Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip" (10 p.m., NBC): The show is hanging on by a thread. That's this week's plot, not a criticism.