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On ‘Jersey Shore’ (Thu., 10PM ET on MTV), Vinny says he keeps his mouth shut. And then he doesn’t — instead telling Jenni “JWoww” Farley that Angelina “Jolie” Pivarnick told a lie about her.

Jenni confronts Angelina and Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola, who says she “doesn’t give a [beep].” Jenni says, “Did you grow some balls all of a sudden?” Sammi responds: “I don’t fight because I’m mature, I’m classy!” and then proceeds to scream and shout at her.

Jenni yells back, “Why don’t you like me — because I came to you as a woman and told you about your man?” — referring to the anonymous note that told Sammi about Ronnie’s cheating ways. Jenni shoves Sammi’s head. Arms start flailing, and Sammi throws a punch.

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Funnyman Jay Leno won’t have much to laugh about when he sees the new ratings figures for ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’. After a chaotic year of changing hosts, multi-million dollar pay deals and very public feuding between the Leno and Conan O’Brien camps, it seems as though viewers have voted with their remotes and switched off this summer.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Leno’s attracting far fewer viewers in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic than Conan O’Brien did whe he hosted the show. And, just to pile on the misery, the show has also hit a new record summer low in ‘Tonight Show’ history.

However, it’s not all dire news for Leno. He’s still ahead of CBS’s ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ in the ratings, though CBS has pointed out that unlike Leno, Letterman’s ratings have held steady since last summer when he — ahem — also reached an all-time low.

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Once again, the judges love Michael Costello’s work on ‘Project Runway’ (Thu., 9PM ET on LIFE). And once again, the other contestants are left bemused and incredulous. “You can’t do a zipper, a swoop, lace and satin! Come on!” says Gretchen Jones.

When Michael brags about the judges’ reaction to his turning a bridesmaid dress into a “sexy, sophisticated, expensive-looking” cocktail dress, Gretchen, Ivy Higa and the other competitors bite their tongues. But their pained expressions betray them.

In his absence, Gretchen’s exasperation bubbles to the surface.

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Billy Gardell co-stars with Melissa McCarthy in ‘Mike and Molly’ — a new fall sitcom that follows the two as they meet at Overweight Anonymous and begin dating. For the funnyman, a visit to ‘The Late Late Show’ (weeknights, 12:37AM ET on CBS) was his first late-night TV appearance.

Craig Ferguson probably doesn’t know much about Gardell, but the actor and his family are definitely familiar with the host. “My Aunt Judy adores you. Will you say hi to Aunt Judy?” pleaded Gardell.

Ferguson gestured for some cash. Gardell rummaged up a $20 bill. The host then got some particulars (like where she lives) and gave her a saucy shout-out.

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Actor Will Arnett appeared on ‘Late Show’ (weeknights, 11:35PM ET on CBS), and he had one burning topic on his mind. And that topic was … babies! Mr. Arnett has just had a second son. Well, actually, his wife Amy Poehler had it. Will just more sort of stood around in the delivery room, as guys tend to do.

Amy gave birth via a C-Section — which is a very private fact that her husband was cool with mentioning on national TV. We’re sure that Amy will be pleased. And here are some other unique and bizarre facts about Arnett’s new son, as told to David Letterman …

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[Project Runway - You Can Totally Wear That Again]

Without the hindrance of ‘Models of the Runway’ we can have a challenge on ‘Project Runway’ that has nothing to do with the models.

This week Heidi announced that the contestants would have to transform a bridesmaid’s dress into something fashionable and hip, but not anything wedding related. Everyone was still reeling from the drama of last week, with Michael C. still wiping the truck tire marks off his face.

Since the contestants had to use most of the bridesmaid’s dress in their new dress, they were given only $50 and a maximum of two yards of fabric. Obviously, the loophole was that they could grab as much trim, feathers, buttons and zippers that they needed. Interestingly, most of the contestants picked the two yards of fabric. Christopher got tossed a wrench almost immediately when his client was changed; ironically, we don’t hear much from him the rest of the episode

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Did you know that Steve Buscemi once wanted to be a stand-up comic? It didn’t work out, so he had to fall back on the whole acting thing. But why didn’t it work out? Well, according to Steve, it’s all Paul Reiser’s fault.

Buscemi tells his sad tale on ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’ (weeknights, 11:35PM ET on NBC). Back in the ’80s, Steve was trying to “make it” as a comic, and would show up at the Improv Comedy Club in New York City — along with other young comedians like Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. These guys were picked to perform, but Steve never was … because the club manager didn’t like his act.

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[Big Brother 12 - 'Live Eviction #9, HoH #10] Another summer of ‘Big Brother’ is wrapping up as tonight’s show gets us down to the final four hamsters. Who would have thought that the final five would be the Brigade minus one, Britney and Ragan?

It’s time for all those remaining in the house to step up their game. In the Brigade, the guys have basically jumped in to win — once they were up against the ropes. Well, now they’re all up against the ropes and each one should be thinking of their own end game, not their friendships. That is, if they want to win the half-million.

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Well, according to the news, Chelsea Handler is single again. On Wednesday, she announced that she had broken up with her latest boyfriend — ‘Animal Planet’ host Dave Salmoni. Earlier this year, she dumped her previous boyfriend, Ted Harbert, CEO of the E! Network. (And yes, Chelsea certainly likes dating fellow TV people and/or her boss.)

But Ms. Handler is now 35 years-old — the age when many single women start to think about settling down. On the latest ‘Chelsea Lately’ (weeknights, 11PM ET on E!), she welcomes British singer Mel B, and the two of them discuss the whole dating issue. Mel is also 35 (but happily married), and she has some advice for Chelsea: Maybe consider dating black guys.

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… And the short answer to the question posed in the headline is: No. And that’s pretty sad. On the new ‘Extreme Cuisine’ (Thu., 8PM ET on Food Network), host Jeff Corwin travels to the United Kingdom to sample some of the local dishes. The food enjoyed by the natives there includes jellied eels, stuffed sheep’s stomach and saltwater snails. Gee, maybe this is the reason that some people aren’t that “into” British food.

The saltwater snails that Jeff hunts for are called “limpets,” and they aren’t that hard to track down. Mainly because they live on rocks, and almost never move — sometimes a limpet will stay on a single rock for its entire life. Removing the creature from its rock proves to be more problematic, though.

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