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RICK DIAMOND/WIREIMAGE.COM IN TUNE:John Mayer, left, and Keith Urban share the stage.
HIGHLIGHTS In summer concert series,
country music singer Toby Keith stops by “Fox and Friends” (Fox News Channel at 6 a.m.), and at 7, “Good Morning America” (ABC) hosts teen pop star Miley Cyrus, and “Today” (NBC) features James Taylor and Carole King. Also on Friday morning,
“NewsPlus With Mark Segraves” (WDCW at 7:30) hosts two candidates for Prince George’s County executive, Rushern Baker and Gerron Levi, along with Vincent Orange, who’s running for D.C. Council chairman.
Cyrus just can’t stay out of the headlines these days — but in one lucky coincidence, she has an album coming out! As she continues to promote her CD, she also appears on “Miley Cyrus: Live From London” (ABC at 8 p.m.), which has excerpts from her concert at London’s O2 arena. Discovery Channel loves shows that teach people how to get out of scary situations, and on the special “Discovery Saved My Life” (at 9), six people talk about how they survived dangerous events by using advice from Discovery shows. “The Office’s” Rainn Wilson
takes a serious turn in “The New Recruits” (WETA at 10), as he narrates a documentary about three young social activists who
travel abroad to help businesses rather than charities. Pop star John Mayer and
country crooner Keith Urban jam on guitars and swap songs on “Crossroads” (CMT at 10), including Mayer’s “Perfectly Lonely” and “Gravity,” along with Urban’s “Sweet Thing” and “ ’Til Summer Comes Around.” Plus, they have to work in a duet of George Michael’s “Faith.” New series “Battle of the
Wedding Designers” (TLC at 10) follows three event planners as they try to impress a couple with ideas for their dream wedding; in the premiere, a couple who want to blend their Greek and Italian roots into one wedding must choose the concept that sounds best. “Politics Program With Mark Plotkin” (NewsChannel 8 at 11) hosts Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten to discuss — who else? — Stephen Strasburg. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith is a guest on “Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS at 11:35), along with comedian Larry Miller and musical guest Fred Eaglesmith. “The Tonight Show With Jay
Leno” (NBC at 11:35) has actor David Spade, biologist (and expert used on “Animal Planet”) Dan Riskin and a performance by Kelis.
— Emily Yahr
re “reality TV series” and “Washington, D.C.,” mutually exclusive? America didn’t have much of an appetite for the debut of “Top Chef: D.C.” Wednesday night on Bravo. The cooking competition series’ seventh edition opened inauspiciously when just 1.8 million people tuned in. That’s the franchise’s smallest opening audience since the first edition was launched way back in March of 2006. This news comes about six months after MTV’s “Real World D.C.” opened with one of its smallest kickoff crowds in that reality franchise’s long history. The run of “Real World D.C.” went on to become the lowest-rated in its 23-edition history.
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Reality show + D.C. = Recipe for a flop? Word of “Top Chef ’s”
watered-down D.C. ratings comes even before viewers know that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, CIA Director Leon Panetta, White House assistant chef Sam Kass and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough are going to make appearances in coming weeks! Network suits naturally thought viewers would find Washington a very sexy place in which to set a reality TV series when the Obamas moved to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. That’s how they think. So far, however, the viewing public isn’t swallowing it. This does not bode well for “The Real Housewives of D.C.” — Michaele Salahi or no Michaele Salahi. This is the first time in its
history that Bravo’s “Top Chef” has not grown or at least remained flat-ish each cycle. Last August, for instance,
2.6million people caught the launch of “Top Chef: Las Vegas.”
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with 2.7 million people tuned in — still the record launch for the franchise. On Wednesday, “Top Chef”
host Padma Lakshmi charged the cheftestants with representing where they’re from, by “cooking for 300 young, successful Washingtonians at the kickoff party for the annual cherry blossom festival.” Except the party was not
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DOWN TOWN: Ed Cotton on “Top Chef: D.C.”
In fairness, that was down a tick from nine months earlier, when the fifth edition, “Top Chef: New York,” had opened
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affiliated with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which had had its opening ceremonies almost two weeks earlier. The party was by, and for, “Top Chef D.C.,” said Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan, who ought to know since he was there. “So much for reality, right?” Joe wrote Wednesday in his blog. Dear Joe, so sweet — so naive. Contestants are competing for $125,000 to open a restaurant; a feature in Food & Wine magazine; and the title Top Chef.
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