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The Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced from the TV academy's North Hollywood digs early Thursday morning, and we'll be all over the announcements like white on rice. But because we had to write this TV Column before the nominations are announced at 8:40 a.m. — and because the TV Column's definitive forecast of this year's Emmy nominations appeared here Tuesday — we decided to look across the landscape to see whether any shows are sure to be among next year's crop of Emmy nominees.

HIGHLIGHTS Documentary "Chasing Ice" (National Geographic at 8 p.m.) — which landed an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song — follows environmental photographer James Balog as he sets out to present photographic evidence of climate change, with the help of some time-lapse cameras filming in the Arctic mountains. Reality show "Playing With Fire" (E! at 8), about the drama among chefs in New York City, continues as Jennifer gets ready to open her new bakery, and Derek and Daniel's rivalry flares up as they prepare to participate in a...

It finally happened! All three escalators at the north entrance of the Dupont Circle Metro station were closed for several days this month, and all three at the Van Ness-UDC Station were out of order when I got off the train on Dec. 17. Some of the deepest stations -- Rosslyn, Dupont Circle, Tenleytown-AU, Van Ness, Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan and Friendship Heights -- have three or four escalators. They are seldom needed at the same time, and I suspect that, because these escalators are very long and thus somewhat...

FRESNO, Calif. — Tattoo artist Megan Massacre (whose real name is Megan Woznicki) will draw the line when it comes to drawing lines. "If I have a young couple come in, and they want to get a tattoo of each other's name, I will talk to them first. It would be different if they've been together 20 years. I'm not going to let someone get a tattoo they're going to regret," says the star of the TLC series "NY Ink" and "America's Worst Tattoos. " New seasons of both shows launched Thursday night on TLC. Most of the...

Elevator doors open. And there they are — Stacy, Clinton and even Randy, cast members from TLC's " What Not to Wear " and " Say Yes to the Dress, " gazing out from life-size murals adorning the walls of the cable network's offices. At every turn of the sixth-floor digs in the headquarters of parent company Discovery Communications , TLC's reality-show stars greet you. Even the furniture in the waiting area — cupcake-shaped chairs tucked into a cake stand table — is a nod to...

HIGHLIGHTS All the cable news networks, including MSNBC, CNN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network and C-SPAN, will provide coverage of the Florida GOP presidential primary ; PBS breaks in with a half-hour special at 11 p.m. During the Michael Jackson-themed "Glee" (Fox at 8) episode, the New Directions-Warblers rivalry intensifies as both groups practice for the regional competition. On "Ringer" (CW at 9), which returns...

Remember when makeover shows were the hot, new thing in reality TV, and TLC's "What Not to Wear" was at the head of the class? TLC announced Wednesday that it will close out its longest-running prime-time show at the end of its coming season, which is set to premiere in July, running Friday nights. TLC General Manager Amy Winter said Wednesday that she thought it was "the right time" to end the show. "This show changed me and the trajectory of my life," weighed in star Stacy London, who's done...

I'm as powerless as anyone to look away from " Here Comes Honey Boo Boo ," TLC's new reality series about Alana Thompson, a 6-year-old kiddie pageant contestant from rural Georgia, and the boisterous clan what done gave birth to her. Precocious, atrocious! She's a Shirley Temple for this ceaseless Great Recession! The show, premiering with two episodes Wednesday night, is a horrifying and yet strangely sweet glimpse at American life as it is lived by a particular style of...

"The Sisterhood" is a new reality show on TLC about pastors' wives in Atlanta. The city is the spiritual home of Martin Luther King Jr.'s ministry and the show promises a rare window into the lives of several "first ladies. " So far — we're four episodes in, halfway through the inaugural season — a pastor has given his spouse a pair of handcuffs, a first lady has pointed out the first house where she smoked crack and there's been a nice chat about sexually transmitted diseases.

Just in time for the party conventions comes a study on the TV shows with the highest concentration of each political party's most loyal voters. Check out the lists below: Non-news shows with highest concentration of key voter segments (Source: Experian Simmons) SUPER-DEMOCRATS 1. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) 2. The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) 3. 30 Rock (NBC) 4. Shameless (Showtime) 5. Modern Family (ABC) 6. Game of Thrones...

Remember when makeover shows were the hot, new thing in reality TV, and TLC's "What Not to Wear" was at the head of the class? TLC announced Wednesday that it will close out its longest-running prime-time show at the end of its coming season, which is set to premiere in July, running Friday nights. TLC General Manager Amy Winter said Wednesday that she thought it was "the right time" to end the show. "This show changed me and the trajectory of my life," weighed in star Stacy London, who's done more than 325...

"The Sisterhood" is a new reality show on TLC about pastors' wives in Atlanta. The city is the spiritual home of Martin Luther King Jr.'s ministry and the show promises a rare window into the lives of several "first ladies. " So far — we're four episodes in, halfway through the inaugural season — a pastor has given his spouse a pair of handcuffs, a first lady has pointed out the first house where she smoked crack and there's been a nice chat about sexually transmitted diseases.

For most of my career I've been trying to combine two elements in television that seem to be at odds — excellent programs about science and ratings. It's conventional wisdom that those two can never meet in the middle. I don't accept that. I've always tried to show the drama of science and adventure. Like a lot of people in Washington, I grew up somewhere else — in my case, overseas in Germany and London. My dad worked for PanAm. A lot of us expatriates grow up as little anthropologists.

Monday, Sept. 19 "Dr. Drew's Lifechangers" (CW at 3 p.m.): The omnisciently empathetic doctor from VH1's "Rehab" shows is here for daily talk and advice. "The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (HBO at midnight; encores Sept. 20): Documentary revisits the effects of U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy as it prepares to expire. Wednesday, Sept. 21 "The X Factor" (Fox at 8): Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul team up again for yet another singing competition.

Just in time for the party conventions comes a study on the TV shows with the highest concentration of each political party's most loyal voters. Check out the lists below: Non-news shows with highest concentration of key voter segments (Source: Experian Simmons) SUPER-DEMOCRATS 1. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) 2. The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) 3. 30 Rock (NBC) 4. Shameless (Showtime) 5. Modern Family (ABC) 6....

Elevator doors open. And there they are — Stacy, Clinton and even Randy, cast members from TLC's " What Not to Wear " and " Say Yes to the Dress, " gazing out from life-size murals adorning the walls of the cable network's offices. At every turn of the sixth-floor digs in the headquarters of parent company Discovery Communications , TLC's reality-show stars greet you. Even the furniture in the waiting area — cupcake-shaped chairs tucked into a cake stand table — is a nod to...

Reality TV's other supersized family, the Duggars (of TLC's "18 Kids and Counting . . . ") talk with On Faith's Sally Quinn about family life in front of the cameras and their marital advice for Jon and Kate Gosselin. washingtonpost.com/onfaith

A Montgomery County judge ruled Thursday that controversial former reality show star Jon Gosselin -- he of "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" and Las Vegas pool party fame -- must cease making media appearances that TLC network views as a violation of his production contract. The opinion was a victory for Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications, which owns TLC. The contract "has been breached time and time again by Mr. Gosselin," Paul Gaffney, an attorney for TLC, said after the ruling.

I'm as powerless as anyone to look away from " Here Comes Honey Boo Boo ," TLC's new reality series about Alana Thompson, a 6-year-old kiddie pageant contestant from rural Georgia, and the boisterous clan what done gave birth to her. Precocious, atrocious! She's a Shirley Temple for this ceaseless Great Recession! The show, premiering with two episodes Wednesday night, is a horrifying and yet strangely sweet glimpse at American life as it is lived by a particular style of Americans that television...