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By Roger Catlin Bob Schieffer: Rahm Emanuel, John Kerry, Sen. John Coryn. David Gregory: Maria Shriver.  George Stephanopoulos:  White House adviser David Axelrod.  John King: Rahm Emanuel, Sen. John Kerry.  Chris Wallace: Sens. Kent Conrad, Arlen Specter and John Thune. Karl Rove, Terry McAulliffe.

By Roger Catlin Seems like watching "Fringe" (Fox, 9 p.m.) immediately after "FlashForward" (ABC, 8 p.m.) would make you ready for "The Mentalist" (CBS, 10 p.m.). A "Parks & Recreation" (NBC, 8:30 p.m.) episode that concentrates on Pawnee's sister city in Venezuala brings guest star Fred Armisen of "Satur...

She isn't holding back here, talking freely about Obama, her life and aging. It's a good warmup for her own new weekly late night Saturday talk show which begins next month on Fox in the slot currently held by reruns of "Talkshow with Spike Feresten" (Fox, 11 p.m.).

By Roger Catlin Madonna was the biggest of several guest stars on the show, though Scarlett Johansson, who also appeared unannounced at another point was pretty big. Elijah Wood also popped in on the show somewhere. All this on an episode hosted by one of the least known stars to ever host, Ryan Reynolds.

The political upheaval in Iran and the White House reaction to it cries out for the kind of context provided by "Iran and the West" (National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.). Eli Wallach graces a solid episode of "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime, 10:30 p.m.). And Mary McDonnell begins a guest stint on "The C...