Kathy Griffin goes back to the 'D-List'

By TERRY MORROW
Scripps Howard News Service
Thursday, May 31, 2007

Kathy Griffin is back to working from the bottom.

The comedian is returning for a third season of the hilarious reality show, "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" (10 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, Bravo).

The seven-episode season sees Griffin adjusting to single life again after her divorce. She also tries dating in Hollywood, including an outing with Nick Carter.

She hosts the Gay Adult Video Awards. Her travels take her to Carnegie Hall and a maximum-security prison.

But there is also drama, when Griffin faces a family tragedy.

Ushering this new season will be a new Griffin standup comedy special, "Kathy Griffin: Everybody Can Suck It" (9 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, Bravo).

The special was taped at the Arizona Perryville State Penitentiary in Santa Rosa, Calif. She dishes on celebrities in the special.

"I read about Paris Hilton getting into a fish fight with Shanna Moakler on a stairwell in a club. That's not my thing. I'm not going to confront anybody. I was raised right," Griffin says in the special.

"I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners."

Of her importance in Hollywood, she notes she isn't the type who's able to get past the velvet ropes and into trendy clubs. However, "when I go to Applebee's, I get a table whenever I want," she says.

Other highlights for the week of June 3-9 (all times are Eastern; listings are subject to change; check local listings):

SUNDAY

_ "MTV Movie Awards" (9 p.m. MTV). Sarah Silverman, a comic not a movie star, is host of this awards show about movies, although it's on a music channel.

_ "Inside the Green Berets" (9 p.m. National Geographic Channel). This report looks at the deadly risks that American soldiers face daily.

_ "The Next Food Network Star" (9 p.m. Food Network). New contestants whip up their best dishes for a chance at being a star.

_ "Shot in the Dark" (10:30 p.m. HBO). "Entourage" star Adrian Grenier looks for his biological father in this documentary.

MONDAY

_ "Hell's Kitchen" (9 p.m. Fox). Gordon Ramsey is back to abuse more chefs.

WEDNESDAY

_ "Footballers Wives" (8 p.m. BBC America). In the final season, Joan Collins shows up to toss the ball around.

_ "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (9 p.m. TBS). The guy who gets into drag for his movie career stars as a big daddy with kids to wrangle.

_ "Ghost Hunters" (9 p.m. Sci-Fi Channel). Two plumbers continue their exploration of haunted spaces in this new season of the hit reality show.

THURSDAY

_ "Fast Cars & Superstars -- Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race" (8 p.m. ABC). If you ever needed a reason to stay off the road, here's one: This realty series puts William Shatner behind the wheel and tells him to hit the gas.

FRIDAY

_ "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide To Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs and Weasels" (8 p.m. Nickelodeon). The title pretty much spells out the plot in the series finale for "Ned's Declassified." In fact, it's the entire script.

SATURDAY

_ "Ice Spiders" (9 p.m. Sci-Fi Channel). Ice. Spiders. What more do you need to know to be scared?