Whale Wars

Here's tonight's lineup of new shows and events (all times Eastern). Check your local TV listings for additional information.

8:00 to 9:00
ABC: 'The 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee' -- Two hours
FOX: 'Past Life'
MNT: 'WWE Friday Night Smackdown!' -- Two hours
NBC: 'Friday Night Lights'
PBS: 'Washington Week With Gwen Ifill' and 'Need to Know'
Animal Planet: 'Whale Wars: The Aftermath'
Cartoon Network: 'Ben 10: Ultimate Alien' and 'Generator Rex'
Current: 'Media Massacre' -- 8:30 start
Discovery: 'Six Versus the World'
ID: 'Call 911' and 'Main Street Mysteries'
Nickelodeon: 'iCarly' -- The new one-hour movie 'iPsycho'

The rest of the schedule, and the late night talk shows, after the jump.

9:00 to 10:00
CBS: 'Flashpoint'*
NBC: 'Dateline' -- Special on the Gulf Oil Spill. Two hours
Animal Planet: 'Whale Wars'*
BBC America: 'Gavin and Stacey' and 'Not Going Out'
CMT: 'Gator 911' and 'Danger Coast'
Disney: 'Wizards of Waverly Place'
DIY: 'Man Caves' and 'Garage Mahal'
ID: 'Cold Blood'
Nickelodeon: 'Victorious' and 'Big Time Rush'
Science: 'How It's Made'
Sundance: 'Shameless'
SyFy: 'Stargate Universe'
TLC: 'Say Yes to the Dress' -- Two 30-minute episodes

10:00 to 11:00
ABC: '20/20'
CBS: 'Miami Medical'
Current: 'Sex & Relationships'
E!: 'The Soup Presents' -- 'Swappin' Spit: TV Love at Its Finest'
Food Network: 'Food Feuds' -- 10:30 start
History: 'Gangland'
Science: 'How Do They Do It?' -- 10:30 start
Showtime: 'Hal Sparks: Charmageddon' -- New comedy special starring Hal Sparks
Starz: 'Party Down' and 'Gravity'
SyFy: 'Merlin'
TruTV: 'Forensic Files'

And now, the late night talk shows. Scheduled guests subject to change.

10:00
'Real Time With Bill Maher' (HBO): Judd Apatow

10:20
'Friday Night With Jonathan Ross' (BBC America): Kevin Bridges; Pendulum

11:00
'The Mo'Nique Show' (BET): Rappers Xzibit, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and Roscoe Dash
'Charlie Rose' (PBS): Actress Rachel Weisz
'Chelsea Lately' (E!): Dan Levy, Josh Wolf and Jen Kirkman make up the comic panel

11:30
'Late Show With David Letterman' (CBS): Russell Crowe; performance by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (repeat)
'The Tonight Show' (NBC): Eddie Murphy; Mary Lynn Rajskub; performance by Nas and Damian Marley (repeat)

Midnight
'Jimmy Kimmel Live' (ABC): Kathy Griffin; actor Sam Trammell; performance by the Deftones
'Tavis Smiley' (PBS): Sir Ben Kingsley; jazz musician Trombone Shorty

12:30
'The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson' (CBS): Jennifer Tilly; magician Ed Alonzo
'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' (NBC): Gwyneth Paltrow; Colin Quinn; performance by JabbaWockeeZ (repeat)

1:30
'Last Call With Carson Daly' (NBC): Jesse Ventura; illustrator Matthew Inman; performance by the Doves (repeat)