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Today The Westminster Dog Show; Star Jones; Khloe Kardashian; Giada De Laurentiis. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA Good Morning America Ricky Martin and Nicki Minaj; Demián Bichir; Richard Blais. (N) 7 a.m. KABC Rachael Ray The cast of "Hot in Cleveland. " (N) 8 a.m. KCAL Live With Kelly Ricky Martin and Nicki Minaj; Khloe Kardashian; Tony Potts. (N) 9 a.m. KABC The View Ricky Gervais; Westminster Dog Show host David Frei. (N) 10 a.m. KABC The Talk Thandie Newton; Dr. Travis Stork.

CBS This Morning John Lithgow; Garry Marshall; Robert Draper. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Giada De Laurentiis; the Wanted performs; Madeleine Albright; Nicole Richie; Hugh Grant. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC Rachael Ray Julie Andrews. (N) 8 a.m. KCAL Live With Kelly Hugh Grant; Blair Underwood; co-host Jesse Palmer. (N) 9 a.m. KABC The View George Stephanopoulos, Robin Roberts, Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer. (N) 10 a.m. KABC The Talk Julie Andrews; Train performs.

Larry Elder, the self-proclaimed "Sage from South Central," has heard you missed him. Now he's back. Elder, the African American talk-show host who frequently provoked black listeners with his conservative views during his 15-year stint on KABC-AM (790), is returning Monday to the station he abruptly left almost two years ago. He will take over the 9 a.m. to noon weekday slot vacated Friday by the more lighthearted "Frosty, Heidi and Frank" show. "I'm tanned, rested and ready," Elder quipped last week in a phone interview, echoing the oft-told one-liner about former President Richard Nixon on his political availability after his impeachment.

CBS This Morning Cybill Shepherd; Robert De Niro and producer Jane Rosenthal. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Padma Lakshmie. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA Good Morning America Matthew Broderick; Melissa Rycroft and husband Tye Strickland; Emeril Lagasse. (N) 7 a.m. KABC Rachael Ray Anna Faris; Train performs. (N) 8 a.m. KCAL Live With Kelly Candice Bergen; Eva La Rue; Seth Meyers. (N) 9 a.m. KABC The View Kevin Kline; the cast of "Girls"; Dr. Steven Lamm; Toby Mac performs.

Larry Elder, the self-proclaimed "Sage from South Central," has heard you missed him. Now he's back. Elder, the African American talk-show host who frequently provoked black listeners with his conservative views during his 15-year stint on KABC-AM (790), is returning Monday to the station he abruptly left almost two years ago. He will take over the 9 a.m. to noon weekday slot vacated Friday by the more lighthearted "Frosty, Heidi and Frank" show. "I'm tanned, rested and ready," Elder quipped last week in a phone interview, echoing the oft-told one-liner about former President Nixon on his political availability after his impeachment.

In an effort to expand both its ratings and its spectrum of viewpoints, talk station KABC-AM (790) is turning to an award-winning journalist, a personality better known to television viewers than radio listeners over the last 40 years: Geraldo Rivera. Rivera will debut a 10 a.m. weekday talk show on Jan. 30 in which he'll take calls, interview guests and discuss the day's news, with an emphasis on Southern California. "I think I represent a big swath of the middle, and it's kind of drowned out, or nonexistent," said Rivera, who calls himself a liberal Republican with a far different stance on issues such as abortion and immigration than party orthodoxy.

Someone ought to advise KNBC that, in the matter of winning Paul Moyers' return, they may have medaled, but they didn't get the gold. In the argot of the Olympics, the news anchor gold goes to Ann Martin of KABC. She wins on sincerity, empathy, articulation, personality and grace. A 10. Jake Angelin, Los Angeles

In Steve Weinstein's article "KCAL's Ratings Jump" (June 30) he called KABC's "Eye on L.A." a defunct show. In fact, it airs Sundays at 5 p.m. and has been back on the air since January of this year. LAURAINE GIBBONS Los Angeles

Imagine my anticipation to see a "news update" on Channel 7 notifying me that on the upcoming 11 p.m. news KABC will have an "exclusive" (no one else had the guts to tackle this story) report on "Elvis--Dead or Alive?" I was imagining Howard Rosenberg salivating like Pavlov's dog at the thought of KABC running another investigative expose. With my interest piqued, I sat through 22 minutes of a hard-hitting "infotainment" lineup: a wrongful death suit over "Poltergeist III" star; "Rambo III" vs. " 'Crocodile' Dundee II" opening night at local theaters; a look at benefit rock concerts; and L.A. radio's women deejays.

Notice the new advisories on "A.M. Los Angeles" and "Three Three O" that the "following people are clients of Fashion Office, which is co-owned by Pam Roberts"? Could KABC have been trying to blunt possible criticism following a current Business Week article by Ellen Farley that includes allegations that Channel 7 fashion reporter Roberts accepts $2,000 yearly retainers through her Fashion Office P.R. firm for putting clients on TV shows--including several on KABC? Station g.m.

SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show 2012 election; Hillary Clinton in 2016: Dan Rather, HD Net; John Harris, Politico; Kathleen Parker, the Washington Post; and Nia-Malika Henderson, the Washington Post. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC, Sunday 5:30 a.m. KNBC McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY Today (N) 6 a.m. KNBC Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC State of the Union 2012 election; the Democratic agenda: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)

Larry Elder, the African American talk-show host on KABC-AM (790) who often angered black listeners with his conservative views, said he would be departing the station today. Elder, who started at the station 15 years ago and called himself "The Sage of Los Angeles," announced during his afternoon show Thursday that he and station management had mutually decided to part ways. He did not elaborate. He added that he was looking forward to new opportunities, and that he would inform fans on his website, larryelder.

How painful it was to listen to Arthur stumble through the reading of the news each morning. His lack of humor and pompous know-it-all attitude grated on my nerves. He had a great voice but seemed to be in a cultural Twilight Zone. What happiness when he announced his belated retirement. But KABC went overboard with the retirement festivities. "Stop, stop," I thought. "Bob may change his mind and decide to stay." Now, a year later, this childish outburst. EUGENE H. TYNER Whittier