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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.

In a major shake-up at two local stations, Pat Harvey, one of the most prominent news anchors in Los Angeles and the most identifiable personality of KCAL's prime-time newscast, jumped Wednesday to the anchor desk at sister station KCBS. Harvey, who helped launch KCAL's prime-time newscast two decades ago, will now anchor the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Paul Magers at KCBS. His former co-anchor Laura Diaz has moved to a solo anchor slot on KCBS' 6 p.m. newscast. KCBS weekend anchor Sharon Tay has succeeded Harvey as co-anchor of KCAL's 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts.

SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show General election dynamics: Michael Duffy; David Leonhardt; Liz Marlantes; Patricia Murphy. (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 General election; the Democratic agenda: David Axelrod, Obama campaign. General election; immigration: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). Secret Service and GSA scandals: Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.)

KCBS and Walker are right on the money. Why shouldn't Mayor Bradley answer all questions? His "Baloney! Baloney!" answers are baloney. TIM ELLIOTT North Hollywood

Former KABC-TV Channel 7 morning traffic reporter Vera Jimenez on Monday will join KCBS-TV Channel 2's 5-7 a.m. weekday newscast, launching the station's "time saver traffic" segments that will use technology locating gridlocked locations on major freeways and highways. Meanwhile, KCBS anchor Gretchen Carr, who has been off the air since December, is recuperating from foot surgery, and the station has not yet determined when she will return to work. -- Greg Braxton

KCBS-TV reporter Serene Branson sparked some unexpected drama following the Grammy Awards when she slurred her words and appeared to speak gibberish during a live report. Branson was reporting outside the Staples Center at the top of the 11:30 p.m. broadcast and was appearently trying to talk about the hoopla during the award show when her words became unintelligible. Some startled viewers thought she may have suffered a stroke during the report. A KCBS spokesman released a statement that Branson was examined by paramedics on the scene immediately following the broadcast.

Joseph Dyer, a retired KCBS-TV executive who was one of the first African American reporters hired by a major network television station in Los Angeles and later helped it set a standard for community involvement, died of heart failure Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, said his daughter Monica. He was 76. The son of Louisiana sharecroppers, Dyer was hired by KNXT-TV (which later became KCBS) as a writer and news producer in 1965, a few months before the Watts riots erupted.

Tennis fans should boycott KCBS forever. In addition to showing the women's semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament on a tape-delayed basis when the rest of the country was seeing it live, KCBS flashed a graphic on the screen at 5:01 p.m., when Hana Mandlikova was in the process of breaking Chris Evert Lloyd's serve at 2-3 in the sixth game of the third set, saying that the news would start at 5:18, thereby ruining the drama of the rest of...

The new management team at KCBS-TV Channel 2, in an apparent attempt to improve the station's sagging news ratings, is overhauling its newsroom roster and is set to hire former KNBC Channel 4 anchor Tritia Toyota. The changes, according to one KCBS employee who asked to remain anonymous, are in keeping with what the source termed the station's desire to feature "rock 'n' roll news."

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.

When it comes to KCBS' "I-Team," there's no doubt that some good may result from exposing shoddy mechanics or health hazards at restaurants, but in going "undercover" to get the story, its news gatherers must also set up an elaborate chain of lies and misrepresentations. If a report is built upon a chain of lies, then exactly how are we viewers to know when the truth begins? ("Critic Should Practice What He Preaches," by Michael Tuck, Counterpunch, May 18). If we were to review CBS News' policy regarding the use of hidden cameras, my guess is that the guidelines would tell us that their use should be employed only when less intrusive methods of reporting are unavailable.