TV picks for May 2: "Life With Vinny," Matt Lauer, "Life's a B*tch"

May 1, 2013 at 7:12PM
Photo by Scott Gries/MTV Ke$ha and Vinny Guadagnino in "The Show with Vinny"
Ke$ha visits Vinny Guadagnino on “The Show With Vinny.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Heeeeere's Vinny!

File this concept under the World Is Coming to an End: "Jersey Shore"'s Vinny Guadagnino gets his own talk show, titled "The Show With Vinny" (9 p.m., MTV). Celebrity guests like Mark Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy agree to be interviewed in Guadagnino's home. Somewhere up there, Edward R. Murrow is shedding a tear.

Messing with the wrong people

"The Sopranos" veteran Steve Schirripa shows that Tony Soprano isn't the only one who can hold a grudge in "Karma's a B*tch!" (9 p.m., ID), a new series that pays tribute to real people who found brilliant ways to get their revenge.

Double duty

If anyone could use a laugh these days, it's Matt Lauer, who seems to be getting the blame for everything from the "Today" show's fall to the long, snowy April. He's certain to get some relief when he stops by the guest-friendly "Tonight Show With Jay Leno" (10:35 p.m., KARE, Ch. 11).

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Matt Lauer, co-host of the NBC "Today" television program, walks to a segment of the show in New York's Rockefeller Center, Friday, March 29, 2013. A top NBC News executive said Wednesday the network is not considering replacing Matt Lauer as anchor of the "Today" show despite reports that Anderson Cooper of CNN was approached about the job. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ORG XMIT: MIN2013042917132152
Lauer (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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