From buying or selling a house to the tricky world of home improvements, "20/20" helps viewers navigate the ever-changing world of real estate in a special edition of the program, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network (Note: This will precede another, separate edition of "20/20" from 10:00-11:00 p.m., ET)
Reports include:
* Jim Avila reports on one contractor who decided to strike back against customer complaints.
* One section of the housing market is reaching new heights -- doggie mansions. Doesn't your pet deserve a slate roof and air conditioning and a flat-screen TV? That's what some pampered pooches are calling home sweet home. Chris Connelly reports.
* Hiring a contractor for a home renovation is tricky business -- many are incompetent, some are outright crooks. Mike Holmes, a contractor and host of a hit Canadian television series, tells viewers how to find the good ones and how to handle problems that come up while your home is under renovation. Deborah Roberts reports.
* Bill Ritter reports on how to nail that sale in today's marketplace by adopting an auction-like approach and using tools like the internet.
* Real estate family bonds: Elizabeth Vargas reports on the impact the real estate downturn is having on sellers. "20/20" follows two couples whose life plans (marriage and divorce) are on hold as they try to sell their homes.
"20/20" is anchored by Elizabeth Vargas and John Stossel. David Sloan is executive producer.
In her first television interview, Jenna Bush speaks candidly with Diane Sawyer about life as the first daughter, her engagement to Henry Hager, her work with UNICEF and her emotional new book, "Ana's Story." Now a 25-year-old elementary school teacher, the President's daughter also speaks openly about her dad, how she feels about the war and growing up in a fishbowl. The interview will air on "20/20," FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Sawyer travels to Jamaica, where Bush talks to children about tolerance, dismantling stereotypes and addressing stigmas associated with HIV AIDS. During the interview, she tells Sawyer about her job with UNICEF, where she taught in four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. She documented the lives of kids living in exclusion, which means living in extreme poverty, with HIV AIDS, in abusive households and without access to school or medical care. It was through that experience that she met a woman she calls "Ana," a 17-year-old mother living with HIV who inspired Bush to write a book based on her life.
Season Will Feature a Grand Prize Giveaway, "Adventures By Disney" Vacations, For Two Lucky Winners
"Episode No. 1801" - "America's Funniest Home Videos" kicks off its 18th season with all-new footage of what happens when adults, children and even inanimate objects are at their spontaneous best. Season premiere highlights include a practical joke played on a teen who bites into a burger with a fake bug inside; hair-raising footage of exceptionally hirsute men; and when shellfish attack - a man having an unfortunate encounter with a clam -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 (7:00-8:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television. Tom Bergeron is the host.
"America's Funniest Home Videos" is the longest-running primetime show in ABC history.
The season premiere will also mark the beginning of a year-long promotion, with one video winner and one online winner taking home a magical "Adventures by Disney" vacation at the end of the season. The winners will be able to choose one vacation from among 10 trips to some of the most sought-after destinations in the world, including Italy, Spain, France, Costa Rica and many more.
Three times a year, "AFV" awards $100,000 cash grand prizes for the best video submission. For each of the shows awarding $100,000 cash prizes to video contestants, viewers at home can enter the "AFV Dream Vacation Sweepstakes." Travel giveaways this season will include: In October, a viewer will have the chance to win a Disney Cruise Line(r) Land and Sea Vacation, starting at the Walt Disney World(r) Resort in Florida and then sailing on Disney Wonder for an enchanting Bahamian voyage to Nassau and Disney's private island paradise, Castaway Cay; in February, a viewer will have a chance to win an exciting 7-Night Disney Cruise Line(r) vacation sailing from the Port of Los Angeles, either June 8, 2008 or July 27, 2008, to the Mexican Riviera; in April, a viewer will have a chance to experience new attractions and entertainment at the Disneyland(r) Resort in California and the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, as Disney's Year of a Million Dreams celebration continues through 2008.
When "AFV" has its season finale in 2008, the three $100,000 video prize winners will return to the show to compete for the Grand Prize, their choice of an "Adventures by Disney" vacation out of 10 trips to some of the most desired locations around the world. These adventures of a lifetime are immersive, effortless and fun for every member of the family. In addition to the video prize winner, one lucky viewer entrant will also be selected to win an "Adventures by Disney" trip.
Viewers can enter each of the four "AFV Dream Vacation Sweepstakes" throughout the year. For the first of the sweepstakes, entries will begin on ABC.com beginning Oct. 28, 2007 and ending Nov. 6, 2007. No purchase necessary to enter or win. You must have Internet access and a valid e-mail address to participate. Eligibility: Sweepstakes open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding residents of the Province of Quebec), 13 years of age or older as of the date of entry.
In its 18 seasons to date, "America's Funniest Home Videos" has given away over $9 million in prize money and evaluated more than half a million videotapes from home viewers. Viewers wishing to submit home videos to "America's Funniest Home Videos" should visit www.ABC.com for details.
Vin Di Bona is executive producer, with Todd Thicke and Michele Nasraway serving as co-executive producers. "America's Funniest Home Videos," which premiered on January 14, 1990 and is from Vin Di Bona Productions, airs with Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. This program carries a TV-PG parental guideline.
This episode of "America's Funniest Home Videos" will be available on ABC.com the day after airing on the network for users to watch online.
Queen Latifah Performs
"Episode 502A" - The second couple will be dismissed on "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show," TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Grammy-winning and Emmy and Oscar-nominated singer/actress Queen Latifah performs a special new arrangement of "California Dreamin,'" accompanied by professional dancers Tony Dovolani and Anna Trebunskaya. She also sings "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" from her latest album, "Trav'lin Light," accompanied by renowned ballroom dancers Victor Fung and Anna Mikhed. The current and former U.S. Ballroom champions will also take to the stage to perform a special Tango to the classic song, "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon."
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel ("Jimmy Kimmel Live") returns this season to take viewers on a hilarious behind-the-scenes look at "Dancing with the Stars."
By evening's end, the couple with the lowest composite score will be eliminated, as determined by a combination of the judges' scores and viewers' votes. Who among the following eleven teams will be dismissed from the competition?
Melanie Brown ("Mel B." a.k.a. "Scary Spice" of the Spice Girls) and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Sabrina Bryan (member of the Disney Channel's "The Cheetah Girls") and partner Mark Ballas
Helio Castroneves (two-time Indianapolis 500 champion) and partner, last season's champion, Julianne Hough
Mark Cuban (entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks) and partner Kym Johnson
Jennie Garth (actress and former star of "Beverly Hills 90210") and partner Derek Hough
Cameron Mathison (actor on ABC's "All My Children") and partner Edyta Sliwinska Floyd Mayweather (World Boxing Council Welterweight Champion of the World) and partner Karina Smirnoff
Wayne Newton ("Mr. Las Vegas") and partner, two-time champion Cheryl Burke Marie Osmond (actress, performer and entrepreneur) and partner Jonathan Roberts Albert Reed (model) and partner Anna Trebunskaya
Jane Seymour (Emmy Award winning actress) and partner Tony Dovolani
Viewers may cast their votes for their favorite teams via phone on Monday nights during and up to thirty minutes after the "Dancing with the Stars" performance shows. AT&T subscribers may also text message their votes by texting the word "VOTE" and entering the four-digit number that corresponds to the team they want to support (standard text message rates apply). They may also vote online at www.abc.com at the end of each performance show until 12:00 Noon, ET the following day.
Tom Bergeron ("America's Funniest Home Videos") hosts alongside special guest host and Season Two champion Drew Lachey, who is graciously filling in for Samantha Harris ("E! Entertainment") while she is on maternity leave.
"Dancing with the Stars" is the U.S. version of the international smash hit series, "Strictly Come Dancing." This version is produced in America by BBC Productions. Conrad Green serves as executive producer and Rob Wade and Matilda Zoltowski are co-executive producers. Alex Rudzinski directs.
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Mo'Nique ("Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School," "The Parkers") will guest star on an upcoming episode of ABC's hit comedy "Ugly Betty." She'll play L'Amanda, the weekend Mode receptionist who's got a thing for Henry (Christopher Gorham).
"Ugly Betty" stars America Ferrera as Betty Suarez, Eric Mabius as Daniel Meade, Alan Dale as Bradford Meade, Tony Plana as Ignacio, Ana Ortiz as Hilda, Ashley Jensen as Christina, Becki Newton as Amanda, Mark Indelicato as Justin, Michael Urie as Marc, Rebecca Romijn as Alexis Meade, Judith Light as Claire Meade, Christopher Gorham as Henry and Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater.
"Ugly Betty," a production of ABC Studios, airs Thursdays from 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET, on the ABC Television Network.
