On Tonight: Siegfried & Roy's Return

On Tonight: Siegfried & Roy's Return

In their resplendent outfits, German accents and waving hair, Siegfried & Roy were arguably the world's most famous animal act. They were ranked among the Top 10 highest entertainers and were among the most in-demand acts on the Vegas strip.

But it all ended in one minute during a show on Oct. 3, 2003 when a seven year old white male tiger named Mantecore Montecore lunged at Roy Horn's neck.
that Siegfried & Roy, the most famous lion traners and at the time in the Top 10 highest paid entertainers suddenly came to an end when a tiger named Montecore lunged at Roy Horn's neck.

Horn survived and surprisingly, so did Montecore (the animal trainers insisted he not be destroyed), Siegfried Fishbacher, for his part, suffered from caretakers syndrome for helping nurse Horn back to health. Neither are back to 100 percent, but they agreed to appear in public last weekend for charity.

And there with Siegfried, 69, and Roy, 64 was Montecore, in the cage with them.
Everything turned out all right, or we wouldn't be watching the special edition of "20/20" tonight called "Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Returns" (ABC, 9 p.m.).

Elizabeth Vargas will report on their performance at the Bellagio Hotel, where the duo once performed for a 13-year run. It will benefit the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health set to open in Las Vegas in a building designed by Frank Gehry.

It's followed by a regular edition of "20/20" (ABC, 10 p.m.) about the perils of work-at-home opportunities.

U2 winds up its week on "Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS, 11:35 a.m.) on a day when the long-running Irish band with a new album to promote also performs on "Good Morning America" (ABC, 7 a.m.).

And the host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (NBC, 12:35 a.m.) can rest, having survived his grueling first week of broadcasts.
Wednesday's season premiere of "America's Next Top Model" (The CW, 8 p.m.) gets a replay.

An online group called "I Hate Holly J" is one of those things one has to endure in high school on "Degrassi: The Next Generation" (The N, 8 p.m.).

A fifth season start comes for "Trick My Truck" (CMT, 10 p.m.).

The murder of an American nun killed while trying to save the Brazilian rainforest is taken up on "NOW" (WGBY, Channel 57, 8:30 p.m.; CPTV, 10 p.m.). On "Bill Moyers Journal" (CPTV, 9 p.m.), it's all about poetry.

Newark mayor Cory Booker and business news anchor Erin Burnett are among panelists on "Real Time with Bill Maher" (HBO, 10 p.m.), where entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens and professor Peter Singer are also interviewed.

Health care is among the topics on "Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal" (CPTV, 8 p.m.).

With the 31 Days of Oscar Over, the splendidly weird late, late movies of TCM Underground are back. This week, it's the 1974 "Willie Dynamite" (TCM, 2 a.m.) and "Sweet Jesus, Preacher Man" (TCM, 4 a.m.).

Earlier, it's all about submarines: "Run Silent, Run Deep" (TCM, 8 p.m.), "Submarine Command" (TCM, 9:45 p.m.) and "Ice Station Zebra" (TCM, 11:15 p.m.).

In the women's ACC quarterfinal, it's Clemson vs. North Carolina (NESN, noon) and Maryland vs. Wake Forest (NESN, 3 p.m.).

NBA action includes Nets at Magic (YES, 7 p.m.), Cavaliers at Celtics (CSN, ESPN, 8 p.m.) and Nuggets at Jazz (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.).

Daytime Talk

Regis and Kelly: Felicity Huffman, Dylan and Cole Sprouse. The View: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Nathan Fillion. Bonnie Hunt: Heidi Klum, the Plain White T's. Ellen DeGeneres: Jason Mesnick and "the winning bachelorette," Sean "Diddy" Combs. Mike and Juliet: Bridget Marquardt, Geraldo Rivera, Jeanine Pirro, RuPaul, Jillian Michaels..

Late Talk

David Letterman: Jason Segel, Brian Kiley, U2. Jay Leno: Christina Ricci, Papa Roach. Jimmy Kimmel: Dustin Hoffman, Crooked X (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Drew Barrymore, Chace Crawford, Mario Batali. Craig Ferguson: Amy Adams, M. Ward. Carson Daly: N.A.S.A.

Source: Roger Catlin`s TV Eye