Music on TV - Week of 08.22.11: MTV VMA Awards

Lady Gaga in a promo for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards

After wearing a dress made out of meat at last year's MTV VMAs, one has to wonder just how Lady Gaga will top herself this year. It won't take too long to find out, as the exhibitionist leads off the broadcast. There will probably be another two or three tweetable events during the broadcast, but given the boredom that has infected the broadcast in the past few years, Lady Gs opening will make it easy to move on to more rewarding things early enough in the evening.

Elsewhere, Glen Campbell makes his first appearance since revealing he's been diagnosed with Alzheimers, sitting down for an interview with ABC's Terry Moran scheduled* for Tuesday night (an interview to be featured on World News with Diane Sawyer, Nightline and then Good Morning America the following morning). Out in support of his final release, Ghost on the Canvas -- out August 30, Campbell will be performing next month on both The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (September 12) and Jimmy Kimmell Live (September 27).

Picks for the week
Monday, August 22
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Viva Brother (REPEAT)
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Tony Royster, Jr (Drum Solo Week II)
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Redlight King
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Rickey Minor with Sharon Jones, Grace Potter, Charles Bradley & the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (REPEAT)
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: tUnE-yArDs (REPEAT)
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: The Kills (REPEAT)
TBS: Conan: Soundgarden (REPEAT)
SYNDICATION: The Ellen DeGeneres Show: One eskimO (REPEAT)
Tuesday, August 23
ABC: World News with Diane Sawyer and Nightline: Glen Campbell
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: The Features (REPEAT)
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Gavin Harrison (Drum Solo Week II)
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Amos Lee
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Wallpaper
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: The Antlers (REPEAT)
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Grouplove (REPEAT)
TBS: Conan: The 88 (REPEAT)
SYNDICATION: The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Rascal Flatts (REPEAT)
Wednesday, August 24
ABC: Good Morning America: Glen Campbell
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Bush (REPEAT)
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Stewart Copeland (Drum Solo Week II)
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Fool's Gold
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Matt Kearney (REPEAT)
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Tony Bennett, Big Audio Dynamite (REPEAT)
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Interpol, Girl Talk (REPEAT)
SYNDICATION: The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Alison Krauss & Union Station (REPEAT)
Thursday, August 25
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jake Shimabukuro (REPEAT)
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Dennis Chambers (Drum Solo Week II)
FUEL: The Daily Habit: GZA
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Dolly Parton (REPEAT)
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Fountains of Wayne (REPEAT)
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: The Black Angels (REPEAT)
Friday, August 26
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: The Lonely Forest (REPEAT)
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Mutemath
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Raphael Saadiq featuring Robert Randolph (REPEAT)
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Emmylou Harris (REPEAT)
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: The Knux (REPEAT)
Saturday, August 27
NBC: Saturday Night Live: Paul McCartney (REPEAT)
PBS: Austin City Limits: Cheap Trick (REPEAT)
Sunday, August 28
MTV: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards: Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Adele, Pit Bull with Ne-Yo, Young the Giant