Hello,

It's another 'sweeps week,' as they call it in show biz. During this time of year the powers that be pay even closer attention to the ratings.

We want to not only make sure that you our loyal viewers stay tuned but we'd also like to entice more viewers as well. So this week will be doing a different type of topic, for instance: 'Naked Ladies of the Night Who Have Too Many Parking Tickets.'

What do you think?

(I'm just kidding about the 'naked ladies and their parking tickets') hmmm, maybe that would be a good show? No, stop it, I'm falling under the sensational promotions to get ratings spell...ugh..shake it off, here we go...

Back to the truth, we start off a sweeps week with tribute to our troops and then one of my favorite guests, my Mom. I'm looking forward to sharing another 'Ask Alice' segment with all of you. We'll have Mom on Monday's show, answering viewers questions. She truly gets a kick out of being a part of the show.

Also, Tom Bergeron from 'Dancing with the Stars' and 'America's Funniest Videos' will join us. Tom's an old friend. It's nice to share time with him. We put together a surprise for Tom, it's our own homemade video submissions for 'America's Funniest Videos.'

It's always so interesting to have actors on the show whose work I've enjoyed but have not yet met, such as Neal McDonough from 'Desperate Housewives' and Jennifer Esposito from 'Samantha Who?'

Of course my nieces are thrilled that Joshua Jackson, formerly of 'Dawson's Creek,' will be on to talk about what's new in his life and how he's doing on the new show, 'Fringe.'

We also have some great music this week, and as always some 'regular folk' to share their stories.

I can't wait to share more videos of my 'man on the street' adventures.

So come join us for another week of laughing at ourselves and learning something, like painting a master piece, as we all learned to do last week.

I do plan on having Connie Gordon back to do another painting lesson. Connie's 85 years-old and continues to share her enthusiasm for art, creativity and teaching. I'm so happy you all enjoy Connie as much as I do.

Tuesday is Veteran's Day. We will have spouses of service men and women in our audience and we will pay tribute to our troops.

We are fortunate to have on Patty and Patrick Horan appearing on the show Tuesday, I met this brave couple last February at the Casa Colina Rehab facility here in California.

Like so many of the young injured soldiers whom I am fortunate enough to spend time with, I find Patty and Patrick to be an example of courage, love, commitment, and triumph. I'm so happy they are coming to share their story with all of us.

Have a wonderful week.

Bonnie