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Set your DVR carefully.<p>President <font color=yellow>George W Bush</font> has asked the major television networks to air a farewell address on Thursday during primetime. The speech will start at 8:00pm ET and last 10-15 minutes. It will be delivered from the East Room of the White House. Joining Bush will be a small audience of people chosen for their personal courage.<p>This speech will be the last scheduled public event before Bush steps down to be replaced by President-Elect <font color=yellow>Barack Obama</font> on January 20. "It's not something where he's trying to refight old battles. It's a very thoughtful, forward-looking speech in which the president will share the lessons he learned in office and his views on the future," said press secretary <font color=yellow>Dana Perino</font>. <p>The farewell speech is part of a ritual followed by past presidents. "This is not going to be a swan song to the president's administration, although he will defend his record, but it will be very gracious to President-elect Obama," Perino said. CBS has announced that it will air the Thursday night lineup as planned once the farewell address is over. The repeat of <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I>'s last episode, <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season9/19_down.shtml">"19 Down"</a>, will air at 8:15pm ET, and the final episode for <font color=yellow>William Petersen</font> (Gil Grissom), <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season9/one_to_go.shtml">"One to Go"</a>, will begin at 9:15pm ET. Viewers planning to use a digital video recorder (DVR) to catch the episode should check their local schedule so they know when to start recording.<p>The original information is from <A class="link" HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSTRE50B6VI20090112">Reuters</a> and the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTYDmnCOa9VY6wH26Y9Dd6hI1k4gD95LTH0O0">Associated Press</a>. The information about CBS airing the address is from <A class="link" HREF="http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090113cbs04">The Futon Critic</a>.<center></center>