'TOP CHEF' ON LONG ISLAND Live interactive cook-offs hit <a href="/topics/Deer_Park%2C_NY">Deer Park</a> Saturday and Sunday with Bravo "Top Chef" contestants Paul Qui and Angelo Sosa. Preregistration tickets are gone, but walk-ins are welcome for free attendance at the Tanger Outlet Center at the Arches. Show times are 10:30 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m. both days. Info at bravotv.com/thetour. 
 'JERSEY SHORE SHARK ATTACK'! I know! If only! But no JWoww in sight. Instead, that's the title of a Syfy original movie debuting on cable June 9. If you just can't wait, it'll preview at Manhattan's Paley Center for Media at 7 p.m. next Saturday, with the producer and writers in attendance. Trivia, prizes, refreshments included. Stars of "JSSA" include "<a href="/topics/The_Sopranos">Sopranos</a>" enforcer <a href="/topics/Tony_Sirico">Tony Sirico</a>, <a href="/topics/Paul_Sorvino">Paul Sorvino</a>, Jack Scalia and actual "Jersey Shore" cast member <a href="/topics/Vinny_Guadagnino">Vinny Guadagnino</a>. Trailer, ticket details at paleycenter.org/events. 
 'AGT' LAST CHANCE It's not too late to submit a video to NBC's "<a href="/topics/America%27s_Got_Talent">America's Got Talent</a>" for its <a href="/topics/YouTube">YouTube</a> contest. Auditions are still being accepted through Friday night. After a judging panel selects 20 finalists, <a href="/topics/YouTube">YouTube</a> viewers decide which act gets to perform on TV. Rules at agtauditions.com. 
 AMERICA'S WARS The mini-docuseries "WWII Diaries" debuts this <a href="/topics/Memorial_Day">Memorial Day</a> weekend on the new streaming subscription channel America's Wars, rolling out nearly 2,200 two-minute segments about the 1940s upheaval. Available online or via TV's <a href="/topics/Roku">Roku</a> player, the channel covers combat from the great Indian wars to battle in <a href="/topics/Iraq">Iraq</a>, starting at $4.99 a month. Currently, a two-week free trial is being offered. Visit americaswars.com.

'TOP CHEF' ON LONG ISLAND Live interactive cook-offs hit Deer Park Saturday and Sunday with Bravo "Top Chef" contestants Paul Qui and Angelo Sosa. Preregistration tickets are gone, but walk-ins are welcome for free attendance at the Tanger Outlet Center at the Arches. Show times are 10:30 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m. both days. Info at bravotv.com/thetour. 'JERSEY SHORE SHARK ATTACK'! I know! If only! But no JWoww in sight. Instead, that's the title of a Syfy original movie debuting on cable June 9. If you just can't wait, it'll preview at Manhattan's Paley Center for Media at 7 p.m. next Saturday, with the producer and writers in attendance. Trivia, prizes, refreshments included. Stars of "JSSA" include "Sopranos" enforcer Tony Sirico, Paul Sorvino, Jack Scalia and actual "Jersey Shore" cast member Vinny Guadagnino. Trailer, ticket details at paleycenter.org/events. 'AGT' LAST CHANCE It's not too late to submit a video to NBC's "America's Got Talent" for its YouTube contest. Auditions are still being accepted through Friday night. After a judging panel selects 20 finalists, YouTube viewers decide which act gets to perform on TV. Rules at agtauditions.com. AMERICA'S WARS The mini-docuseries "WWII Diaries" debuts this Memorial Day weekend on the new streaming subscription channel America's Wars, rolling out nearly 2,200 two-minute segments about the 1940s upheaval. Available online or via TV's Roku player, the channel covers combat from the great Indian wars to battle in Iraq, starting at $4.99 a month. Currently, a two-week free trial is being offered. Visit americaswars.com.

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