TV This Weekend - Feb. 29, 2008

Tonight Stargate Atlantis concludes a story. Saturday night Saturday Night Live is new again. Sunday night Oprah has a new show.

US television highlights for the weekend of Feb. 29, 2008 to Mar. 2, 2008. Times are ET, shows are new unless noted otherwise. TV This Week will be published Monday. Tagged for your pleasure: tvtw.

Friday

Price Is Right, special, 1 hr., 8:00pm, CBS.
'Come on down!' Contestants guess retail values for prizes on TV's longest-running game show. Bob Barker racked up over a dozen hosting Emmys since CBS first aired the daytime staple in 1972, though it originated with Bill Cullen on NBC (1956-63) and ABC (1963-65). However, it was the genial, ageless Barker who really sold viewers on the show, which spawned several syndicated offshoots and a string of prime-time specials. When Barker retired in 2007, Drew Carey stepped in to ably fill his shoes.

The Day of the Jackal, 1973 movie, 2½ hrs., 8:00pm, TCM.
Frederick Forsyth's bestseller about a killer (Edward Fox) hired to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. Filmed in England, France, Italy and Austria by director Fred Zinnemann. Michel Lonsdale, Alan Badel, Eric Porter.

Most Haunted, Matlock Bath Pavilion. 10:00pm, Travel Channel.
A visit to Matlock Bath in Derbyshire to investigate the allegedly haunted Pavilion that is home to a mining museum.

Stargate Atlantis, The Kindred, Part 2. 10:00pm, Sci-Fi.
The crew of Atlantis is surprised to see the return of Beckett and with little time they plan to rescue a crewmember gone missing; Teyla becomes a prisoner, but she discovers the Athosians that have gone missing at one of Michael's hidden facilities. Note: Part 1 repeats at 9pm.

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Saturday

Kill Bill: Vol. 1, 2003 movie, 2½ hrs., 7:00pm, Spike.
Quentin Tarantino's delirious homage to Asian action movies and spaghetti Westerns. Uma Thurman stars as an assassin who seeks revenge on those who left her for dead on her wedding day. Note: Volume 2 immediately follows at 9:30pm.

Wyatt Earp, 1994 movie, 4 hrs., 8:00pm, History Channel.
Delves into the character of the lawman circumstances and fate made bitter, and his quest to track down his blood enemies from the OK Corral.

Saturday Night Live. 11:30pm, NBC.
Ellen Page; Wlico.

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Sunday

The Simpsons, The Debarted.8:00pm, Fox.
A new kid at school named Donny (voice of Topher Grace) works with Bart on his pranks. But when the pranks start to backfire, Bart wonders if he can trust his new accomplice. Meanwhile, the Simpsons get a fancy loaner car after Marge gets in an accident, and Homer falls in love with it. Terry Gross has a voice cameo as herself.

Big Brother 9.8:00pm, CBS.
Houseguests are nominated for eviction.

Family Guy, Play It Again, Brian. 9:00pm, Fox.
Peter and Lois' marriage might be on the rocks, but that doesn't stop them from accompanying Brian on a vacation to Martha's Vineyard, when Brian wins the New England Rising Writer's Award. And as Peter's drinking spirals out of control, so does Brian's self-restraint as he professes his undying love for Lois.

Oprah's Big Give. 9:00pm, ABC.
Debut: Contestants vie to give money and other resources away creatively (how they can get the most bang for their bucks) and with dedication (how much they are seen as wanting to help others). The eight-part series begins in Los Angeles, where the 10 contestants are paired off and given five days (and $2500) to change a person's life. Based on an installment of Oprah's daytime show in which she gave audience members $1000 and told them to use it for charitable endeavors. Nate Berkus hosts.

Unhitched, Pilot. 9:30pm, Fox.
Debut: Love doesn't come easily for four Boston thirtysomethings (Craig Bierko, Rashida Jones, Shaun Majumder, Johnny Sneed) reentering the dating scene. In the opener, Jack "Gator" Gately (Bierko) has a blind date that goes well---perhaps too well; Kate (Jones) goes out with a player for the Boston Celtics; and Freddy (Majumder) discovers that if romance doesn't come easily, it isn't cheap, either. NBA players Paul Pierce and Ryan Gomes have cameos.

Dexter, The Popping Cherry. 10:00pm, CBS.
The Ice Truck Killer strikes again and new homicide officer Debra is assigned the case, but she gets reprimanded for violating the chain of command; flashbacks offer insight into Dexter's homicidal tendencies and take him back to his first time "taking out the garbage"; Doakes gets on the bad side of a drug kingpin.

Breaking Bad, Crazy Handful of Nothin'. 10:00pm, AMC.
Walter, in the throes of his chemotherapy treatment and needing money more than ever, agrees to cook more crystal meth with Jesse; Skinny Pete hooks Jesse up with an important new contact, while the DEA intensifies its investigation of Albuquerque's new drug kingpin.

Iron Chef America, Cora vs. Hilson. 10:00pm, Food Network.

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