TV This Weekend - Mar. 14, 2008

Tonight Return of Jezebel James premiers. Saturday night Bobby Flay visits Ireland. Sunday night Oprah is trying to give money away.

US television highlights for the weekend of Mar. 14, 2008 to Mar. 16, 2008. Times are ET, shows are new unless noted otherwise. TV This Week will be published Monday. Tagged for your pleasure: tvtw.

Friday

Return of Jezebel James, Pilot. 8:00pm, Fox.
Debut: Sarah, a single children's book editor (Parker Posey), reconnects with her slacker sister, Coco (Lauren Ambrose), in this comedy. First up: Sarah wants to have a baby but is unable to conceive, so she asks younger sis Coco to carry her child. Amy Sherman-Palladino ("Roseanne," "Gilmore Girls") is the director and an executive producer. Note: another new episode airs at 8:30pm.

Price Is Right Million DOllar Spectacular, special, 1 hr., 8:00pm, CBS.
Prime-time editions of the popular game show offer contestants a chance to win $1 million by spinning the wheel and landing on the $1 spot twice.

Gaslight, 1944 movie, 2 hrs., 8:00pm, TCM.
Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for her performance as a terrified wife being driven insane by her husband (Charles Boyer).

Kiss of the Dragon, 2001 movie, 2 hrs., 9:00pm, FX.
A police officer (Jet Li) turns to a prostitute (Bridget Fonda) for assistance after learning of a vice operative's connection to a Chinese drug lord.

Most Haunted, Hever Castle. 10:00pm, Travel Channel.
Hever Castle in Kent and its connection to King Henry the VIIIth and Anne Boleyn.

Jericho, mini marathon. 8pm to midnight, Sci-Fi.
Episodes from first season: Rogue River, Cross Roads, Red Flag, Vox Populi.

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Saturday

Download: The True Story of the Internet, Search. 7:00pm, Discovery.
A look into the lives of individuals whose creative ideas for Internet business generated lots of money and established better ways of acquiring information, items and entertainment, includes companies like Amazon, Ebay, Google and Napster. Note: repeats at 11pm.

Tasting Ireland, special, 1 hr., 8:00pm, Food Network.
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay ventures to his ancestral home of Ireland for the first time in his life to tour its pubs, learn the history of Guinness and taste such cuisine as boxty pancakes, dingle pie, white soda bread and glazed loin of bacon. (repeat)

Catch Me If You Can, 2002 movie, 3 hrs. 8 min., 8:00pm, ABC.
Steven Spielberg's breezy fact-based story stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a charming 1960s con man who poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer. Tom Hanks plays the FBI agent on his trail, and Christopher Walken received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his quirky work as DiCaprio's dad.

True Lies, 1994 movie, 3 hrs., 8:00pm, A&E.
A woman (Jamie Lee Curtis) who thinks her secret-agent husband (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is simply a salesman is inadvertently dragged into the action when her spouse takes on some high tech espionage.

Silverado, 1985 movie, 3 hrs., 8:00pm, AMC.
Lawrence Kasdan's homage to the classic Western. Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Linda Hunt, Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Goldblum, John Cleese.

Saturday Night Live. 11:30pm, NBC.
Jonah Hill; singer Mariah Carey (Janet Jackson had to cancel due to illness).

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Sunday

Big Brother 9. 7:59pm, CBS.
Houseguests are nominated for eviction.

King of the Hill, Behind Closed Doors. 8:30pm, Fox.
A child is missing in Arlen, so an emergency community meeting is held. At the meeting, a relationship expert (voice of Ed Begley Jr.) embarrasses Peggy by questioning her parenting skills, and Peggy becomes hypervigilant about Bobby's and Hank's every move.

Oprah's Big Give. 9:00pm, ABC.
The eight remaining contestants arrive in Houston, where some 1000 children await. Featured are appearances by tennis great Andre Agassi and skateboarder Tony Hawk.

Unhitched, Conjoined Twins Pitch No-Hitter. 9:30pm, Fox.
Gator attempts to return to his glory days from college when he and Freddy hang out with a pair of nannies; Kate sees her ex-boyfriend at a kid's birthday party.

Dexter, Love American Style. 10:00pm, CBS.
The homicide division is handed an unbelievable lead when the Ice Truck Killer's latest victim is found alive but mutilated; Dexter is on the trail of a person who traffics in humans.

Breaking Bad, Pilot Episode. 10:00pm, AMC.
A high-school chemistry teacher (Bryan Cranston) is diagnosed with a deadly cancer, so he puts his expertise to use and teams with an ex-student (Aaron Paul) to manufacture top-grade crystal meth in hopes of providing for his family after he's gone. (repeat)

Dirt, God Bless the Child. 10:00pm, FX.
After coming across some particularly disgusting information about a music tycoon, Lucy sets out to bring him down; Don finds the secrets of a politician who was formerly an actress, while Barrow takes measures to remind Lucy that he is the boss.

Iron Chef America, Flay vs. Back. 10:00pm, Food Network.
Las Vegas chef Akira Back battles Iron Chef Bobby Flay in an intense cooking competition using a secret ingredient that is revealed moments before the contest.

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