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David Warner guest stars as a visitor who visits Babylon 5 (Sci-Fi, 6pm, letterboxed) in search of the Holy Grail.
I’m sure I’m not the only person experiencing serious Buffy and Angel-withdrawal. Sigh. Sorry, no new episodes this week either. Just a rerun of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer (WB, 7pm) where Spike shows Buffy what Riley has been up to. And of the Angel (WB, 8pm) where the big guy rushes to try and stop Darla from being reborn as a vampire yet again.
Daniel Baldwin, Jessica Steen, Joel Grey and Daphne Zuniga guest star on The Outer Limits (Sci-Fi, 7pm).
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (AMC, 7pm-9pm; 11pm-1am) is just what it sounds like. A documentary about the making of the film Cleopatra. If you adjust for inflation and all that, Cleopatra is truly the most expensive film ever made.
I couldn’t care less about Copperfield! Tornado of Fire (CBS, 7pm) unless there’s a real chance that Copperfield will be set aflame. But what’s this? According to the TV listings, Copperfield also “attempts to travel through space and time with a member of the audience.” Um, okay. What is this? An episode of Voyager?
Episode 3 (of 5) of Eco-Challenge (USA, 7pm).
Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier in The Prince and the Showgirl (TCM, 7pm).
Miranda and three others are drawn to a New Zealand bridge on Mysterious Ways (PAX, 7pm).
Two more reruns of Freaks and Geeks (Fox Family, 7pm and 8pm). “Tests and Breasts” and “I’m With the Band.”
Derek Jacobi guest stars on a rerun of Frasier (NBC, 8pm). He plays an actor that the Crane boys worshipped when they were kids, but when they see his work as adults . . . let’s just say they have a different impression.
I love Joan Cusack. I liked the pilot episode of What About Joan (ABC, 8:30pm), it even made me laugh out loud a time or two. But I agree with the many people who think Joan needs to tone things down a little bit.
James McDaniel leaves NYPD Blue (ABC, 9pm).
Mark Hamill guest stars on a new episode of Son of the Beach (FX, 9pm). It’s a return engagement for Hamill.
New episode of The Andy Dick Show (MTV, 9:30pm).
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, and Ralph Bellamy in Howard Hawks’ His Girl Friday (AMC, 9:30pm; 1:30am). One of my all-time favorite films.
“Assistant Attorney General Burton Hardesty (Billy Dee Williams) escapes his kidnappers after suffering torture and brainwashing” on a new 18 Wheels of Justice (TNN, 10pm).
“Blood Wedding” always makes my list of underrated episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street (Court TV, 10pm). A.D.A. Danvers (Zeljko Ivanek) is at a wedding dress shop with his fiance when a robbery occurs and she’s killed. Frank Pembleton (Andre Braugher) is the primary for the case, his first case as a primary since his stroke. Episode features great performances from Ivanek and Braugher, of course, and from Melissa Leo and the rest of the cast.
Hugh Grant, Sade on The Late Show w/ David Letterman (CBS, 10:35pm).
Martin Sheen, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Pete Yorn on The Tonight Show (NBC, 10:35pm).
Yay! Late Night w/ Conan O’Brien (NBC, check your local listings) is back with new episodes. Sigourney Weaver, Alan Cumming, and the Old 97’s are the guests tonight.
Steven Weber, the North Mississippi All-Stars, and Jerri from Survivor on The Late Late Show (CBS, check your local listings).
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