8
p.m. “Little House on the Prairie Marathon” An entire day with the
frontier family including the episode where Laura finds a baby deer trapped in
a well, the episode where the Amish family teaches the Ingalls the meaning of
charity and the episode where Pa Ingall joins a vigilante mob to drive out new
immigrant settlers. Hallmark Channel.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
What's on tonight.
Saturday, Nov. 17
7
p.m. “The Incredible Hulk”
This is the newer one, that has more action and less angst than the 2003 version. In this one, he just gets mad and turns into the Hulk. He doesn’t schedule a session with his therapist first. (2008) FX
This is the newer one, that has more action and less angst than the 2003 version. In this one, he just gets mad and turns into the Hulk. He doesn’t schedule a session with his therapist first. (2008) FX
8
p.m. “Holiday High School Reunion” The holidays are stressful enough
without a high school reunion thrown in. On the plus side, the bulky sweater
camouflages your beer gut nicely. (2012) FX
8
p.m. “Toy Story 3” In the latest sequel, the Woody, Buzz and the gang
are donated to a preschool where they are abused, kicked and slobbered on. It’s
basically like being a parent. (2010) Disney Channel.
9
p.m. “John Carter of Mars”
A man magically transported to
Mars discovers he has gained super strength but, at the same time, lost the
ability to speak in coherent dialogue. (2012)
Starz
9
p.m. “48 Hours” Stories of mothers working as private investigators.
They don’t just find the suspects. They make them feel guilty too. CBS
10
p.m. “Wedding Band” The band plays at ComiCon, the one performance all
year where they don’t say “This one goes out to the ladies.” TBS.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Bring on the hate mail.
5 p.m. “The
Opposite of Sex” Christina Ricci stars as a manipulative teen in this
dark comedy. In real life, we don’t know what the opposite of sex is but we
think it involves Bea Arthur. (1998) IFC.
We knew her when ...
8 p.m.
“Mystic Pizza” A group of young women working at a pizzeria come of age
in a seaside Connecticut town in a film that gives viewers a chance to see a
young Julia Roberts with big ’80s hair, the glow of youth and the nose she was
born with. (1988) ABC
Another era
8 p.m. “Mr.
Mom” Laid off from his job, an automobile engineer takes over parenting
responsibilities while his wife reenters the job market. It all seems kind of
quaint now. If it happened now, the kids would simply be outsourced to India. (1983) PAX
Looking back
8 p.m.
“Living with Michael Jackson” It turns out that life at Neverland Ranch
is just like life at any other guarded compound filled with zoo animals and
carnival rides and owned by an eccentric self-disfigured recluse whose best
friend is a chimpanzee. VH1.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)





