Saturday Sports Night Live
Athletes Take Over the Tube
There may not be a whole lot of original scripted programming on TV tonight, but there’s more than enough live-action athletic competitions to satisfy even the biggest sports nuts. It all gets off to a great start earlier in the day with the Conference USA Tournament final in Memphis, Tennessee, at 11:30am on CBS, followed by both men’s and women’s college basketball airing round-the-clock on such networks as CBS, ESPN, and Fox Sports.
Highlights from other sports include professional bull riding in Kansas City, Missouri, on VS. (9pm) and Toshiba Senior Classic PGA golf in Newport Beach, California, on the Golf Network (6:30pm). Finally, to top off the hyperactive day, ESPN Classic’s Brian Kenny and Bert Sugar co-host a three-hour retrospective look at the career of American welterweight boxer Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker in the new edition of the weekly Ringside boxing series. [OnTV Saturday, 10 March 2007]
Other Good Stuff on TV Tonight:
- Catwoman: Graceful Halle Berry accepted her Razzie “award” for this roundly denigrated flick with so much class, it’s only fair that fans watch it every single time it airs. [AMC/8:00]
- Earthstorm: Alec’s younger brother Stephen Baldwin plays a demolition expert tasked with saving the entire Earth after a collision between an asteroid and the moon spurs disastrous changes in the planet’s weather systems. [Original Movie/Sci Fi/9:00]
- The French Connection: There’s no better movie on tonight than this thrilling, fact-based, five-time Oscar winner starring Gene Hackman (recipient of a Best Actor Academy Award for his performance) as “Popeye” Doyle, a New York City policeman intent on bringing down a slick bigwig heroin smuggler. [Fox Movie Channel/8:00]
- French Connection II: Gene Hackman reprises his role as “Popeye” Doyle in the capable 1975 sequel to 1971′s The French Connection. [Fox Movie Channel/10:00]
- Life Support: Hip-hop actress Queen Latifah stars as an HIV-positive Brooklyn resident who grapples with her history of drug addiction by dedicating herself to improving the lives of other sufferers through a local outreach group. [Original Movie/HBO/8:00]
- MADtv: Impish Daily Show alum Rob Corddry takes a brief break from his new Fox sitcom The Winner to make a guest appearance on a fresh installment of the popular late-night sketch-comedy program. [Fox/11:00]
- McBride—DOGGED: In the latest two-hour movie in the McBride detective series, compassionate lawyer M. McBride (John Larroquette) literally goes to the dogs when he lands a case defending an alleged Kennel Club killer. [Original Movie/Hallmark/9:00]
- The World Music Awards: The 2007 annual event, relocating from its former ABC home to become MyNetworkTV’s first special, will feature an international lineup of nominees and honorees. [Special/MyNet/8:00]
All times are PM and EST/Eastern Standard Time
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