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Tony Award-winning Broadway director Bart Sher ("The Light in the Piazza," "South Pacific") helms this breezy 2007 production of Rossini's sparkling comic masterpiece "The Barber of Seville," starring Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Peter Mattei, John Del Carlo and John Relyea. Maurizio Benini is the conductor.

After Gary (Jay Mohr) discovers that his and Allison's (Paula Marshall) divorce papers were never filed, he tries to use the information as leverage to get his beloved "stuff" back. Allison's sister (guest star Rachael Harris) comes to town and gives Mitch (Rob Riggle) a makeover in the new episode "Gary Unmarried?" -- which is also the season finale. Niecy Nash and Garret Dillahunt guest star.

After a St. Patrick's Day binge, Veronica (Taylor Schilling) considers seeing a therapist. Chloe (Michelle Trachtenberg) starts to warm up to Dr. Briggs (James Van Der Beek) when she learns why he became a doctor. Still privately mourning the death of her patient, Sonia (Jaime Lee Kirchner) runs into an ex-boyfriend at a St. Patrick's Day fair. Guillermo Diaz and Margo Martindale also star in this new episode.

After Barb (Wanda Sykes) has her lawyer send over divorce papers to end their sham marriage, a miffed Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) hires an aggressive divorce attorney (guest star Corbin Bernsen) who convinces her that Barb owes her alimony in "For Love or Money." Clark Gregg and Hamish Linklater also star.

Alexandra and Dabney plan a "single's shower" for Tinsley, but her mother, Dale, just makes things awkward for everyone. At Paris Fashion Week, Tinsley is with a German prince who may not be exactly what he seems to be. Jules fights with the hotel staff in the new episode "Prince Un-Charming."

Years ago, Chris became the favorite customer of Pam, a hot young bartender, but he broke her heart when he moved to Florida. After sowing his oats as a party animal, however, Chris wonders what might have been and hopes for a second chance at love if he can show Pam he has changed.

A girl claims she was raped in the stairwell of her apartment building, but after an unpleasant meeting with a man she claims is her boyfriend, Benson and Stabler (Mariska Hargitay, Chris Meloni) begin to suspect she made up the story to get attention. When the girl finally reveals there was an eyewitness, however, the detectives rush to get vital testimony before it is too late. Richard Belzer also stars in the new episode "Witness."

The remaining stylists do the time warp with their two challenges this week. First, celebrity stylist Kimberly Kimble judges their work as they give recent high-school graduates sophisticated looks for the next stage of their lives. Next, VIP clients get red-carpet looks inspired by the 1960s and '70s for an album release party for Grammy winner Estelle in the new episode "Hotter Than a Gay Bar on Fire."

Hoping to repay many years of kindnesses, foster child Tiffanie helps Debra, the woman who raised her, find her own biological daughter, whom Debra was forced to give up when she became pregant at 16. That loss drove Debra into a downward spiral of drugs and alcohol before she turned her life around by getting sober and ministering to others via the Salvation Army. Locator Troy Dunn is on the case in the new episode "A Life Comes Full Circle."

Liz (Tina Fey) keeps running into Wesley (Michael Sheen), causing her to question their decision. Tracy (Tracy Morgan) frets about his reputation when his children's former nanny writes a tell-all book. Jack (Alec Baldwin) takes steps to secure his position in the new cable company. Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit and Judah Friedlander also star in the new episode "Don Geiss, America and Hope."

LuAnn and daughter Victoria commiserate over Kelly's decision to pose in Playboy, while Kelly takes her own daughters, Sea and Teddy, out to tell them the news. Teddy points out that the Playboy shoot is another opportunity for her mother to "show off her weirdness." LuAnn kicks off Fashion Week by hosting an event at Ungaro that all the Housewives attend except Bethenny and Ramona. LuAnn and Jill press Alex for gossip on Ramona's Labor Day party.

Director Mike Figgis, who helmed the shattering "Leaving Las Vegas," veered badly off form with this 2003 clunker, an inept pseudothriller wherein a pair of generic yuppies (Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone) and their children are terrorized by a redneck ex-con (Stephen Dorff) after they move into the run-down mansion where he used to live. Kristen Stewart ("Twilight"), Juliette Lewis and Christopher Plummer are among the gifted supporting players stranded up this "Creek" without a paddle.

Man, when is Bruce Greenwood ("Star Trek") gonna learn that the beach is not his friend? More than two decades before playing a former surfing star in the hapless HBO flop "John From Cincinnati," Greenwood -- a terrific actor, let it be noted -- didn't fare much better in this crude, skin-sational 1986 comedy, in which he plays a beach bum who, with his uptight MBA brother (Michael David Wright), inherits their aunt's boardwalk bikini shop. The supporting cast includes former Washington, D.C., scandal queen Rita Jenrette.

A pair of games featuring teams fighting for their postseason lives make up this doubleheader, starting with this tilt in Miami between Dwyane Wade's Heat and Dwight Howard's Orlando Magic. At this writing, the Heat had the East's No. 7 seed, barely ahead of the Nos. 8 and 9 Milwaukee Bucks and Charlotte Bobcats. In the late contest, the New Orleans Hornets hope to move up from their No. 9 West seed in their road game against the Denver Nuggets.

Jeff (Joel McHale) unexpectedly takes an interest in his new pottery class and becomes very competitive after another student demonstrates natural talent. Pierce (Chevy Chase) takes Britta, Troy and Shirley (Gillian Jacobs, Donald Glover, Yvette Nicole Brown) along for a ride at his boating class. Danny Pudi and Alison Brie also star in the new episode "Beginner Pottery."

Director John Ford puts his own slant on this 1946 retelling of the famous OK Corral shootout. Henry Fonda stars as legendary Wyatt Earp, who arrives in town to find one of his beloved brothers murdered. Determined to seek justice, Earp becomes the marshal, deputizes his remaining siblings and awaits the Clanton gang. Victor Mature stars as Doc Holliday, and Cathy Downs co-stars as Clementine.

Stefan (Paul Wesley) helps Bonnie and Elena (Katerina Graham, Nina Dobrev) out of a perilous situation. Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) invites Anna (guest star Malese Jow) to a party in the woods, not realizing she has a sinister reason for accepting. Damon (Ian Somerhalder) is stunned by what he discovers after he works with Elena, Stefan, Bonnie and Grams to open the tomb in "Fool Me Once."

Often a supporting player, the talented John C. Reilly ("Chicago") is front and center in this amusing celebrity biography satire, co-written and co-produced by Judd Apatow ("Knocked Up"). His character is an unlikely music legend who indulges in every vice and cliche ever associated with that lifestyle. Jenna Fischer ("The Office"), "Saturday Night Live" alumnus Tim Meadows and some actual music icons (notably, the Temptations) are featured.

Just in case you were wondering, this is not a sequel to the "Sandra Bullock goes to rehab" movie. It's a very different animal indeed, and much better than any "28 Days" sequel we could imagine. Directed by Danny Boyle ("Trainspotting"), it's a 2002 thriller set in London in which a lab accident unleashes a virus that means death for countless people. The illness causes those infected to become angry enough to kill.

Castiel (Misha Collins) helps Dean and Sam (Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki) track down Cupid (guest star Lex Medlin) after people start killing one another for love on Valentine's Day. When the god of love protests his innocence, however, they discover one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Famine (guest star James Otis), has come to town in "My Bloody Valentine."

Addison (Kate Walsh) has her hands full when two of Naomi's (Audra McDonald) former patients (Tessa Thompson, Robin Weigert) whose embryos were accidentally switched, as a complication puts both fetuses in jeopardy. Violet (Amy Brenneman) is on edge at the thought of facing Katie (Amanda Foreman) in court. Charlotte (KaDee Strickland) lobbies for a position at Oceanside in "Strange Bedfellows."

In the new episode "Lisa Kudrow," the Emmy-winning "Friends" actress travels from Los Angeles to Belarus to uncover her family history, which includes a great-grandmother who died during the Holocaust. Ultimately, Kudrow's journey allows her to find an answer to her father's lifelong unanswered question.

In this new episode, Tim (voice of Steve Dildarian), who lacks health insurance, gets medical attention from a womanizing doctor and a suicidal sales rep in "Pharmaceutical Sales Rep Gone Wild." Then Tim and Bashko pay for Amy's (voice of M.J. Otto) vigilantism in "Amy's Got a Gun."

Rebecca De Mornay delivers a fine Jekyll-and-Hyde performance as Peyton Flanders, the wife of an obstetrician accused of molesting a pregnant woman. When Peyton loses her unborn child after her husband commits suicide, she seeks revenge by posing as the woman's new nanny. Annabella Sciorra also stars.

In "A Fighting Chance," singer Emmylou Harris calls animal behavior specialist Sherry Woodard for help with Gunnar, a vicious shepherd mix. Dr. Patti Iampietro does exploratory surgery on an abandoned pit bull with a mass in her belly. Trainer John Garcia teaches a painfully shy Catahoula leopard dog mix to trust people.

A beautiful executive (guest star Beau Garrett) with an apparent heart problem turns out to be lacking in the metaphorical heart department, as Thirteen (Olivia Wilde) discovers when a test reveals she doesn't feel emotion. As House's (Hugh Laurie) team looks for a link between her mental and physical symptoms, House reaches out to a former medical-school classmate (Ray Abruzzo) whom he wronged and gets a series of surprises in "Remorse."

On the eve of his resignation, Andrew Crocker-Harris (Michael Redgrave), a bitter classics master at an English public school, tries to come to terms with a lifetime of personal and professional failures in this adaptation of a play by Terence Rattigan, who wrote the screenplay. Jean Kent and Nigel Patrick also star in this 1951 drama.

Disabled pet owner Mary Jane turns to Cesar to help rehabilitate Cujo, a lab-mastiff mix she rescued from a bad home but who, unfortunately, is starting to live up to his horror movie name in terms of aggressiveness. Next, Cesar tries to help Ellen, a high-energy gallery owner whose nervousness has rubbed off on Molly, a Jack Russell mix who barks obsessively.

Ten days? Hey, sister, sit him down with this movie and you can get the job done in a couple of hours. Forty years ago, this would have been a Doris Day-Rock Hudson vehicle, but Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey lack that pair's flair for taking stale material and whipping it into something memorable instead of just, well, stale and whipped. This is the kind of froth that gives froth a bad name.

In this new episode, Karl answers questions from fans, including the burning issue of which of the "Top 50 Freaks of All Time" he would like to meet, then deciphers the true meaning of sayings such as "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Stephen asks Karl if he has kept his New Year's resolution to learn something new every day. The "Monkey News" segment features firefighters using a monkey to rescue people.

And hello, Mr. Oscar. In a year that also saw the releases of "Gone With the Wind," "Stagecoach" and "The Wizard of Oz," Robert Donat's indelible performance as the shy British schoolteacher who guides many students to adulthood snagged a 1939 Academy Award for best actor over competition that included Clark Gable's Rhett Butler. Greer Garson also stars.

The rich women of Rome seek erotic kicks by being serviced by masked gladiators, but the kinky proceedings take a horrifying, deadly turn, putting spoiled rich girl Ilythia (Viva Blanca) in a precarious position. Elsewhere, Spartacus (Andy Whitfield) upsets the old balance of power, and scheming by some shadowy players leads to tragedy in the new episode "Whore." Lucy Lawless and John Hannah also star.

After the owner of a fashion company is found dead, Detectives Lupo and Bernard (Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson) assume he asphyxiated. Later, however, a fashion photographer helps the detectives uncover the victim's true identity, a revelation that leads them to a suspicious Web site with threatening posts. S. Epatha Merkerson and Sam Waterston also star in "Human Flesh Search Engine."

Abby (Julie Graham) and her friends go on the run from Samantha and Dexter (Nikki Amuka-Bird, Anthony Flanagan) after they form a dangerous alliance. Sarah (Robyn Addison) betrays her friends after she is confronted by a face from the past. The family is forced to confront the city's dangers when Naj (Chahak Patel) goes missing.

Finding an HMO to foot the bill would be tough today, but cost is not an issue in this 1945 Alfred Hitchcock thriller set at a private European psychiatric institution. Gregory Peck stars as an amnesiac accused of murder, and Ingrid Bergman plays the brilliant psychoanalyst who loves him despite his little quirks. The two flee the authorities while unlocking the mysteries of his tortured memory.

A big-hearted but bumbling man (John Candy) agrees to look after his brother's children for a few days when the parents are called away. As if looking after a house, two small tykes, their rebellious older sister and her endangered virginity weren't enough, he's also trying to make up with his girlfriend (Amy Madigan) and fend off the advances of a man-hungry neighbor (Laurie Metcalf). Jean Louisa Kelly and Macaulay Culkin also star in this 1989 comedy.

One determined rodent faces the challenges of predators and the elements as a National Geographic team, using a custom-designed camera system, tracks an American beaver for a year to see how her constant need to build changes the terrain and also affects the species living in the area around her.

Matthew McConaughey milks his well-established romantic-comedy persona yet again, within an amusing premise. He plays a commitment-phobic photographer who's reunited with a former flame (Jennifer Garner) at his brother's (Breckin Meyer) wedding -- but he also encounters ghosts representing the past, present and future of his very active love life. Michael Douglas also is enjoyable as the specter of the McConaughey character's late uncle.

After making "The Bridge on the River Kwai," director David Lean and producer Sam Spiegel reteamed on another epic, the saga of World War I officer T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, in his movie debut). The Englishman befriends the Saudi Arabians during their battle with Turks, and the result made history. So did this 1962 film, which won seven Oscars including best picture. Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif also star.

A Chinese maiden (voice of Ming-Na) disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in battle against invading Huns in this colorful Disney animated adaptation of an Asian legend. The impressive voice cast also includes B.D. Wong, Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Fierstein, Beth Fowler and George Takei, but Eddie Murphy steals the show as the voice of Mushu, a tiny dragon who becomes Mulan's traveling companion.

It's anybody's guess why someone would bother pouring money -- OK, not much money, but still -- into a sequel to a largely forgotten 1995 sci-fi horror flop, and this gore-soaked but otherwise unremarkable 2009 "Aliens" wannabe, about a rescue team that encounters a race of murderous half-human, half-machine hybrids on a distant planet, will not leave you any the wiser. Gina Holden, Jana Pallaske and the ubiquitous Lance Henriksen star.

This 2007 dramedy wasn't well-received by critics, maybe because of its uneven tone, but if you've ever had a demanding yet useless boss, this is a film you'll understand, at least. Scarlett Johansson stars as college grad Annie, whose new job as a nanny to an upper-class family has her grinding her teeth. She just wants to make a living and have a well-adjusted charge -- but the family members make that virtually impossible. Donna Murphy, Laura Linney, Alicia Keys and Nicholas Reese Art co-star.

Castle and Beckett (Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic) go around and around over the case of a nanny whose body is found tumbling inside the dryer of a laundry room in the upscale apartment building where she worked. As the investigation unfolds, Castle tries to get inside Beckett's head while writing the first novel in his Nikki Heat series. Jayne Brook and George Newbern guest star in "Nanny McDead."

A woman's murder that is linked to a massive Ponzi scheme leads Detectives Benson and Stabler (Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni) to reopen an investigation into a similar crime committed 20 years earlier. As odd similarities between the two cases begin to emerge, however, the detectives face fierce opposition from the pit bull attorney (guest star Lena Olin) for the chief suspect in "Confidential."

Lilly (Kathryn Morris) and her team grow worried as they realize Vera (Jeremy Ratchford) has hit rock bottom when he goes missing, but they hope a new twist in a 2006 arson case -- one that Vera had been obsessing about -- may help lead to his whereabouts. Danny Pino, John Finn and Tracie Thoms also star in the new episode "Flashover," which features the music of Pink Floyd.

She played a somewhat heightened version of herself in the Showtime sitcom "Fat Actress," but now Emmy winner Kirstie Alley returns with a new reality series that follows the celebrity single mom as she tries to raise two well-adjusted teenagers in Hollywood. In the series opener, "The Tipping Point," an ugly run-in with the paparazzi gives Kirstie the inspiration to lose her excess pounds.

So whom do you have in your office's March Madness pool? There's a lot to be decided as the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament moves into its first full week of action today with four second-round games from Jacksonville, Fla., Buffalo, N.Y., Milwaukee and Spokane, Wash. The Big Dance continues through this week and into next, culminating with the Final Four April 3 in Indianapolis, and the championship game two nights later.

Kyle Busch broke a streak of 13 wins at 13 different tracks with his victory at last year's spring race at Tennessee's Bristol Motor Speedway. His second career triumph on the .533-mile oval came in dominating fashion, as he led for 378 of the race's 500 laps to edge Denny Hamlin by .391 seconds in a green-white-checkered finish. He'll return today to defend his title against a field that will include Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and others.

Sorry, Jackie. The pairing of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker worked -- sort of -- in the original "Rush Hour," but the formula started to fizzle in the first sequel, and this one fails to reignite the spark. Blame the passage of time; Chan is still far more fit than the average guy his age, but his prowess isn't what it was in 1998. And Tucker's shtick is also showing its age. Stick with the original.

Actor Christian Slater travels with Ty Pennington and the team to Hattiesburg, Miss., where they rebuild the home of Sherman Heathcock, a National Guard hero, and his family. When he isn't serving tours of duty in Iraq, Heathcock works several jobs that leave him little time to repair his home, which is still bearing the ravages of Hurricane Katrina. The Jonas Brothers and Celine Dion also make special appearances.

A pair of playoff-bound teams go at it today in Atlanta, where Joe Johnson and the Hawks defend home court from Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs. With the No. 3 seed in the East at this writing, the Hawks are one of the conference's best teams. But you wouldn't have gleaned that from their performance against the Spurs back in January, when Duncan scored 21 points and grabbed 27 rebounds to lead the Spurs to an easy 105-90 victory down Alamo way.

Angie's (Drea de Matteo) ex-boyfriend (guest star John Barrowman, "Torchwood") visits Wisteria Lane. Lynette (Felicity Huffman) becomes suspicious of Preston's (Max Carver) fiancee. Gaby and Susan (Eva Longoria Parker, Teri Hatcher) go to ridiculous lengths to top each other's children. Katherine (Dana Delany) comes out of the closet in the new episode "My Two Young Men."

Season five of the unconventional family reality series follows the KISS star as he, son Nick and daughter Sophie grapple with partner and mom Shannon Tweed's health scare, catching Gene between his two worlds -- as doting dad and partner and a musician scheduled to depart on a demanding tour with his band.

Nearly 30 years after John Carpenter turned Jamie Lee Curtis into a screen scream queen in his elegant (in hindsight) low-budget shocker, director Rob Zombie tries to resuscitate unkillable boogeyman Michael Myers (Tyler Mane) in a 2007 remake that is notable for its sheer folly -- not to mention its buckets of gore and elevated body count. And more definitely isn't more. Malcolm McDowell and Scout Taylor-Compton star.

During a challenge that revolves around building a storefront to relaunch Kodak's well-known "Kodak moments" campaign, the men's project manager is confronted when a team member feels left out. The women's team is plagued by illness, a power outage and a high-maintenance celebrity. The storefronts both attract big crowds, with secret shoppers visiting to report back to the Kodak executives.

Part 2 in this 10-part series finds Basilone (Jon Seda) and the 7th Marines arriving on Guadalcanal to reinforce Leckie (James Badge Dale) and the rest of the 1st Marine Division as they continue to defend the crucial airstrip. Basilone plays a key role in repelling a nighttime Japanese attack but suffers a frightful personal loss. After four months of continuous action, the exhausted, disease-ridden members of the 1st Marine Division are evacuated off the island.

As season three premieres with "No Mas," improbable drug kingpin Walt (Emmy winner Bryan Cranston) is in remission and a whole lot of danger, while a heartbroken Jesse (Aaron Paul) is in rehab after Jane's overdose, and Skyler (Anna Gunn) is in on their secret and out of Walt's life. Will the lure of money and power -- plus insistent suppliers who demand his product, and an insidious lawyer (Bob Odenkirk) -- still prove too much for Walt to resist?