Prime Pick
CBS / David Russell
As you may have noticed, we almost never recommend televised sports on this page, but tonight marks the one big exception to the rule: the "NCAA Basketball Championship Final" (6 p.m. EDT on CBS). You take the most exciting sport, college basketball, you give it a knock-down, drag-out tournament where legends are made and catchphrases are coined (Phi Slamma Jamma!), you throw in a little hoarse-voiced hysteria from Dick Vitale, and you've got appointment TV on your hands. Sure, after the excitement of 10-seed Davidson upsetting a bunch of great teams, the all-1-seed Final Four was a little bit predictable (even if it was the first time in NCAA history that it happened), but that won't make that "One Shining Moment" any less ... uh, shiny.
Also…
Julia Child's life and work are the focus of Monday's episode of "Chefography" (9 p.m. on Food). The third part of "Retirement Revolution," a look at the retirement challenges of baby boomers, airs at 10 p.m. on PBS, and three women are eliminated on "The Bachelor: London Calling" (10 p.m. on ABC). (ABC owes some serious apologies to the Clash for that one.)
Friday night
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On the talk shows
Regis and KellyABC, 9 a.m. EDT |
Brittany Snow, the latest "American Idol" castoff |
The ViewABC, 11 a.m. EDT |
Christina Applegate |
Ellen DeGeneresSyndicated, check local listings |
Sen. Hillary Clinton, Kylie Minogue, the latest "American Idol" castoff |
Oprah WinfreySyndicated, check local listings |
TBA |
Charlie RosePBS, check local listings |
Science Series: The Imperative of Science |
Larry KingCNN, 9 p.m. EDT |
TBA |
Jon StewartComedy Central, 11 p.m. EDT |
TBA |
Stephen ColbertComedy Central, 11:30 p.m. EDT |
Jesse Ventura |
David LettermanCBS, 11:30 p.m. EDT |
Kid scientists, Natalie Portman, Kenna with Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo (repeat) |
Jay LenoNBC, 11:35 p.m. EDT |
Thomas Hayden Church, Sig and Edgar Hansen, Jimmy Eat World |
Tavis SmileyPBS, check local listings |
John Larroquette |
Jimmy KimmelABC, 12:05 a.m. EDT |
Naomi Watts, James Blake, Cobra Starship (repeat) |
Conan O'BrienNBC, 12:35 a.m. EDT |
Steve Harvey, Hot Chip |
Craig FergusonCBS, 12:35 a.m. EDT |
Bob Saget, Jennifer Esposito, Counting Crows |
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