Skip to content
Chicago Tribune
PUBLISHED: | UPDATED:
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

7 A.M. TO 4 P.M. FRIDAY

Marathon!

The X-Files SCI FI

Not much of Mulder in these eps from the final season, but a new movie is coming to theaters in July, so study up.

7 P.M.

The Wizard of Oz TCM

They’re off to see the wizard.

8:30 P.M.

Free Radio VH1

Mary Lynn Rajskub (left) of “24,” Nadine Velasquez of “My Name is Earl” and wildlife guy Jeff Corwin stop by.

7:30 P.M. SATURDAY

Blades of Glory HBO

Will Ferrell spoofs figure skating. If you want to watch the real thing, turn to ABC at 2 p.m. for the Figure Skating World Championships.

8 P.M.

Her Only Child LIFETIME

A psycho mother afraid to let go of her only child sabotages her daughter’s relationships.

Torchwood BBC AMERICA

Gwen’s (right) wedding day may not be perfect: She wakes up after a tussle with an alien to find she’s nearly 8 months’ pregnant.

10 P.M.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame VH1

Madonna. Timberlake. Neither perform, but so what?

7 P.M. SUNDAY

Joan Crawford Night TCM

Gay boys everywhere will be celebrating Crawford’s 103rd birthday — without wire hangers.

– 7 p.m., “Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star”

– 8:30 p.m., “Mildred Pierce” (right)

– 10:30 p.m., “Torch Song”

– 12:15 a.m., “Spring Fever”

– 1:30 a.m., “Grand Hotel”

8 P.M.

John Adams HBO

The future president gets sea sick on the way to France, but that’s nothing compared to the challenges he faces on land.

Masterpiece PBS

The Jane Austen fest resumes with Kate Beckinsale in the 1996 adaptation of “Emma.”

9 P.M.

Dirt FX

Lucy’s old romance with a studio exec heats up, but is she playing him for a story?

———-

cwwagner@tribune.com