‘Misery’
7 p.m., WPWR-Ch. 50
James Caan stars in an adaptation of Stephen King’s best seller about a novelist held hostage by a psychotic fan (Kathy Bates). The obsessed reader is distraught that the author killed off her favorite character and wants him to write a new book reviving the character.
‘The Shining’
7 p.m., A&E
Jack Nicholson delivers a terrifying performance as a recovering alcoholic who accepts a job as the winter caretaker of a deceptively serene hotel in the mountains. Based on the novel by Stephen King, the horror film also stars Shelley Duvall and Scatman Crothers.
‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’
7 p.m., AMC
The aliens are landing. Someone’s dropping hints to, among others, an electric-company worker (Richard Dreyfuss), who sees a UFO and develops a strange obsession. He follows it to Wyoming and a face-to-face meeting with the visitors. Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon and Francois Truffaut also star in this 1977 Steven Spielberg classic.
