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Entertainment Tonight (N) (HD) Inside Edition (N) Paid Program (HD) Sponsored. Wheel of Fortune: America’s Game (HD) Moone Boy: Men of the Houses (HD) Modern Family: Leap Day (HD)
Jeopardy! (HD) Spy: Codename: Loser (HD)
Modern Family: Send Out the Clowns (HD) Community: Ad- Community Anvanced Gay (HD) nie moves. (HD)
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Saturday Night Live Scheduled: acLate Night with Jimmy Fallon: Best of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Primetime Special A look back at some of the most memorable moments in tor Jonah Hill hosts; musical guest Bastille performs. (HD) the show’s history. (HD) 2 Broke Girls For- Mom: Loathing 48 Hours Award-winning broadcast 48 Hours Award-winning broadcast tune teller. (HD) and Tube Socks journalists present in-depth investi- journalists present in-depth investigative reports. gative reports. (HD) Blades of Glory (‘07, Comedy) aac Will Ferrell. Rival male figure skaters 20/20 Investigative journalists rewho were banned from the sport for life after a vicious fight return to the ice port on various news stories from as the first all-male couple in pairs’ figure skating. (HD) around the world. (HD) Father Brown: The Eye of Apollo Doc Martin: Cats and Sharks Al tries Doc Martin: Ever After When Clive Wife of cult leader turns up dead. to pay off father’s debt. needs Martin’s help, an unstable Mrs. (HD) Tishell babysits James. 2014 NFL Honors: from Radio City Music Hall, New York City z{| (HD) WACH FOX News The Middle: The at 10 Nightly Scratch Social news report. worker. (HD) The First Family: The First Family: Mr. Box Office Mr. Box Office: Access Hollywood (N) (HD) The First Upset The First Tutor Teacher award. The Honor Code (HD) (HD) (HD) (HD)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2014 11 PM WIS News 10 at 11:00pm News and weather. News 19 @ 11pm The news of the day. ABC Columbia News at 11 (HD)
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(:29) Saturday Night Live Scheduled: Melissa McCarthy hosts. (N) (HD) (:35) CSI: Miami: Internal Affairs Evidence points to Natalia in the murder of her ex-husband. (HD) White Collar: By the Book Mozzie fears love has been kidnapped. (HD)
Austin City Limits: Sarah Jarosz; The Nature: The Milk Carton Kids “The Ash & Clay.” Funkiest Monkeys (N) (HD) (HD) (:15) Golan The (:45) Golan The Ring of Honor Insatiable (N) Insatiable A fu- Wrestling (N) (HD) (HD) neral. (HD) The Arsenio Hall Show Late night Futurama: Free variety/talk show. (HD) Will Hunting (HD)
CABLE CHANNELS Bad Ink College Bad Ink: Tat’s My Bad Ink Tattoo Bad Ink Tattoo Bad Ink Bad deal Don’t Trust: 42 Don’t Trust (HD) (:01) Don’t Trust (:31) Don’t Trust Bad Ink: Tat’s My friends. (HD) Mom (HD) messes. (HD) cover-up. (HD) on trip. (HD) Inches (HD) (HD) (HD) Mom (HD) (4:00) Braveheart (‘95, Drama) Mel Invincible (‘06, Drama) aaa Mark Wahlberg. A Philadelphia bartender goes to an open Invincible (‘06, Drama) aaa Mark Wahlberg. A Philadelphia bartender Gibson. Fight for freedom. (HD) try-out for his favorite NFL team. (HD) goes to an open try-out for his favorite NFL team. (HD) Too Cute! (HD) Too Cute!: Little Wildcats (HD) Pit Bulls and Parolees (HD) Pit Bulls and Parolees (N) (HD) Pit Bulls and Parolees (HD) Pit Bulls (HD) Hurricane Season (‘08, Drama) For- The Longshots (‘08, Family) c Ice Cube. A young female quarterback her uncle help a team All Things Fall Apart (‘12, Drama) aa 50 Cent. A promising young footest Whitaker. Former rivals. get to Pop Warner Super Bowl. ball star is diagnosed with a devastating form of cancer. Real Housewives Millionaire The Bourne Identity (‘02, Action) aaa Matt Damon. An amnesiac wanted by the U.S. The Bourne Identity (‘02, Action) aaa Matt Damon. An amnesiac Beverly (N) Matchmaker (N) government searches for clues to his past. wanted by the U.S. government searches for clues to his past. The Profit: LA Dogworks The Profit: Mr. Green Tea The Suze Orman Show (N) The Profit: Maarse Florists The Profit: Car Cash Suze Orman CNN Jay Leno: The Sixties: The British Invasion The Imposter (‘12) aaa Doubts surroung found boy’s identity. The Imposter (‘12) aaa (5:30) Superbad (‘07, Comedy) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (‘10, Comedy) aaac Bill Hader. In Toronto, a nerdy bass Superbad (‘07, Comedy) aaac Jonah Hill. Nerdy high schoolers go to aaac Jonah Hill. A crazy beer run. guitarist is forced to battle a girl’s seven evil exes. (HD) great lengths to buy liquor for a party. Jessie Dance Jessie Reality se- Good Luck Char- I Didn’t Do It: Fireman Freddy’s Spa- A.N.T. Farm: un- Mighty Med: Evil Lab Rats (HD) Mighty Med: Evil Good Luck Char- A.N.T. Farm (HD) class. (HD) ries. (HD) lie (HD) ghetti Station wANTed (HD) Gus Gus lie (HD) Fast N’ Loud (HD) MythBusters (N) (HD) Treehouse Masters (HD) Treehouse Masters (HD) Treehouse Masters (HD) Treehouse College Basketball: Duke vs Syracuse (HD) NBA Basketball: Miami Heat at New York Knicks z{| (HD) SportsCenter (HD) SportsCenter College Basketball: Wright State vs Wisconsin-Green Bay (HD) College Basketball: Tennessee vs Alabama z{| (HD) College Basketball: Saint Mary’s (Calif.) vs BYU Remember the Titans (‘00, Drama) We Are Marshall (‘06, Drama) Matthew McConaughey. A small town loses its beloved university’s football team Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (‘11, aaa Denzel Washington. (HD) and coaches in a plane crash in 1970, but a young coach is determined to rebuild its glory. Adventure) aaa Johnny Depp. (HD) Diners (HD) Diners (HD) Chopped Fruit and a root. (HD) Chopped: Own It! (HD) Chopped (HD) Restaurant: Impossible (HD) Chopped (HD) FOX Report Saturday (HD) Huckabee (N) (HD) Justice with Judge Jeanine (N) Geraldo at Large (HD) Red Eye (HD) Huckabee Driven (HD) Predators World Poker Tour no} (HD) World Poker Tour no} (HD) Golden Boy Live: Jermell Charlo vs. Jose Angel Rodriguez (HD) Basketball Remember Sunday (‘13, Drama) Alexis Bledel. Waitress wants to open When Calls the Heart: Secrets and Remember Sunday (‘13, Drama) Alexis Bledel. Waitress wants to open Frasier: Bla-Z-Boy flower shop and love a man with no short-term memory. (HD) Lies Whale oil. (N) (HD) flower shop and love a man with no short-term memory. (HD) Hunters (HD) Hunters (HD) Property Brothers (HD) Property Brothers (HD) Hunters (HD) Hunters (HD) Hunters (HD) Hunters (HD) Prop Bro (HD) Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars (6:30) Rocky II (‘79, Drama) aaa Sylvester Stallone. Rocky III (‘82, Drama) aaa Sylvester Stallone. A boxer is trained by his Rocky IV (‘85, Drama) aac Robert Doornick. A former champion comes A boxer deals with fame and romance. former rival to reclaim the boxing championship. out of retirement to challenge a deadly Russian boxer. (6:00) Madea’s Family Reunion (‘06, The Gabby Douglas Story (‘14, Drama) Imani Hakim. Young gymnast Beyond the Headlines: The Gabby (:01) Beyond the Headlines: The Gabby Douglas Comedy) a Tyler Perry. (HD) strives to beat the odds. (HD) Douglas Story (N) (HD) Gabby Douglas Story (HD) (‘14) (HD) (6:00) Sponge Sponge Ice Age (‘02, Comedy) Ray Romano. Lost infant. (:45) TBA Full Hse Full Hse Friends (:33) Friends (:06) Friends Cops (HD) Cops (HD) Cops (N) (HD) Cops (HD) Auction (N) Thrift (N) Cops (HD) Cops (HD) Cops (HD) Cops (HD) Auction (HD) (6:30) Pitch Black (‘00, Science Fiction) Vin Diesel. Survivors marooned on The Day After Tomorrow (‘04, Drama) aac Dennis Quaid. A climatologist tries to warn the Drive Angry (‘11, Action) aa a desert planet are hunted by flesh-eating creatures. (HD) world about a cataclysmic shift in climate. Nicolas Cage. Escape from hell. Loves Raymond Loves Raymond The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang King of the Nerds: Weird Science Cougar Town (HD) (HD) Theory (HD) Theory (HD) Theory (HD) Theory (HD) Theory (HD) Theory (HD) Science knowledge. (HD) (HD) The Wizard of Oz (‘39, Fantasy) Judy And the Oscar Goes To... (N) Gone with the Wind (‘40, Drama) aaac Clark Gable. A feisty Southern belle juggles Garland. A magical land. romance and survival during the U.S. Civil War. Outrageous 911 (HD) Buying (HD) Buying (HD) The Man with the 132-lb (HD) Sex Sent Me to the ER (N) (HD) Buying (HD) Buying (HD) The Man (HD) Limitless (‘11, Thriller) aaa 2012 (‘09, Drama) aac John Cusack. When a reporter learns of a discovery involving the demise of Earth, he 2012 (‘09, Drama) aac John Cusack. Man & family Bradley Cooper. Brain capabilities. tries to rescue his family from catastrophic, natural disasters around the world. must survive world’s end. Full Throttle: Big and Rich Full Throttle: Crunch Time Full Throttle: Jackyl Night Saloon Son performs. 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Lifetime flips from trashy to uplifting BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Networks are never consistent. Lifetime is acting like a guilt-ridden, wayward parent who let us get away with too much fun and now insists that we eat our vegetables. Having attracted large audiences with purposefully trashy, over-thetop guilty pleasures like “Flowers in the Attic” and “Lizzie Borden Took an Ax,” the network presents “The Gabby Douglas Story” (8 p.m. Saturday, TV-G), a film that celebrates talent, persistence, fortitude and pluck. It screams “uplifting and noble.” Sydney Mikayla stars as the gymnast as a child, while Imani Hakim plays her as a young teen. Regina King (“Southland”) plays Gabby’s inspiring mother, and S. Epatha Merkerson (“Law & Order”) portrays her grandmother, who offers a roof over their heads when Gabby’s family falls apart. With its emphasis on a surprising success story, “Gabby” is not unlike those hard-luck profiles that run during the Olympics or the audition round of “American Idol.” But this movie is two hours long. And you already know how it ends. “Beyond the Headlines: The Gabby Douglas Story” (10 p.m., TV-G) follows. • Don’t accuse me of not caring about Super Bowl XLVIII (6:30 p.m., Fox). I mean, how can you not get excited about a TV spectacle where a Doritos commercial is considered a high point? Having grown up just a (slightly ambitious) seven-mile Schwinn bike ride from the site of the game, I guess I have some kind of local pride for that special section of New Jersey, that landfill of opportunity. I hope the big Super Bowl blimp’s camera offers a glimpse of Rutt’s Hut, a hot dog restaurant located in nearby Clifton. It serves a special breed of frankfurter there. The short order cook boils — or rather, scalds — it in hot oil until it bursts open. The hot dog isn’t called “the ripper” for nothing! I’m also hoping the blimp cam casts a glance over at American Dream Meadowlands. Only a mile from the stadium, it’s an empty retail and entertainment complex that used to be called Meadowlands Xanadu.
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Lifetime presents “The Gabby Douglas Story” at 8 p.m. Saturday. Wikipedia kindly refers to American Dream Meadowlands as a “stalled” development. It’s been that way for a while; something to do with Lehman Brothers going bust. Perhaps there’s a little hubris in calling something Xanadu and plunking it down in the Jersey swamps. • Proof that I’m not the only one searching desperately for something — anything — to watch Sunday instead of the Super Bowl can be found on “Puppy Bowl X” (3 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, Animal Planet, TV-G); the brand-new “Kitten Bowl” (noon to midnight, Hallmark, TV-G); and — I kid you not — the “Fish Bowl” (6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday, Nat Geo Wild, TV-G). If you want me, I’ll be by the punch bowl. • The Zooey Deschanel sitcom “New Girl” (10:30 p.m. Sunday, Fox, TV-14, time approximate due to football) gets the coveted post-Super Bowl slot. In tonight’s episode, the gang gets invited to a party at the home of Prince. • Hannah’s literary dreams may be dashed on “Girls” (10 p.m. Saturday, HBO, TV-MA), airing one night early due to the big game.
SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • The “Best of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Primetime Special” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) showcases his clips from the past five years.
• “NFL Honors” (8 p.m., Fox) acknowledges the best players of the 2013 season. • Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler and Jenna Fischer star in the 2007 skating comedy “Blades of Glory” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14). • TCM kicks off its “31 Days of Oscar” programming with “And the Oscar Goes To ...” (8 p.m.), a 2014 documentary history of the Academy Awards. This repeats at 10 p.m. on Sunday. • Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh, Thierry Henry, Lee Mack and Katy B appear on “The Graham Norton Show” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-14). • Melissa McCarthy hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), featuring musical guest Imagine Dragons.
SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): profiles of a young inventor, a juvenile chess prodigy and a child philanthropist. • Zach uncovers evidence of espionage on “The Good Wife” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14). • Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand star in the 2010 comedy sequel “Little Fockers” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-PG). • Rose’s plans for Robert’s birthday party raise eyebrows on “Downton Abbey” on
“Masterpiece Classic” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings). • Sherlock identifies his true nemesis on the finale of “Sherlock” on “Masterpiece Mystery!” (10 p.m., PBS, TV14, check local listings). • Matt mulls a tempting offer on “Episodes” (10:30 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).
CULT CHOICE An eccentric (Jason Robards) fights for custody of his nephew in the 1965 black and white period piece “A Thousand Clowns” (10 a.m. Sunday, TCM, TV-PG).
SATURDAY SERIES Reading tea leaves on “2 Broke Girls” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Christy loses her patience on “Mom” (8:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).
SUNDAY SERIES Two hours of “Dateline NBC” (7 p.m.) * “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * A missing persons case on “The Mentalist” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Two hours of “Shark Tank” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * DiNozzo recalls his Baltimore days on “NCIS” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG). Copyright 2014, United Feature Syndicate
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AROUND TOWN The American Red Cross, Sandhills Chapter, 1155 N. Guignard Drive, Suite 2, will offer the following classes: 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, Client Case Work; and 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, New Volunteer Orientation and Disaster Services Overview. Call (803)-775-2363 for additional information and to register. The Shepherd’s Center, 24 Council St., will offer free public information sessions 1111:50 a.m. each Thursday through March 13 as follows: Feb. 6, federal Medicaid recoupment; Feb. 13, get active/be healthy; Feb. 20, investing in uncertain times; Feb. 27, emergency preparedness; March 6, spring gardening tips; and March 13, you are what you eat. Free income tax filing services and FAFSA applications will be provided from Feb. 1 through April 15 as follows: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays, 3-8 p.m. Saturdays, appointments only on Sundays, Goodwill Job-Link Center, 1028 Broad St., (803) 774-5006; and 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, Lee County Adult Education, 123 E. College St., Bishopville, (803) 484-4040. For more information and appointments, call Ms. Samuels at (803) 2408355. The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program will offer free income tax assistance and electronic filing for taxpayers with low to middle incomes. All ages are welcome and you do not have to be an AARP member. You will need: picture ID; Social Security card for each dependent; all W-d’s, 1099s and 1098s; and supporting documents if you plan to itemize. Bring a canceled check if you wish to have your refund direct deposited. Assistance will be available 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays from Feb. 3 through April 15 at the Shepherd’s Center, 24 Council St. For details, call Lynda at (803) 4698322. The Campbell Soup friends lunch group will celebrate its 22nd anniversary (264 meetings) at 11:30 a.m. today at Golden Corral. The Sumter Benedict Alumni Club will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at the North HOPE Center. Call Shirley Blassingame at (803) 506-4019. Lincoln High School Class of 1964 will hold a class reunion meeting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, at the South Sumter Resource Center. Call (803) 773-3804, (803) 775-9088 or (803) 775-9660. An indoor yard sale, sponsored by the Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association, will be held 7 a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb. 8, in the LincolnTrinity gymnasium, 24 Council St. Call J.L. Green at (803) 968-4173 or Ronetta Moses at (803) 983-8161. The Sumter Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. The 2014 king or queen will be crowned. Charles E. Black, president of the National Federation of the Blind, Kershaw County Area Chapter, will speak. Transportation provided within the coverage area. Contact Debra Canty at (803) 775-5792 or DebraCanC2@frontier.com. Call the 24hour message line at (206) 376-5992 for information about tickets for the April 19 barbecue. Enjoy an evening of dancing and music at the SPCA Valentine’s Dance 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Elaine D. Korn Memorial Center, 1100 S. Guignard Drive (next to the SPCA). Music will be provided by The Footnotes. Cost is $20 per person (must be 21 or older). Call (803) 773-9292. All proceeds benefit the Sumter SPCA.