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If you missed the past two weeks of the seven-part miniseries "John Adams" (8 p.m. EDT Sunday, March 23 on HBO), fear not. The story doesn't really hit its stride until Part 3, in which Adams (played by Paul Giamatti) and his eldest son join Benjamin Franklin (Tom Wilkinson) in Paris to help solicit the French for support in the Revolutionary War. After weathering a miserable trip across the Atlantic, Adams finds Franklin living a life of leisure, distracted by wine, women and his witty aristocratic friends. Meanwhile, wife Abigail (played by Laura Linney) is at home with the kids again, toiling away in the fields. Oh, the injustice of it all!
On Friday, "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" airs at 8 p.m. EDT on Sundance, the new sitcom "The Return of Jezebel James" starring Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose, airs at 8:30 p.m. on Fox, and the first round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament airs noon-5 p.m. and 7 p.m.-midnight on CBS. On Saturday, the second round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament airs 2-11 p.m. on CBS. Will Ferrell hits the ice in "Blades of Glory" (8:30 p.m. on HBO). On Sunday, the NCAA Basketball Tournament airs noon-7 p.m. on CBS. "Everybody Hates Chris" airs at 8 p.m. on the CW, "Oprah's Big Give" airs at 9 p.m. on ABC, and the fifth finale of "The L Word" airs at 9 p.m. on Showtime.
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Regis and KellyABC, 9 a.m. EDT | Katherine Heigl, Anthony Hopkins, Casey Affleck, Jarod Miller (repeat) |
The ViewABC, 11 a.m. EDT | David Schwimmer, Thandie Newton, Marc Summers, Natasha Bedingfield |
Ellen DeGeneresSyndicated, check local listings | Leslie Mann, Marlee Matlin, Fabian Sanchez, Erykah Badu |
Oprah WinfreySyndicated, check local listings | Polygamy in America: Lisa Ling Reports (repeat) |
Charlie RosePBS, check local listings | David McCullough |
Larry KingCNN, 9 p.m. EDT | TBA |
David LettermanCBS, 11:30 p.m. EDT | Sean "Diddy" Combs, Al Lubel (repeat) |
Jay LenoNBC, 11:35 p.m. EDT | Adam Carolla, Geraldo Rivera, the Black Crowes |
Tavis SmileyPBS, check local listings | Debbie Allen, Anne Lamott |
Jimmy KimmelABC, 12:05 a.m. EDT | Nate Berkus, Mary J. Blige, Missy Higgins (repeat) |
Conan O'BrienNBC, 12:35 a.m. EDT | Ryan Phillippe, Big Show |
Craig FergusonCBS, 12:35 a.m. EDT | Ben Kingsley, Laura Prepon, Lupe Fiasco (repeat) |
Contributors: Molly Eichel, Heather Havrilesky, Amy Reiter, Charly Wilder
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