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TV Junkie: Final Weekend of the Olympics; Sunday has Seinfeld's 'Marriage Ref'
Weekend Edition
Tonight
7:00pm Real Time With Bill Maher HBO - Editor Chrystia Freeland; author Reihan Salam; actress Olivia Wilde; Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
8:00pm Olympic Winter Games 2010 NBC - Short track speed skating: men's 500m Gold Medal final, 5000m relay Gold Medal final, women's 1000m Gold Medal final; skiing: women's slalom Gold Medal final; bobsled: four-man
8:00pm 41st NAACP Image Awards FOX - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People recognizes artistic achievements; filmmaker Tyler Perry receives the NAACP Chairman's Award; musician Wyclef Jean receives the Vanguard Award; Anika Noni Rose and Hill Harper host
8:30pm Ben 10: Alien Force Cartoon Network - Season Finale
9:00pm Bill Moyers Journal PBS/KCET - Lawyers Theodore Olson and David Boies unite to overturn California's Proposition 8 ballot measure outlawing same-sex marriage.
9:00pm Caprica Syfy - There Is Another Sky
9:45pm Serpico Crime TCM - (1973) Based on the true story of Frank Serpico, who sacrificed his career to expose widespread corruption in the NYPD
9:55pm Spartacus: Blood and Sand Starz - After winning in the arena, Spartacus is told by Batiatus that he will be reunited with his wife.
12:00am XXI Winter Olympics NBC - Snowboarding: women's parallel giant slalom Gold Medal final; biathlon: men's 4x7.5km relay Gold Medal final; medals plaza - award ceremonies.
12:05am Jimmy Kimmel Live ABC - Actress Dana Delany; Olympic snowboarder Scotty Lago; Daniel Merriweather performs.
12:40pm The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - Director Quentin Tarantino; Mumford & Sons perform.
Saturday
1:00pm Olympic Winter Games 2010 NBC - Cross-country skiing: women's 30km mass start Gold Medal final; speed skating: men's and women's pursuit Gold Medal finals; snowboarding: men's parallel giant slalom qualifying and Bronze Medal runs.
8:00pm Olympic Winter Games 2010 NBC - Figure skating: Champions Gala; snowboarding: men's parallel giant slalom Gold Medal final; skiing: men's slalom Gold Medal final; bobsled: four-man Gold Medal final.
9:00pm Pit Boss Animal Planet - Season Finale
11:25pm Saturday Night Live NBC - Jennifer Lopez hosts and performs.
12:00am Olympic Winter Games 2010 NBC - Curling: men's Gold Medal final
Sunday
8:00pm Olympic Winter Games 2010 NBC - Final events and closing ceremony.
9:00pm Big Love HBO - More troubles for the family.
Post-Olympics The Marriage Ref: Preview Special NBC - Special Presentation
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Donald Trump was a fading TV presence when the WGA strike put a dent in network schedules.
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Pickets are being held outside at movie and TV studios across the city
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For some critics, this feels less like a momentous departure and more like a footnote.
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Disneyland's famous "Fantasmic!" show came to a sudden end when its 45-foot animatronic dragon — Maleficent — burst into flames.
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Leads Ali Wong and Steven Yeun issue a joint statement along with show creator Lee Sung Jin.
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Every two years, Desert X presents site-specific outdoor installations throughout the Coachella Valley. Two Los Angeles artists have new work on display.