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TV Junkie: Weekend Edition

Other than college basketball, we don't have a lot to go on for this weekend. Can't wait for next weekend when Showtime unleashes The Tudors and Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
9-11:00pm 20/20 ABC - For some reason, I can't imagine what, 20/20 has been inspired to provide a 2-hour special on prostitutes.
9:20pm That Mitchell and Webb Look BBCA - Pink jumpsuit superheroes.
9:30pm Jack and the Beanstalk TCM - (1952) Abbott & Costello take on a fairy tale.
Saturday
7:00pm The Ten Commandments ABC - (1956) Do you have a spare 4 hours? This is the one with Chuckie Heston. A good goal would be to split a bottle of bourbon with a friend while watching this.
9:00pm Trading Spaces TLC - A divorced couple redesign each other's bedrooms. Paige!!
9:00pm Torchwood BBCA - An alien shape shifter is the baddie for this episode
Sunday
8:00pm Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part CBS - The food competition.
9:00pm Masterpiece Theater: Emma PBS/KCET - The 1996 BBC adaptation of the Jane Austen novel starring that cutie Kate Beckinsale
9:00pm Adams HBO - Adams and Jefferson visit France and hook up with Ben Franklin.
9:00pm The L Word SHOWTIME - Season finale.
10:00pm Dumped BBCA - 'Survivor-in-a-landfill' continues to kick ass.
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