‘Masters of Science Fiction’ Series Offers Dramatizations of Classic Tales
By RITA SHERROW
Birthday surprises are common, but not in the case of “Fallen,” airing at 7 p.m. Friday on ABC Family, cable channel 37. Paul Wesley plays a teenager who learns he’s half angel-half man and might be The Redeemer.
Robert Duvall portrays a cowhand who shares a cross-country horse drive with another cowpoke (Thomas Haden Church) in AMC’s “Broken Trail,” repeating at 7 p.m. Friday on cable channel 48.
Cursed artifacts buried in old movie sets is the theme of “Sands of Oblivion,” repeating at 6 p.m. Friday on Sci Fi, cable channel 175.
The movie wasn’t the best, but Julianne Moore makes “The Forgotten” worth watching again at 7 p.m. Friday on Fox, channel 23 and cable channel 5. She plays a woman who is first told her son is dead and then, after a year of grieving, that he never existed. She isn’t taking that lying down.
Hot rods and burning rubber announce the presence of a malevolent ghost on a rebroadcast of “Ghost Whisperer” at 7 p.m. Friday on CBS, channel 6.
April is in labor and the town is in crisis on “Jericho,” at 8 p.m. Friday on CBS, channel 6.
Calling your boss’ girlfriend (Sharon Lawrence) a murder suspect is no way to earn brownie points on “Monk,” airing at 8 p.m. Friday on USA, cable channel 34.
“Shark Week” continues with “Sharks: A Family Affair” at 8 p.m. Friday on Discovery, cable channel 30. In this documentary, shark expert Craig Ferreira gets his kiddies and wife involved in shark watching and tagging.
ABC introduces the six-episode series “Masters of Science Fiction” at 9 p.m. Saturday on channel 8. Physicist Stephen Hawking introduces each episode, which has been adapted from short stories by acclaimed sci-fi writers such as Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein and Robert Sheckley. The opener stars Emmy-winner Judy Davis as a psychiatrist trying to help a patient with memory loss.
War movie buffs won’t want to miss an airing of “The Bridge on the River Kwai” at 7 p.m. Saturday on TCM, cable channel 210. William Holden stars in this 1957 classic about British prisoners of war during World War II ordered by the camp’s Japanese commandant to build a bridge for the Burma-Siam railway. Under the leadership of Col. Nicholson (Sir Alec Guinness) they agree to do the job as a monument to British character. What they don’t know is that the Allies are sending a team (led by Jack Warden and William Holden) to blow it up.
Michael (Zach Braff) is having second thoughts about marriage to his lovely pregnant fi ance Jenna (Jacinda Barrett) in the romance “The Last Kiss,” airing at 7 p.m. Saturday on HBO, cable channel 300. Afraid he will never have another last (unmarried) kiss, he finds himself tempted by a coed (Rachel Bilson) and then realizes none of the relationships around him are rock solid.
Sara Evans wants to give some aspiring artist a “Big Break” at 8:30 p.m. Saturday on CMT, cable channel 64. The winner will get to perform as her opening act.
Sex in the cinema is the name of the game in the Independent Film Channel’s documentary series “Indie Sex,” which wraps up, appropriately, at 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday on cable channel 207. Definitely not for the kiddies.
Tom Skerritt and Angus Macfadyen star in the disaster miniseries “Killer Wave” premiering at 6 p.m. Sunday on Ion, channel 44 and cable channel 4. A corporation is plotting to devastate East Coast cities with tidal waves so it can get the multibillion dollar contract to build a really long sea wall. It’s a conspiracy theory if I’ve ever heard one.
Speaking of weather, Discovery channel has experts consider whether weather modification is possible in the special “Can We Control the Weather?” airing at 7 p.m. Sunday on cable channel 30.
Chris O’Donnell traded in his role as the sweet veterinarian in unrequited love with Meredith on “Grey’s Anatomy” for a role in the TNT miniseries “The Company” debuting at 7 p.m. Sunday on cable channel 29. It follows the stories of three college buddies who become spies early in the Cold War. It continues on the next two Sundays.
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