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Your Weekly TV Picks—Week of April 6-12

By Dee Carlisi Created: April 6, 2009 Last Updated: April 6, 2009
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Monday, April 6
If you’ve made it through March Madness, tune into the NCAA championship game featuring the North Carolina Tarheels vs. the Michigan State Spartans.

Chuck
NBC
8:00—9:00 p.m.
Chuck lands his dream job and finds his dad (Guest star, Scott Bakula), but both fall short of his expectations. Chevy Chase also guest stars as Chuck’s new boss.

Surviving Suburbia
ABC
9:30—10:00 p.m.
“Full House” dad, Bob Saget, is at it again, starring as a very cynical father of two, trapped in suburbia. Cynthia Stevenson (“Men in Trees”) plays his wife.

Tuesday, April 7
After a very long break, Denis Leary returns to FX as troubled firefighter, Tommy Gavin.

Nova: Doctors’ Diaries
PBS
8:00—9:00 p.m.
In this two-part series, Nova visits seven doctors that it has been tracking since they entered Harvard Medical School in 1987. Part two airs next week at the same time.

Rescue Me
FX
10:00—11:00 p.m.
Michael J. Fox guest stars in a multi-episode arc as Janet’s wheelchair confined beau. How will Tommy deal with the latest man in his estranged wife’s life?

Trust Me
TNT
10:00—11:00 p.m.
Season one of this modern day “Mad Men” type drama concludes tonight with a conflict brewing between Mason and Conner.

Wednesday, April 8
Wednesday night includes a premiere, a finale and, a mystery solved.

Life
NBC
9:00—10:00 p.m.
In the season two finale, Crews tries to find his missing partner, Reese, who was on loan to the FBI.

Lost
ABC
10:00—11:00 p.m.
Ben gives himself up to Smokey. Will we finally learn what exactly the smoke monster is?

The Unusuals
ABC
10:00—11:00 p.m.
This quirky new cop drama follows NYC detectives, who must juggle their own secrets and eccentricities with crime fighting. The cast is strong and features “Lost” alum, Howard Perrineau, Adam Goldberg, (“Saving Private Ryan”), and Amber Tamblyn, (“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”).

Thursday, April 9
There’s been a lot of hype around “Parks & Recreation,” the new sitcom from the creators of “The Office.”

Parks & Recreation
NBC
8:30—9:00 p.m.
Saturday Night Live alum, Amy Poehler stars as a city official in the Parks & Recreation Department in Pawnee, Indiana. Her mission: help the local nurse (Rashida Jones) build a park.

Harper’s Island
CBS
10:00—11:00 p.m.
A group gathers on an island to celebrate a wedding. Instead, the guests are picked off, week-by-week, in this new mystery series airing over 13 weeks.

Southland
NBC
10:00—11:00 p.m.
A cast of familiar faces, including “The O.C” heartthrob, Benjamin McKenzie and “Jerry Maguire” star, Regina King, anchor this new drama about cops covering South Central, Los Angeles.

Friday, April 10
Friday is filled with choices

Ghost Whisperer
CBS
8:00—9:00 p.m.
Hilary Duff guest stars as a mysterious woman, who may be connected to a man’s death.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
FOX
8:00—9:00 p.m.
The second season, and possibly the series will end tonight with the Connors meeting up with Weaver.

Friday Night Lights
NBC
9:00—10:00 p.m.
The third season comes to a close, as Dillon High gets ready to graduate another class of students and Coach Taylor contemplates his future with the football team.

Weekend, April 11-12
Enjoy the Easter weekend.

Saturday, April 11

Nora Roberts’ Tribute
Lifetime
9:00—11:00 p.m.
In the third of four Nora Roberts installments, a former child star returns to the country to renovate her grandmother’s farmhouse. Mystery and romance ensue! Tribute stars Brittany Murphy (“Clueless”) and Jason Lewis (“Sex and the City”).

Sunday, April 12

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
ABC
8:00—10:00 p.m.
A man’s dying wish to have a home for his wife and their adopted children is fulfilled. Stevie Wonder performs for the family.

State of the Union
Showtime
10:00—10:30 p.m.
British comedian, Tracey Ullman, returns to poke fun at life in the States.

Dee Carlisi writes on pop culture and lives and works in New York.





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