Boy related non-pay-for US TV Movies. Times are US Eastern
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Sunday, Jan 11 2004
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2:00AM Fan, The; TBS; Sunday
1996 R United States
GENRE: Thriller
ACTORS: Andrew J. Ferchland as 'Richie Renard'; Joe Pichler as 'Sick Sean'
SYNOPSIS: Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins San Fransisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose profession is selling hunting knives, Gil Renard is excited over that. But Rayburn plays the worst season of his career and Renard tries to do everything to help him, but goes too far.
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4:00AM Splash; TNT; Sunday
1984 PG United States
GENRE: Comedy; Family; Fantasy; Romance
ACTORS: David Kreps as 'Young Allen'; Jason Late as 'Young Freddie'
SYNOPSIS: Allen Bauer is rescued from drowning as a young boy off Cape Cod by a young mermaid. Years later he returns to the same location, and once again manages to fall into the sea, and is rescued once more by the mermaid (Allen isn't sure what he's seen and what he's imagined). The mermaid decides to search for Allen in New York, sprouting legs when her tail dries. On finding Allen, they fall in love, but she has a secret, which will no longer be a secret if she gets her legs wet.. (imdb)
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6:00AM Summer of the Monkeys; Animal; Sunday
1998 G Canada
GENRE: Drama; Family
ACTORS: Corey Sevier as 'Jay Berry Lee'
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6:00AM As Good as it Gets; TNT; Sunday
1997 PG13 United States
GENRE: Comedy; Drama
ACTORS: Cooper Brooks as 'Child at Café 24'; Jesse James as 'Spencer Connely'
SYNOPSIS: Obsessive-compulsive author Melvin Eudoll battles with his problems while trying to understand his relationship with a waitress, a dog, and his gay neighbor.
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9:00AM Angel Eyes; TNT; Sunday
2001 R United States
GENRE: Drama; Romance
ACTORS: Daniel Magder as 'Larry Pogue, Jr'
SYNOPSIS: A mysterious man claims to be the guardian angel of a female police officer. (imdb)
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11:00AM War, The; WB; Sunday
1994 PG13 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Lucas Black ( 12 ) as 'Ebb'; Christopher Fennell as 'Billy Lipnicki'; Brennan Gallagher as 'Marsh'; Adam Henderson as 'Chet'; Justin Lucas as 'Willard'; Donald Sellers as 'Arliss'; Leons Sills as 'Leo'; Will West as 'Lester Lucket'; Elijah Wood ( 13 ) as 'Stu'
SYNOPSIS: The children of a peaceful ex-Vietnam soldier fight their own war about a treehouse.
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11:00AM War, The; WB; Sunday
1994 PG13 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Lucas Black ( 12 ) as 'Ebb'; Christopher Fennell as 'Billy Lipnicki'; Brennan Gallagher as 'Marsh'; Adam Henderson as 'Chet'; Justin Lucas as 'Willard'; Donald Sellers as 'Arliss'; Leons Sills as 'Leo'; Will West as 'Lester Lucket'; Elijah Wood ( 13 ) as 'Stu'
SYNOPSIS: The children of a peaceful ex-Vietnam soldier fight their own war about a treehouse.
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11:00AM Sweet November; TNT; Sunday
2001 PG13 United States
GENRE: Comedy; Drama; Romance
ACTORS: Liam Aiken as 'Abner'; Igor Hiller as 'Kid #1'; Nathan McAlone as 'Kid #3'; Chase Oliver as 'Kid #2'
SYNOPSIS: Nelson (Keanu) is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco, and one day, he takes a couple of hours off, rare for him, to go to take a DMV test, where he meets Sara (Charlize Theron), a woman very different from the one´s he has known all his life, and because of his fault she fails the test and won´t be able to drive for another month. So later that day she tracks him down so he can pay for what he did, and then makes him spend a month of his life that will change the lonely, workaholic in him forever. (imdb)
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11:05AM Fatal Memories; LMN; Sunday
1992 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Lachlan Murdoch as 'Aaron'
SYNOPSIS: Fact based story about a woman who after 20 years starts having memories of her own molestation by her father and the murder of one of her childhood playmates by him. (imdb)
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12:00PM Welcome to Sarejevo; FOX; Sunday
1997 R United States
GENRE: Drama; War
SYNOPSIS: Two journalists rescue 30 children from war torn Yugoslavia
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12:00PM Hindenburg; AMC; Sunday
1975 PG United States
GENRE: Drama; Thriller
ACTORS: Johnny Lee as 'Paul Breslau'; Stephen Manley as 'Peter Breslau'
SYNOPSIS: A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.
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12:00PM River Wild, The; USA; Sunday
1994 PG13 United States
GENRE: Action/Adventure; Drama
ACTORS: Joseph Mazzello ( 11 ) as 'Roarke'
SYNOPSIS: Gail, an expert at white water rafting, takes her family on a trip down the river to their family's house. Along the way, the family encounters two men who are unexperienced rafters that need to find their friends down river. Later, the family finds out that the pair of men are armed robbers. The men then physically force the family to take them down the river to meet their accomplices. The rafting trip for the family is definitely ruined, but most importantly, their lives are at stake. (imdb)
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1:00PM Nowhere to Hide; Court TV; Sunday
1994 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Max Pomeranc as 'Sam Blake'
SYNOPSIS: Divorcee learns from the FBI that her husband has mafia connections and put a contract on her life. She gets into the witness protection program and falls in love with the agent who protects her. (imdb)
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1:30PM Pleasantville; TNT; Sunday
1998 PG13 United States
GENRE: Comedy; Fantasy
ACTORS: Jason Maves as 'Paperboy'
SYNOPSIS: David, single, lonely and not happy with his life, flees reality by watching Pleasantville - a 1950's b&w soap opera, where everything is just...pleasant. His sister Jennifer, sexually far more active than her brother, gets in a fight with him about a very strange remote control - given to them just seconds after the TV broke by an equally strange repair man - and they suddenly find themselves in Pleasantville, as Bud and Mary-Sue Parker, completely assimilated and therefore black and white, in clothes a little different and with new parents...pleasant ones. David wants to get out of the situation as well as his sister, but whereas he tries to blend in (effortlessly, with his knowledge), she does what she likes to do. One event leads to the other, and suddenly there is a red rose growing in Pleasantville. The more rules are broken, the more colorful life gets in Pleasantville, USA. (imdb)
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2:00PM Song of the Thin Man; TCM; Sunday
1947 United States
ACTORS: Dean Stockwell as 'Nick Charles Jr.'
SYNOPSIS: Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
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2:00PM American Heart; WSBK; Sunday
1993 R United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Edward Furlong ( 14 ) as 'Nick Kelson'; Greg Sevigney as 'Young Jack'
SYNOPSIS: After leaving jail, Jack Kelson wants to live a normal life. He rents a small flat, moves in with his son Nick and tries to get a steady job. But then a former friend steps into his life again. (imdb)
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2:00PM Object of My Affection, The; Family; Sunday
1998 R United States
GENRE: Comedy; Drama; Romance
ACTORS: Liam Aiken as 'Nathan'
SYNOPSIS: George and Nina seem like the perfect couple. They share a cozy Brooklyn apartment, a taste for tuna casserole dinners, and a devotion to ballroom dancing. They love each other. There's only one hitch: George is gay. And when Nina announces she's pregnant, things get especially complicated. Vince - Nina's overbearing boyfriend and the baby's father-wants marriage. Nina wants independence. George will do anything for a little unqualified affection, but is he ready to become an unwed surrogate dad? (imdb)
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2:30PM Hollow Man; USA; Sunday
2000 R United States
GENRE: Horror; Science Fiction; Thriller
ACTORS: Jeffrey George Scaperotta ( 7 ) as 'Boy in Car'
SYNOPSIS: After years of experimentation, brilliant but arrogant scientist Sebastian Caine has discovered a way to make matter invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase - using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed and Caine seems doomed to future without flesh, he begins to show some unexpected side effects of his extraordinary condition. (imdb)
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3:00PM Gargantua; SciFi; Sunday
1998 United States
ACTORS: Emile Hirsch as 'Brandon Ellway'
SYNOPSIS: Researcher and his son find a seamonster.
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5:00PM Backdraft; USA; Sunday
1991 R United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: John Duda ( 12 ) as 'Stephen (age 12)'; Beep Iams as 'Sean McCaffrey'; Ryan Todd ( 7 ) as 'Brian (Age 7)'
SYNOPSIS: Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose. (imdb)
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6:00PM One Fine Day; Family; Sunday
1996 PG United States
GENRE: Comedy
ACTORS: Gideon Jacobs ( 6 ) as 'Billy (uncredited)'; Alex D. Linz ( 7 ) as 'Sammy Parker'
SYNOPSIS: Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.
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11:30PM Child's Wish, A; LMN; Sunday
1997 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Karl David-Djerf as 'Scott'
SYNOPSIS: A teen girl, with the help of friends and family, struggles with cancer.
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Monday, Jan 12 2004
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1:00AM Fan, The; TBS; Monday
1996 R United States
GENRE: Thriller
ACTORS: Andrew J. Ferchland as 'Richie Renard'; Joe Pichler as 'Sick Sean'
SYNOPSIS: Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins San Fransisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose profession is selling hunting knives, Gil Renard is excited over that. But Rayburn plays the worst season of his career and Renard tries to do everything to help him, but goes too far.
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1:00AM Hindenburg; AMC; Monday
1975 PG United States
GENRE: Drama; Thriller
ACTORS: Johnny Lee as 'Paul Breslau'; Stephen Manley as 'Peter Breslau'
SYNOPSIS: A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.
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2:00AM Maurice; Bravo; Monday
1987 R Great Britain
GENRE: Drama; Foreign; Romance
ACTORS: Orlando Wells as 'Young Maurice'
SYNOPSIS: Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced "Morris") and marries. While staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice finally discovers romance in the arms of Alec, the gamekeeper. Written from personal pain, it's E.M. Forster's story of coming to terms with sexuality in the Edwardian age. (imdb)
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3:00AM Tovarich; TCM; Monday
1937 United States
GENRE: Romantic Comedy
ACTORS: Tommy Bupp; Jerry Tucker; Delmar Watson
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9:00AM Case For Life, A; USA; Monday
1996 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Vincent Berry
SYNOPSIS: Mel Harris is Liz Hammett, a pro-choice Los Angeles lawyer who sues her sister Kelly Porter (Valerie Bertinelli) so that she will follow the instructions of her doctor. Kelly is pregnant and suffering from a paracardial constriction that puts her life and that of her foetus at risk, but as a pro-lifer she refuses her doctor's recommendation of a therapeutic abortion to save her life. (imdb)
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2:00PM Backdraft; USA; Monday
1991 R United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: John Duda ( 12 ) as 'Stephen (age 12)'; Beep Iams as 'Sean McCaffrey'; Ryan Todd ( 7 ) as 'Brian (Age 7)'
SYNOPSIS: Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose. (imdb)
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2:35PM Child's Wish, A; LMN; Monday
1997 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Karl David-Djerf as 'Scott'
SYNOPSIS: A teen girl, with the help of friends and family, struggles with cancer.
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6:00PM Invisible Child; LMN; Monday
1999 United States
GENRE: Drama
SYNOPSIS: A woman with two children believes she has three and her husband and oldest daughter play along with her to keep her balanced (or as close to balanced that a woman with an invisible child can be). However, when the family hires a new nanny, it is all just too much for her and she starts to blab.
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8:00PM Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off; Disney; Monday
2003 TVG United States
GENRE: Comedy; Drama; Family
ACTORS: Taylor Ball as 'Eddie Ogden'
SYNOPSIS: Eddie loves baseball. His dad's the coach, his best friends are his teammates. But will he strike out with them all if he trades his glove for an oven mitt. (imdb)
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8:00PM Enemy of the State; ABC; Monday
1998 R United States
GENRE: Action; Thriller
ACTORS: Bobby Boriello as 'Dylan'
SYNOPSIS: A successful lawyer finds himself the target of a treacherous NSA official and his goons after receiving evidence to a politically motivated murder, the only man that can help him is a former government operative turned surveillance expert. (imdb)
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8:00PM Losing Isaiah; BET; Monday
1995 R United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Marc John Jeffries as 'Isaiah'
SYNOPSIS: Compassionate drama starring Jessica Lange as a social worker who, along with husband David Strathairn, has adopted an African-American "crack baby." When Halle Berry, the baby's destitute mother, learns that the child she left in a trash bin is still alive, she stages a painful custody battle.
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8:00PM Gracie's Choice; Lifetime; Monday
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: David MacLean ( 10 )
SYNOPSIS: Gracie Thompson's (Kristen Bell) life has been riddled with chaos and the pain of handling her out-of-control, substance-abusing mother (Anne Heche) while trying to fill in as a parent to her three siblings. But Gracie won't be daunted — not by pity, not by her crazed mom or oblivious grandmother (Diane Ladd), not by the medical difficulties plaguing her and her siblings, and not by the heartlessness of the court system. Nothing will stop her from keeping her three brothers safe and under the same roof. (lifetimetv.com)
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10:00PM Gracie's Choice; Lifetime; Monday
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: David MacLean ( 10 )
SYNOPSIS: Gracie Thompson's (Kristen Bell) life has been riddled with chaos and the pain of handling her out-of-control, substance-abusing mother (Anne Heche) while trying to fill in as a parent to her three siblings. But Gracie won't be daunted — not by pity, not by her crazed mom or oblivious grandmother (Diane Ladd), not by the medical difficulties plaguing her and her siblings, and not by the heartlessness of the court system. Nothing will stop her from keeping her three brothers safe and under the same roof. (lifetimetv.com)
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10:10PM Now and Then; TBS; Monday
1995 United States
ACTORS: Bradley Coryell; Justin Humphrey; Brandon Kleyla as 'Bobby Fricker (uncredited)'; Andrew Robertson; Travis Robertson ( 13 ); Devon Edward Sawa ( 15 ) as 'Scott Wormer'
SYNOPSIS: Four friends meet again after a long time. Together they recall the 1970s, when they still were kids.
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10:20PM Airport '77; AMC; Monday
1977 PG United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Anthony Battaglia as 'Benjy'
SYNOPSIS: Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle... passengers still alive, trapped underwater
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Tuesday, Jan 13 2004
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2:50AM Airport '77; AMC; Tuesday
1977 PG United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Anthony Battaglia as 'Benjy'
SYNOPSIS: Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle... passengers still alive, trapped underwater
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3:00AM It Came from the Sky; WE; Tuesday
1999 R United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Christian Dane as 'Young Andy Bridges'; Kevin Joseph Zegers as 'Andy Bridges'
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7:30AM Invisible Child; LMN; Tuesday
1999 United States
GENRE: Drama
SYNOPSIS: A woman with two children believes she has three and her husband and oldest daughter play along with her to keep her balanced (or as close to balanced that a woman with an invisible child can be). However, when the family hires a new nanny, it is all just too much for her and she starts to blab.
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8:00AM Atomic Twister; TBS; Tuesday
2002 PG United States
GENRE: Action; Drama; Thriller
SYNOPSIS: When tornadoes hit a nuclear power plant, critically damaging the plant's cooling system, the results could be catastrophic. Atomic Twister, a countdown to disaster, traces an extraordinary day in the lives of small town citizens who unexpectedly find themselves facing the possibility of mass destruction. (imdb)
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4:00PM It Came from the Sky; WE; Tuesday
1999 R United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Christian Dane as 'Young Andy Bridges'; Kevin Joseph Zegers as 'Andy Bridges'
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4:25PM Have You Seen My Son?; LMN; Tuesday
1996 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Alex Doduk as 'Ace'; Eric Hui as 'Trang'
SYNOPSIS: A woman fears for her son's health when her ex-husband kidnaps him. (imdb)
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8:00PM Nothing to Lose; TBS; Tuesday
1997 R United States
GENRE: Action; Adventure; Comedy; Crime
ACTORS: Marcus T. Paulk as 'Joey'
SYNOPSIS: Nick Beam's life couldn't get any worse. He discovers he has been living a lie and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. So when T. Paul, a carjacker, attempts to rob him, it is the last straw for Nick. With everything to gain and nothing to lose, he kidnaps T. Paul and attempts to put his life back together. (imdb)
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8:00PM Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The; TCM; Tuesday
1966 United States
GENRE: Action/Adventure; Comedy
ACTORS: Johnnie Whitaker as 'Jerry Maxwell'
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8:00PM Leave it to Beaver; Disney; Tuesday
1997 PG United States
GENRE: Family
ACTORS: Erik von Detten as 'Wallace 'Wally' Cleaver'; Cameron Finley as 'Beaver'; Sam Gifaldi as 'Richard Backover'; Adam Zolotin as 'Eddie Haskell Jr.'
SYNOPSIS: Story of a kid born into the perfect family who is trying to fit in. Includes getting & losing the bicycle of his dreams, making & quitting the football team, his misadventures at school, his friends, & his relationship with big brother Wally.
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Wednesday, Jan 14 2004
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3:00AM In the Lake of the Woods; LMN; Wednesday
1996 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Blair Slater as 'Young John'
SYNOPSIS: John Waylan is a candidate for U.S. senator; near the end of the campaign he is accused of ordering and participating in a massacre in a Vietnamese village. The accusation kills his career, and severely endangers his marriage. When he and Kathy flee to an isolated cabin, he awakes one morning to find her gone. Questions are asked, answers are given or hinted at, as the tension and suspense build. (imdb)
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3:00AM Shining, The; TNT; Wednesday
1980 R United States
GENRE: Horror; Thriller
ACTORS: Danny Lloyd ( 5 ) as 'Danny Torrance'
SYNOPSIS: A young boy and his parents become caretakers of a isolated and haunted hotel over the winter. (imdb)
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3:35AM Rare Breed, The; AMC; Wednesday
1966 United States
GENRE: Action; Drama; Romance; Western
ACTORS: Larry Domasin as 'Alberto'
SYNOPSIS: When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their efforts to transport their lone bull, a Hereford named Vindicator, to a breeder in Texas, but the trail is fraught with danger and even Burnett doubts the survival potential of this "rare breed" of cattle. (imdb)
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5:45AM Have You Seen My Son?; LMN; Wednesday
1996 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Alex Doduk as 'Ace'; Eric Hui as 'Trang'
SYNOPSIS: A woman fears for her son's health when her ex-husband kidnaps him. (imdb)
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8:00AM Time of Your Life, The; TCM; Wednesday
1948 United States
ACTORS: Lanny Rees
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1:00PM Child in the Night; Lifetime; Wednesday
1990 United States
ACTORS: Elijah Wood ( 8 ) as 'Luke'
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2:35PM Stranger In My Home; LMN; Wednesday
1997 United States
GENRE: Crime; Drama; Thriller
ACTORS: Michael Angarano ( 7 ) as 'Drew'
SYNOPSIS: A famous female lawyer suspects that her client, a homeless transient, may in fact be a brother she lost many years ago. (imdb)
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3:00PM Held Up; Comedy; Wednesday
1999 PG United States
GENRE: Comedy
ACTORS: Sam Gifaldi as 'Rusty'
SYNOPSIS: While they're on vacation in the Southwest, Rae finds out her man Michael spent their house money on a classic car, so she dumps him, hitching a ride to Vegas for a flight home. A kid promptly steals Michael's car, leaving him at the Zip & Sip, a convenience store. Three bumbling robbers promptly stage a hold up. Two take off with the cash stranding the third, with a mysterious crate, just as the cops arrive. The robber takes the store hostage. As incompetent cops bring in a SWAT team and try a by-the-book rescue, Michael has to keep the robber calm, find out what's in the crate, aid the negotiations, and get back to Rae.
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7:00PM Arrival, The; SciFi; Wednesday
1996 PG13 United States
GENRE: Science Fiction; Thriller
ACTORS: Tony T. Johnson as 'Kiki'
SYNOPSIS: Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue. (imdb)
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8:00PM Dennis the Menace; Family; Wednesday
1993 PG United States
GENRE: Children's; Comedy
ACTORS: Mason Gamble ( 6 ) as 'Dennis'; Kellen Hathaway as 'Joey'; Hank Johnson as 'Gunther Beckman'
SYNOPSIS: While staying with Mr. Wilson (Walter Matthau), Dennis is kidnapped by a sinister thief named Switchblade Sam (Christopher Lloyd).
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8:00PM After Jimmy; LMN; Wednesday
1996 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Ryan Slater as 'Billy'
SYNOPSIS: Drama about a teenage boy's suicide.
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8:00PM Full Court Miracle; Disney; Wednesday
2003 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Alex D. Linz as 'Alex Schlotsky'
SYNOPSIS: Lamont's Maccabees is based on the true story of Lamont Carr, an African-American college basketball star who coached a struggling Hebrew Academy basketball team after a knee injury forced him to leave the game. (imdb)
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Thursday, Jan 15 2004
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6:40AM Red Pony, The; AMC; Thursday
1949 Unrated United States
GENRE: Drama; Family
ACTORS: Beau Bridges as 'Beau'; Peter Miles ( 10 ) as 'Tomas 'Tom' Tiflin'
SYNOPSIS: In the coast range mountains on the western edge of the Salinas Valley is a ranch where Tom, a lad of about ten, longs for a pony. He lives with his mom, who was born there, her dad, a talkative pioneer who misses the old West, Tom's dad Fred Tiflin, who comes from the city and after years on the ranch doesn't feel at home there, and Billy, their trusted hand, a real cowboy. While Fred has to sort out whether he wants to stay a rancher and come to terms with his son being closer to Billy than to himself, Tom gets a pony and learns directly about responsibility and loss. What lessons can each learn, and are tragedy and hard choices all that life offers? Are laughter and joy anywhere? (imdb)
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8:00AM Held Up; Comedy; Thursday
1999 PG United States
GENRE: Comedy
ACTORS: Sam Gifaldi as 'Rusty'
SYNOPSIS: While they're on vacation in the Southwest, Rae finds out her man Michael spent their house money on a classic car, so she dumps him, hitching a ride to Vegas for a flight home. A kid promptly steals Michael's car, leaving him at the Zip & Sip, a convenience store. Three bumbling robbers promptly stage a hold up. Two take off with the cash stranding the third, with a mysterious crate, just as the cops arrive. The robber takes the store hostage. As incompetent cops bring in a SWAT team and try a by-the-book rescue, Michael has to keep the robber calm, find out what's in the crate, aid the negotiations, and get back to Rae.
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8:35AM High Wind in Jamaica, A; AMC; Thursday
1965 Great Britain
ACTORS: Martin Amis; Henry Beltran; Jeffrey Chandler ( 8 ) as 'Edward Thornton'
SYNOPSIS: The parents of children living in Jamaica, afraid that the kids are growing up uncivilized, decide to send them to England. But during the voyage, the childrens' ship is boarded by pirates and in the confusion the children wind up trapped on the pirate ship. The children view it as a lark, and one of them, a girl named Emily, develops an unusual bond with Chavez, the pirate captain. The superstitious pirates can't wait to unload the kids at the first port, but a tragedy prevents it, and Emily's relationship with Chavez takes a fateful twist.
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10:00AM Journey for Margaret; TCM; Thursday
1942 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Jerry Mickelsen; Clifford Severn; William Severn as 'Peter Humphreys'
SYNOPSIS: An American newspaperman and his wife, caught in the London blitz, lose their unborn child in an air raid. Outraged, they visit a shelter for homeless children where they fall in love with orphans Margaret and her brother Peter. They eventaully adopt the children and bring them to America. (imdb)
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4:25PM John John in the Sky -aka- I'll Wave Back; LMN; Thursday
2000 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Christian Craft as 'John John'
SYNOPSIS: John Claiborne's life is being torn apart. He is frustrated with his job, his marriage is on the rocks and his son disrespects him. As a child growing up in a small town in Mississippi in the 60s, John John grew up with an abusive father, a naive mother. His only friend was Zeola, a 32-year old mentally-challenged woman whose only goal was to be liked. Together they established a wonderful friendship. They dreamed of building an airplane that would let them escape from their small town troubles. But as they begin to build, John John, befriended by a boy his own age, turns on Zeola, destroying their friendship. Then one fateful day, John John finds his escape through his mother and they leave tragedy in their wake. Now as an adult, a mysterious message brings John back home to relive that tragic day and to finally come to terms with the decisions of the past. (hollywood.com)
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5:30PM Our Vines Have Tender Grapes; TCM; Thursday
1945 United States
ACTORS: Jackie "Butch" Jenkins as 'Arnold Hanson'
SYNOPSIS: American family life in a small Winconsin village.
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8:00PM Great Outdoors, The; Family; Thursday
1988 PG United States
GENRE: Comedy
ACTORS: Ian Giatti as 'Ben'
SYNOPSIS: Big-hearted Chicago family man Chet has brought his family to a lakeside resort area, and although his wife and kids aren't quite as excited as he is, Chet has high hopes for the vacation. However, his optimism is sabotaged when his obnoxious brother-in-law Roman drops in unexpectedly, along with his snooty, strange family. Chet and his family try to stay open-minded, but they find it difficult to relax and enjoy themselves because of the constant annoyance of Roman's presence. (imdb)
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9:00PM Bed of Lies; Lifetime; Thursday
1992 United States
ACTORS: Shawn Toovey as 'Joel Moore'
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9:00PM Ransom; USA; Thursday
1997 R United States
GENRE: Action/Adventure; Drama
ACTORS: Brawley Nolte ( 9 ) as 'Sean Mullen'
SYNOPSIS: Tom Mullen, a wealthy executive whose charmed life is suddenly shattered when his young son is abducted & held for ransom by a gang of ruthless criminals. Not convinced the police tactics will work, Tom uses the ransom money to turn the tables on the kidnappers.
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11:00PM Swarm, The; SciFi; Thursday
1978 United States
ACTORS: Christian Juttner; Chris Petersen
SYNOPSIS: Bees disaster fillm
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Friday, Jan 16 2004
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12:00AM Road Warrior, The; USA; Friday
1981 R Australia
GENRE: Foreign
ACTORS: Emil Minty as 'The Feral Kid'
SYNOPSIS: A former police officer is now a lone wanderer, travelling through a devasted Australia after a nuclear war looking for the now-priceless fuel of petrol. He lives to survive and is none too pleased when he finds himself the only hope of a small group of honest people running a remote oil refinery. He must protect them from the bike gang that is terrorising them whilst transporting their entire fuel supply to safety. (imdb)
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2:00AM Miserables, Les; Bravo; Friday
1998 PG13 United States
GENRE: Crime; Drama; Romance
ACTORS: Shane Hervey ( 10 ) as 'Gavroche'
SYNOPSIS: Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France. (imdb)
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3:00AM Beaches; TNT; Friday
1988 PG13 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Whitby Hertford as 'Tom (uncredited)'
SYNOPSIS: When the New York child performer CC Bloom and San Fransisco rich kid Hillary meet in a holiday resort in Atlantic City, it marks the start of a lifetime friendship between them. The two keep in touch through letters for a number of years until Hillary, now a successful lawyer moves to New York to stay with struggling singer CC. (imdb)
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5:45AM John John in the Sky -aka- I'll Wave Back; LMN; Friday
2000 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Christian Craft as 'John John'
SYNOPSIS: John Claiborne's life is being torn apart. He is frustrated with his job, his marriage is on the rocks and his son disrespects him. As a child growing up in a small town in Mississippi in the 60s, John John grew up with an abusive father, a naive mother. His only friend was Zeola, a 32-year old mentally-challenged woman whose only goal was to be liked. Together they established a wonderful friendship. They dreamed of building an airplane that would let them escape from their small town troubles. But as they begin to build, John John, befriended by a boy his own age, turns on Zeola, destroying their friendship. Then one fateful day, John John finds his escape through his mother and they leave tragedy in their wake. Now as an adult, a mysterious message brings John back home to relive that tragic day and to finally come to terms with the decisions of the past. (hollywood.com)
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6:00AM Rasputin and the Empress; TCM; Friday
1932 United States
ACTORS: Tad Alexander as 'Prince Alexis 'Aloysha', the Czarevitch'
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6:30AM Mighty Joe Young; AMC; Friday
1998 PG United States
GENRE: Adventure; Family; Fantasy; Thriller
ACTORS: Cory Buck as 'Jason'; Will Rothhaar
SYNOPSIS: After Mighty Joe Young is brought to America for safety reasons, he escapes and rampages through Hollywood, spurred by tormentors out for revenge (imdb)
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8:30AM Munster Go Home; AMC; Friday
1966 United States
ACTORS: Butch Patrick as 'Eddie Munster'
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1:30PM Prime Minister, The; TCM; Friday
1941 Great Britain
GENRE: Foreign
ACTORS: Grant Tyler
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4:25PM Bachelor's Baby, The; LMN; Friday
1996 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Jonathan Selstad ( 1 ) as 'Zachary 'Zack' Henry'; Thomas Selstad ( 1 ) as 'Zachary 'Zack' Henry'
SYNOPSIS: Jake Henry, freewheeling product reviewer, is surprised one night when Jamie appears on his doorstep with a baby she claims is Jake's. When Jamie can't care for Zack, Jake volunteers for daddy duty, despite his ignorance of childrearing and the hostility of Zack's social worker. Jake rapidly discovers that his entire life revolves around his newfound son...and that he likes it. But when Jamie wants Zack back, will Jake be able to give him up? (imdb)
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8:00PM Jaws 2; AMC; Friday
1978 G United States
GENRE: Adventure; Horror; Thriller
ACTORS: Marc Gilpin as 'Sean Brody'; Billy Van Zandt as 'Bob'
SYNOPSIS: Four years after the events of the original "Jaws", the town of Amity suddenly experiences series of mysterious boating accidents and disappearances. Chief of Police, Martin Brody, fears that another shark is out there, but he is ignored by the townsfolk. Unfortunately, he's right. There is another Great White in the sea. And it wants revenge. (imdb)
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9:00PM Fear; Lifetime; Friday
1996 R United States
GENRE: Thriller
ACTORS: Christopher Gray
SYNOPSIS: A deranged suitor (Mark Wahlberg) torments family and friends of a teen girl (Reese Witherspoon) with whom he is obsessed.
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8:00AM Blue Lagoon, The; TNT; Saturday
1980 R United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Christopher Atkins ( 18 ) as 'Richard'; Glenn Kohan ( 8 ) as 'Young Richard'
SYNOPSIS: Young boy and girl get trapped on desert island.
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10:00AM Now and Then; TNT; Saturday
1995 United States
ACTORS: Bradley Coryell; Justin Humphrey; Brandon Kleyla as 'Bobby Fricker (uncredited)'; Andrew Robertson; Travis Robertson ( 13 ); Devon Edward Sawa ( 15 ) as 'Scott Wormer'
SYNOPSIS: Four friends meet again after a long time. Together they recall the 1970s, when they still were kids.
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12:00PM Child's Play; WSBK; Saturday
1988 R United States
GENRE: Horror
ACTORS: Alex Vincent ( 6 ) as 'Andy Barclay'; Justin Whalin ( 16 ) as 'Andy Barclay (16)'
SYNOPSIS: When serial killer Charles Lee Ray is mortally wounded in a police shoot-out, he uses a voodoo spell to transfer his soul into Chucky, a "Good Guys" doll. Andy receives the doll as a birthday gift, and Chucky soon resumes his killing spree. However, Charles doesn't want to be trapped in the body of a doll forever. His only escape would be to transfer into the first human he revealed his true identity to... which places Andy in mortal danger. (imdb)
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12:45PM Jaws 2; AMC; Saturday
1978 G United States
GENRE: Adventure; Horror; Thriller
ACTORS: Marc Gilpin as 'Sean Brody'; Billy Van Zandt as 'Bob'
SYNOPSIS: Four years after the events of the original "Jaws", the town of Amity suddenly experiences series of mysterious boating accidents and disappearances. Chief of Police, Martin Brody, fears that another shark is out there, but he is ignored by the townsfolk. Unfortunately, he's right. There is another Great White in the sea. And it wants revenge. (imdb)
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1:00PM Major Payne; USA; Saturday
1995 PG13 United States
GENRE: Comedy
ACTORS: Orlando Brown as 'Cadet Tiger Dunne'; Peyton Chesson-Fohl as 'Cadet Johnson'; Stephen Coleman as 'Dadet Leland'; Joshua Todd Diveley as 'New Cadet'; Andrew Harrison Leeds as 'Cadet Dotson'; Mark W. Madison as 'Cadet Fox'
SYNOPSIS: Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch or ragtag losers with no hope. Using such teaching tools as live grenades and real bullets, Payne starts to instill the corp with some hope. But when Payne is recalled to fight in Bosnia, will he leave the corp who has just started the believe in him, or will he find out that killin' ain't much of a livin'? (imdb)
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3:00PM Woman Wiith a Past; Court TV; Saturday
1992 R United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Nick Stahl as 'Brian'
SYNOPSIS: A woman lives a normal life with her second husband and her two sons of the first marriage. One day she is caught by her past and the film reveales in flashbacks her stations of life until the day the police found her in her new life: First marriage, alcohol addiction, robberies, prison, escape from prison, search for work, second marriage, fight for the children,... In the end she has not only to fight for her freedom but also for the respect and love of her betrayed children and husband. (imdb)
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5:00PM Ernest Goes to Camp; WB; Saturday
1987 PG United States
GENRE: Comedy
ACTORS: Robert Green Benson III as 'Camper #1'; Patrick Day as 'Bobby Wayne'
SYNOPSIS: A group of juvenile criminals is sent for vacation to Camp Kikaki. The clumsy Ernest has to care for them, although he doesn't even know how to take care of himself. The other children at the camp show enmity against them, but the group knows very well how to defend themselves. They do also help the Indian owner of the camp when a brutal mining corporation wants to tear down the camp to mine a rare mineral. (imdb)
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6:00PM Girls Just Want to Have Fun; Family; Saturday
1985 PG United States
GENRE: Comedy
ACTORS: Ian Giatti as 'Zach Glenn'
SYNOPSIS: Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing. (imdb)
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8:00PM Dangerous Intentions; LMN; Saturday
1995 United States
ACTORS: Chad Dormer as 'Gregory Ferrar'
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8:00PM Horse Whisperer, The; WE; Saturday
1998 PG13 United States
GENRE: Drama; Romance
ACTORS: Ty Hillman as 'Joe Booker'
SYNOPSIS: The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse. (imdb)
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8:00PM Men of Honor; FX; Saturday
2000 R United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Tyler Garcia Posey as 'Boy (uncredited)'
SYNOPSIS: watching the heroics of Billy Sunday, the White son of a sharecropper, determines to become the Navy's first African-American diver. At the Bayonne, N.J., divers' training camp, Sunday is his instructor, and Brasher must endure hazing verging on the murderous. With Sunday and the camp's commander dead set against Brashear's graduating, his physical skills and steely determination, which he got from his father, see him through. Carl and Billy's paths cross again when each needs rehabilitation one from an injury, the other from bitterness. Their wives look on with awe and frustration. (imdb)
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8:00PM Silverado; Bravo; Saturday
1985 PG13 United States
GENRE: Action; Western
ACTORS: Thomas Wilson Brown ( 12 ) as 'Augie Hollis'; Jon Kasdan as 'Boy at Outpost'
SYNOPSIS: A misfit bunch of friends come together to right the injustices which exist in a small town. (imdb)
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8:00PM Mad Max; WSBK; Saturday
1979 R Australia
GENRE: Action/Adventure; Science Fiction
ACTORS: Mathew Constantine as 'Toddler'
SYNOPSIS: In an Australian dystopia of decaying order and violent highways, a police pursuit driver is drawn into a path of vengeance after a motorcycle gang targets him for the death of their former leader. (imdb)
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8:00PM Liar, Liar; ABC; Saturday
1997 PG13 United States
GENRE: Comedy; Family
ACTORS: Justin Cooper ( 5 ) as 'Max Reede'; Patrick McTavish as 'Child at Party and School'; Joel Palmer as 'Patrick Farrow'
SYNOPSIS: Imagine you're incapable of telling a lie for 24 hours. Now imagine you're unscrupulous attorney Jim Carrey, who's made a career out of stretching the truth but, thanks to a birthday wish made by his estranged son, has to be honest regardless of the cost.
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8:00PM As Good as it Gets; NBC; Saturday
1997 PG13 United States
GENRE: Comedy; Drama
ACTORS: Cooper Brooks as 'Child at Café 24'; Jesse James as 'Spencer Connely'
SYNOPSIS: Obsessive-compulsive author Melvin Eudoll battles with his problems while trying to understand his relationship with a waitress, a dog, and his gay neighbor.
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9:00PM Frozen Impact; WYPX; Saturday
2002 United States
ACTORS: Myles Jeffrey as 'Jason Blanchard'
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10:15PM Sleepless In Seattle; TNT; Saturday
1993 United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Ross Malinger ( 8 ) as 'Jonah'
SYNOPSIS: Sam is a father that has just lost his wife and is left to bring up their young son Jonah. Jonah decides that his dad is lonely and needs to start dating again, so he phones the local late night radio show to speak to the psychologist there. Needless to say, Sam is called to the phone and ends up spilling his heart out. A lady listening becomes convinced that Sam is the man for her. Only problem is... that they are on two different sides of the country.
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11:00PM Silverado; Bravo; Saturday
1985 PG13 United States
GENRE: Action; Western
ACTORS: Thomas Wilson Brown ( 12 ) as 'Augie Hollis'; Jon Kasdan as 'Boy at Outpost'
SYNOPSIS: A misfit bunch of friends come together to right the injustices which exist in a small town. (imdb)
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1:00AM Rattled; SciFi; Sunday
1996 PG13 United States
GENRE: Thriller
ACTORS: Zack Eginton as 'Ricky'; Michael Galeota as 'Adam'
SYNOPSIS: Paul Donohue, architect and designer of a development project in a small valley community must overcome his fear of snakes when he learns that recent construction blasting has driven hundreds of ravenous and aggressive rattlesnakes out of their underground lair, all looking for food and a new place to live.
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2:30AM Blue Lagoon, The; TNT; Sunday
1980 R United States
GENRE: Drama
ACTORS: Christopher Atkins ( 18 ) as 'Richard'; Glenn Kohan ( 8 ) as 'Young Richard'
SYNOPSIS: Young boy and girl get trapped on desert island.
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