Program Planner: May 4-10
Sunday’s Oklahoman, which includes the 44-page full-color and full-of-information TV Week, hits the newsstands in the Oklahoma City area on Saturday afternoon. And it arrives at the doorstep (or hopefully nearby) early Sunday morning.
But for those who can’t wait to begin planning the upcoming week around the best TV has to offer, here is a sneak peek at programs worth watching the week of May 4:
SUNDAY
►“Cold Case” (7 p.m. on CBS): Fifth-season finale.
►“Family Guy” (8 p.m. on Fox, Pictured above in Fox Photo): Sixth-season finale.
►“Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music” (7 p.m. on TCM): This 1965 special kicks off a monthlong festival of his movies hosted by his children, Tina, Nancy and Frank Jr.
►“Masterpiece: Cranford” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): A new three-part miniseries based on the writings of Elizabeth Gaskell. Lisa Dillon stars as Mary Smith, who moves to the picturesque Victorian village of Cranford to stay with two single friends (Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins).
►“Shameless” (10 p.m. on Sundance): Second-season finale.
►“This American Life” (9 p.m. on Showtime): Second-season premiere. National Public Radio host Ira Glass presents human interest stories through the eyes of those who experienced them.
MONDAY
►“American Experience: George H.W. Bush” (8 p.m. today and Tuesday on OETA-13): Traces the public and private lives of the 41st president from his wartime service and early political career to his tenure in the White House.
►“Deal or No Deal” (7 p.m. on NBC): Features two contestants playing the popular game show in Estonia.
►“Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman” (8 p.m. on Sundance): First two installments of six-part documentary series.
►“Life’s a Trip” (10 p.m. on Travel Channel): Series premiere.
TUESDAY
►“Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Fashion” (8 p.m. on Sundance): Looks at how environmental consciousmess has hit the fashion world.
►“Bud Greenspan: The Heart of the Games” (8 p.m. on ESPNs): Tells the most defining stories and moments in the life and work of Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan.
►“Dancing With the Stars” (8 p.m. on ABC): This marks the show’s 100th taping. Mario Lopez and his Broadway cast of “A Chorus Line” will perform.
►“Independent Lens” (10 p.m. on OETA-13): Presents the new documentary ‘‘Na Kamalei: Men of Hula.” It celebrates the 30th birthday of the all-male hula school that Robert Cazimero opened in the 1970s.
WEDNESDAY
►“American Masters: Marvin Gaye” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): Profiles the Motown singer’s unique style and a musical legacy that includes some of the most sensuous love songs ever recorded. Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson and Mos Def are among the fellow artists weighing in.
►“Audition: Barbara Walters’ Journey” (9 p.m. on ABC): Features the grande dame of television interviews talking to ABC News anchor Charles Gibson about her life, career, family and the many memorable people she has interviewed.
►“Cash and Treasures” (9 p.m. on Travel Channel): Second-season premiere.
►“Deal or No Deal” (7 p.m. on NBC): Features two contestants playing the popular game show in the Philippines.
►“Secrets of the Dead: Doping For Gold” (10 p.m. on OETA-13): Explores the tragic truth and aftermath of the greatest Olympic steroid scandal in sports history.
THURSDAY
►“Hear and Now” (7 p.m. on HBO): Profiles Paul and Sally Taylor, deaf since birth, who decided to get cochlear implants after living in silence for 65 years.
►“Live From Lincoln Center” (7 p.m. on OETA-13): Presents a new semistaged production of “Camelot” starring Gabriel Byrne (‘‘The Usual Suspects”) as King Arthur and Marin Mazzie (‘‘Still Standing”) as Guinevere.
►“One Life to Live” (1 p.m. on ABC): Rapper Snoop Dogg will perform two songs from his new album “Ego Trippin.”
►“Scrubs” (7:30 p.m. on NBC): Finale on NBC, possibly will return on ABC in fall.
►“Terminal City” (8 p.m. on Sundance): First-season finale.
►“30 Rock” (8:31 p.m. on NBC): Second-season finale. Matthew Broderick (“War Games”) and Edie Falco (“The Sopranos”) guest star.
►“Tougher in Alaska” (9 p.m. on History): Series premiere.
FRIDAY
►“Crossroads” (8 p.m. on CMT): Features multiplatinum-selling country singer Sara Evans sharing the stage with the Grammy-winning pop band Maroon 5.
►“TV’s All-Time Funniest” (7 p.m. on ABC): Will reveal who fans picked as the funniest characters in eight categories, including funniest father (Cliff Huxtable and Homer Simpson were in the running) and funniest mother (Lucy Ricardo and Marion Cunningham were among the choices.
SATURDAY
►“An American Crime” (8 p.m. on Showtime): A 2007 docudrama starring Ellen Page as Sylvia Likens, a 16-year-old who was tortured by her caregiver and others in 1965.
►“Big Girl’s Blouse” (8 p.m. on Sundance): U.S. television premiere of Australian sketch comedy series.
►“Mean Green Machines” (7 p.m. on Discovery): Sneak peek, series premieres in June on the Discovery Home channel that is being renamed Planet Green.
–Penny TV
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