Wednesday, February 29th 2012

6:00am
movie: "Ladyhawke" (1985)
Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer
Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Navarre befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for two years, ever since he escaped with the Lady Isabeau who the Bishop has lusted after. Navarre and Isabeau have a curse that the Bishop has placed on them that causes Navarre to be a wolf during the night and Isabeau to be a hawk during the day. Navarre insists that Philipe help him re-enter the city to help him kill the heavily guarded Bishop.

8:00am
movie: "American Beauty" (1999)
Kevin Spacey, Annette Benning, Thora Birch
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.

10:00am
"Tribute to Lucky 7"
The first known pirate TV station in the USA was put on the air one weekend circa 1977 in Syracuse NY on channel 7. It was identified as "Lucky 7" and broadcast episodes of Star Trek and pornographic movies. The transmitter was reported to have been built using parts from a guitar amplifier. No mention of what was used to source the video and audio, but the VCR as a consumer product had just hit the market. Soon after, a short article about this station was published in the New York Times.

10:30am
Movie: "Signal 30" (1959)
One of several Driver's Education films produced by Highway Safety Films, filmed at actual auto accident scenes and consisting largely of color closeups of mangled accident victims.

11:00am
Chuck 2.05 - "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer" (2008)
Efficiency expert Emmett Milbarge pays the Buy More a visit to inspect the branch, while a global terrorist looks for Jeff. Chuck needs to socialize with Jeff to find out about his connection to the terrorist. Finally, it all comes down to video games and the prevention of World War III.


noon
Radio Simulcast
Democracy Now!

1:00pm
Married With Children 2.01 - "Poppy's By The Tree (1)" (1987)
Al decides to take the family on a vacation to Dumpwater, Florida. However, he is unaware that the cheap motel they will be staying at is visited once every five years by an axe murderer with a particular distaste for obnoxious tourists.

1:30pm
WKRP in Cincinnati 4.06 - "Who's on First?" (1981)
While Herb is in the hospital, Mr. Carlson and Jennifer go to visit one of Herb's advertising clients. To finalize the deal, Mr. Carlson has to pretend to be Herb, and Jennifer gets Les to be Mr. Carlson. Johnny, who owes a gambling debt to a mobster, pretends to be Andy in order to escape from a hired thug.

2:00pm
Homicide: Life on the Street 7.02 - "Brotherly Love" (1998)
Sheppard and Lewis investigate the death of a man who has a twin brother. Gharty talks about wanting to live his life; he and Ballard go to the hospital to investigate the death of a teenager. Bayliss has interest in Sheppard; later he seeks advice from Stivers, who tells him to get in line behind Lewis and Falsone. Lewis and Sheppard interview the remaining twin and his mother; she confirms his story and they try to point to the dead twin's girlfriend. Meanwhile the friend of the teenage victim in Ballard and Gharty's case confesses that his friend wasn't shot in Baltimore, but rather D.C.; he drove his friend back to Baltimore so their parent's wouldn't "kill them" for buying drugs in D.C. Gee hopes to get the case moved to D.C. Mike Giardello puts in for his FBI transfer, but the only openings they have in the area are for liaisons to local police departments. He interviews with Gaffney, who is so open to the idea, he can't wait to tell Gee. That's something Mike was going to wait for the right moment to do. Ballard and Gharty can't get their case transferred to D.C.; instead, a D.C. cop, Landrewsky, joins their investigation -- although the victim's friend has given them little to go on. Lewis and Sheppard work on the surviving twin and his mother to try and break their case. Mike and his father discuss their new working relationship. Ballard, Gharty, Landrewsky and their witness drive around DC, hoping to trigger the witness's memory -- no luck there. Gharty mentions the fact that he's left Flora. Mike moves into his new workspace.

3:00pm
Brooklyn South 1.12 - "Exposing Johnson" (1998)
A young girl has a man expose himself to her near her school. Her father is a court officer and an old friend of Captain Jonas'. He wants something done about it and asks Jonas to make sure his men find this pervert. As the number plate of the suspects car was taken this is easily done but the girl cannot positively identify the man. Without any evidence the man is freed, much to the father's disgust. Not long after this Jonas is personally called to a crime scene where his friend is found, with the dead body of the released suspect. Terry starts work in anti-crime, partnering up with Christine Bannon.

4:00pm
Family Ties 3.01 - "Here We Go Again" (1984)
The news that their mother is pregnant sends the three Keaton kids into an angry outburst resulting in a family battle.

4:30pm
Growing Pains 3.12 - "The Scarlet Letter" (1987)
Receiving an "A" she's certain she's not earned, Carol wonders if her entire academic history is a sham.

5:00pm
The Flash 1.07 - "Shroud of Death" (1990)
Pieces of a broken medallion are the only clues to an unknown assassin who is on a deadly rampage in Central City.

6:00pm
Hardcastle & McCormick 2.18 - "The Birthday Present" (1985)
With the judge's birthday coming up, Mark decides to unofficially help him close a cold case related to a soon-to-be-paroled crimial that Hardcastle put in jail for another crime. Unfortunately, the new trial winds up with Hardcastle being shot and the criminal escaping.

7:00pm
Hart to Hart 1.01 - "Hit Jennifer Hart" (1979)
After extending her hospitality to a young author claiming to be a distant cousin, Jennifer experiences a series of near fatal accidents.

8:00pm
Criminal Minds 7.16 - "A Family Affair" (2012)
The BAU travels to Atlanta to investigate the murders of women and determines there could be more than one suspect involved in the case.



9:00pm
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 12.16 - "CSI Unplugged" (2012)
The CSI's resort to old school methods to solve a case, when a child is abducted during a blackout that cripples the city.



10:00pm
NHL Hockey
Feb 29th 2012
Toronto Maple Leafs  4  @  5  Chicago Blackhawks

midnight
Chuck 2.21 - "Chuck Versus the Colonel" (2009)
Chuck and Sarah go AWOL in their search for Chuck's kidnapped father, so Casey is ordered to pursue and return them after being promoted to Colonel. Meanwhile, Emmet promotes Morgan to assistant manager against his will.

1:00am
The West Wing 5.21 - "Gaza" (2004)
Donna Moss, Percy Fitzwallace, Andrea Wyatt and a couple of congressmen are in the Middle East on a fact finding mission when their cars are blown up. President Bartlet considers possible military targets to bomb in retaliation. In flashbacks, we see Donna becoming attracted to British photojournalist Colin Ayres.

2:00am
Seinfeld 5.17 - "The Wife" (1994)
Jerry and his girlfriend pretend to be married to get a discount on dry cleaning. George worries when a man Elaine is interested in threatens to turn him in for urinating in the gym showers. Kramer's quilt is taken to the dry cleaners and he gets less sleep without it. Jerry's relationship with his "wife" begins to deteriorate and soon starts seeing another woman behind her back. Wanting to impress his girlfriend's parents, Kramer enters a tanning bed, but becomes a little too dark when he falls asleep.

2:30am
30 Rock 1.17 - "The Fighting Irish" (2007)
Jack gives his down and out brother (Nathan Lane) a job at the show. Liz must make staff cutbacks. Tracy seeks spiritual fulfillment with Kenneth's help.

3:00am
Todd & The Book of Pure Evil 2.01 - "Redirement Home" (2011)
Todd, Curtis, and Hannah break into the retirement home to rescue Jenny from the Satanic Society, now run by Atticus.

3:30am
Criminal Minds 7.16 - "A Family Affair" (2012)
The BAU travels to Atlanta to investigate the murders of women and determines there could be more than one suspect involved in the case.

4:30am
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 12.16 - "CSI Unplugged" (2012)
The CSI's resort to old school methods to solve a case, when a child is abducted during a blackout that cripples the city.


5:30am
Seinfeld 5.17 - "The Wife" (1994)
Jerry and his girlfriend pretend to be married to get a discount on dry cleaning. George worries when a man Elaine is interested in threatens to turn him in for urinating in the gym showers. Kramer's quilt is taken to the dry cleaners and he gets less sleep without it. Jerry's relationship with his "wife" begins to deteriorate and soon starts seeing another woman behind her back. Wanting to impress his girlfriend's parents, Kramer enters a tanning bed, but becomes a little too dark when he falls asleep.


6:00am