Friday, March 17th 2017

6:00am
The Office 6.19 - "St. Patrick's Day" (2010)
It's St. Patrick's Day, and the CEO forces the office to work late because she won't leave. In addition, Michael unsuccessfully tries to suck up to his new boss, and Andy and Erin's first date is delayed because Erin is sick.

6:25am
Movie:"A Prayer For the Dying" (1987)
Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins
Martin Fallon is an IRA bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck but instead kills a bus load of school children. He loses heart and quits the movement and goes to London trying to leave the U.K. and start a new life. The IRA wants him back (he knows too much) and the local crime boss, Meehan, will only help him if he performs one last hit, on a rival crime boss. When Fallon does perform the hit, he is seen by a catholic priest. He refuses to kill an innocent again and must find a way to escape the police without killing the priest who can identify him.

8:10am
Movie: "In The Name Of the Father" (1993)
Daniel Day Lewis, Pete Posthelwaite
Man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he didn't do imprisons his father as well; a British lawyer helps fight for their freedom.

11:20am
NCAA Basketball March Madness
March 17, 2017
Oklahoma St  91 vs 92  Michigan

1:30pm
NCAA Basketball March Madness
March 17, 2017
(look-ins) New Mexico St vs Baylor; Seton Hall vs Arkansas

2:10pm
NCAA Basketball March Madness
March 17, 2017
USC 66 vs  65 SMU

4:15pm
All in the Family 9.25 - "Too Good Edith" (1979)
Archie keeps a sick Edith so busy cooking for his big St. Patrick's Day party, that she doesn't get the chance to tell him that "hard work is hazardous to her health." When Archie finds out the truth about Edith's illness, he takes steps to make sure she will never "forget" to tell him again.

4:40pm
The Simpsons 8.18 - "Homer vs. the 18th Amendment" (1997)
After Bart inadvertently becomes drunk at a St. Patrick's Day celebration, an old prohibition law banning drinking in Springfield is rediscovered and enforced. Desperate to keep alcohol in the city, Homer takes matters into his own hands.

5:05pm
Documentary: "Shamrock and Swastika" (2001)
This documentary is about the ill-fated collaboration between the Irish Republican Army and the German Secret Service during World War II. SS Colonel Dr. Edmund Veesenmayer (German Foreign Office) devised a plan to bring Ireland into war with England over control Ireland. Under the plan the IRA would organize resistance movements to the British occupation and rule over Northern Ireland while the Germans attacked Great Britain. This documentary also notes the involvement, in varying degrees, of many prominent Irish scholars and diplomats.

5:55pm
The Drew Carey Show 3.21 - "The Sex Drug" (1998)
Lewis confiscates a sex drug from DrugCo after nearly being attacked by several monkeys who had used it. The drug is accidentally spilled into a batch of green Buzz Beer being prepared for St. Patrick's Day. Everyone at the Warsaw inadvertently drinks the tainted beer with startling results. Drew prepares to be the sole witness in Mimi's "sexual harassment" case while under the influence of the sex drug.

6:20pm
Superstore 2.16 - "Integrity Award" (2017)
Glenn is determined to win the Cloud 9 Integrity Award.

6:45pm
Movie: "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) 90
Robby Benson, Paige O'Hara
Animated. A young woman whose father has been imprisoned by a terrifying beast offers herself in his place, unaware that her captor is actually a prince, physically altered by a magic spell.

8:15pm
NCAA Basketball March Madness
March 17, 2017
Michigan St  78 vs 58 Miami (FL)

10:30pm
NCAA Basketball March Madness
March 17, 2017
Kent St  80  vs  97  UCLA

midnight
Live PD 1.24 - "March 17, 2017" (2017)
A live look inside the everyday calls of police officers across the nation.

2:20am
Law & Order: LA 1.01 - "Hollywood" (2010)
Detectives suspect a spoiled young actress is involved in a burglary ring that targets celebrities' homes. But when the suspect becomes the victim and an assailant is killed, an unlikely new suspect begins to emerge.

3:10am
The X-Files 2.23 - "Soft Light" (1995)
The agents hunt down a scientist who is literally afraid of his own shadow.

4:00am
Freaks and Geeks 1.18 - "Discos and Dragons" (2000)
Nick explores disco, Lindsay listens to the Grateful Dead, and Daniel tries something new. What's cool? Friendship.

4:50am