MUST SEE IT: 'Leverage' and 'Falling Skies' 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., Sunday, TNT
First, “Leverage” delivers an especially smart hour. The villain is a nasty political operative who stays in the shadows; Nate must make him famous, then bring him down.
And “Skies”? The first three weeks focused on Tom Mason (Noah Wyle), a former history prof fighting aliens. Now a key episode has great moments for Dr. Anne Glass (Moon Bloodgood), plus Tom’s eldest son and Lourdes, a tough teen who was rescued from a biker gang.
WEEKEND'S MUST-SEE II: "Saturday Night Live," 11:29 p.m. today, NBC.
The forces aligned neatly in May for this episode: Osama bin Laden's death had been announced five days earlier; the show started strong with Fred Armisen as bin Laden and later had Jason Sudeikis as Satan, feeling cheerful about his newest resident.
Tina Fey hosted and became Sarah Palin. With music from Ellie Goulding, it was top-notch "SNL."
BOTH DAYS: Harry Potter films, ABC Family.
Six days before the final Potter film opens, here's a chance to catch up.
That starts at 9 a.m. today with the first one, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001), at 9 a.m. The next three run at 12:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. All four rerun earlier Sunday (7 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.), making room for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007) at 9 p.m. That still leaves two more at video stores.
Also today:
"CHAOS," 8 p.m., CBS. The team hopes to convince a dying dictator not to choose his violent son.
"A Fairly Odd Movie," 8-9 p.m., Nickelodeon. The amiable "Fairly OddParents" cartoon jumps ahead 10 years, mixing live actors and animated fairies; at 21, Timmy has no desire to grow up ... until Tootie returns. It's a good idea, destroyed by supporting actors playing their parts to hideous excess.
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent," 9 p.m., NBC. A banker is killed, leaving plenty of suspects.
Also Sunday:
"Primetime," 9-11 p.m., ABC. Diane Sawyer's two-hour special interviews Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped at age 11 and rediscovered 18 years later.
"Masterpiece: Mystery," 9-10:30 p.m., PBS. "The Pale Horse" is the season's only new Marple mystery. Shortly before being killed, a friend of Miss Marple sent her a list of names.
"True Blood," 9 p.m., HBO. Last week's final moments offered a delightful detour, when a witch stripped the menacing Eric of his memory. He has neatly off-kilter moments tonight with Sookie.
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" season-opener, 10 p.m., HBO. One theme involves showing (or avoiding) strident Jewish views. That peaks in the third episode; tonight, Larry learns his lawyer isn't kosher.
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