CBS, 7:00 p.m. ET
CBS, 7 & 9:45 p.m. ET; TBS, 7:45 & 10:15 p.m. ET -- Tonight offers the sweetest of the Sweet 16 games, at least if you’re into Cinderella teams and potential upsets. TBS has the biggest of these, with 13th-ranked Ohio (pictured) upsetting enough teams, on their path thus far, to face No. 1 North Carolina at 7:45 p.m. ET. The later game on TBS features a double-digit seed as well, when 11th-ranked N.C. State goes up against No. 2 Kansas at 10:15 p.m. ET. And even CBS has a potential David vs. Goliath match, as 10th-ranked Xavier faces No. 3 Baylor at 7 p.m. ET. The second game on CBS, at 9:45 p.m. ET, is the evening’s most evenly matched and talented contest, at least on paper: It’s No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 1 Kentucky.
Public Television, 7:00 p.m. ET
Public TV, Friday - Sunday (Check local listings) -- This week’s new edition, “Moving Beyond War,” focuses on the increasingly loud drumbeat to sound a call for a possible war against Iran. Bill Moyers interviews Andrew Bacevich, a scholar whom Moyers credits as being among “the most perceptive observers of America’s changing role in the world.” Bacevich is beating a drumbeat, too – for something other than war. To find where and when to see this series in your area, visit the
Moyers & Company website
HERE.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
It’s a Bronte night on TCM, starting with this 1939 classic adaptation of the Emily Bronte novel. Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier star as Cathy and Heathcliff, with David Niven and Geraldine Fitzgerald in supporting roles. After this, it’s on to Jane Eyre, at 10 p.m. ET, and a 1944 adaptation of sister Charlotte Bronte’s novel, starring Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine and Margaret O’Brien. Then, at midnight ET, the triple feature ends with 1946’s Devotion, a somewhat sappy biographical drama about the Bronte sisters themselves. Ida Lupino plays Emily, Olivia de Havilland plays Charlotte, and – get this – William Makepeace Thackeray is played by Sydney Greenstreet.
Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET
This series is back, promises Fox, for six fresh episodes in a row. The starter is a love story, of sorts. But on Fringe, even love can cause lots of trouble, and dig up lots of things – including another mysterious capsule.
HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET
One of tonight’s guests, alone, makes this a Must-See hour for those who enjoy political discourse. He’s Andrew Sullivan, whose opinions often clash with those of Maher, but in a way that’s entertaining, and sometimes informative, rather than just boisterous.