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HOT SPOT(S): Anything but the Super Bowl

lucy harpo marx.jpgBurned out on Super Bowl before it starts? We've found some quality TV alternatives to that pigskin thing. You know there's a winner among Hugh Laurie, Lucille Ball, Kyra Sedgwick, Tony Shalhoub or Tony Soprano.


Sunday's marathon alternatives include:


  • Monk (6 a.m.-6 a.m. ET, Sleuth) -- Tony Shalhoub solves murder cases but not his own compulsive problems.

  • I Love Lucy (8:30 a.m.-3 a.m. ET, Hallmark) -- Among the all-time classics showcased here is Harpo Marx'' "mirror" routine at 5 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. ET.

  • House (11 a.m.-4 a.m. ET, USA) -- Hugh Laurie diagnoses medical mysteries but not his own misanthropy.

  • The Closer (noon-11 p.m. ET, TNT) -- Kyra Sedgwick breaks down crooks and takes home awards.

  • The Sopranos (noon-midnight ET, A&E) -- The final season of the Jersey "family" drama wends toward . . . you know.

  • CSI (noon-4 a.m. ET, Spike) -- Two-parters are in the spotlight, including Grave Danger (buried alive) 4-6 p.m. and midnight; A Bullet Runs Through It (friendly fire?) 6-8 p.m.; Built to Kill (Cirque du Soleil) 8-10 p.m., and Living Doll/Dead Doll (Sara kidnaped) 10 p.m.-midnight, all times ET.

  • The Andy Griffith Show (7-10 p.m. ET, TV Land) -- This show takes place pre-Super Bowl era. But you know what the men of Mayberry would be watching.

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Diane Werts

Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.

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