Sometimes in April (HBO, 8 p.m. ET)
Premiere. The 1994 genocide in Rwanda that came about as a result of an ongoing cycle of warfare between the Tutsis and Hutu extremists, as well as the world's response to the tragedy and its long-term aftermath,
are explored in detail in this HBO film. Idris Elba stars as a Hutu soldier separated from his Tutsi wife and the rest of his family during the genocide who spends the following ten years looking for information about the
fate of his loved ones. "Sometime in April" was filmed entirely on location in Rwanda.
SUNDAY, MARCH 20
I Do, They Don't (ABC Family, 7 p.m. ET)
Premiere. "Melrose Place" alums Heather Locklear, Marcia Cross, Doug Savant, Courtney Thorne Smith, Grant Show, Daphne Zuniga and Laura Leighton are all keeping busy this season with various
network projects. Their former co-stars (and real-life couple) Josie Bissett and Rob Estes join the roster with this family film reminiscent of two theatrical movies from 1968: the Doris Day comedy "With Six You
Get Eggroll" and the Lucille Ball-Henry Fonda vehicle "Yours, Mine and Ours." (Apparently '68 was a big year for extended families as entertainment.) Bissett and Estes play lovers and single parents with
four children each who marry on impulse during a romantic weekend getaway in Las Vegas -- and then face the challenge of merging their eight children into one big happy family.
Malcolm in the Middle (Fox, 7:30 p.m. ET)
Cloris Leachman returns for another round in her Emmy winning portrayal of loathsome Grandma Ida. This time Ida loses a leg while saving Dewey from a truck, sending Dewey into a guilt spiral and becoming a full
time burden for reluctant caregiver Francis. Leave it to "Malcolm in the Middle" to find the twisted humor in so tragic a tale. And watch for Leachman's name to land once again on the list of nominees for Best
Performance by a Guest Actress in a Comedy Series when the 2005 Emmy Award nominees are announced.
Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (Animal Planet, 8 p.m. ET)
Premiere. Apparently there aren't enough real animals roaming the earth to keep the programming people at Animal
Planet busy, because now they're moving on to the mythical type. "Dragons" examines the centuries long fascination people of many different cultures have had with the creatures of the title and imagines how
they would have evolved over the years in different environments. Expect a great deal of colorful state of the art CGI animation.
Hogzilla (National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m. ET)
Premiere. This edition of "National Geographic Explorer" features a gnarly forensic investigation in the swamps of
southern Georgia. It comes as a result of a man's claim that he killed and buried a monstrous 1000-lb. feral hog. Check out the intriguing photo preview of "Hogzilla" at www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/explorer.
Spring Break Shark Attack (CBS, 9 p.m. ET)
Premiere. CBS didn't provide a preview copy of this made-for-television movie, but we're going to recommend it anyway, because the commercials and online promos for it are irresistible and because it's so
damn strange to see a movie like this on CBS. Viewers might think they have come upon one of those Saturday night monster flicks on Sci Fi (despite the fact that it's Sunday), especially when they get a look at the decidedly un-CBS-like sight of "a group of killer sharks [invading] the waters off
the Florida coast as a beach-full of swimsuit-clad co-eds enjoy their spring break." That's the wording in the CBS press release for this film. I'll bet the good people at CBS really got a kick out of writing and approving that line. I mean, how often do the good people at CBS get to write and approve
anything like that? Shannon Lucio stars as a college girl caught in the horror, and wouldn't you know it, her character has a brother who happens to work at the Florida Maritime Institute and happens to be working on a thesis on tiger sharks and happens to suspect that a large concentration
of same are amassing in the vicinity. Kathy Baker and Bryan Brown -- two very fine dramatic actors -- co-star, making "SBSA" even more intriguing.
Boston Legal (ABC, 10 p.m. ET)
"Boston Legal" remains a showplace for actors in challenging guest roles, and tonight's episode is no exception. Shelley
Long (of "Cheers" and the "Brady Bunch" movies) plays a straight-laced businesswoman charged with accepting money for sex.
The Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy (Comedy Central, 10 p.m. ET)
Premiere. Jeff Foxworthy is fast becoming a Comedy Central superstar, right up there with Jon Stewart, Dave Chappelle and Eric Cartman. His "Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again" last month was the
network's second most watched telecast ever (drawing 6.1 million viewers) and a key component of the most watched day in its history (February 13, 2005). So expectations at the network are high for this
roast of the man himself. Taped December 1 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, the roast features Foxworthy's Blue Collar co-horts Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White, as well as
comedians Colin Quinn, Lisa Lampanelli and Nick DiPaolo, among others. (By the way, the most-watched Comedy Central telecast ever was the "South Park" episode titled "Cartman's Dad Revealed" on
April 22, 1998, which drew 6.2 million viewers.)
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