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Sunday, March 22, 2009

This Week's Sweeps Schedule

Sweeps enters the home stretch this week, but there are still plenty of guest appearances and special episodes to go around.

Here is a sample of what you can expect this week with the warning that schedules are always subject to change…

Monday, March 23rd
House—8 PM—FOX
**The episode unfolds from the point of view of the patient (Mos Def).
The Secret Life of the American Teenager—8 PM—ABC Family—Season Finale
How I Met Your Mother—8 PM—CBS
**A new episode airs at this earlier time, with a repeat of the NCAA basketball themed episode, “The Bracket,” following at 8:30 PM.
Heroes—9 PM—NBC
**Swoosie Kurtz guests.
Roommates—9 PM—ABC Family—Series Premiere
**Tamera Mowry is one of the four roommates navigating life in NYC in this new series.
Rules of Engagement—9:30 PM—CBS
**Brian Dennehy guests.
Sophie—9:30 PM—ABC Family—Series Premiere
**Natalie Brown stars as a talent agent in this new comedy.
Medium—10 PM—NBC
**The phenomenal Kurtwood Smith haunts Allison (Patricia Arquette).

Tuesday, March 24th
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood—8 PM—TCM
**TCM salutes the father of “Looney Tunes.”
The Biggest Loser: Couples—9 PM—NBC
**NASCAR’s Clint Bowyer guests.
Bad Girls Club—10 PM—Oxygen—Season Finale

Wednesday, March 25th
Survivor—8 PM—CBS
**The show moves to its annual NCAA basketball timeslot.
Important Things with Demetri Martin –10:30 PM—Comedy Central—Season Finale

Thursday, March 26th
In the Motherhood—8 PM—ABC—Series Premiere
**Megan Mullally and Cheryl Hines star in this comedy about motherhood based on the Internet series.
Smallville—8 PM—CW
**Serinda Swan guests as Zatanna and Justin Hartley returns as Green Arrow.
Samantha Who?—8:30 PM—ABC
**The show returns to its new timeslot after an extended hiatus.
Hell’s Kitchen—9 PM—FOX
**Eric McCormack and Robert Patrick guest.
ER—10 PM—NBC
**Tom Arnold guests in the next-to-last episode.

Friday, March 27th
The Suite Life on Deck—8 PM—Disney Channel
**Gavin MacLeod (“The Love Boat”) guests.

Saturday, March 28th
Kids’ Choice Awards—8 PM—Nickelodeon
**Dwayne Johnson hosts.
Nora Roberts’ Midnight Bayou—9 PM—Lifetime
**Jerry O’Connell stars in this gothic romance. I’ll have a review later this week.
MADtv—11 PM—FOX
**Cheech and Chong guest to appear in Bobby Lee’s latest “24” sketch.

Sunday, March 29th
The Simpsons—8 PM—FOX
**Kelsey Grammer returns to voice Sideshow Bob.
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency—8 PM—HBO—Series Premiere
**Jill Scott stars in this adaption of the best-selling novel.
Family Guy—9 PM—FOX
**The cast of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” guests.


Photo Credit: Randy Holmes/ABC Family, Michael Courtney/CW, FOX