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'Downton Abbey,' 'Girls' reruns and more weekend TV

Maggie Smith, left, as the Dowager Countess and

Photo credit: Carnival Films | Maggie Smith, left, as the Dowager Countess and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary in PBS' "Downton Abbey."

Diane Werts

Newsday columnist Diane Werts Diane Werts

Diane Werts writes about television for Newsday. Werts previously was

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MARATHON MANIA Revisit "Downton Abbey" (Saturday noon-10:30 p.m., WLIW/21) with Saturday afternoon's Season 3 stackup. Catch up with Season 2 of Lena Dunham's "Girls" (Sunday 4:30-9 p.m., HBO Zone) right before Sunday night's 9 p.m. season finale. Set the DVR to grab the entire bioseries "Monty Python: Almost the Truth" (Tuesday 6 a.m.-1:30 p.m., first half encore 1:30-5:15 p.m., IFC). The kids...

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