Off the Wall: H2 at the Playboy Mansion

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BUNNY SECRETS! And this is the good History channel now. H2 tentpole series "America's Book of Secrets" (Saturday night at 10, H2) explores Hugh Hefner's party-hearty Playboy Mansion. Get a head start at ticketstotheman sion.com

HAVE YOU SEEN THE OTHER 499? Because Saturday's new episode of "The Simpsons" (8 p.m., Fox/5) is the perpetual series' 500th: "At Long Last Leave." Preview at thesimpsons.com.

LOCAL ANGLE So this might be your rooting interest in the new (20th!) cycle of "The Amazing Race" (Sunday at 8 p.m., CBS/2). Contenders include the friends team of Holbrook's Danny Horal and Whitestone's Joey "Fitness" Lasalla. More at cbs.com/amazingrace.

SILLY STUFF Get the DVR cranked up to catch two fresh comedy treats on at the same time Sunday. Starting first is the hour special "I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac" (10 p.m., Comedy Central), a briskly affectionate salute to the late comic/ TV and film star by his wife, daughter, Chris Rock, Carl Reiner and a dozen others. (It's followed at 11 by his work in "The Original Kings of Comedy.") Then, there's the series premiere of Ricky Gervais' latest prank, "Life's Too Short" (10:30 p.m., HBO), a mock-doc following dwarf actor Warwick Davis. Flash back to B-Mac's funky single-camera sitcom at bet.com/shows/the-bernie-mac- show.html, and preview "Short" at hbo.com.

TELENOVELA IN ENGLISH You've heard of those Spanish-language nighttime soaps called telenovelas. Now, one is adding English subtitles to get the rest of us in on the action. "La Reina del Sur" (Sunday at 8 p.m., then Monday-Thursday at 10 p.m., mun2), which translates as "Queen of the South," is the 63-episode tale of a romance that leads an innocent woman into the world of the drug cartels. No little production, it was shot in North and South America, Europe and Africa. Mun2 is a bicultural network aimed at younger viewers. Info, in English, at mun2.tv.

AWARDS ALERT Shaquille O'Neal hosts this year's "Hall of Game Awards" (Monday at 7 p.m., Cartoon), described as "a high-energy, off-the-wall, multiplatform experience that lets viewers vote and honor their favorite sports stars and sports moments."

ANOTHER MARIJUANA SHOW If those Oakland "Weed Wars" weren't enough, here comes "American Weed" (Wednesday at 10 p.m., NatGeo), eyeing Colorado pot culture. Video at natgeotv.com/american weed.

'THE DEAD CELEBRITY COOKBOOK' Yes, it really exists. It's by former "Daily Show" commentator, former Newsday columnist and current Sirius XM radio host Frank DeCaro. He'll chat about it this week on "Big Morning Buzz Live" (Thursday at 10 a.m., VH1). Preview his resurrected recipes at deadcelebritycookbook.com.