Off the Wall: Into their 90s with gusto
Off the Wall can't choose between celebrity sex tales or cats from hell.
GROWING OLD GROWLINGLY Graceful might be good, but gusto's even better. "Over 90 and Loving It" (Saturday at 5 p.m., WLIW/21) covers cool people in their 90s and 100s still competing in sports or driving New York City cabs. Preview at over90film.com.
REALITY PREMIERES Celebrity "injectionist" Rand Rusher fixes the faces of Hollywood's rich and famous in "Pretty Hurts" (Saturday night at 8, Logo). Look for tips on feline behavior in "My Cat From Hell" (Saturday night at 9, Animal Planet). Brady boy tells all? Barry Williams launches "Celebrity Sex Tales" (Saturday night at 10, Playboy) alongside Janice Dickinson, Corey Feldman and Adrianne Curry. "Coal" (Sunday at 8 p.m., Spike) gets a weekend relaunch. "Best in Smoke" (Sunday at 10 p.m., Food) pits barbecue masters in New York City competition. "In Search of Food" (Tuesday-Thursday at 8 p.m., Ovation) tastes the locavore movement; Wednesday's outing focuses on local New York-sourced food. "Swamp Brothers" (Friday at 10 and 10:30 p.m., Discovery) eyes a former New York City bartender and his metal-mad sibling, whose passion for reptiles has them running a Florida snake-breeding farm.
MOTHER'S DAY Anna Chlumsky learns about motherhood in "Three Weeks, Three Kids" (Saturday night at 9, Hallmark) by caring for her sister's kids. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden appear in "Martha Stewart Presents: America's Moms" (Sunday at 8 p.m., Hallmark) to salute military families. "The Journey of the Bonesetter's Daughter" (Sunday at 10 p.m., PBS/13) traces the creation of the opera based on Amy Tan's book about her mother's family. And sitcom/drama moms get marathon treatment Sunday: "Beverly Hills 90210" (8 a.m.-noon, SOAPnet), "Happy Days" (9 p.m.-midnight, Hub), "Everybody Loves Raymond" (10 p.m.-1 a.m., TV Land). More Obama-Biden at hallmarkchannel.com.
INDOMITABLE DAMES The movies are full of 'em, starting with Fox Movie Channel's Mother's Day lineup, including "The Turning Point" (Sunday at 3:30 p.m.) and "Working Girl" (10 p.m.). Turner Classic Movies contributes four straight films with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, starting with "Murder, She Said" (Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., TCM), and a 14-hour Katharine Hepburn birthday salute, from early films like her 1933 Oscar-winner "Morning Glory" (Thursday at 6 a.m., TCM) to her 1973 chats on "The Dick Cavett Show" (Thursday 5:30-8 p.m., TCM). More at tcm.com.
WORLD-RECORD SHARK! TV is probably the best way to encounter a 17-foot, 9-inch great white shark. So enjoy the virtual thrill of this week's "Shark Men" (Sunday at 10 p.m., NatGeo), titled "Biggest and Baddest." Visit natgeotv.com/sharkmen.
DISHY DOCS Get the scoop on everything from Broadway to Pakistan in hot documentary films. "Show Business: The Road to Broadway" (Saturday night 8:30-10:30, Logo) goes behind the scenes of 2004's stage season, featuring Rosie O'Donnell, Hugh Jackman, Edie Falco, Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming. "Hidden Treasures" (Monday at 10 p.m., WLIW/21) peeks at goodies tucked deep inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. "Becoming Chaz" (Tuesday at 9 and 11:30 p.m., OWN) chronicles the transformation of Cher's daughter into a man through gender-reassignment surgery; it's followed by an hour discussion with Rosie O'Donnell. "Bhutto" (Tuesday at 10 p.m., PBS/13; Wednesday at 7 p.m., WLIW World) is an "Independent Lens" portrait of assassinated former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Preview clips at pbs.org/independentlens/bhutto.
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