Series
Dateline NBC (9 p.m. Fri., NBC) has a report on a teenager who had half her brain removed to cure a degenerative neurological disease. Homicide (10 p.m. Fri., NBC) concludes a rerun of the two-parter in which a teen couple is accused of murdering their newborn. The new series Independent Lens (check local times, Sat., PBS) begins with John Whitehead's "Wannabe," a documentary about teen gangstas in a small Wisconsin town. On a rerun of The Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox), Burns has competition from a new billionaire in town. Sex and the City (9 p.m. Sun., HBO) finds Carrie feeling a little too relaxed at Big's apartment. The X-Files (9 p.m. Sun., Fox) reruns the February sweeps two-parter in which the Syndicate-
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Specials
You have ample opportunity to celebrate Alfred Hitchcock's centennial this weekend. The Master's droll, morbid wit is on display in an Alfred Hitchcock Presents Marathon (beginning midnight Fri., TV Land), 24 hours of episodes from the classic anthology series. The Birds, Marnie, Suspicion and Dial M for Murder air in one day-long chunk (beginning 9 a.m. Fri., Turner Classic Movies). And there's a day-long Hitchfest on American Movie Classics that includes Mr. and Mrs. Smith (3:30 p.m. Fri., AMC), Jamaica Inn (6 p.m. Fri.), Stage Fright (8 p.m. Fri.) and The Wrong Man (11 p.m. Fri.). The new cable movie First Daughter (8 p.m. Sun., TBS) stars Monica Keena (the late Abby Morgan of "Dawson's Creek") as the bratty spawn of the POTUS; after she's kidnapped by terrorists while on a camping trip, it's up to Secret Service agent Mariel Hemingway and wilderness guide Doug Savant to save her. William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne and Miranda Richardson star in the new cable movie The Big Brass Ring (8 p.m. Sun., Showtime), an adaptation of a weird, latter-day Orson Welles script about a politician (Hurt) with enough spicy skeletons in the closet to fill a whole season of "Melrose Place." Sir David, meet Sir Elton: One on One with David Frost (8 p.m. Sun., A&E) offers up a two-hour conversation with Elton John. Sweetwater (9 p.m. Sun., VH1), the music channel's first original TV movie, charts the rise and fall of '60s band Sweetwater, who played the opening set at Woodstock and became an instant episode of "Where Are They Now?" Amy Jo Johnson ("Felicity") sparkles as the band's lead singer, but the movie is, overall, a by-the-numbers biopic.
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Sports
Baseball:
Braves at Dodgers (10:05 p.m. Fri., Sat., TBS)
Rangers at White Sox (7 p.m. Sat., FX)
Orioles at Indians (8 p.m. Sun., ESPN)
Exhibition football:
Giants at Vikings (8:15 p.m. Fri., ESPN)
Jets at Packers (8 p.m. Sat., CBS)
Cowboys at Raiders (6:30 p.m. Sun., CBS)
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Talk
Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) David Blaine (rerun)
David Letterman (CBS) Helen Mirren, Tori Amos, Shaquille O'Neal
Jay Leno (NBC) Kim Delaney, Missy Elliott
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Kim Smith, musician Irish
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Jarod Miller, Buckcherry
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