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SciFi / Carole Segal

A truce between the colonists and the Cylons? Is that even possible? Can the increasingly rigid and -- dare we say it -- conservative President Roslin consider such a move, after humans have suffered so many enormous losses, thanks to those vengeful toasters? Just when you thought the creators of "Battlestar Galactica" (10 p.m. EDT Friday on Sci Fi) had run out of new ways to raise the stakes on the space drama, they've taken it to a whole new level of uneasiness, replete with lots of second-guessing and forebodings of impending doom.

-- H.H.

Also…

On Friday, "TV's All-Time Funniest" (8 p.m. EDT on ABC) explores the funniest characters in TV history; then "Doctor Who" airs at 9 p.m. on Sci Fi. On Saturday, Australian sketch comedy show "Big Girl's Blouse" airs at 9 p.m. on Sundance, and Shia LaBeouf hosts "Saturday Night Live" (11:30 p.m. on NBC). On Sunday, the finale of "Survivor: Micronesia -- Fans vs. Favorites" (8 p.m. on NBC) leaves one fan or favorite standing; then "Caught on Safari: Battle at Kruger" (9 p.m. on National Geographic) explores the story behind that memorable YouTube footage of lions, crocodiles and buffaloes in Africa, and the finale of "Brothers and Sisters" airs at 10 p.m. on ABC

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