Saturday Night Live
11:29 pm/ET NBC
Where there's Will, there's a way. The long-lasting late-night show closes its 34th season by turning to an old friend. Serving as host is erstwhile SNL player Will Ferrell, star of the forthcoming film Land of the Lost. Ferrell likely won't get lost on the familiar Studio 8H stage, where he roamed for seven years and mined sketch-comedy gold with recurring characters such as George W. Bush, James Lipton and perky cheerleader Craig Buchanan. And let's hope he plays more cowbell. Rock punkers Green Day, hot off the release of their 21st Century Breakdown CD, storm the stage in their third SNL appearance.
Read on for previews of MADtv, Kobe: Doin' Work, Preakness Stakes and Beverly Hills Groomer.
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NCAA Basketball Tournament
4:30 pm/ET CBS
This year's long NCAA tournament road ends in Detroit, and after today's championship games in the East and West regionals, two teams will be able to say that they made it to the Final Four. The other pair of participants in next Saturday's semifinals will be determined tomorrow.
Read on for previews of Kids' Choice Awards, Figure Skating, Penguins of Madagascar and MADtv.
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Nora Roberts' Northern Lights
9 pm/ET Lifetime
Mystery, adventure and romance blend nicely in this cable drama set in the fictional town of Lunacy, Alaska, now home to Nate Burns (Eddie Cibrian), a Baltimore policeman who was taken the job of Lunacy's chief of police. Leaving his troubled past in the East, Nate stumbles into an unexpected romance with bush pilot Meg Galligan (LeAnn Rimes). Meg's issues with her absent father come front and center when she learns that he did not abandon her but was killed — and she might be next. Now Nate must draw on his big-city skills to solve a past murder and prevent another. — Rhoda Charles
Read on for previews of House of Style, iCarly, The Locator, MADtv and the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
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Smile...You're Under Arrest
7 pm/ET Fox Reality
It's Punk'd for punks — real-life fugitives lured into sting operations, then arrested on TV.
Read on for previews of Summer Olympics A Kiss at Midnight, Meineke Car Care Bowl and MADtv.
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MADtv is about to have its last laugh.
After being on the brink of cancellation in recent years, the Fox sketch comedy series will wrap up for good after this season — its 14th — The Hollywood Report reports.
"MADtv has been one of the longest running series in recent television history," Kevin Reilly, Fox president of entertainment, said in a statement. "The fact that this Emmy Award-winning show has been ...
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