Tonight’s TV Spotlight…Saturday, May 23, 2009

The first full day of a long weekend. Excuse me while I become a Woo girl for a moment…WOOO!! No. Work. Till. Tuesday!!

I’m heading out this afternoon to go to the Cape for the night with some friends, and tomorrow I have a few BBQs to attend. I know GMMR can be light on the weekends but unless there is breaking TV news (and I can’t imagine there will be), I’ll be signing off for the weekend. I’m leaving the laptop at home friends!

There’s plenty on TV to keep you interested.  If for some reason you are home today, or have an empty DVR just waiting to be filled, you should definitely check out the BAND OF BROTHERS marathon on The History Channel. If you’ve never seen this mini-series you will be floored by how epic and moving it is.  Brilliant storytelling and fantastic acting from a cast filled with familiar faces…including more than a few from our favorite TV shows.  If you’ve never seen it, you should definitely watch.

And the of course there’s always Mrs. Doubtfire.  So there.  Something for everyone.

Band of Brothers | 10:45am on History Channel | All-Day Marathon
They were ordinary men, swept up in the most extraordinary conflict in history. With the eyes of the world upon them, they found their greatest source of strength in each other. From Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, this is the story of Easy Company–an elite team of US paratroopers whose WWII exploits are as incredible as they are true. Starring Damian Lewis (Life), Ron Livingston (Office Space), and Donnie Wahlberg (NKOTB). Look for: Scott Grimes (ER), Michael Cudlitz (Southland), Neal McDonough (Desperate Housewives), Kirk Acevdeo (Fringe), Matthew Settle (Gossip Girl), Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica), Jason O’Mara (Life on Mars) and many others.

Mrs. Doubtfire | 7pm on HBO Family
Estranged from his wife, an out-of-work actor masquerades as a nanny to be with his children. Turns out he’s a better nanny than he was a father. Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Polly Holliday

Point Break | 8pm on Encore
An FBI agent turns California surfer to nab bank robbers who wear rubber masks of four ex-presidents.
Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley

Mean Girls | 8pm on ABC Family
Attending high school for the first time, a teenager becomes friends with three popular but manipulative students. Based on a book by Rosalind Wiseman. Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler

Little Miss Sunshine | 10pm on Bravo
Members of a dysfunctional family set out on a road trip to watch their daughter take part in a children’s beauty pageant. Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin